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The Washington times., 1906-12-01
AGED WOMAN RUN DOWN
BY A BICYCLE RIDER

Mrs. Nancy Mercer. seventy years old,
of 1923 Park road northwest. was .un
into and knocked down yesterday after
noon. al Seventh and G streets north
west. by q bicycle ridden by Walter
Simuson. colored. of 1907 @ street south
east Airs. Mercer was not injured and
was able to go on her way unassisted
The Washington times., 1906-12-01
THIS EVENING
IN RIFLES ARM0RY HALL

There will be an assembly dance this
evening IN the National Rifles ArmoTy
Hall. These assemblies are given ev-
erv saturday evening under the direc-
ton OF Prof, Dawson. Dancing from
$50 TO i O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1906-12-01

his farm. Tom was the son OF slave
and he and TiIlman grew up together on
the plantation where the Senator lives.
IN speaking Of his affection for Tom.
TuIman said he and Tom had always
been together; that he hoped they would
continue together, and aft6I death he
hoped they might not be long separated
He told how he trusted Tom completely,
and entrusted 10 him the handling Of
his money and business. Altogether il
was a remarkable speech. coming from
Tulman, and il not only brought tears
from TiIlman's eyes. but deeply affected
those who heard ii.
Hoar and the Cabman.
Contrast is frequently made between
Tillman and the late Senator Hoar, of
Massachusetts. respecting their treat
ment Of the cOlOred people. Senator
Hoar never lost a chance TO speak in
the Senate for the rights of the negro,
or 10 condemn Southern treatment OF
the black man At the same time. he
had a thrifty fashion of dealing with
cabmen and those in subordinate places.
He frequently haggled with the colored
cab driver about a fare. and there IS a
spicy story told Of the abuse 5howCred
on him by one old negro cab driver 10
whom he paid but 80 ceEts after a
The Washington times., 1906-12-01
Chain Gang Captain RESIGNS.

Norman Treakle has rendered his
resignation to City Engineer Dunn. as
captain of the chain gang. This posi-
tion was created by the city council
several months ago. No one has as yet
been appointed 10 succeed Mr.. Treakle.
The Washington times., 1906-12-01
Drunkards Cured
In 24 Hours
Any Lady Can Cure the Most Violent
Drunkard Secretly at Home.

TO Prove It, a Free Trial Package Is
Sent Sealed 70 All Who Write.
Let no woman despair. The sure. quick
permanent cure for drunkenness has been
found.
II Is Golden Specific T. has no Odor. II
has no taste Just q little Is put In the
drunkard's cup Of coffee or tea. or in his
food. He VIII never notice ii. he Will be
cured before he realizes it. and he viii never
know why he abandoned the taste for liquor.
The Washington times., 1906-12-01
Athletic Club Benefit.

The Liggett Hall Stock Company. of
the Episcopal High School, will present
the comedy, 1.-THE Make Believe" at
Liggett Hall on Friday evening next, at
SIS o clock. The proceeds will go TO the
athletic club OF the high school
The Washington times., 1906-12-01
Months Marriage Licenses.

During the past month the clerk of
the corporation court has Issued thirty
marriage licenses. OF these nineteen
were 70 white, and eleven 10 colOred per-
sons, During the same length of time
lie has recorded fOrty-thFee deeds.
The Washington times., 1906-12-01
EXTERIOR OF BLOCK TOWER.
Southern Horror Fur
niSheS Evidence of
Fallibility of Mans
Devices.

Between Alexandria Junction. Va. and
Atlanta. The Southern railway a little
more than a year ago installed a system
Of block signals, and upon this the road
depends 10 safeguard the lives of its
passengers.
This system of signals is the dividing
line between the successful passage Of a
train or, in case Of the miscarriage Of a
signal, OF its partial or total destruction.
That the falling nerve Of the block
operator al Lawyers, Va. the scene of
the fatal Thanksgiving Day accident.
in which President Samuel Spencer and
others lost their lives. caused that
wreck. is freely claimed by many Of the
officials Of the Southern railway. In
the absence OF conclusive evidence that
the wreck is chargeable TO some purely
mechanical fault in the block system,
the signal operator must stand the
brunt.
Depends on Men.
It all goes to prove. the railway Of
fiCials contend. that millions Of dollars
can be spent In the perfection of some
system OF signaling. only 10 show at times
the futlIity OF the scheme when its sue
cessful operation rests in the hands of
men.
The block system on the Southern rail-
way IS in its material points Identical
with systems in operation on roads all
over the country, except that on certain
roads the automatic system is used
This is the case on the Pennsylvania rail-
road. where both systems are in opera
tiCn.
The Washington times., 1906-12-01

a
body Peril,
nearly cheated of his a Italian society.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-21
OPEN PUBLICITY THE BEST
EEFN RHKTY Of NERFY

When the maker of medicine. sold
through druggists for family use, takes
his patients fully into his confidence by
fl@-hly and fearleSsly publishing broad
cas Us well as ON its bottle wrappers,
full list OF all its ingredients IN plain
English, this action on his part is the
best possible evidence that he Is not
afraii TO have the search light of invcs-
tigation turned full upon his formula
and that it will bear the fullest scrutiny
and the most thorough investigation
DIR. Pierce's Favoritc Prescription for the
cure of the weaknesses, periodical pains
and functional arrangements OF the or
gans distinctly feminine. Is the only medi-
cine put up for sale through druggists for
woman's special use. the maker of which
is not afraid to take his patients into
his full confidence by such open and
honest publicity.
A glance at the published ingredients
on each bottle wrapper, will show that it
Is made wholly from native, American,
medicinal roots, that 1t contains no poi
sonous or habit-forming drugs, no mar
cotics and no alcohol--pure. triple-refined
glycerine of proper strength being used
Instead of the commonly employed alco.
hol, both for extracting and preserving
the active medicinal properties found in
the roots of the American forest plants
tHplOIPu. IL 10 bno Oiily HlcuiCiHc lOT
women's peculiar diseases. sold by drug
gists, that does not contain large per-
centage of alcohol, which is in the long
run so harmful to woman's delicate, nerv
ous system. Now, glycerine is perfectly
harmless, and serves valuable purpose
by possessing intrinsic value all its own,
and besides 1t enhances the curative
effect OF the other ingredients entering
into the HFavorite Prescription"
Some OF tho ablest medical writer's and
teachers endorse these views and praise
all the several ingredients of which Fa-
vorite Prescription" is composed rec
ommending them for the cure of the
very same diseases for which this world
famed medicine is advised. No other
medicine for women has any such pro
fessi0ndL endorsemcnt-worth more than
any number of ordinary testimonials. If
interested, send name and address to DIR.
r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, for his little
book of extracts from the works of
eminent medical writer's and teachers,
endorsing the several ingredients and
telling just what DR.. Pierce's medicines
are made of. It's free for the asking.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-21
ATHENA, ORE, SEPT. 81, 1906
There is no doubt that much good

There is no doubt that much good
to the public will be the ultimate re-
suit of the insurance Investigations,
which made many unnecessarily nerv-
GUS about the money invested for the
future rainy day, or Of the packing
house iuvesti cations, which brought
nervousness about the food which is
eaten daily. In like manner there
must be some faith that some good to
society will result from the disclosures
which are being made in connection
with the private life of some people
much in the public eye. The testi-
mony of the sister of the steel official,
Corey, in the divorce suit of his sister
in law, that her own brother was not a
fit person to have the custody of his
16 year old son, brought out the state
ment that the fast life of New York
made wealthy man of that city an
improper person to have children un-
der his control. While no such sweep
ing indictment can justly stand
against men of wealth, there has
been surfeit of scandal calculated to
strengthen the impression that the
testimony of Miss Corey has much of
truth in it. A Pittsburg story of
home Instruction has features of ap-
parent conspiracy against the peace of
men and women alike which appear as
shameful as they are disgraceful. No
matter what the real truth may be
regarding the private life of the
parties involved, it is an abnormal
situation where, in order to secure
divorce decree, detectives are hired to
steal letters and letters possibly forged
with the definite purpose of blacken-
ing character for unworthy ends. A
suit now in the courts reveals man
actually engaged in sort of divorce
brokerage business, with fixed agree
ment for payment at several stages of
the proceedings and tinsl settlement
when the nefarious plot is at last sue
aouof nj
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-21

Thomas A. Edison seems to have hit
upon "A valuable idea outside Ut cleo
tricity. He proposes that moulds be
made for a house of given design, so
that liquid concrete can he poured in-
to it. He estimates that i'll this way a
house worth $12, 900 can be built for
5000. The thing looks feasible and il
it should ever be realized will prove
valuable for the reason that building
material is now 80 high priced that
home building is practically out of the
question.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-21
FURNITURE

Our stock of furniture without doubt the
Inland lis the by
county records which show stock be
furnishing stock Wala Wala Mr.
chicago aud other manufacturing
stock the real goods
most mrechants do this
best aud also get the aore lowest goods
chased assembled Chicago shipped
thereby obtaining the lowest freight The
Waa Wala we want TO and let through
o whether intend should
fore mail order aud will
attention as though person.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-21

The East Oregonian is the first
paper in Eastern Oregon to introduce
reform spelling. The fonetic system
looks odd but it is time saver, to say
the least. The Intelligent compost
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-21

tor" introduced the system in the
Press Tuesday, taking the word
"bridle." He added an extra 3D."
and now the dazies are bluming on
biz grave.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-09-21

Not until next Independence day
will the new star be added to the flag.
The formal work of making a state
takes time and care.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-05
VISITING OLD FRIENDS.

Maj j. ID. Womer and daughter.
Bessie, arrived in the city last Tuesday
afternoon from Los Angeles, Cal,
where they now reside. They expect
to remain here, visiting with friends,
antil about the first of August. AL
though it mas been several years siGce
Mr.. Womer left Wausau, old Father
Time appears to have dealt gently with
him; he has changed but little in ap-
pearance. He is engaged in the tailor
ing business in the West and likes his
new location, though of course Wausau,
which is the scene of many of the
happy events of his life, will always be
dear to him. He, with other Los
Angeles citizens, had a warning of
what was going on in San Francisco on
the fateful day when the destruction of
that city began, for two hours after the
earthquake shock which toppled over
buildings in the latter town, Los
Angeles also experienced a shock,
which fortunately worked no damage.
The former members of the old military
organization originally known as the
Light Guards, welcome M. Womer 70
Wausau, for it was under his leader
ship that that organization won nation
al renown in Chicago at the interna-
tional drill in 1886, by being awarded
first nriyya
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-05

as may add to the beauty and general attract
iveness Of the city OF WauSau.
ARTICLE2 2. Any resident of the city shall be
eligible to membership and shall become a
member upon the payment OF one year IS dues
to the treasurer.
ARTICLE g. The officers of the league shall
be president, vice president, secretary and
treasurer said officers shall be elected at the
first regular meeting in March of each year tC
serve one year, or until their successors are
elected. The duties of each of1cer shall be such
as are usually incident to the respective offices
of other organizations.
ARTICLE A. The officers of the club together
with five members appointed 10y the president
ARTICLE D. There shall be a general advisory
board appointed by the president, composed OF
one resident member from each ward the
duties OF the individual members of this board
shall be the making OF recommendations as to
the needs OF their respective wards, the solicit
ing of memberships and such other executive
work as may from time to time arise in their
respective wards.
ARTICLE 6 All proposed actions of this
League shall be presented at a regular meet
of directors for Investigation and report before
being finally acted upon by the League, unless
by general consent or two-thirds vote of all
members present, any measure, motion, or res
olution requiring speedy determination may
be considered and disposed of without being SO
referred.
BYLAWS.
1. The annual dues shall be one dollar, pay.
able in advance.
2. The regular meetings of this League shall
be at eight O'Clock p. M. on the first Monday OF
each month at the court house.
After Mrs. McRea had explained the
purposes of the American Improvement
association, which is to cultivate civic
improvement all over the country. G.
ID. Jones moved that the Wausau club
become member of that association,
which was unanimously carried.
President Ewing then announced the
Appointment of the following committee
on membership: Mesdames w. B.
Scholfield, w. H. Mylrea, R. B. Johns,
w. C.. Silverthorn, b. H. Conlin, G. F.
Dunbar, j. A. Underwood, JAS Mont.
gomery, R. E. Parcher, L. M. Willard,
T. M. Smith, j. A. Jones, e. B. Bird,
Geo, Mcintosh, j. A. Porter, Karl
Kruger, M. T. Trevitt, G. S. Curtis, r.
Goodrich, Geo. Hart, G. NJ Boyles;
Misses Virginia Manson, Marion Nc
Donald, Emma Pardee, Louise Under
wood, Gertrude Heinemann, Harriet
Whitehead, Mae Bates, Nettie Swope,
jeanette Schields.
A majority of those present, who were
not already members, signed their
names to the membership roll.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-05
PROFITABLE MEETING.

The first meeting of the Civic I'm
provement club to be held since the
organization of that body few weeks
ago, was convened in the court house
last Tuesday evening. There were
present between rs and 100 people.
The meeting was called for the purpose
OF getting people interested in the
work of the club adopting a constitu-
ton and listening to report by Mrs.
M. I. Trevitt of the civic improve
ment department of the Ladies' Liter
airy club and an address by Mrs. A. E.
McRea, of Minneapolis, landscape
gardener for number of railroad COM
panies.
The president of the club. M G. Ew-
ing, called the meeting to order and
made short address, stating the pur-
poses of the club, etc.
Mrs. Trevitt was then called upon to
make report of what had been ac-
complished by the Ladies' Literary
club during the year, in the way of
civic improvements. Among these she
enumerated the following: Painting
of band stand and arranging for plac-
ing of seats on court house square;
arranging for new drinking fountain
for horses on Scott street, and laying
out of walks on county square. The
club has secured the promise of the st.
Paul Ry. Co. to set out elm trees along
its tracks from Franklin street south
The fair grounds will be secured by
the city for a park-also advocated by
the club. Harrison Blvd. and streets
leading off Grand avenue were cleaned
up by the club at cost of $50. Many
vines, willows and shrubbery have been
planted and the club has induced prop
erty owners to set out about 400 trees.
1t purchased street signs for the city
and will now make an attempt to have
shade trees planted on either side of
Grand avenue south to Schofield. Mrs.
McRea spoke of the work of the ladies'
club in flattering terms. She said that
Wausau was not at all poorly kept
city, but still some work could be done
which would greatly improve it. She
suggested that the removal of bill
boards scattered about the city, the
band stand and the pop corn stand at
the corner of Third aud Scott streets.
She advocated painting telegraph and
similar poles a dark olive green, the
setting out of shade trees and keeping
of unoccupied yards and the Grand
avenue gully free from tin cans and
rubbish. She also advised that land
scape gardener be secured each year TO
offer services to all citizens in planning
the arrangement of the beautifying
effects of yards, ETC. The following
constitution and bylaws were adopted
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE I. The name of tnis organization
will be The Civic Improvement League of Wau-
Sau, the object of which shall be to encourage
and promote such measures and improvements
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-05
CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I. The name of JhiS organization
will be The Civic Improvement League of Wau-
sau the object of which shall be to encourage
and promote such measures and improvements
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-05
FLAG DAY.

Thursday next, June 14th. is Flag day
and will be observed as such all over
the union. 1t will be the 129th anniver-
sary of the adoption of the stars and
stripes as the flag of the United States.
During recent years Flag day has come
to be recognized more and more as a
national anniversary. In an appeal
from the American Flag association we
clip the following:
'On the 14th day of June, 1777, con-
gress enacted what the flag of the
thirteen United States should be, and
April 4, 1918, further enacted that on
the admission of new state into the
union, one star be aided to the union
on the flag; and there are now forty
five stars on the flag
''The flag has become the symbol OF
great nation, and has been carried to
the utmost parts of the earth, proclaim.
ing human liberty. Americans cannot
fail of feeling of pride and satisfaction
nor restrain the swelling of patriotism
in the breast, when we contrast the
meaning of ours and of other figs"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-05
WORDS OE PRAISE,
Chas. d. Blair Thinks DR.. Searles Au-
thority on the Ear and Tells Why.

Chas. d. Blair Thinks DIR. Searles Au-
thority on the Ear and Tells Why.
Chas. ID. Blair of Wausau, SAYS: 81
began the treatment of my son, who,
was suffering from scarlet fever disease
of both ears with deafness of eleven
years standing, last Saturday. / am
astonished over the result of a few
days work with DIR. Searles. His method
of treatment is new to me. The
doctor is at liberty to refer anyone to
me for further information. My son
has got his hearing already and the
doctor informs me it has come to stay"
CHAs ID. BLAIR
DIR. Searles' Office is over Albers' drug
store till about July 18th.
TO THE PUBLIC.
DIR. Searles says: No matter what
you have done for any kind of ear
trouble, you have not done enough till
you have seen him about it. The doc
tor treated large number of ear cases
last year in this city with good results
in nearly every case. One young man
lost his position on the railroad because
of deafness, but DR.. Searles restored
him his hearing and position both. A
lady in this city went abroad to be
treated for deafness, but it fell to
Dir. Searles to give her back her hear
ing. Thanking the public for the past
favors | still solicit your further conf
dence and patronage till about July
10Th. DIR. w. Ii. SEARLEs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-05
TO R. F. D. PATRONS.

p. ". DeGraw, fourth assistant post.
master general, has issued the orders
given below which must be observed by
patrons of rural free delivery mail
routes throughout the country. Here
are the rules, which many of the PnoT
readers must prepare for when they be-
come effective
Son and after July 1, 1906, patrons of
the rural delivery service will be re-
quired to display signals on their boxes
after that date, carriers, when serving
their routes, will not be required to
open and examine any mail boxes ex-
cept to those which they have mail to
deliver and those on which signals are
displayed 10 indicate there is mail for
carrier to collect.
'"Those patrons whose boxes are not
provided must attach thereto some de-
vice which. when displayed, will plainly
show passing carriers there is mail to
be collected. 1t is not necessary that
each device shall be either complicated
or costly; very simple arrangement
will answer the purpose.
Carriers must lower the signals on
boxes after making collection, provided
no mail is left therein; aud must dis
play the signals when the deposit mail
for patrons, unless the patrons have
made request to the contrary"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-05

VIM. Waterhouse has received from
Aug. Kroening copy of the Atlantic
Daily News, and the menu of dinner
served on the S. S. Amerika, May 18th.
The paper is one which is printed daily
on board the vessel and distributed free
among passengers. Its news columns
are made up from ''the latest Marconi-
messages from the shore, reports of oc-
currences on board, feuilletons, etc"
The makeup and composition is very
much of an amateure nature. The
ships fonts of type appear to be long
on commas, and if anything happened
to the supply, as did to the western edi-
tors stock of ssss, when some evil dis
posed person one night broke into his
print shop and stole them all and he
was forced to suspend publication, a
similar fate might befall the editor oi
the Atlantic Daily News. They are
made by the eompositor to serve for
commas, periods, apostrophes and near
ly every other punctuation mark. But
then, some land lubber type settlers dc
no better. From an abstract from the
ships log we note that during the -four
days out from Sandy Hook the yessel
covered 1888 miles, the distance ther
being 1,669 miles to Eddystone Light
the first point of land which would bt
sighted. The menu sent with the pa
per contains colored marine scenes
The bill of fare is printed in both Eng
land and German and is headed witt
Ochsenschwanz Suppe.
HAVE You ANY STOCK YoU WAN
PAsTuRED ?-I have charge of SO acre
OF good pasture with plenty of water
Just south of the city. on the west sid,
OF the river. Will either rent the plae'
to one party or pasture stock for tn
season by the head. G. w. CLARK,
] m22d 1877 S. Seventh Ave.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-05
Henry B. Huntington,
Law Real Estate and Fire Insurance
Scott ST.. Opp. Court House. Wausau, Wis.
Over IL, 600 Acres
of Fine Farming and Hardwood Lands
and Taylor Counties. Wis.
The lands described below
Marathon County
Fine Residence Property Business Property. Building Lots
and Acre Property for sale in the city.
ilNEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SEIi,RIIY
Money TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY.

FOR sandn
of izand snofse
os snss 70 and n section
land
Sand
ana W. OF pw4 and e5 sw1 q
town SO,rangelO
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-05
The Very Best Remedy tor Bowe
Troubie.

I ne F5Iy b5SI h5M5uy IOT bOW6I
Trouble.
Mr. M f Borroughs, an old and we'll
known resident of Bluffton, lad, says:
81 regard Chamberlain's Cole, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy as the very best
remedy for bowel trouble. make this
statement after having used the remedy
in my family for several years. 1 am
never without it." This remedy is al
most sure to be needed before the sum-
mer is over. Why not buy it now and
be prepared for such an emergency
For sale by w. w. Albers.