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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-06

Every time a widow hears OF
man who has been disappointed in
love she makes it her business to get
him away from the crowd and SYM
pathize with him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-06

A man imagines he meets a lot of
his interiors daily-but he doesn't.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

for the horses there is sliding bolt
to which is fastened the halter-strap
that keeps the horses in their stalls.
These bolts are operated by switches
located near the man on watch. which
when worked releases tho horses and
opens the doors.
when an Alarm Comes.
A light is burning brightly beside
tho desk. Inside the rallied inclosure
. fireman is sitting. Maybe he Is doz-
ing If he is, he is sleeping with one
ave oneu. In the rear in one Of the
stalls another fireman, pitchfork In
hand. IL shaking up and arranging the
straw that forms the bed for the
horses. A few passersby stop for
moment and peer in through the door
wav at the spick-and-span apparatus
always in perfect order. ALREADY
some of the horses are down on their
launches nibbling the hay and pre-
pairing to 60 to sleep. Overhead IN
n. "bunk-room" the men are prepar-
inc TO turn in" but few In one cor
ner nnger to watch an Interesting
game Of checkers.
Click-one stroke ON the 1nstru-
ment followed by a succession OF otn-
o-s The man at the desk springs to
b,s feet and shouts get up, at the
.omo time throwing the switch; the
lever flies up, the horses are released
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
One Eiremep Killed,

CHICAGO.-One fireman was kill
ed and several employees may have lost
their lives in a fire which destroyed
the enamel sign factory Of the Charles
M. SchOnk company, to Is Park
street. While the fire was
at its height one of the walls suddenly
collapsed and q number of firemen
were buried in the debris. With the
exception of Lieutenant Henry Bassett
of truck company No. 4, who was
crushed to death all of the firemen es-
capped with severe shaking up. A
number of the employees were injured
in the panic that followed after the
fire broke out, and for time all sorts
of rumors as to the number Of persons
killed were in circulation. There were
40 girls and Is men and boys employ
ed in the fcatory, and, according to
the officials of the company, all but
two persons have been accounted for.
The police and firemen, however,
were unable to make their escape and
were in the building at the floors and
walls fell in, and until the debris
cleared away the number of casual
ties will not be positively known. Tho
employees who are said to be missing
by the officials of the company are
Margaret Becker and Henry Saute.
The loss on the building, which was
destroyed, and on the conetnts is esti-
mated at $4,000
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

They need no command, but are on
their feet even before the fireman
calls and rattle out of their stalls
and under the swinging harness.
Snap, snap 60 the collars about
their rnecks. and then the bit
snaps on each side are locked
in an instant. Thud, thud! come
the men sliding down the pole
and striking the rubber pads placed
below. Bounding to the apparatus
they scramble into their various
places. The driver has jumped to his
seat on the engine and snaps the belt
in place that holds him there. the en-
gineer and fireman also spring on the
engine in the rear. The former
snatches up long cube Of carbon
like substance which the wind cannet
blow out and as he clears the house
lights it and throws it into the fire
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

ting, ting, ting" Another pause, then
ting, ting,"-1-5-2. the number OF the
oo1. This is repeated several times
Ia quick succession and then the buzz
ing stops. The alarm has been sent.
II may seem an age to the owner OF
the burning premises as he STANDS
there waiting for the firemen to ap-
pear, but it is a matter Of only few
minutes. For within twenty SECONDS
uls box number is ringing In all tho
afe houses. and within one minute
and half after he releases the lever
he companies are on their way to the
oo3 He waits q couple Of minutes.
ooon there appear from all sides ap-
paratus from the fire housesin the dls-
aict. The man at the box indicates
W pointing the location Of the f1re ana
.ue driver of the first engine to arrive,
"uo knows the hydrants in his district
~, well as he knows the boxes, runs
~. s horses to a hydrant nearly oppo-
w the fire. The first company 10
i've i've dashes into tho barn with
sOse. Then others come up and the
,n Is soon extinguished. In review
n, uhe events following tho pulling
N oo4 1-52 we find that within snree
Au'es an engine and truck c. -pany
On the scene and that within
more, another engine, the chem
I truck and several hose
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Passenger Trains Collide.

In one of the most extraordinry ac-
cidents known to American railroad
ing, two heavily loaded passenger
trains came together on the elevated
tracks of the New York Central & Hud-
son River railroad. One man, j. W.
Knapp of New Rochelle, was killed
and 40 persons were more or less in
jured. Both of the colliding trains
were east bound, and had left the
Grand Central station at Forty-second
street within few minutes Of each
other. Rushing along on parallel
tracks the two trains suddenly came
together. The local was switched from
the third track to the fourth, and ir
an instant the engine of the express
had crashed into the day coach follow
ing the smoking car of the local. Fire
apparatus from several stations wero
summoned and many persons were res
cued by means Of ladders placed
against the structure.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

wagons were at the fire. together with
70 or 30 men-a small fire department
In itself.
Let us now return to a fire house
and see how these alarms are re-
ceived. Near the door Of every house
Is located a small desk, and at this a
fireman sits. Nearby, somewhere on
the apparatus floor, another fireman
may be found cleaning out the horses
stalls, or keeping bright the metal
work ON the swinging harness, but
ready in an instant to assist in "hitch-
ing up," should a call or an alarm
come ringing out from the array of in
struments ranged along the wall near
the desk. The man sitting at the desk
is the "man-on-watch," who notes the
alarms. Just before the alarm sounds
on the great gong there Is a shap
click which, to the ordinary listener,
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

box which is piled with excelsior and
wood. There is steam up on the en-
CINE constantly, as it is connected by
pipes with boiler in the basement
from which the hot water is secured.
AS the engine pulls away from the
floor pipes a valve in the latter is au-
tomatically closed and the water from
the boiler below turned into a sewer.
Almost instantly it seems everything
Is ready and the driver leaning for
ward and taking up the reins gives a
slight pull toward him. This pull re-
leases a catch in the iron framework
that holds up the harness. and this
frame flies up to the ceiling, letting
the harness fall on the backs of the
horses. The man on watch shouts
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

Valdosta, Ca, Dec. ga report has
reached here from Ewing, between
Fargo and St George, the new colony
town, that a crowd of negroes tried to
mob white man who was manager of
a large turpentine still at that place.
He barricaded himself and opened fire
n them, killing five men and two w0-
men and wounding seven others.
Another report from Ewing states
killed instantly, three were fatally
wounded and eight others were moro
or less seriously wounded by bullets.
Several women were among the
wounded and one woman was killed.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Armenians Cause Big Fire.

CONSTANTINOPLE The latest
news from Tiflis, Caucasia, says that
800 houses in the Mussulman quarter
were set on fire by armed Armenians,
who prevented the inmates from leav-
ing, and fired on the firemen who at
tempted to extinguish the flames. The
total number Of Mussulmans killed is
not yet asoertained, but 81 Turkish
subjec9s are known to have perished.
The fighting was continuing December
II, when the telegram was forwarded,
and the Turkish consulate was over.
crowded with refugees. A telegram Of
the same date from Batoum, Caucasia,
reports a continuance of the disorder
there. Great fears of a massacre pre-
vailed in the Mussulman quarter, and
the government transport Ismir has
left Constantinople for Batoum to take
off the Turks
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
NEW NORTH POLE EXPLORER.
ssMusher" Will Be There First When
Gold Stampede IL STARTED.


There is a popular belief in the ex-
IRENE northwest that the north pole
will be discovered by a musher, and
not by any scientific polar expedition.
This belief is based on the conviction
that gold stampede wiz eventually
be started toward north latitude W
degrees, and that mushers will rush
in where arctic explorers have feared
to tread. So completely unknown to
fame Is this newcomer in the race for
the pole that to the majority of peo-
pie the name suggests nothing but
cereal breakfast food.
Gilbert Parker, the novelist, who
finds his most congenial theme IN
French-Canadian life, has made his
readers familiar with "Marche-t'- emf
the cry with which drivers of dog
teams urge forward their painting ami
mails. French Canadian trappers were
among the earliest white men in the
tar northwest, and American prospec-
tors on the Yukon soon learned to goad
their dogs on with the same cry, with
out, however, understanding the
French, which, in their mouths, was
rapidly corrupted to "Mushonw to this
day an Alaska dog drivers equivalent
for Gee upw
Dog drivers generally run with the
team and therefore from "Mush-on"
has come the noun musher, used all
over Alaska and the Yukon territory
to designate a craftsman. The musher
is generally prospector, stampeder and
craftsman all rolled into one, and
Alaska trails are such uncertain guam
titles that he has frequently to make
his own precedents over newly frozen
sea and trackless snow. The musher
achieves most of his stampeding to
new gold fields during the arctic win.
ter, for then the rigid sea becomes a
highway and mighty rivers need no
bridging-Sunset Magazine.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Chinese Ruler.

The Empress Dowager of China was
sold into slavery at the age of eleven,
to save her family from starvation.
Afterwards she was presented to the
late Emperor, and, upon his wife's
death, became Empress. Her feet were
never bound, and she was taught to
read after persistent pleading. The
sterling qualities of this wonderful
woman, like those of Pillsbury's vitos,
have overcome every obstacle. And
she holds herself at the head of China,
as does vitos at the head Of breakfast
foods.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
SPOKANE
Wholesale Produce Prices.

Potatoes-75c cwt; onions, $1.25 q
cwt; cabbage, $1.25 cwt; oranges, ma
wells, 1925 case; lemons, fancy, Sc
case; choice, SIS case; pineapples, $3.50
doz; dried figs, 75e@$1 box; figs in
bulk 7@Sc per ID; cranberries, $3.50
so Dbl; eating apples, $2@2.50 box;
cooking apples, $1@1.5O; beets. $1.25;
turnips, 81; rutabagas, 81; sweet po-
tatoes, $2.75@2.90 cwt; winter pears.
$1.50@1.75 box; eggs eastern, $7.75
@S.25 case; fresh ranch, $11 case;
-four, local, $4@4.25 Dbl; creamery but
ter, 3Oc lb best grade; celery. soc d.;
honey, s3.25@3.50 case; strained hon.
ey, S@9c ID; cheese, 161z @1Sc Id; fan
CIV California tomatoes, 4 basket crate
$1.75; imported Amelia grapes, $3.50
Dbl; Fard dates, $3.50 box; Golden
dates, 7@Sc lb.
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran, SIG ton; bran and shorts, SIT;
white shorts, $40; corn, $1.45 cwt;
cracked corn, $1.55; timothy hay, SIG
ton; alfalfa, $12@13 ton; rolled barley
81 80 cwt; whole oats, $1.45 cwt; chop
ped oats, $3.50 cwt; wheat, $1.40 cwt.
sheep skins, $1@1.25.
| Poultry and eggs-Chickens, hens,
10c lb live weight; large spring, 1Oc
ID; ROSTERS, &c Id; turkeys, dressed,
zoe Id; ducks, lie Id; geese, 10c ID;
eggs, fresh ranch, $40 case; dressed
chickens, 12c Id; ducks and geese,
121ac Id; turkeys, live, 18c ID.
Creamery products, f. o. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat,
2S1sc lb.
Hay, grain and apples-Timothy,
$13@14 ton; alfalfa, $1,000 ton; oats,
S1.35; potatoes, Coo cwt; cabbage, soc
@$1 cwt; apples, 1902 box.
egetables-Potatoes, 60@65c cwt;
turnips, Csc cwt; Deets 75c cwt; on
ions, $1.25.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live Stock-Steers, $275@3 cwt;
cows, $2.50cwt; sheep, $5@5.50 cwt;
hogs, $5.25@5.50 cwt.
Dressed Meats-Steers, $5@5ke
lib; cows. 4@41c; hogs, 2h@Sc Id;
veal, 6@8c I'm.
Hides-Green steers, SIC; cows, 81
Id; sailed, Nc higher; dry hides, liz
Id; calf skins, green, &c; kip, &c;
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Officer Killed on Train.

Mount Carmel, ILL.,, Dec. 24.-Two
men were killed and third was prob
ably injured, and every window was
shattered in a passenger coach on the
Southern railroad, when two men in
custody for larceny tried to escape by
killing constable.
When the smoke had cleared away,
Constable James Kingston and Isaac
Marshall, one of the prisoners, were
dead, and Edward Marshall, the other
prisoner, was probably fatally shot.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

San Francisco, Dec. 2O.-Robert Fitz-
simmons collapsed at the close Of tho
18th round Of his fight with ''Philadel-
phia Jack" O'Brien. He had foughA
hard, but nature could no longer stand
the strain, and, after the gong racg
the close Of the 18th round he walked
to his corner and sat in his chair.
Then his head fell over on his breast.
his whole body collapsed, and the fight
ing wonder Of the age was "all in.''
Referee Graney saw his condition and
awarded the fight to O'Brien.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Senator Clark. a GRANDPA,

San Francisco, Dec. 2O.-A grand
daughter of Senator William A. Clark
of Montana was born this morning at
San Mateo, the parents being Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles w. Clark, the mother
having been Miss Celia Tobin of this
city. When informed Of the birth of
the baby Senator CLARK announced that
he would Immediately give the little
girl dowry of 81 900. 900, following
the example set by himself at the
birthg of his first grandchild.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

would not be noticed at all, but to
the quick ear of the man on watch
and the equally well-trained ears Of
the horses, there need be no second
stroke to tell that an alarm will fol-
low. This click is caused by the
opening of the electric circuit in
which the station is located.
Near the gong clock registers, by
the use Of magnets, the time the alarm
il received. On each side Of the stalls
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
MutinY SPREADS.

Toxic, Japan, Dec. 23.-The steamer
Shahzandn, which arrived at Nagasaki
from Vladivostock, reports that the
mutiny in the Manchurian army has
extended to Tomsk, where the Co.'S
sacks attacked the barracks in which
nearly a thousand mutineers were
Puartered. The building was set afire
and many were burned to death. The
Cosssacks also set fire to a house in
Vladivostok in which 100 mutineers
had baricaded themselves. This was
followed by 4 general massacre in the
streets, many being killed.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Mark Twain Honored.

New York.-Mark Twain was tho
guest of honor at the monthly dinner
of the Society of Illustrators in the
rooms Of the Aldine association.
Andrew Carnegie occupied the place
of honor at the right of Dan Beard,
president of the society. and toast
master.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Information About coebeI Murd.

Information About GoebeI Murder.
Bakersfield. Cal.-Charles e. Ehler
n cot in the county hospital suffer.
ng from wound presumably self in
ficted, has admitted to the superinten-
dent that he has information as to
he killing of Governor Goebel of Ken
ucky, which If it were adduced, it il
alleged, would clear Caleb Powers,
ormer secretary of state of Kentucky,
nd now under sentence of death for
completely in the murder of the late
governor.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

ure or ceremony, he is punctual. not
only to the hour, but to the minute-it
might almost be said to the second.
And yet His Majesty is never seen to
consult a watch. But his familiars
know that his habit Of passing his
hand along his flowing beard is only
a device for glancing at a small watch
which he wears fastened to his wrist.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
A Kings Punctuality.

All men agree in the abstract that
''punctuality is the soul of business, :"
but few act up to the maxim with the
strictness of the King of the Belgians.
Wherever or however he may travel,
whether the visit be of business, pleas
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Say Thousands Are STARVING.

cay THUUSdHoS ARC StdrVIn9e
TOkiO.-An eyewitness to the extent
of the famine in the northeast prov
i1ces, who has just returned, reports
the condition of the people to be real
ly Geplorable.
The advent of winter has found
thousands on the verge of starvation
and speedy relief alone will save them.
Measures of relief will be vigorous
ly taken up here and assistance Of
sympathizers abroad will be welcon,-
ed
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

the number Of the box and its locality
to the driver, who pulls cord above
him, the big doors slide open-and
the engine dasnes of to the hre-Utt
ca. N, T.. Globe.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

Raised Wages in Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Ohio The direct
ors of the Cleveland Electric railway.
at a recent meeting, raised the wages
of more than 1000 motormen and con-
ductors one cent an hour.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Columbia Against Football.

New York.-The Columbia univer-
sity faculty has definitely abolished
football at Columbia, and President
Butler was recommended by the coun-
Gil to take steps to eliminate all inter-
collegiate sport at the institution.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

Word from Sovail, German Samos,
is to the effect that the volcanI % on the
island is in active eruption, throwing
lava 500 feet in height.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Wheat Report.

Portland.-Valley, 73c. For export:
Club, 7O@71c; piuestem, 72@73c; red
66@67c. For California: Club, 73c;
bluestem, 75c.
Observation-Disclosures bluestem, 74c;
Standardization, 75c; club, 73c.
club, 72c; red, CSC.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

First Minister to Norway.
Herbert H. D. PIERCE, third assistant
secretary of state, has been selected
by the president as the first American
minister to Norway.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
Talked Too Much.

For saying that the Kaiser had an
ugly face" Matthias Rohrmann, of
Phalszourg, Alsace-Lorraine, has been
sent to prison for two months.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

Paul Heyse, said to be the most IA,
nous living German novelist, is
most as well known in Americ>
the fatherland.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

Dress some men up in feminine ap-
parel and you couldn't tell them from
women.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
ElREMEN OF A CITY,
..uAr HAPPENS WHEN AN,
ALARM COMES IN.

c.mvanies Of Fire Fighters Re-
..oud-MethOds of Noting Alarm.
= Peep Into the Department..
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29
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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-12-29

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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-04-21

GRANGE NOTES.
By invitation of the lecturer of Mer-
ryall Grange, Editor A. P. Smith of
The BEE will lecture before Merryall
Grange, Tuesday night, his subject
being Gan Experiment in Socialism"
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-04-21
Ten Pages.
New Milford,

F. J. TURRILL CREATES SENSATION.
F.. J. Turrill,a AN esteemed vestryman
Of st Johns church, furnished the
town the sensation Of the week on
Saturday. Saturday morning he set
out on a fishing trip, his wife carrying
him as far north as Mr. Hurd's, where
he said he would get out and fish down
the brook. In a little while along
came Stephen Beach. "Say, Turrill,"
shouted Beach, ''come with me up
South Kent way. That's where you
get the trout" Coming out of the
brush Mr. Turrill got into Mr. Beach's
wagon and away they went. They
fished till nearly dark and then stop
PED in to Don Peet's house, who insist
ed upon their staying to supper. 1t
was 9 O'Clock before they started
toward home. AS darkness came on
Mrs Turrill became alarmed at the
nOn-appearance of her husband. Word
was sent over to Dea Marsh, who tel
ephoned to James Marsh that Mr.
rurrill was missing and it would be a
good plan to search the brooks. George
Jackson, James Marsh, f. r. Greene,
G. I. Leach, E. J. Hungerford, George
Ackley, John B. Cox and, VertOn
Staub quickly donned their rubber
boots and were on their way up Wells
vile avenue when fleet-fOoted courier
arrived with the word, ''Turrill has
arrived home safe and sound" The
genial veStryman had no idea what a
hub-bub he had caused in the good old
town.