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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05
TALKING MACHINE IN CHINA.

Almost q Riot When It Won1dn't Work
= in One Upcountry Village.
Those who have reviled the talking
machine" said Henry NJ. Blackwell,
an engineer who visited the railway
exhibit, would have been properly
rebuked If they witnessed a scene that
ettested its popularity with the heather
Chinee.
Three years ago was with a small
company Of surveyors who were lay.
Ing out the line of the railroad be-
tween Hankow and Canton, and one
day found us at Chushachow, a small
but populous village. A talking ma
chine happened to be a part Of our
equipment, as it had proved more ef-
flcient in placating the celestials than
squad Of soldiers.
Though our party had taken a long
jump into Chushachow, it became
plainly evident that news travels from
mouth to mouth as quickly as by tele-
graph, for a crowd of several hundred
chattering Cinnamon gathered outside
Of our quarters and awaited a concert
They didn't make any request; they
simply waited for what they consid-
cred their rights.
lone of our military escort told us
what his compatriots wanted, and
when we unveiled the talking machine
with great ceremony it received more
reverence than an ancestors tomb.
But the machine kicked and refused
to play. Whereupon we Informed our
self-invited guests, through the inter
prefer, that the entertainment was OF.
"Muttering arose from the crowd
and a spokesman addressed the inter-
prefer, declaring that there had been
unfair discrimination, and that If their
sovereign rights were withheld they
would get hunk When the little file
Of soldiers attempted to dispense them
tho uproar became deafening and the
engineers rushed out to find an incipi.
emit Boxer outbreak.
Several coolies made hostile move
toward the house, probably to take
the machine apart and extract the for.
eign songs from it. The Chinese SOL
diers kept their heads, strange to say,
and when the ebullition of Chinese
curiosity began to evaporate they dis
persed the rioters and hauled of sew
eral. ringleaders to the lookup.
.'No prima donna ever got the trib-
ute paid to that weather-beaten talk
ing machine. We sat up half the night
tinkering around the mechanism until
lit rasped of the records Of coon song
and comic opera trifles.
1.-THE next morning q larger crowd
was present at the concert and depart
ed grateful, awestruck, and satisfied.
This musical event was unattended,
however, by three of the riot leaders,
they being detained in the calaboose,
as the magistrate had sentenced them
to be suspended by the wrists for
forty eight hours. Every innovation Il
bound to have its martyrs
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05

Intelngence.-Brains and discipline
count to-day. Deceive mot yourselves
In your temptations or along any line
by the inclination to underestimate
what you have to contend against
Rev. 8. e. Young, Presbyterian, Pitts
burg.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05

- s001le0 NIea1A Ufe9o1n8e
Many families do not like olive oil,
and tor those who do not eat salads
on this account boiled cream dressing
made "a follows will be found deli
cious: Add tablespoonful Of sugar,
half a teaspoonfuf of salt, fourth Of
a tablespoonful Of white pepper. tea
spoonful Of mustard to half cupful
OF vinegar; place in granite ware
basin over the fire, and when hot beat
in a cupful Of cream or milk, two eggs,
tablespoonful Of butter; let become
cold.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05
Sweet Potato ScOuea.

Mash sweet potatoes (boiled) until
there are four cupfuls, and mix into
quart Of Aour in which has been sifted
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and one-half teaspoonful of salt. Mix
this with milk enough to make a
dough, turn out on to the board, roll
and cut in eight pieces. Bake in 9
quick oven for ten minutes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05

FriendshIp.- Friendship reveals the
secret Of the, universe, for God II
love-" and he who is unselfish in be-
neyolence knows God There is a
meaning at the heart Of the world
and that meaning is goodness
9. R. Henderson. Baptist, Chicago, Ill.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05
Ages OF Actresses.
Here ID a list of the ages Of a num-
her If prominent actresses:

Some of these statistics viii be sur
prising to people who think they know
all about sage matters. Miss Russell,
for example, generally is supposed to
be over 30. This fallacy is due to the
fact that she has been before the pub
lie most Of her life.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05
De kOVEN HALL

Prepares for West Point
and other Eastern Col
leges. A home boarding
school for boys giving ex-
cellent Military training
and thorough scholastic
work. Personal attention
given each pupil with the
ann to inspire lofty ideals
o1 scholarship, sound judy
ment and in every way to
prepare boys for business
ana professional life. Lo-
Gated on Lake Steilacooan
miles south OF Tacoma.
For circular and full i'm
formation address d. s.
Fuitord. Prin., So. Taco
ma, Wash, r. r. D. No. /.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss the Of &xz2ZzzSx

Iulers.-u II me Umrsrian's dury TO
train himself, to educate brain, hand,
eye and tongue to be skillful at some
thing. In this busy world we have no
right to be idlers or to be useless
Rev. I. ]. Van Ness, Episcopalian,
Nashville, Tenn.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05

HANX q man
thinks he Is elo-
when he II
only evaporating.
The decision OF
another life may
depend on the
pre- 10 10 n Of
yours.
The robe Of
righteousness ID
not made so a
to be worn by q
turncoat.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05

The EurvIva1.-Ihe doctrine Of the
survival of the f1ttest" obtains In the
commercial world, while the doctrine
Of the survival of the unfittest'' is the
keynote Of the teachings of Christ
Rev. J. 81. Fakes, Methodist, Atlanta,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05

The Great Teacher.-Save Jesus
alone, there never has been, and there
never will be, ae-teacher to whom all
the world turns at last in its longing
quest for truth. Never.-Rey. R. j.
Burdette, Baptist Los Angeles Cal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05

Piso's Cure is a good cough medicine.
It has cured coughs and colds for forty
years. At druggists, Is cents.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05
TRUMPET CALLS.

Ha1ss Nsrn esunAs wasning Metz
- the Unrodeomod.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-08-05
OF OUR LADY
or LoURDBs

Boarding and day school for boys
FOR partionlan apply g
BROTHER SUPERIOR
= Rox a. South Park, Wash.
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
BARGE Canal Contract et.

Albany, April 25.-The last of the
six pending barge canal construction
contracts was awarded by Superintend.
ent n M. V. Franchot Of the depart.
ment of public works to F. A. Maselli
& Co. Of Pittsburg, Pa, the lowest
bidders, at l,OO5, ,9S25O. The contract
covers the section at North Greece,
west of Rochester The rest of tbs
contracts have already been executed.
and active work it is expected will
very shortly be begun. The Ferguson
Contracting company, which has the
contract for the locks at Waterford,
and the firm of Sunstrom & Stratton
having the contract for section 3, Fort
Miller, have already begun getting
their plants on the ground.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
Wanamaker's Engagement.

Philadelphia, April 24-William II.
Wanamaker, reputed millionaire, said
he failed to see why there should be
any public interest in his becoming
engaged to highly educated. but
poor, young school teacher, whose age
happened to be less than one-half of
his. He confirmed the rumor of his
engagement to Miss Mabel L. Walton,
daughter of an employe of wooden
mill at North Adams, Mass. Miss
Walton is an instructor in fashion
able school for girls. She has taken
great interest in the work at the Cen.
tral Congregational church, where Mr.
Wanamaker is superintendent of the
Sunday school. Rumor puts Mr.. Wan
amakers age at 65; Miss Walton is lit
tie more than 20.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
FOUR MEN AsPHYxIATED.
Two Heroes Dlsd Trying to Save Eel.
low Workmen.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 24.-Four men
were asphyxiated and two seriously
overcome by gas Saturday at the Ed
gar Thomson blast furnaces in Brad
dock.
They wer, repairing a gas leak in a
brick tunnel about 20 feet underground
connecting two furnaces. The men
perished in pairs, the second pair dy-
ing in trying to rescue the first.
Henry Meredith and Isaac Woomer
went down first and when they did
not come out Frank Kilgour went into
the tunnel and was later followed by
Fred Knox, but the small leak at which
the men were working became larger
and all four were asphyxiated.
Not hearing from the men, two
others went down and they were also
partly overcome, but managed to
reach the opening in time to save
their lives.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Summary Of the Weeks News
of tue World.
Cream Of the News Culled From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape
For the Hurried Reader Who Is Too
Busy to Read the Longer Reports
and Desires to Keep Posted.

The United States supreme court de-
clared unconstitutional the New York
state law limiting bakers labor to 10
hours day.
Germany has demanded Of China, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Pekin, ex-
elusive mining rights throughout the
entire Shantung peninsula.
Use of harbors in French Indo-China
by the Baltic fleet is considered a
breach of Frances neutrality in Lon
don, and Japan is expected to lodge a
protest.
Superintendent Franchot has an
nounced Thursday, May 4, at noon for
the formal opening of the Erie, Cham
plain, Oswego and Cayuga and Seneca
canals to navigation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
REcElVERsHIP ASKED FOR.
Several Phases of the Equitable Con-
troversy In Court.

New York, April 25.-Receivership
proceedings were yesterday institut
ed against the Equitable Life Assur.
ance society by j. Wilcox Brown Of
Maryland, policy holder.
In the United States circuit court
here he filed an action against the
society asking for the appointment OF
a receiver of the surplus fund.- an ac.
counting for the benefit of himself and
other policyholders that may join with
him in the proceedings, and an injunc.
tion to prevent the society holding the
surplus.
Brown alleges that the society's Off.
cials have disregarded their trust and
have not paid his proper proportion OF
the net surplus. His counsel have is.
sued statement saying that the huge
surplus of the society is not legally re.
tanned from the policy holders nor
lawfully used by the society and that
the profits due the policy holders, ex.
cept the per cent dividends, are now
attempted to be swept aside by the
stockholders claims.
The papers filed aver that the per.
sonal interests of the Equitable's off.
GERS in other corporations and syn.
dicates with which the Equitable does
business are public scandal.
Two other phases of the Equitable
controversy were in court Justice
Mclean in the supreme court reserved
decision in the case of Herbert G..
Tull, a policy holder who applied foI
an injunction restraining the society's
officers from taking any other proceed
ings to obtain an amended charter
for the society.
Mr.. Tulls counsel attacked the pro
posed charter as blind" which real.
ly gave the stockholders nothing.
Counsel for Vice President Hyde OF
the society and Franklin B. Lord, a
policy holder, appeared before Jus.
.tice Maddox in the supreme court at
Brooklyn to oppose petition by Pres.
ident Alexander to strike out certain
references to Mr. Alexander from the
petition in which Mr. Hyde interviewed
in Mr. Lords injunction proceedings
against the proposed naturalization
plan. There was no hearing, however,
as the court had not yet received the
Alexander petition.
Mr.. Alexander's objections .are di.
rected against statements that he had
been hostile to his trust and that the
proposed naturalization plan was
passed by the directors regardless Of
the majority of the stockholders and
inspired solely by his instructions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
Thursday.

Sixteen Japanese cruisers are said
to be scouting off Sampaloc point, in
the Philippines.
The railway strike in Italy shows
diminishing strength, though in Naples
and Genoa the coal and meat supplies
are running short.
According to dispatch from Ber-
lin, Baron Rosen will be named to sue
ceed Count Cassini as Russian ambas-
sador at Washington.
Drift of opinion in Washington Is
said to be in favor of lock canal at
Panama, in view of possible complica-
tions in the Far East.
Arguments in the case testing the
constitutionality of the New York
special franchise law were heard by
the United States supreme court.
Arthur E. Appleyard was locked up
at Charles street jail in Boston after
Judge Morton and Judge Lowell had
both refused to pass upon the ques-
tion of admitting him to bail.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
Friday.

Wisconsin senate adopts resolution
citing Senator Eaton to show cause
why he should not be expelled
Speaker Cannon visits the Illinois
legislature and his friends declare
the Cannon boom for president in 1908
is practically launched.
Arguments for and against the con-
stitutionality of New York's special
franchise tax were concluded in the
United States supreme court.
Andrew Carnegie announces the Sc
cret marriage of his favorite niece,
Nancy Carnegie, a year ago, to James
Hever, a coachman formerly employed
by the young woman's mother, and
says he is satisfied with the match.
General agents of the Equitable Life
Assurance society, at a stormy meet
ing in New York, adopted resolution
demanding the resignation of Mr.
Hyde, but the latter declares their
action "insolent" and says he will not
retire.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
Monday,

Military forces of Canada are to be
increased as result of the creation OF
two new Northwest provinces.
Counsel for Nan Patterson decided
that the tale told by a man in Chicago
was valueless as evidence for the ac-
cused chorus girl.
Cashiers and vice presidents of four
Chicago banks were subpoenaed by the
federal grand jury conducting the
beef trust inquiry.
Admiral Togo is assembling his
main squadron south of Formosa, ac-
cording to a message received by the
Japanese consul in Manila
Charles Hallenbeck, an employe of
the Wertheimer Glove company of
Johnstown, N. Y, while talking of the
suicide of Mrs. Sadie McCartin the
day before, killed himself with car
bolic acid.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
OFFICIALS REAPPolNTED.
Appointments of Commissioners Kill
burn and Wietina Confirmed.

Albany, April 25.-Frederick D. Kill
burn of Malone, Franklin county, and
Charles A. Wieting of Cobleskill,
Schoharie county, were appointed by
Governor Higgins to succeed them
selves and their appointments were
unanimously confirmed by the senate
last night Both are for terms of three
years. Mr.. Kilburn was first appoint.
ed superintendent of the banking de.
partment Jan. 8, 1898. by Governor
Morton, succeeding Charles M. Pres
ton, Dem, of Kingston. The salary
of the Office is $1,000 and $1,500
for expenses and the superintendent
is required to give a bond of $4,000
and is prohibited by law from being
interested in any institution over
which he has control or as an individ
ual banker.
Mr.. Wieting was appointed commits
sioner of agriculture by Governor Nor.
ton. April 20, 1896, succeeding Frank
G.. Schraub of Lowville, a Democrat
The salary of the commissioner of ag.
riculture is $4,000 and $500 for ex.
penses.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
Saturday.

Movement is started in New York
to erect a statue of Mrs. J. II. Gilbert,
showing her in the character of Gran
ny.
Extract every dollar" is the basis
of the religion of STANDARD OIL" says
Thomas w. Lawson, in the latest chap
ters of "Frenzled Finance"
Error in punctuation of the Wiscon-
sin anti-cigarette law makes the meas
ure more drastic than was intended,
bearing heavily on consumers.
James H. Hyde gives a positive re.
fusal to the request of committee Of
Equitable agents that he resign. The
field men prepare to take their case to
the state authorities.
In a fire at a convent in the village
of st. Genevieve, Que, one nun, eight
children and four old ladies lost their
lives. Two nuns were so seriously
burned they are not expected to live.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
Senator 0. n. Platt Dead.

United States Senator Orville
Hitchcock Platt of Connecticut died
at his summer home in Washing
ton, Conn, his native town, at S:53
o'clock on Friday night from pneu
monia. The end came almost unex
pectedly, the immediate cause being
the breaking of an abscess which had
formed in the right lung and which
produced stranguation
Senator Platt, who was born July
10, 1927, was first elected to the senate
In 1879 to succeed Senator W. H. Bar.
mum, a Democrat His last re-elec.
tion was in 1903 Senator Platts con.
nection with the upper house was
marked by tireless industry and devo.
ton to the interests of his state and
country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
Hartman Quits SIP a Week Job.

After five months of effort to learn
railroading from the ground up, start
ing as a clerk in the general auditing
Offices of the Union Pacific, young Her
bert N. Hartman, cousin of the
wealthy railroad magnate, and himself
worth more than $1,O00,000, has re-
turned to his home in Westbury, Long
Island
Before departing Mr. Hartman de-
clared he had accomplished his pur.
pose, and enjoyed the novelty of work
ing for his bread, but, he added, mo
more S12 week jobs for me-"
Mr.. Hartman, who admits he was
unable to carry out his original in
tention of living in Omaha entirely
on his salary, will engage in some bust.
ness of his own in New York.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
TUESDAY,.

1t was announced in Pittsburg that
the Wabash would carry It's fight with
the United States Steel corporation to
the federal courts.
Pope Plus X celebrated full mass
Sunday, several Americans being pres
ent The kaiser, at Messina, on the
Hohenzolern, preached an Easter SER
mon.
Fate of the reform program in Rus
sia hangs on the issue of the sea bat
tie in the Far East, the Radicals be-
lleving that a defeat will check bu-
reaucracy.
Wholesale dismissals are promised
IN the Indian warehouse service In
Chicago as the result of the discovery
that the pay rolls are overloaded and
that many men do no work at all.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26

Joseph jefferson died on Sunday
night at West Palm Beach, Fla, after
being unconscious all day
At his bedside when he died were his
wife and two of his sons, Charles B.
and Frank Jefferson; Mrs. Nellie Sy-
monds, his nurse; Miss Mabel Bing-
nam, DR.. r. B. Potter and his faithful
old servant, Carl Kettler. The re-
mains left Palm Beach Monday
night on a special train for Buzzards
Bay, Mass, accompanied by all the
members of the family.
Mr. Jefferson's illness was contract
ed, it is believed, while on a recent
visit to his son, Charles b. Jefferson.
at IIobe Sound, a few miles above
Palm Beach, where he went to meet
his friend, former President Cleve-
land. 1t is believed that from a
slight indiscretion in his eating there
he suffered an attack of indigestion.
Since his return to his home his con-
dition grew steadily worse with slight
rallies until the end.
Joseph Jefferson was born in Phil
adelphia in 1929, and was looked upon
as the dean of the dramatic profession
in this country. He began on the
stage as a child and he has played in
a number of foreign countries. His
great reputation was made in RIP
Van Wlnkle," which he played in al
most every city in the United States.
OF late years he has played but a few
weeks of each season, and in almost
every one of these short seasons he
confined himself to the one character
of Rip Van Wrinkle. In his retirement
he was an enthusiastic angler at Buz-
yards Bay, and he was painter of
more than passing ability.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
Bank President Sentenced.

Earl w. Card, former president OF
enc Medina National bank, which went
to smash year or so ago, was con
victed by a jury in the federal court
at Buffalo of misappropration OF
funds and of making false reports to
the comptroller of the currency
The trial had lasted over q week
Judge Ray sentenced the prisoner to
six years in Auburn prison.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
From Presidents Hunting Camp.

President Roosevelts hunting party.
in camp Is. miles northwest of New
Castle, spent quiet Sunday. The
party had been invited to attend
church services at New Castle but It
was decided that hunting togs would
be inharmonious with Easter gowns.
After a week in the saddle the sports
men welcomed the chance to rest
Bear tracks have been sighted in sew.
eral directions from the present camp
and it is believed by the party that at
least one more bear will be bagged
before another move of the camp is
made.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
Murdered and Tied to a Tree.

Huntington, W. Va, April "a
Bound hand and foot and tod to
tree, the body of a well dressed man
was found near Big Ugly with knife
blade thrust through his heart. His
throat had been cut and it Is thought
he was murdered before he was tied
to the tree, Pinned to the mans coat
was a piece of paper ing the
words: you will bother us no more"
The body has not been identified
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
Noise Causes DAMAGE Suit.

Uniontown, Pa, April a. One of
the most unusual suits instituted in
months Is that of James B. Sterling
and c. C. Sterling, trustees for Ma
linda Provins, who allege that the con.
tinual noise from the pumping sta.
tion of the Greensboro Natural Gas
company rendered their home unfit for
habitation, They ask $4,000 damages.
Tho pumping station is within co feet
of the residence and the noise, which
continues day and night, is claimed
to be almost unbearable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of CongreSS-Joseph Q. Sibley.
Member of .Sendte-J. X. Z. Hall.
ASSembiy-J. IL. Robertson.
President Jtdge-W. M. Lindsey.
Associate J,tdges-W. II. II. Dotterer,
L. X. Kreitler.
Prothonotary, Register &c Recorder, &C.
j. G. Geist.
Sheriff. Geo. w. Noblit.
TredSurer-W ii. Harrison.
C0DlnltSSionerS-C. Burhenn, A. X.
Shipe,' Henry Weingard.
District AuorHeu-S. ID. Irwin.
Jury Commit mtsSiOnerS-Ernest Sibble,
Lewis Wagner.
COroner-Dr. j. w. Morrow.
County AWditOrS-W. II. Stiles, Geo.
w, Holeman, B. A. McCloskey.
County iSmUeyor--D. W. Clark.
County Superi,ttendent-E. Il. St'tzin-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-04-26
TO SELL STREET RAILWAY.
Work Will Be Resumed After Execu-
ton Is Satisfied.

Somerset, Pa, April 24.-Sheriff An
drew ]. Coleman will sell the property
of the Meyersdale and Salisbury
Street Railway company May ~ to
satisfy an execution for $500 in ia.
vor of A. N. Slocum of Pittsburg.
The franchise will be sold also.
The road was projected IS months
ago by Pittsburg capitalists, Work
had been started and rights of way
secured, but several months ago was
abandoned.
1t is said the company will be reor-
ganized after the sale and work will
be resumed. The proposed railway
was to connect Salisbury and Meyers
dale, and when completed, 1t was pro.
posed to extend the line to Johnstown.