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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-18
Admits tie Was Coerced Into
Suit Against Hannah Elias
BY His Brother.
NEGRESS BLEED HIM 20 YEARS
During That Period She Obtained
Sums Of Money Aggregating About
s75oooo.-He Cannot Remember the
Amounts He Gave Her and Loaned
at Different Times.
Cry Associated Press.)
at Different Times.

Cry Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Jan 17-Thc trial Of
the suit Of John r. Plat, the octogen
arian. to recover from Hannah Elias.
a negress, nearly threa-quarters Of
million dollars which he alleges she
extorted from him during a period ex
tending over more than twenty years: .
was begun before Justice OGcrman, in
the Supreme Court today.
Motion to Dismiss.
Former Governor Black. senior coun-
sci for Mrs. Elias, moved that the case
be dismissed, owing to the plaintiff hav- \
ing been guilty Of inexcusable delay
in bringing his complaint The motion d
was denied by Justice O'Gorman as
was another motion asking for a jury
trial.
Plat Tells His Story s,ss.
When Mr.. Platt arose in response to
q call from his counsel he appeared
to- be Very feeble and was assisted Ia
chair in the witness stand Guided
ly questions from his counsel. spoken
III very loud tone, tho witness told
CT his first meeting with the E;.as5
woman more than twenty years ago.
80 stots was practlcaliy the& sam a. an
81
- = 10 SO = = 50 lt
HIS Memory Defective. s5ssS
His memory was extremely poor
and he could not remember the
amounts of money he had sloannd =, \
Hannah Elias. i
Mr. Platt told of MANY tin1cs when
he gave her money in various ar,Dunt.
to settle bills, which She told him
| might result in law suits if nor tDa;t1s
He made these PAYMENTS becausa, no
| feared that if any of the cases shoul,,
get into court his name wo,,!,, hac.,;n,
involved and his relations with tho
woman would become known Mr.
Black handled the witness very Kind.
| ~ in ross-examination. his aD5a.e1l "
! desire being to show that any ,,oncv
given the woman by Platt was .iv,.,,
voluntarily He said he had no feel
ing against the woman ana tia. he
! never intended ia sue her
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
street and Road Improvement.

Road Supervisor Slime has been
working on the roads in this part of the
county Tor the past ten days, and last
Monday moved his outfit to town for
the purpose of doing some much needed
work on our streets. He tells US he
will put the street leading into town
from the east, commencing at the rail
road crossing and ending near Mr..
Turner's residence in good passable
condition 1t will be impossible to re-
move all the large rock this year, but
at least one half of the street width will
be cleared of rock and stumps.
At the Turner residence an angle in
the street puts the road way over quite
a hill. This will be improved and
made passable. A cross street just OPP
posite the Turner place connecting
with Commercial street will be opened
and made passible. THE entire lorgth
of Commercial street will be opened up
and graded to the new Spencer resi-
dence, from there on Commercial
street will be opened up. but not graded,
and made passible for travel to point
where it connects with the road to the
Wenatchee river bridge.
Mr.. Stein will also remove some Of
the rock from Front street and make
the road way wide enough so at least
two wagons can pass each other on the
main street of the town.
Now if we can get the Wenatchee
river bridge repaired so that the peo-
pie who have to use it can cross with
out the fear of losing their lives the
road and bridge campaign which the
Echo has waged for the past two months
will not have been in vain
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
CIVIL SERVICE Ex ANIMATION.
VIII BE Held in LeaVenWOrtb 5uIy D,
and Z, for Forest Rangers.


Postmaster Davis has been advised
by the Forestry Department that a
competitive examination will be held
in Leavenworth on July 5, 6 and Z, to
determine who is eligible to serve the
United States as forest ranger. All
who desire to enter this service should
make application to U. S. Civil Service
Commission, Washington, D. c., for
application form 1893, amended.
The following is taken from the cir
cular sent Postmaster Davis;
The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an examination, to
secure eligibles from which to make
certification to fill vacancies as they
may occur in the position of forest
ranger in the Forest Service of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
The examination will consist of an
swering practical questions in a field
examination to test the ability of the
applicants TO actually perform the
duties of forest ranger. The written
examination and the field examination
will have equal weight in determining
the ratings. In tie field examination
applicants, among other things, will be
required to shoot at target with rifle
and with pistol, and should bring with
them these arms for this test
The examination at each place will
be given under the supervision of the
local forest officer.
Age limit, 81 to 40 years on the date
OF the examination.
This examination is open to all citi-
zens of the United States who comply
with the requirements.
Applicants should at once apply to
the United States Civil Service Com
miss on, Washington, d. c., for appi-
cant Form 1893 Amended. No appli-
cation will be accepted unless properly
executed and filed, in complete form
with the commission at Washington.
In applying for this examination the
exact title as given at the head Of this
announcement should DO used in the
application.
AS examination papers are shipped
direct from the commission to the
places of examination, it is necessary
that applications be received in ample
time to arrange for the examination de-
sired atthe place indicated by the appli-
cant. The commission will therefore,
arrange to examine any applicant
whose application is received in time to
permit the shipment of the necessary
papers.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
LOG SCALE SWINDLE
ScaIer for the Lamb-DaVis Lumber Co.
stands in with Loggers.
REYNOLDS AND HOGAN SKIPPED
w. H.. Bartlett. Of Firm of Bartlett n
Hogan Discharged by Examining
Warrants Out for Rey-
nOlds and Hogan.

For sometime the Lamb-Davis Lum-
Der Co. have suspected that the log
scale returns from the logging camp of
Bartlett & Hogan were not straight.
The camp is located on Mason creek.
Some ten days since man was sent up
to the camp and made an investigation,
satisfying himself that the scale turned
in covered more logs than were actual
ly delivered on the bank OF the creek.
Other evidence was also discovered
that led to the conviction that F. A.
Reynolds, in the employ of the lumber
company as log scaler, was acting in
collision with the 'loggers in giving
them credit for fictitious number of
logs.
Last week steps were taken to have
the parties arrested On Sunday last
both Hogan and Reynolds were in
Leavenw0rth. That is the last that
has been seen OF them.
On Monday w. E. Bartlett, of the
logging firm was arrested and put
under bond. He had an examining
trial on Wednesday before Squire
Taylor, being represented by Frank
Reeves, of Wenatchee. There was not
sufficient evidence to connect him with
the swindle and he was discharged. 1t
appears he had no knowledge OF the
criminal intent of his partner to swim
die the lumber company.
Warrants are out for the arrest OF
both Reynolds and Hogan but up to
going to press they had not been appre-
hended. Hogan came from Oregon
just where Reynolds halls from we
have not been able to learn.
1t is not yet possible for the lumber
company to tell to what amount in dol
lars and cents the attempted swindle
figures up. 1t has been going on for
several months, and it is believed that
each day several thousand feet OF logs
we're added to the actual number
scaled.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02

The right hand log carriage at the
big mill got hey opd control last Friday
and ran away. Three men were on IT
at the time of the run away. One OF
them hung to the carriage but the
other two were piled up on the wreck
age. A large header block lOxl6 in
ches, made of fir was shivered into
splinters against the bumper. Beyond
some bruises none of the men were
seriously injured. The accident was
caused by a piece of iron which had
gotten into the steam cylinder that
controls the steam feed. Mr.. Dotson,
who was one of the men on the carriage,
saws the ride was short but it was
swift.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
Business Paragraphs.

Rooms and board at Mrs. Shortley's.
Terms reasonable. lift
Magazines, periodicals and late pa
pers at Blocksedge's.
l am Graduate Optician. II you
need glasses give me trial Chas. L.
Crawford. 20
For Sale-Five choice building lots:
no rocks; water ten feet below surface;
snap. d. H. Magyar, Echo Office. If
About the best place 10 get most any
thing you want, and he keeps most
everything you do want, is Block
sedge's near the Big Rock. 5tf
Weakened systems need mature,
wholesome, mellow liquor-that's I. W.
Harper Whiskey-th kind your grand
father used. Sold by Thos. Armour &
Co., Overland Bar.
have now located permanently in
Leavenworth and am prepared to do
all kinds of watch, clock and jewelry
repairing in a first class manner. Chas.
L. Crawford, Jeweler G. N. watch
inspector. 20
Everybody who goes to Wenatchee
stops at the liberia Hotel. Why? Be
cause it is the best place in town
Courteous attention, good table and
nice clean rooms and beds. This maks
the sum total of first class hotel If
The good people of Leavenworth
have "caught on. to the place to get
get your moneys WORTH" and our in
creased business has made it necessary
to enlarge the store. Please remember
you can save from 20 20 % per cent on
shoes or clothing. We carry the best
summer underwear and straw hats
Come in and look over the stock, you
don't have to buy. Wheeler's.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
Gard of Thanks.

To the many kink friends and neigh
bors. and also to the Red Men OF
Leavenworth, who assisted us ana eX-
tended their sympathy at the time OF
the death of our beloved husband, son
and brother, Llewellyn Munger, VINO
was accidentally killed on the Chlwawa
river last March, we wish to extend
our sincere thanks.
Mrs. Ina Munger, Leavenworth'
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Munger,
J. H. Munger, and Mrs. E. d.
Foster, of Benton Harbor, Mich
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02

1t is a matter of congratulation that
the beautiful new Goth Century SAM
tary Soda Fountain recently set up in
the store of j. w. Elliott by tho l.. a.
Booker Company of Chicago. the manu-
facturers, should be the make selected
above all others for exclusive use in all
the cafes and other refreshment places
at the Worlds Fair, st. Louis because
of its absolute protection to health. 1t
is also tribute to the sagacity of J.
w. Elliott that this particular fountain
should be his choice. The patrons of
this store will have the assurance of
complete security from disease germs
while partaking of the most delicious
soda water ever drawn.
Under the goth Century Sanitary
System, the syrups are dispensed from
sterlized glass containers standing on
ice and in plain view of customers,
whereas, whereas in old style fountains
the syrups are stored in dark chambers,
difficult of access and cleaned-how
often no one knows. 10 the ''20th Cen
fury" there are no sticky spigots, no
corroding metal tubes-not a possible
lurking place for the dangerous microbe
of disease the fear of which has kept
many from enjoyment of the most de-
licious drink in the world. Even the
refrigerator and also the workboard,
which latter is the "ktchen' of the
soda fountain. are sanitary in construc-
ton and operation and all is in accord
with the most advanced public senti-
ment for hygienic precaution.
The beautiful design, the open,
clearly, inviting appearance of this de-
lightful creation in tinted onyx and
marble, warrant the prediction that it
will be the rendezvous of many happy
soda parties.
j. w. Elliott invites the public to
call and let him explain the 20th Cen
fury Sanitary System and how it safe
guards health.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
CHELAN WEEK AT PORTLAND.
October 18Th Will BE LeaVeh"or'"'
Day.-Low Rate Will BE Made
for the Week.

At a meeting of the Chelan county
committe which was held at the home
of Mrs. Frank Reeves one day last week
the following program for the week
was arranged.
Beginning Sunday, October g. when
will de devoted to religious and charlt-
able organizations.
Oct. 8. General reception day Tor
Chelan county. Address OF welcome
and response. Grand banquet ana pail
in the evening.
Oct. 10. Commercial club OF Chelan
county.
Oct. II. Fraternal orders oil Chelan
county.
Oct. 10. Chelan and Lakeside Day.
Oct. ID. Cashmere and LeaVen-
worth Day.
Oct. IA. Wenatchee Day.
For the reason that special low rates
will be made for the people from TINS
county who may want to attend the fair
it is believed THAT most il not al
will put the time off and arrange to &c
during Chelan county week. 1t Will DC
about the last week, but for that very
reason it will be about the best TINT
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02

closing and the citizens taking part in
the exercises OF the day. A lengthy
program was arranged. The Christian
church, where the speaking took
place, was packed.
Vice-President Fairbanks passed
through Leavenworth on Monday of
this week The fact that he was pass
ing through was not generally known,
or if it was known it was overlooked.and
only few were present to greet him.
AT Wenatchee he was given quite an
ovation. The band, high school cadets
and hundred or more school children
met him at the depot. He responded
by making a speech.
Edward Ellis, superintendent of the
North Star Mining Company's proper
ties at Index and Red Mountain came
in from the west Tuesday. The past
week he spent at Index where the com
pany has valuable property on which
they are employing a large force of
men. The company also has force OF
men at work on the Red Mountain
property doing development work. Mr..
Ellis will go up to the Red Mountain
mines the first of the week. AS soon
as the road is completed his company
will move machinery into the mines
and carry on the work of development
on an extensive scale. We are told
Mr.. Ellis will move his family from
Seattle to this place for the summer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
Swallowed CarDoIic Acid.

On last Saturday morning the little
two year old child OF Mrs. c. w. Kidd
cot hold of bottle that contained car
bolic acid and swallowed some of the
drug. It's face. mouth and throat was
badly burned. Drs. Hoxsey and Shore
were Immediately summoned and re-
lieved the little sufferer as much as pos
sible. For several days 1t was thought
doubtful if the child would recover but
at the present time it is considered out
of danger and in fair way to recover.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
so Acres of Land for Sale.

Lots 6, 7, and 8, Sec. I, township a.
range IS, about one and half miles
from Leavenworth, between Mrs. Posy's
place and the river. Running creek
flows through land. A large lot OF
small timber. A snap for some one.
Apply at Echo Office for information.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
Fishing Tackle.

George Blocksedge has everything
you could possibly want for any kind OF
fishing. Ask him to show you what
he has in this line. 9tl
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02

Just the thing for summer. Makes
quick, hot fire. Phone an order in to
the mill for one of those big loads. De-
livered any where for 81 so.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02

For progressive card parties. Nice
souvenir New and unique. Twenty
four in a package. Thirty-Gye cents
per package at Echo office.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
Butter Wrappers Either Plain or
Printed.

Leave your orders with the Echo for
butter wrappers. Either one or two
pounds. With your name and ranch
printed on them or plain. Just as you
Drefer
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02

Four hole cooking stove Used four
months. For sale cheap. p. w. Van
De Grift. 1913
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02
Il SCREAM.


Palm ice cream on sale at Block
sedges. loti
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02

Balance on time buys good building
lots. Inquire at City Drug Store.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-06-02

Plain and artistic job printing at the
Echo office.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-18

tician." 1t is peculiar that the latter
being the case he would sanction cade
in his typewriter statement unless
the facts were true. 1t is a great anti
Mcclure article and is in reality a con.
fession that about all Flynn has left in
the territory is his Frisco law practice
and his $4,000 worth of State Capital
stock Cade is wealthy. He wants no
Office and is under no obligations to
no one, hence, as is indeed rare with
our politicians, he can say things just
as he warts to and as the sage, Lew
Headley, saws when he gets through
there isn't any doubt as to what he
has said. Cade may have been q little
efiusive in his interview, but he was
honest in his utterances and an apol
ogy is probably about tae rnotest
thing from his thoughts Possibly he
will be worse in the next one Would
that the parties OF the past had been
made Of such men as Cade, There
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-18

revelations But On The whole he ap
pears to have hoen as much slnned
against as SHINING and as much skin.
ned against as sldnninr. OFT It Is
Obvious that when these hnantiers
saw that the public had caught on
TO the fact that there was dead rat
10 the insurance fountain they decided
70 throw all the blame upon Hyde, dis.
grace him. kick him into opter dark.
ness, and escape themselves. They
thrust young Hyde forward as sacri
fee to appease the popular wrath But
Hyde was determined that the black
ness Of the kettle should be exposed as
we'll as the sooty condition Of the pot
and the investigation suddenly en-
lerged In scope and ruined dozen
other regulations
Hyde was probably picked ont as a
victim by those who had posea as his
guides philosophers and friends be
cause they thought bis wild extrava.
gances, his various affectations, and his
somewhat sissy makeup would help
to make him a mark for public scorns
And they evidently calculated that
while the lamb was being sacrificed
they would not only escape themselves,
but would have a most excellent
chance to gather the goods and chattels
formerly appertaining to the lamb
They helped to make Hyde more nm
popular But the result Of Hyde's fall
from his vain pinnacle was greater
than they could have foreseen. The
public laughed at Hyde for few days,
and then became Immediately serious
again, and demanded to know more
still about the big insurance com
panies They refused to allow what
was really a serious business to blow
over with a place o. opera bouhe. And
the astute gentlemen who set trap
for the feet Of Hyde are now caught in
it themselves.
The high financiers" have fallen
out, and It is possible that in the end
honest men may get their dues. But
If there is to be any sympathy at all
for the public disgrace of any of these
interesting gentlemen of queer morals,
we beg that it be all lavished upon the
unf' "rate hyde, who appears to
hav N a sheSp-a little black
shee. It is true--among a bunch of
vso1t-ao
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-18
HYDE ON THE STAND.

James Hazen Hyde. former vice
president Of the Equitable Life Assur
ance company. was On the witness
stand before the legislative inyestiga
ting committee Thursday Hyde ex
planned at length that he was the vic
tim Of misplaced confidence. Messrs
HarS'man and Frlck said Hyde, con
suired together to knife him and tc
destroy the Equitable
There is little defense Of Mr. Hyde
possible. He was very unwise young
man. and his ideas OF property rights
seem TO have been about as confused
ana hazy as those Of the more conspic
nous fnanciers whom the public has
learned to distrust since the insurance
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-18
pRAeooNlNe MR. ROOSEVELT

The handful of railroad magnates
j control of the principal lines of raj
way in this country have now supple
mented their former efforts at bloci
, ing tha Presidents rate legislation b
a system of dragooning, it seems. Th
latest step in this direction was mad
this week, when representatives Of hv
labor organizations connected witt
railroads presented the President witt
protests against the proposed legisla
ton
Those representatives made the oil,
stock argument that the legislation
would mean a falling Off in the earn
ing capacity of the roads, and in con
sequence the wages OF railroad en-
ployes would be lowered
Roosevelt is not the man we hay,
judged him TO be If he allows himself
to be Influenced by this sort Of argu
ment There is no objection to be
found against the railroad employees
giving their views of the matter, oi
course. they may be perfectly sincere
N expressing fears lest their wages be
reduced, for it is not to be doubted
that the railroad managers have told
them in plain English that such would
be the result II the employees did not
lend the weight Of their influence
against the proposed legislation. In
other words, the laboring men connect
ed with railroads have been threaten.
ed with reduced wages in order to
make them join hands with the rail
road magnates in fighting a measure
which the President and other advo.
Gates Of the American people earnestly
desire to be enacted into law.
But Roosevelt knows as well as the
railroad magnates know that rate leg.
islation such as that proposed would
not necessarily affect the wages of the
employees in the slightest The pay OF
employees is only part Of the running
expenses, or one OF the fixed charges of
railroad investment II is known 10
everyone interested IN this rate ques-
tion that the principal offending roads
earn enough TO pay not only fair and
reasonable profits on the money actual
ly invested, but also to pay interest
and dividends on wstered stocks and
bonds that run up into the millions.
II is 10 relieve the people of the bur.
den Of taxation that pays the interest
and dividends on this bogus invest.
ment OF watered stocks and bonds
that the rate legislation is proposed
by the President
The managers OF the roads can not
hope TO impose on the Intelligence of
Theodore Roosevelt with any such
tricks as sending their employees to
slim under threats OF reduced wages.
The President could dispose of such
objections in a single moment by call
ing the attention Of his visitors to the
huge profits the roads make on their
bogus stocks and bonds, and advising
them TO question their employers on
this line
The reduction in the earning capaci-
ty Of the roads, II there be any al a;i.
might with more proprioty be applied
SO the llegal profits which 90 iEto the
pockets Of the Wali street milionsirea
th'n 70 the wages Of the faithful en-
pioyes, The President could say. We
fancy such a reply would put an end
% this new system Of dragooning
which has been launched upon Roose.
volt
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-18

Perry Republican: Thursday morn.
ing's issue of the State Capital con
tanned a full double column, simon
pure Democratic article on the late IA.
teryiews OF Mcclure and Cade regard
ing the appointment OF Governor
Frantz and the downfall Of Ferguson.
.lt declares Cade to be a trouble-maker
and says Flynn and Ferguson elected
Mcclure. The only sensible feature OF
the long winded hash up is the admis.
sion that Mcclure is sensible poll