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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-16
18th Day Of April, 1905,

and will be opened the same day by the
County Commissioners and as soon as the
said proposals have been examined the said
County commissioners will take action to
wards the letting of the contract
Each proposal must be accompanied by a
certified check of twenty five per cent. of its
amount, or surety bond for a like amount
made payable to the County Commissioners
of Garrett county as a guarantee TIL the
successful bidder will enter into q contract
and furnish a bond double the amount Of
his bid.
This bond must be issued by a regular
Surety Guarantee Co., and furnished within
a reasonable time after the contract has
been signed.
The said check or bond shall become for
cited to the County Commissioners if for
enter into contract and furnish the bond
as aforesaid after its acceptance by the said
County Commissioners.
This bond must be made payable to the
County Commissioners .of Garrett County
and the conditions of the said bond shall
guarantee the faithful performance and
eN ecution of the work according to the plans
and specifications on file as aforesaid.
After the contract has been signed and
the bond approved the certified checks will
be returned to their respective makers and
if the contract is not awarded within two
weeks from the opening of the bids the OBJ
legation of the bidders Will cease and their
checks returned.
Each bidder shall accompany his bid with
samples OF the material he intends use for
cell construction. with a full size sample of
the grating , inches square, and samples of
plates inches square, also model or full
size drawing of the locking device with de-
tail specifications covering its construction:
also each bidder must accompany his bid
with samples of the cut stone.
The County Commissioners will award the
contract to the lowest responsible bidder
and they reserve the right to reject one oral
bids.
BY order of the Board,
lot. A. g. Ross, Clerk,
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YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
Commissioners Meeting.

OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR GARRETT Co.
OAKLAND, MD, Mich. 9, 1906 !
The Board of County Commissioners for
Garrett county win meet at their Office in
Oakland on
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-16
$1,000 IN GOLD
As Reward for Hard Work Amons
Strangers.

Miss Love Warwick received from
her uncle the sum of one thousand
dollars in one dollar gold pieces on
Tuesday last for her bravery aud hard
work among strangers during the
year 1904. Miss Warwick is a highly
respected lady of Garrett county. and
also one among the leading milliners
of that section. She will leave here
the 18th of April for the state of
Georgia, where she will complete her
business. Her many friends are sorry
to learn of her departure Cumber-
land Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-16
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE

Incidents and Events at Home and
Nearby-PersonaI Mention, Etc.
Circuit Court will convene in Oak
land on next Monday.
NJ. George Warwick, of Blooming
ton, was in Oakland Monday for a
few hours on legal business.
DR.. James Reese. of Salem, w. Va.
will be the guest of Dr. and Mrs. R.
B. Ward over Sunday.
Mr.. G.. A. Bolden, of Grafton, ac-
companied by his little son ConnelI,
were in Oakland Tuesday the guests
of relative.
Commissioners meeting will occur
Tuesday of next week when gen
eral routine business vii! be transact
ed.
Messrs. J. NJ. Davis & Son advertise
in this issue a steel range at a remark
ably low price Examine it before
purchasing elsewhere.
SCHdtOI nay GhcCIOlb Cdillt uD 10
Oakland from Baltimore Tuesday
night and will remain here a day or
two on business.
Miss Jane Baird, OF Homecoming,
wEo has been the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Chas. Tower, for several weeks
returned home yesterday evening
Misses Emma and Selma johnson,
of Parkersburg, w. Va, are here as
the guests of their sister. Miss Tekla
Johnson, aud Rev. and Mrs. r. b.
Ward
Mrs. E. M. Spedden and son Charles,
and Miss Effie Ashby, of Crellin, were
visitors to Oakland yesterday, being
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs S. E.
Shirer.
At A. D. Naylor & Co.'S you can
get the genuine Orchilla guano, said
to be the best fertilizer on the mar
ket. The same goods were sold here
a few years ago by Messrs. J. NJ.
Davis y Sons. 2-3t.
The manufacturers and iobbers of
the whole country are after the cata-
logue bouses of the large cities with
sharp sticks. The war against these
concerns which operate extensively
and to the detriment of the country
merchants, last week had the effect
of pushing six of them to the wall.
Mr.. Chas. f. McBee and son Mr..
Harry McBee, of Athens, Ohio, the
former general agent for the b. & O.
in his city and the latter editor of one
of the newspapers of Athens, spent
last Saturday and Sunday in Oak
land with Prof. and Mrs. J. Frank
NcBee.
A note from our esteemed Deer
Park correspondent sta ties that he
was unable this week to furnish his
usual interesting quota of news items
owing to lack of time and his official
duties. The tribute to the memory
4 "a recently deceased ex- Union sol
9r who died at Deer Park last week,
will appear in the "Jottings" in our
next issue.
This Office is engaged this week in
printing for the Mountain Lake Park
Association large amount of adyer-
Using matter setting forth the great
advantages of the Park as a summer
and health resort. The folders will
be forwarded through the mails to
persons all over the United States and
good results of the active campaign
to bring before the public generally
the good points of the Park are antic.
ipated by the management.
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Good Coal at ow Prices.

offer fOl sale at the mine located
on the Cornelius johnson place near
Deep Creek good lump coal at 81 per
ton. The supply is unlimited and on
hand at all times. PETER SINEs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY.
In ST. Paups n. E. Church Next Thurs
day Afternoon and Nisht.

Rev. \. p. George, ID. d., field work
er for the Sunday School Union of
the Methodist Episcopal church, will
be in Oakland next Thursday after
noon and evening aud will give a
Chalk Talk" at four O'Clock p. III.
This will be especially interesting to
children and Sunday school teachers
and all are invited to avail thensel-
YES of this opportunity to witness d
practical demonstration of this met h.
cd.
In the evening at 80 o'clock Dr.
George will make public address in
the interest of Sunday school work.
The speaker comes to us highly rec
ommended as platform speaker and
Sunday school specialist.
We invite the general public to
both these services, assuring them
that it is a rare opportunity to hear
one of our official representatives
without expense
}. b. WORKMAN, Pastor.
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County GRANGE Naetin9.

The County Grange will meet in
MAYORS Hall, Railroad street, Oak
land, on Saturday. March 25th, at one
o'clock p. IN, when Mr., Chas. 7.
Sweet, Of Swanton, will lecture on
spraying fruit trees All Changers
are requested to be present.
GEORGE f. BIsHOFF,
Lecturer.
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a. J. MICHAEL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-16
NOTICE.

This to notify the public that my
wife, Maria c. Michael, has left my
bed and board with out just provo
cation and to warn all persons not
to credit or harbor her on my account,
as will not pay any debt contracted
by her.
2.3t \. J. MICHAEL.
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Notice to Contractors
Notice Of Letting the Contract
for a Jail and Sheriff's Resi-
dence, for Garrett County, at
It's County Seat, Oakland, Md.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Clerk of the County Commissioners of Gar
rett County, at Oakland, Nd, for the furnish
ing of all materials and labor required for
the erection and completion of a Jail and
Sheritf'S Residence according to the plans
and specifications prepared by Holmboe u
Lafferty, Architects, Clarksburg. w. Va,
copies of which are now on file at the Com
misSioners' Office and at the office of the
above named Architects.
Said proposals win be received until 2
O'Clock 2. NJ. on the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-16
Tuesday, March q, 1905,

for the purpose of transacting all routine
business.
Road Supervisors who have not filed their
bonds are requested to do so at once.
By order of the Board.
A. G. ROSS, Clerk
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
Igorrotes Bound for Port
land Fair Celebrate Safe
Arrival With Big Powwow
DEVOUR FOUR CANNES
Sayages Chant and Dance
for Four Hours After Eat
ing Carcasses of Puppies
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SEATTLE, April 23.-In celebration
of their safe arrival from the land Of
their birth fifty Igorrotes from the in
terror of Luzon en- route to the Lewis
and Clark exposition at Portland went
to-day to Blake Island, an uninhabited
waste in the sound, two hours journey
from Seattle, where they held a canao
nay or dog feast" attended with all
the religious rites and ceremonies of
the tribe.
Before leaving the city the chief of
the band selected four young dogs
which were taken with the party. Ar
irving at the island. in the native fash
ion and with religious pomp the brutes
were slaughtered. Half of their blood
was drawn and while still alive they
were strung on tripod over blazing
faggots until the hair was scorched so
that it would scrape off. While the
men were engaged in preparing the
food the women began the canao nay
dance, accompanied with chant.
After half an hour half of the men
were relieved of their labors and Joined
in the dance which. with the native
chants, were kept up until the meal of
boiled dog was ready to serve. Follow
ing the meal, for four hours. the time
of the band was given over to dances
and chants.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
CAR PROMISES
PROMPT REFORM
Unyielding in His Determin-
alton to Conyoke Repre-
sentatives of the People
TREPOFF'S IRON RULE
Widespread Evidences of a
Return to the Methods
of the Late Won PlehWe

ST. PETERSBURG, April 23.-Re-
ceiving the marshal of nobility of Kos
troma recently, Emperor Nicholas or
dered him to communicate the follow
ing message to the mobiles:
My will regarding the convocation
of representative of the people is un-
swerving and the Minister of the In
terror is devoting all his efforts to its
prompt execution"
Not only the future of the war in
the Far East, but the fate of the whole
programme of international reform to
which Emperor Nicholas stands COM
united, however, appears to await the
fSsue of the approaching sea battle
between Rojestvensky and Togo.
Practically, the interior administra-
ton is being conducted through po-
lice regime. Already there are every
where evidences of return to Won
Plehwe methods. Domiciliary visits
and arrests by scores and hundreds
are reported in every part of the en-
pire and meetings of all classes of the
people are forbidden and broken up
by the police under the direction of
the local Governors. The Government
argues that it cannot fold its arms
and see the flames of revolution
famed by agitators.
The revolutionaries seem to have
plenty of funds. furnished from both
abroad and by wealthy sympathizers
in Russia.
Large reinforcements of troops,
especially of Cossacks, have been
brought to st. Petersburg.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
BATTLES WITH
A P0LICEM AN

William Monahan made a desperate
effort last night to free his brother
Thomas, who was under arrest, await
ing the arrival of the patrol wagon
Policeman Sullivan, who had Thomas
Monahan and another man under ar
rest at the time, alleges that Monahan
struck him, and during the fight that
ensued one of the prisoners escaped
Monahan was charged with interfering
with a policeman. His brother was
charged with disorderly conduct
The affair was the elimination of
fight which took place in the early
part of the evening between William
and Harry McKenna in Dennis McMa-
hons saloon at Third and Harrison
streets. Monahan alleges that Mcken-
ma made insulting remarks about a
girl friend of Monahan's. Monahan
says he resented the insult, and fight
ensued Several others took part in
the affair. During the combat Mona
hans clothes were ripped by a knife.
He alleged that McKenna tried to cut
him. While the fight was on police
man came on the scene and arrested
William Monahan for disturbing the
peace, and he was taken to the South
ern Police Station.
Shortly afterward a friend furnished
bail and Monahan was released. 1t was
while on his way back to his home that
he had the trouble with the policeman.
Monahan says he did not strike the po-
liceman, but simply inquired from the
official why he was arresting his
brother He says the policeman made
an effort to push him aside and it was
then the unknown man, who was also
under arrest, pulled away from the
policeman and made his escape.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
KEMPFF AFTER
SHIP MASTERS
Special Dispatch to The call.

TACOMA, April %. Admiral
Kempff is vigorously carrying out
President Roosevelt's instructions by
carefully inspecting every steamship
on Puget Sound that carries passen-
gers. The admirals plan is to step
aboard a vessel unannounced. reveal
his identity and request the captain to
call a fire drill without delay. Often
members of the crew are trucking
freight in a warehouse when the fire
signal is sounded The life preservers
are inspected. the boats lowered. the
fire pumps started and the men
ordered to their stations
For lack of discipline at the fire drill
on the steamship Sarah NJ. Renton,
when the admiral was present, Captain
Lermond lost his license for thirty
days.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
CROW DED AUTO
IN FATAL CRASH
One Man Loses His Life and
Two Women Badly Injured
i'm Accident in New York
MACHINE HITS A FENCE
Victim of the Catastrophe
Was Engaged to Wed the
Young Lady Who Was Hurt

NEW YORK, April 2S.-One man
was killed and two women were badly
hurt when a big tourist automobile,
crowded with passengers, crashed into
a high board fence at Eighth avenue
and Fifty-seventh street to-day. The
streets were thronged with Easter
promenaders at the time of the acci-
dent and police reserves had to be
called out to keep the crowd in check
The chauffeur of the machine asserts
it was struck by an Eighth avenue
trolley car and that he temporarily
lost control of the brakes. The big
automobile plunged across the sidewalk
and into the fence with great force.
Charles P. Roster q years of age, a
business man of this city, was killed,
and Miss Anna FinneIman, Is years
old, and Mrs. Angela Romanoff, 45
years old, were injured.
Roster and Miss Zimmerman, who
were on the front seat of the auto
mobile, were to be married next week
Mrs Romanoff was seated in a little
fruit stand near the corner of the
fence and when both stand and fence
were demolished she was caught and
crushed beneath the falling timbers.
More than forty persons were ON the
heavy vehicle when the accident took
place.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
MONTEREY DONS
Her GALA GARB
Pretty Little Town Gayly
Decorated in Honor of the
Grand ParlOr OF Native Sons
MANY VISITORS ARRIVE
Delegates and Their Friends
Will Be rendered a Pub
lie Reception This Evening
MANY VISITORS ARRIVE
Special DisDatch to The Call.

MONTEREY, April 2S.-Monterey
is ablaze with lights and the white
and gold of the Native Sons of the
Golden West adorns every business
house from the old Custom-house to
the plaza A special train arrived from
the north at $3.50 o'clock tonight with
more than 200 delegates to the Grand
Parlor and several hundred of their
friends aboard. The Monterey band
and Monterey Parlor. Native Sons Of
the Golden West, escorted the visitors,
TO quarters previously assigned them.
second special. bearing the delegates
from the southern part of the State.
arrived at $40 .. m. More than 1000
visitors are already provided for. 50
perfect are the arrangements of the
committee.
The Grand Parlor will convene at IL
a. m. Monday and continue in session
until 2:30 p. m The delegates and
their friends will be rendered a public
reception in the evening.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
BOULDER CREEK
GETS SCHOOL
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTA CRUZ, April 23.-The new
Union High School, which was recent
ly voted for by the citizens of Boulder
Creek and vicinity, will be built In
Boulder Creek on site overlooking
the magnificent San Lorenzo Canyon.
The site was selected by board COM
posed of the following: S. Bishop Of
Alba district. ]. Franklin of Ben Lo-
mond district, ]. II. Aram of Boulder
Creek district, d. Moncreif of Sequoia
district, Garret Keefe of Dougherty
district and w. Horstman of Bear
Creek district
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
SHIP BRINGS
Is STOW AW AVS
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PORTLAND. April 23.-The transport
Sheridan arrived in this afternoon from
Manila, via Nagasaki and Honolulu.
with the Fourteenth Infantry on board.
She will reach Portland about $3.50 to-
morrow morning. The Sheridan sailed
from Honolulu April Is and had a very
pleasant trip across.
On board the vessel are Alt en-
listed men of the Fourteenth In
fantry and thirty-three officers, under
command of Major John S. Parks, six
men on sick leave and eight dis
charged men, one bluejacket and
twenty Filipinos, who are coming for
service in Government cable work.
There are on the vessel thirteen stow
aways, who came aboard at Honolulu.
The regiment will be stationed at
Vancouver.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
SEASON YIELD
IS S2O,OOO,OOO
Special Dispatch to The call.

TACOMA, April %. = An unusually
early spring has started sluicing in all
Yukon camps from the Klondike to
Nome. Estimates received by wire to-
day say the total cleanup along the
Yukon will reach s20. 100000 The out
put Of the KlOndike is placed at SO
100000. The Tanana district will pro-
duce S5,OOO,000. The output of Nome and
the other districts along the Bering
Sea will reach $4,000000. Atlin, Koyu-
kuk, Forty Mile and Circle City will
easily add another million.
Yukon traffic promises to be heavier
this year than ever before One of the
richest strikes in Alaska history has
been made on the Portland benches at
Nome. Bedrock there consists of al
most pure gold. Dirt runs 81 so a pan
and one bucket yielded $1,000
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24

Charles Stewart Parnell. the foun-
der of the Irish National Land League
and for many years the leader of the
Irish Parliamentary party, was named
as correspondent In the divorce suit of
his friend, Captain O'Shea, early in
1890.
Parnell unfit for the leadership of the
Irish party and undoubtedly was an
effective factor in the reverses which
befell the Irish Home Rule party in
December. $780, In the following
June. Parnell married Mrs. O'Shea.
He died in October, 1891.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
CARELESS BOY
MEETS DEATH

SALINAS, April 2S = Alfred, the
thirteen-year-oid son of John Fontes,
wealthy Portuguese rancher of San
Miguel Canyon, met a horrible death
last night while rabbit hunting with
several boy acquaintance. Young
Fontes, while resting, laid his gun on
a pile of stumps. After a few minutes
the boys dog started a rabbit and
young Fontes seized his shotgun and
pulled it, the muzzle forward, toward
him. The gun was discharged, the load
entering the youths left side, causing
instant death
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
BOLD ROBBERS
USE DYNAMITE
Early Morning Thieves Make
an Attempt to Blow Open
a Safe in the Garden City
RIFLE CASH REGISTERS
Fire Alarm Frightens Bur-
glars Before They Can Use
a Third Charge of Powder
RIFLE CASH REGISTERS
Special Dispatch to The Call.

was made to dynamite the safe Of the
Smith Meat and Grocery Company, on
First and San Antonio streets, in the
heart of the city, early this morning. A
half-inch hole was drilled IN the door
and two charges exploded. This failed
to open the safe and jammed the COM
bination. An alarm for a fire a block
away is believed to have frightened the
cracksmen away before they could
place another charge.
A number of sacks of barley were
piled around and over the safe to dead
en- the sound of the explosion. Four
cash registers in the store were rified
and about $40 secured.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
FAMINE
IN THE SOUTH
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN DIEGO, April 23.-With near
ly every acre of plowed land in the
county promising a big crop, this
county is on the verge of a famine, not
of water or of food. but famine of
labor. Hay harvesting has already
commenced and it will not be long be-
fore the hay bailing crews will be out
and at work Barley and wheat will
be harvested soon. w. A. Doran of
San Marcos says that there are not
half enough men in the county to
handle the crops.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
WOMAN TIRES
OF LONELY LIFE
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES. April 23.-Mrs. w.
H. Morrell, formerly city librarian of
Riverside, killed herself at the City
Hospital in Riverside this afternoon.
Mrs. MorreI was the widow of a
well-known citizen, who died last No
vember, after long struggle with con-
sumption Since his death she was
very respondent and of late the victim
of acute melancholia. While her
nurses's attention was distracted she
slipped into medicine closet. procured
some nitric acid and swallowed it.
dying in great agony. She was a resi-
dent of Riverside for eighteen years.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
WOULD USE GOVERNMENT
DIXIE AS A BOULEVARD
San Diego Officials and Army Engin-
ecr Inspect Ancient Dam
Above Old Town

SAN DIEGO, April 23.-Captain C.
H. McKinstry of the United States En-
gineer Corps, accompanied by several
city officials, made an investigation to-
day of the Government dixie above Old
Town, which was built long years ago
to turn the waters of San Diego River
into False Bay. The city has asked
the Government for permission to use
the dixie as a boulevard and Captain
McKinstry represents the Government
in the investigation.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
NAN PATTERSON ATTENDS
SERVICES IN THE TOMBS
Third Trial of the Show Girl on
Charge of Murder to Begin
To-Day.

NEW YORK, April 23.-"Nan''
Patterson's third trial on the charge
of having murdered "Ceasar' Young
will be commenced tomorrow. The
jury was completed last Wednesday,
when the court ordered an adjourn
ment over the holidays. In the Tombs
to-day Miss Patterson attended both
the Presbyterian and the Episcopal
services. She was accompanied to the
latter by her sister. Mrs. j. Morgan
Smith.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
PLAN 4 JOINT
CELEBR ALTON
Special Dispatch to The CAN.

SANTA CRUZ. April 23.-The Odd
Fellows of this part of the State have
planned big anniversary celebration
for next Wednesday. The lodges of
Boulder Creek. Santa Cruz, Sequel and
Watsonville will celebrate jointly at
Capitola. The programme includes
drills by the Patriarchs Militant of
Santa Cruz and Watsonville, basket
picnic, an oration by W. C. Neither
ton, a dance in the pavilion and games.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
FIND BURGLARS AT WORK
ON RETURNING HOME

Housebreakers Escape Through a
Rear Window With Small GUAM
tity of JeweIry.
When Thomas Gushing and wife re-
turned to their home at 3646 Twentieth
street last evening at $50 o'clock they
surprised two burglars who were at
work in the house. The -housebreakers
escaped through rear window They
had found small quantity of jewelry
become compelled to fee.
The house is occupied by the Cush-
ing family and ]. Matthew Wheelans.
and, had the burglars been given suf-
flcient time for a thorough search,
they would have found many valuables.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-24
Special Easter Service for Kaiser.

MESSINA. Italy, April 23.-The
German Imperial yacht Hohenzollern
was beautifully decorated with flow
ers and plants to-day in celebration
of Easter. DR.. Goens. the German
Court Chaplain. came from Berlin es-
pecially to perform service in the
chapel of the yacht.