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The San Francisco call., 1906-04-13
DYNAMITE
IS HURLED
INTO GANG
RailrOadMenFight
With High Ex-
ploSiiVeS.
Graders for a Big Road
Use Deadly Sticks
as Weapons.
One Man Is Injured by Flying
Rock in Battle Between
Graders Of Rival Lines.
SPECIAL DISPATCH 10 THE GAIL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL,
PORTLAND. April 12-Graders on the
Columbia Valley Railroad narrowly es-
capped being blown TO atoms at noon to-
day on the disputed right Of way on the
Neesler tract in skamania County, Wash
lngton. by dynamite mines alleged to have
been laid by graders in the employ of
contractors on the Portland and Seattle
lsne- When the workmen returned after
dinner to resume operations the fuse to
dre the blast was quietly lighted without
warning TO the Columbia Valley workers,
who were almost upon the spot before
they learned their danger
They took 70 their heels. but one labor
er was struck on the head by flying rock
and knocked insensible. These blasts
were not set upon the grade being estab-
nshed by the Portland and Seattle con-
tractors, but upon the very spot where
the Columbia Valley crews would resume
operations. say the latter
The opposing factions gathered about
the scene OF the explosion and a long
wrangle ensued over rights to the prop
erty. When the Columbia Valley work
men attempted to resume work they were
again scattered by a stick Of dynamite
thrown into the crowd. The Portland and
Seattle forces are said to have outnum-
.bered the opposition four to one.
The ringleaders in the dynamiting are
said TO have been the foreman Johnson,
and man named wills. The two are al
legged 70 have laid the mines and the fore
man OF the Hill graders is said TO have
fired the blast. Johnson is accused of
lighting the stick OF explosive and throw
ing it among the Columbia Valley grad
erg
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Dcnth Of General Edr.r,on

NINELAND. n. J.. April 12.-Brevet
Brigadier General Warren P. Edgarton
died at his home in Newfeld last night.
aged 20 years. General Edgarton en-
listed as a private in Colonel James
Barnett's battery Of artillery in 1861
and served with distinction during the
war on General Morgans and General
Sheridan's STATS. He was captured De-
cember 81, 1862, at Stone River, and was
in Libby Prison Eve months.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-13

OAKLAND, April I2.-While
the funeral of an aged woman
was in progress in one building OF
the Ladies Relief Society at
Alden this afternoon FIRE broke
out in the Orphan Asylum of that
association and the large build
ing, among whose inmates were
four invalid children, was de-
stroyed. Two of these children
were rescued by little heroines,
also inmates of the institution,
and the other two reached places
of safety unaided.
Had the fire occurred at night
the lives of sixty-three little ones
would have been endangered, but,
as it was, all but four were in the
grounds, playing. Not only did
the two little girls-Grace Long
and Belle Silverman-prove
themselves heroines, but Miss Nj.
R. Hendricks, the matron, and
her three nurses did heroic work
in rushing through the burning
building to see that no one was
left and afterward caring for the
excited little ones.
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De witte i. Galsine Ground.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 12.-Ap-
pearances indicate that Premier de
witte is having the better of the fight
with Minister of the Interior Durnovo,
and the downfall of the latter Is only
a question of a few days. The Govern
ment today authorized the holding on
May of q caucus of Constitutional
Democrats elected to the national Par
lament. Minister Durnovo has been
compelled officially to warn the Cover
nors of provinces to exercise greater
care in the employment of troops and
police In repressive measures.
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natal ColIi.ion I'm wyoming.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., April 12.-Last
night at Hanna. Wyo., freight train
on the Union Pacific collided with a
wrecking car, delaying trafic about
was riding on the engine and was
caught in the jam and killed. Engineer
Palmquist, Fireman Cunningham and
J. Ryan and Peter Nelson, employed on
the wrecker, were injured, but not seri-
ousIy.
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Armored Cruiser washineton !. sneedx

BOSTON, April 1.-THE armored
cruiser Washington, a product of the
New York Shipbuilding Company OF
Camden, n. j., successfully completed
her official speed trial today. making
22.272 knots an hour. The contract re-
quires %.
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Children Become Rescuers.

1t is supposed that the FIRE was
caused by crossed electric wires.
1t was 2:I5 o'clock when Mrs.
Catherine Gait, who lives at 457
Forty-fourth street, observed
flames and smoke issuing from
the northwest corner of the chill
dren's building. She ran to
where several surveyors were at
work short distance from the
grounds and one of the men
turned in an alarm from box 364.
Before the firemen arrived little
Continued on Page ?, Columa q
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ORPHAN ASYLUM FIRE STIRS
CHILDREN TO BRAVE DEED.

Fire Relief Society Alden the
Oakland yesterday Two little performed brave No injured
funeral progress in another building the close BY
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-13

Forecast for April i2 1906:
San Francisco and ricinity-Far
Friday; warmer; light north wind.
A @. McADIH,<
District Forecastsr.
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News Than Any Paper Published
THE rHEArBRs.

THE THEArERs.
ALcAZAR-"The Wife"
ALHAABRA-"For His Brothers
Crime
AILFORNIA-"Casey and the Green
Sod Club Matinee.
CENTRAL-"Se "Searchlights OF a Great
city"
CHUTESE Matinee.
COLCMBIA-''The Lion and tho
Mouse"
MAJESTIC-''Who Goes Therel
ORPHEUM-Vaudevf
TIyOLI-''Miss Tmidtty.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
The Value Of foundation.

1t used to be supposed that to fumi-
gate the poultry house by the burning
OF sulphur would destroy all the in
sects in it. For a long time this was
practiced, but later it was discovered
that the value Of sulphur fumigation
depended upon the amount of mois-
ture IN the air. Sulphur gas had to
combine with moisture to become ef-
tectlve in the destruction of insect
life. The fumigators found that it
was generally necessary to use the
stove and heat water upon it to the
evaporating point, thus filing the
room with steam before the fumiga-
ton was performed. 1t was also
necessary to have the doors and win
doWs very tight. Fumigation seems
to have fallen into disuse, and we
doubt very much if the practice will
be extensively revived, as there are
many easier ways of getting rid OF
the insects than by fumigation. Fumi-
cation can be advocated only in the
case OF some contagious disease be-
ing prevalent which may have af-
>fected the parts of the house that
cannot be reached by sprays and
washes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
Japan Is But Reclaiming Her Own

ance in northern waters having reach
ed Yeddo, Kondo Juzo was sent to in
vestigate. He visited Etorafu island
in the Kuriles and there found that
the Russians, true to the occidental
customs Of medieval days, had ap-
propriated the unguarded territory in
that region by the simple device of
setting up pillars to announce its occu-
patton. Kondo removed these wit
nesses of theft and on his return to
Yeddo published a book dealing with
the questions of Sakhalin (Karafuto),
the Kuriles (Chishima) and KAN
chatka. The gist of his contention
was that the only tribunal to which
international disputes about boundar-
les could be appealed was the tribunal
Of arms and that if Japan hoped to
rest secure within closed gates she
must take steps to define those gates.
''Now after the lapse of more than
10 years Kondo's foresight is to re-
ceive national recognition. Thus ia
pan is significantly pointing to the
pages of history, where in clear terms
her titles to this northern island are
inscribed. She virtually announces
her intention Of not only recovering
but also keeping"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
Cory Scene in Recent Popular Novel

Wayne OF Ludworth's day was done,
and Red Radcliffe, with little time to
spare it the oncoming Waynes were
to be met, set his two feet firmly on
the ground and tug eyed and tugged at
the ak, where it lay in Wayne's big
skull, and wrenched it loose in the
nick OF time. The STRIPPING Wayne,
lighter of foot than his kinsman, had
outpaced him, and his sword was per.
llously near to Radcliffe, when at last
ne Wrenched the ax-head' free and
swung it high again; once more the
sword was turned aside, lightly as
with contempt, and foster-brother
whistled as it cut the air.
shameless Wayne was close in now
and made a desperate leap to save the
lad; his fore foot lit upon a patch OF
of1al In the road and he stumbled un-
der the haft of the big ak as it turned
and Vhistled down the wind and bit
the stripping through the bone. Fair
on the crown Shameless Wayne
caught half the blow as it descended
and the haft, with thick steel at its
core, was weighty-and like a log he
rolled beside his fallen kinsman."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
Rose Combs on Fowls.

Nearly all breeds OF fowls that
have single combs have also varieties
of the breed with double combs
Thus there is no difference between
the single comb Brown Leghorn and
the rose comb Brown Leghorn except
the combs. The rose comb was de-
veloped with the intention of making
the same variety better able to stand
the cold. The single comb, having
a very large surface. easily froze in
extremely cold weather. The devel-
opment of the rose comb brought the
parts of the comb of the fowl nearer
to the head, and made it easier to
keep up the circulation Of the blood
in the comb. The rose comb, how
ever, should be kept of medium size.
There is tendency among some
breeders to develop it more than is
necessary. The more they develop it,
the more they expose it to the cold.
They have only to keep on charging
it to get the effect Of the single comb.
The closer the rose comb is to the
head, the more serviceable is it in
cold climates.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
Beauty Matter of Personal Taste

ankle" Typically French, this! i,
The Mohammedans have a great
ethical work called lei Ktab,". which
defines the essentials for feminine
loneliness as follows: 1,
-Four things must be Of black color
hair, eyes, eyelashes and eyebrows.
Four things must be white-skin,
teeth, hands and the iris. Four things
must be red-llps, tongue, gums and
cheeks. Four things must be round
head, neck, arm and ankle. -Four
things must be slender-f1ngers, arms,
legs and the back"
The final tests, however, are four
proofs OF ignorance, which are be-
trayed by the eyes, nostrils, lips and
fingers. So you see the French writer
and the Mohammedan sage practi-
cally agree in raising the body OF
woman higher than her mind
Edmund Burke was a very particu.
lar chap. Here is his punctilious
recipe: "She must not be too tall,
but. gentle and docile. She must have
many varied spiritual qualities. She
must be extremely well built without
producing an impression Of strength
or power. She must have clear,
wholesome complexion. New York
Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
Amends Made by All the Defendants

off if they behave themselves?" asked
Judge Fogarty.
"Ah is, jedge," replied Mandy. "De
Bible say ter fergib yo' ennymies en-
deze gemmen done made der poller-
gies ter me en- ak me ter 'scus'n um
fer callen me er--"
Never mind what they called you,''
interrupted his honor. IF they took
it back and made proper amends, I'll
let them CO."
"Yaas, sub, jedge, dey done make
proper MEMS all right; dey men mel
front fence witch dey broke down, en-
Bill, dab, he men mer washtub witch
he hit me ov'r de haid wild en- Chink
men de kitch'n table witch he amt
bruk t all cause somebody else bruk
it. Yaas, Lord! dey done mex all de
mems dey cud, jedge, en- Sam he
gwynter men mer parler settle next
week."
That's all right, Mandy" interject
ed his honor, II guess you'll have
enough amends to last you life
time. But if I ever get any of 20,
up here again I'll amend my decision
and put you all to mending city prop
erty. Discharged"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
When Men Fought with Battle AK
and Sword Before the Inven.
ton OF "Villainous Saltpeter"
mado Such Weapons Obsolete.

Here is a CORY scene from Halliwell
SATELLITES new novel, "Red O. the
Feud." The scene is in England, the
time in the indefinite past and the
weapon used for the killings is called
"foster-brother," a kind of pole-ax:
He turned, to find Red Radcliffe out
of saddle, standing to the top of his
six feet four inches of height and hold
ing the ak in his two brawny hands,
while he swayed it gently to and fro.
What followed passed with the speed
Of tempest flung from the belly Of
clear blue sky. Wayne of Ludworth
got his sword out somehow and leaped
back; before his friends could get to
him Red Radcliffe had run forward,
had parted his first wild sword thrust
as one turns aside bramble in ones
path. had lifted foster-brother high
and higher yet, swinging it like fail
above his head.
And then the great ak fell and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
canada's Export OF Poultry Products

Canada has been for number
OF years making special efforts to Sc.
cure large share of England's trade
in poultry products. The Canadian
government has spent a good deal of
money in teaching the farmers how to
fatten poultry and dress it in the most
approved fashion. Yet the Canadians
have not been able to export much in
excess of a. million dollars worth a
year. But the reason has not been
that the English did not like Cana
dian poultry products. It is that the
Canadian people are willing to pay
more for the products than the Eng.
lish are willing to pay. Thus the
products are kept at home. In the
Northwest territories Of Canada there
is a rapidly: increasing population and
that population is consuming more
and more Of poultry products and ts
even importing from the United;
States. It is good sign when the
Canadians can find such ready mar
ket at home.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
Dove OF Peace. Driven from Homo
by Turbulent Scene. Again
Hovers Over the Charcoal
Flats In Serene Content.

The w:hite-winged dove of peace
f1utters and COOS over Charcoal flats
and hovers trustingly in the ambient
ether even where discord was won't
to prevail. An armistice has been de-
clared and the peace plenipotentiaries
appeared before Recorder Fogarty
yesterday morning, when the protocol
was signed and the snowy-winged
bird liberated. But the dove of peace
has wary eye skinned for trouble,
for it is feared hostilities will break
out anew, despite the friendly inter-
vention Of his honor, says the New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Mandy Gould, a dignifed matron of
Charcoal flats, some time ago caused
the arrest of Bill Sims, Chink Sims
and Sam Sims on the charge of in.
suit and abuse, and this morning
agreed to withdraw the charge be-
cause the aforesaid dove had put in
It's appearance.
Are you willing to let these men
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
Selling Day-OId, Chickens.

oCIItn9 0dy'Ob0 ~tu$NCttoa
It has become practice at many
II our poultry shows for the CON-
oanies having incubators to sell, to
sell the newly-hatched chickens to
The visitors at small price. We no.
lice that the same thing is being done
in some of the large department
stores in Chicago. This is almost a
cruelty to the chicks; as they general
" die from exposure, except when
the weather is very warm. The pur-
chasers generally know nothing about
the care of young chicks and do not
realize that they must be kept at a
temperature well up in the nineties.
The citizens that buy chicks at this
age have no way of keeping them
at such temperature, even if they
knew enough. to do so. We hear,
however, that in England the prac"
t1ce OF selling newly-hatched chicks
has become extensively established,
but there the sellers have regular
methods of packing, handling and
shipping these chicks. Many of them
are sold in large quantities to people
tnat have brooders for receiving them
and carrying them through the ten.
der period. We believe that the bust.
ness of selling day-old chicks could
be made profitable one, both to the
seller and the purchaser, provided it
were properly carried on. If these
chicks are to be sold to citizens who
only want few of them, it would
seem almost necessary that some
diminutive brooder should be invent
ed in which they could be properly
cared for.-Estella Harper, Carroll Co.
ILL.,, in Farmers Review.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
Only General Agreement IL That
tho Power to Attract IL Un.
failing Evidence of lts Posses-

Beauty is a question for the blind
to decide" remarked Aristotle when
pressed for a definition. Later on he
wrote a treatise on the subject, but
the manuscript is not extant. and even
If it were would we ever be made to
agree on the subject OF beauty?
Men like Hegel, Schelling, Fichte.
Emerson, Burke and Gautier wrote
philosophical volumes and essays on
this topic-none of them agreeing:
however.
All the poets, the artists and the
musicians Of the world have tried to
tell what beauty is, and only on one
single point has general agreement
been made evident-the essence Of
beauty is the power to attract. AS
TO the secret OF this power all the
world disagrees.
The brilliant Gautier says: "A
woman who is beautiful is brainy
enough; that is. she has the quality
Of being beautiful. I prefer pretty
mouth to a fine mind. I would give
fifty souls for single well-formed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10

How He Fulfilled His Promise.
Mr.. Hannibal J. Driesbach,, a NIL:
waukee man, has been addicted to the
use of the flowing bowl for more than
six years.
One day, however, he promised his
wife that his lips never again should
touch any kind of Intoxicating liquor.
No, you mistake. He didn't take his
drinks thereafter through a straw.
He quit the drinking habit absolute.
~. "
There Is a rumor that he was arrest
ed the same day for grating, and has
not had a chance to drink anything
stronger than coffee since, but 1t can
not be traced to any trustworthy
source.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
More Than a Century Ago Re-
conquered Territory Was In
the Undisputed Possession of
the Island Empire.

conquered lorritory was IN
the Undisputed Possession of
the Island Empire.
An Englishman in Tokyo, writing OF
the Japanese conquest of Sakhalin
island, says: What the Japanese
mean by their present operations may
easily be inferred from the nomen-
clature they are adopting. They have
called Aniwa bay by the name 'Higa-
shi-Fushimi bay to commemorate the
destruction Of. the Novik by the Chi
tose and the Tsushima, in the former
of which ships Prince FIigashi-Fushi-
mi was then serving. So. too, Patience
point has been renamed 'Kataoka Mi
saki' and Patience bay 'Shichiro Wan,'
in consideration of the fact that Ad-
mlral Kataoka Shichiro commands
the naval expedition. Again, the two
promontories of Shiretako and Noto-
70, on the east and west, respectively
Of Aniwa bay, are to be called hence
forth Juzozaki' and 'Kondo-zaki,'
after Kondo Juzo, chief librarian of
the Tokugawa government at the
close of the eighteenth century.
I'm 1898 news of Russian appear.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
Shipping Eggs.

|, The man that has eggs to
ship "a long distance must take
the utmost care in packing them,
and must :consign them to agencies
that will take proper care of them.
iFor. this reason, EXPRESS companies
have been largely patron1zeds by the
producers Of eggs because, when con.
signed to these companies, the. eggs
recAive more attention than when
sent ~ freight. By the latter they
would BE exposed to rough handling,
sometimes TO- zero Their, and 81 &C
Other times Would be- placed near
stoves o. steam q pipes, which would
~ equally q 1ttmentsl .I8I
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10

Encouraging the Barber.
!, Hicks-Penniman shaves himself,
doesn't he? = 49,,
Wicks-Yes, and he's got an awful
nerve
>. Hicks-How's that?
Wicks-He'll give himself clean
shave and then walk right into bar
Der shop for a hair cut.
The Reason for It.
"My!" exclaimed the guest; what
an array of pretty little doilies you
have at my place."
YES" piped little Willie. ina says
she can't have you messin up the
clean tablecloth like you did the last
time you were here"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
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MESCEI;l ;A'N
Farms Running Down.

AunJlu9 5OVHs
Any observant man who drives
through a long settled farming district
cannot fail to note that old farms tnat
were once beautiful in every way are
beginning to look desolate and untldy.
The writer could name districts IN
which this is notably the case, and
in every one of them the reason is
that the young folk fail to take
proper interest in the old homestead
and in the best methods Of farming
and tidiness. One of them spoken to
about the lack of care manifest upon
every hand said, There isn't dollar
tor me in mere tidiness. My time is
wholly devoted to necessary work, as
that means money" This may be
true in sense, but it is wrong in
principle, and when the time comes
to sell farm, tidiness counts as
also it does when strangers seek to
learn the character and business
standing of man. The old settlers
of many of the fine farms of the
country come from the east or
from foreign countries, where
tidiness rules in farm management.
They were so proud of their newly
gained homes that they kept them up
in fine style; for they had been rent
ers before or too poor even to rent
a farm in the old country. Here boys
and girls grew up and were educated
better than their parents and quickly
acquired new and expensive ideas
and habits. These young folk now
run the old farms or have rented
them out and gone to work in the
cities. The result is deplorable. The
old farms are growing old in every
sense of the word. They should be
improving in every way, but instead
the fences and buildings are going tt
| rack and ruin, the trees require trim
| ming, the fields have become impov
erished. There is, in short, every
sign of shiftlessness and slovenliness
about the old places and the pioneer
owners would be sorry indeed could
they see the state of decay into which
their old homes have fallen. It is
time to renovate these fine old places
There are associations about then
that should be dear to the children Of
! the former owners. They should be
kept up not merely for the sake Of the
dollar, but for appearances and senti
ment, and we contend that a farme,
tidy by nature and in practice is sue
cessful in farming to advantage and
will find profit in all that he does fol
the Identification as we'll as enrich
ment of the farm.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-10
Scatter the kindlv Words Of Pr,;se
II You tell him he's a. good one:
And pat him on the back?

There her: are some who think It's prai.inx
And they'll pay an extra dollar - "
TO = chap that's extra slick: Il*:G \, -
But It Isn't that that @heartens-}*'t = :
For the decd done and the sdoer. - :
Out Of which the good - wrought.
Who has strod the lonK, hard wv. i, -
With Its profits and Its losses &*.s 80 r.
Measured to him day BY day s., /: s
Hears the kind words OF tho Master !
81 Like the sengsz of%cherubim: s 3 |,s;s: q
5'S' lsdots<, thou Epo ard fAith =. 81
at. ~ Aeayensen enough 4or him. 81; hi Il tsszs
~, tllla nfF$ ptoa. The Sunda