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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-02
Washington rrop,essiyeness.


sition by producing something new
and desirable in the line of new
life insurance company, which is the
pride of all who become acquainted
with its promoters and progressive
methods. which are the outgrowth
of demands of the people resulting
from the recent investigation of life
insurance companies in New York.
Tie new company IS backed by
some Of Washingtons most success
fiji ana influential citizens, and has
a capitalization OF 800. 000-by
Washington men and for Washington
men.
Nj George A. Fair, chief of the
organization department. together
with his deputy. Mr.. j. l. Knight, is
in the city organizing their new
system among Us, and they report
that wherever presented their new
plan has found favor with the best
thinkers both as insurants and in
surers. and has the approval OF the
most thorough among life Insurance
men. as long stride toward giving
the policy holders square deal"
When seen at the Yakima hotel
Mr.. FAR said: Il have crossed this
continent many times and travelled
extensively throughout Canada and
Europe. but ! have more faith IN the
state o.. Washington and this valley
shan ever before. Wherever this sec
ton OF country IS known. the people
Of means have their eyes on Il. and
if another railroad IS built through
here, together with the Tietan pro-
ject, which has been faYora1ly acted
gpon tbs valley Will have a popula-
ZEN af lAAeQA people w.thin very
le~ years We geaiize shat North
1akima aua contiguous country Is
lied ame tae garden spot
81 the northwest, and that is lie rea-
son whf we are here. "
Iii sna8Ning IS their new company
ia If, plans ANA methods. Mi. Fair
said. ~0ur nan enable, peaBle 10
ma.n ala n old-lne 81 legal re
saTya psiry with all The features
of security and permanence peculiar
10 the legal reserve plan. on any Of
he policy forms issued by the old
companies OF acknowledged stability,
that is to say, 10. Is. Compartment
life ordinary life and endowment. at
rates about 25 per cent less than
usually charged by the old compan-
les, with ali the conveniences in use
by the fraternal insurance orders and
yet without the burden and expense
81 maintaining lodge organization"
The Guardian Life Insurance co.
has been organized by some of the
most successful business and profess
sional men and thorough insurance
men OF the state. for the purpose,
very largely, Of keeping the money
at home that Is paid to eastern com
panies for life insurance. The start
ling statement was made by these
+ gentlemen that the enormous sum of
j s2,900,o0o was sent out OF this state
last year for premiums on life insur-
ance This company's plan not only
contemplates keeping this money
within the state. but, insofar as is
consistent with good business man
agement and safety, they propose
keeping Yakima's money at home by
investing il in Yakima securities.
The nolicv holders ara grounad into
councils ne 6ftv or moro and aacb
conncil = entitled toalect from among
it's members a trustee who is a bona
fde trustee Of the company, and en-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-02
4 Wapato Invitation.

Tenas hyiu tetakmus tikeh Yahwa
cha hea Wednesday polakly 18th,
p. NJ Hyiu tintin hyiu mamook
tause kopa Dutchman hyas house.
Spose mesika halo chaheo mesika
titakums kuttus tumtum.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-02
works fine unless you have false

works fine unless you have false
teeth.
This hot weather makes the kids
hunt up the 'ole swimmin' hole.
We saw one kid out by the river
yesterday that reminded us of Adam.
Isn't it funny that a man will kick
like a Mule-Maud on paying a mes
senger kid % cents to go three miles
and then he will give the kid so
cents and tell him to keep the
change.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-02

bicycles, etc. Men have wheeled
wife or children the whole fifty miles |
in wheelbarrows or carts. The only
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
TWO MEET DEATH,
THREE INJURED
IN HOTEL FIRE
HerOiSm, Thrilling Res
cues, and Narrow ES-
capeS Mark Blaze.

PITTSBURG, Pa. jelly 1.-Two men
are dead and three are badly injured as
the result Of FIRE at 2 o'clock this morn
ing IN the Park Hotel. conducted by
Daniel Brady. at Ross street and Sec
Ond avenue. The dead are:
JAMES CONWAY, OF City Board OF
Health. sufTocated.
NEAL CONNORS. hotel manager. fell
through a life net into which he
jumped, receiving injuries nom which
ne died two hours later.
The injured are: Sergeant Adolph
Metz. badly burned about the head and
bsck.
Policeman James Lawier. badly hurt
by jumping.
Fireman William Dalzell, gcalded.
The fire originated from a gas jet
IN the rear hall and the whole OF the
rear portion Of the building was in
flames before they were discovered.
All escape was cut of by means OF
the stairway and exit for those I'm
prlsoned was through the second and
and police. and there were a number OF
heroic rescues. thrilling scenes and
narrow escapes.
The fire was quickly extinguished.
and then the discovery was made that
James Conway had been suffocated and
badly burned IN his room on the third
The building was old and had been
used for hotel and saloon purposes
many years. The damage 10 building
and contents IS about $4,000, and Is In
sured
The Washington times., 1906-07-17

last February was a shock 70 a great
body OF friends. lie was in fact one
Of the best known officials in the Treas
ury, having entered that department IN
1sil as a clerk It was Secretary Win
dom IN 1881 who appointed Major Bart
lett disbursing officer. Major Bartlett's
popularity was such that the succeed
ing administrations never disturbed
him. As disbursing officer he paid out
annually six million dollars, and never
once during that period was there the
slightest suspicion that his accounts
were not right.
Major Bartlett was born IN Kingston,
y. H., April 3 Is41. At the breaking
out Of the civil war he enlisted as a
private IN the Second Company Of Mas
sachusetts Infantry and served three
years. On two occasions he declined
promotion, saving he preferred 20
stay with the boys" He came %
Washington IN 1850 and accepted a pO-
slJiOn in the office OF the paymastsr
general, but resigned two years later.
But in 1871 he took a clerkship IN the
Treasury. iu which department he re-
manned until his death.
lie was a thirty-second degree Mason
and Wus buried with Masonic hOnOrs.
H8 was a member OF Lafayette Lodge.
Almas Temple was a member Of the
Union Soldiers Alliance, and the Union
Veteran Legion.
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
FEARS NADHOUSE
MORE THAN CHAIR,
THAN DETERMINED
Insists He Be Tried Un-
der UnWritten Law, Not
Insanity Plea.

NEW YORK. July I7.-'"This is not a
case Of honor; but of jealousy"
This Official declaration, made by the
district attorney IN Atlanta, Ga. today.
gives the first inkllng Of the case. pre-
paTsd by the prosecution against Harry
Kendall Thaw for the murder OF Stan
ford White.
But on the other hand Harry Thaw
says:
''rhe unwritten law must be my de-
fense. 1 killed White because l had
to. Instead OF being guilty OF murder
I should be looked upon as a beaefactor
TO mankind.
This IS his explanation today Of why
he dismissed Black. Olcott, Gruber &
Bonynge as his counsel. They insisted
that there was no ''Unwritten law" and
that he was either guilty Of murder in
the first degree or was insane when he
killed Stanford White.
Clifford w. Hartridge, HIS new counsel.
declared that he would face a jury with
Justification as his defense.
In Fear Of Madhouse.
For some reason Thaw seems to fear
the madhouso, in the event of a plea
OF insanity, more than he does the elee-
trio chair.
But there are indications today that
Harry Thaw VIII not be permitted 10
decide the course of the defense.
At the conference today il is believed
that Mrs. William Thaw will insist IN
on the reinstatement Of Black, OIcott
Gruber & BOnyngJ. and that insanity
will be the defensc
In a statement made after she had
visited her son in the Tombs, Mrs
Thaw said:
II have just asked Mr. Delaheld to
see Judge Olcott and insist that he re,
main III the case and continue to have
active charge OF the plans for the de-
fense Of my son. The conference which
We had arranged for yesterday with
Judge Olcott and Mr.. DelafeId has
been postponed until today at o'clock.
when it Will be held at Mr. Delahelds =
office"
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
MEET
AND ORGANIZE,
DEFINE PURPOSE
Aims and Objects En-
Enthusiastically Set Forth
in Speeches.
"Creater Washington
GVe II a Boost i''

The question of freight and Of
getting it into and out of Wash
ington is the primary thing in
this entire Inovement.-President
Charles J. Bell, of the Jobbers
and Shippers Association.
We have made 125 rubber
stamps bearing the inscription,
Greater Washington-Give It a
Boost" We would be glad TO
have each member of the asso-
citation take one and use IT so
as TO advertise the campaign for
a greater Washington.-Offer of
Lamb & Tilden, which was ac-
cepted yesterday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
CAPITAL ROMANCE
ENDS IN DIVORCE

TIFFIN. Ohio July 17.-Judge schroth
has granted a divorce to Clair Adele
McGin, daughter Of ex-COngressman j.
a. Norton. from William McGill. on the
ground OF neglect OF duty. The case
was submitted to the court IN chambers
two weeks ago and so secretly were the
proceedings conducted that none Of the
details Of the testimony became public.
BY the decree the wife is adjudged 5000
alimony and restored to her maiden
name
The divorce is the outcome of a ro-
mantle departure from a Washington.
d. c., hotel one cold winter night four
years ago, when the couple. to thwart
parental opposition. went across the
river TO Virginia and were married.
McGilPs career here was most pic
turesque and some OF his alleged esca,-
pades OF q sensational nature. The
matrimonial life Of the couple was
stormy. and frally after a bitter ouar-
rel one year ago, the husband left Tif-
I'm and has not since returned. He is
now said 10 be in Philadelphia. where
his grandfather John MCGIll, Is a mill
Gnna1rs-
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
HARGIS NOT GUILTY
OF NARCUM MURDER
Sheriff Callahan Also AC-
Quilted in Famous Ken
lucky Case.
WIFE WEPT AT VERDICT
Shouts Of Joy and Revolver Shots
Rent the Air When Jury's
Ruling Announced.

BEATTYVILLE. KY. July T.-Fornl-
er county Judge James Hargis and
former Sheriff Ed Callahan. were ac-
quilted this morning OF the charge OF
completely IN the murder OF J, 3. Mar
cum, who was shot 10 death at the
courthouse in Jackson IN May, 1903
Hargis and Callahan were accused Of
having formed the plot 10 kin Marcum
and with having persuaded Curtis Jett.
Hargis' nephew. and Tom White 10
carry Il out. Jett and White are in the
penitentiary for life for the crime. The
Jury was cut twenty-five minutes. The
case was given to The jury at T:S0 this
morning.
When the verdict was returned the
Hargis henchmen around the courthouse
set up a shout Of Joy and few pistol
shots emphasized their satisfaction,
though this was quickly stopped.
Mrs. Marcum. widow OF the murdered
man. wept over the verdict. Bets were
freely made last night by friends OF
the defendants that they would be ac-
quilted in less than an hour after the
jury retired. This lent color 10 the ru-
NOR that members Of the jury had
pledged themselves 10 acQuit the de-
fendants. no matter how strong the evi-
dence. Il was commented on that
while Beattyville IS IN a Republican
county, every member OF the uTy was
a Democrat and Judge Hargis IS a
member OF the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee.
A verdict against them has been con-
sidered doubtful. however. since Jett,
after coufessing that Hargis and Cal
lahan persuaded him to kill Marcum,
went on the witness stand drunk and as
serted that he alone killed Marcum for
personal revenge
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Showers continued quite generally east
or the ROCKY mountains, followed by
clearing Monday night from the Missfs1
sippi valley westward, except I'm the
Southwest. There were also a few
local thunderstOrms over interior dis
Temperature changes were not marx
ed.
There viii be showers tonight and
Wednesday IN the middle and south At
lantic states. and showers tonight. fol
lowed by fair weather Wednesday in
the lower lake region. the Ohio valley
and the east Gulf States
IL will be cooler tonight in the Ohio
valley. the lower lake region. and the
middle Atlantic States.
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
MAJ. BARTLETT
SHORT $4,000
IN TREASURY
Late Disbursing Officers Accounts Discov-
cred to Have Been Manipulated for
Years--Loss to Government
Covered by Bond.

ife has, death,
been o been short in his
Major Bartlett twenty-five years
bursting the Treasury Department
dollars and who,
regarded trustworthy, capable
Of The
found to be short
the Of of
Hospital Service, who September
being prosecuted pclation
other directly
bonding company Fidelity Deposit Company Baltimore
been called upon to make good
DIED LAST FEBRUARY
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
Comes to Washington to
Present His Case to
Supreme Courtof the
United States.
COTTAGE FOR FAMILY
NEAR HIS PRISON
Illinois Man, Sentenced to
Penitentiary, Contests for
the Right TO Begin
Serving.

Louis a. Gourdain. the Chicago bank
er, who wants the aid OF the supreme
court OF the United States In breaking
into the Illinois peniteutiary. was
heard from this morning
A telegram from him was received at
the office Of the clerk OF the court. ask
ing that funcrionary 10 have the very
best court stenographer In Washtr e+on
meet him at the RslIe'eh Hotel, T.. this
citS, at 6 o'clock this evening, Al
though the request is a most '.uusual
one, IL VIII be complied w.th.
Gourdain was recently sentenced to
four and a half years in the peniten-
tiary for conducting a lottery in Chi
cage. Pending further arguments in
his case, he was released from the
Cook county jail upon giving bond for
$1,000. He Immediately presented him
self at the Joliet prison with the re-
quest that he be IUcarceraJed. so that
his four years ana q half term might
begin at once.
Wants Supreme Courts Help.
His request was denied and he now
wants the Supreme Court OF the
United States 10 see 20 it that the SEN
trlCe is enforced. lie has threatened
10 build a penitentiary of his own on
some hillside and begin the service OF
his own term there II his demand is not
granted
Gourdain. before leaving Chicago.
packed up an OF his household effects
IN his apartments al the auditorium an
mex preparatory 10 removing item 10
Joliet, where he says ice viii build his
individual peniteuuary-
A "peoitantioryy Ar,,avB
on each piece Of furniture Gourdam
had placed tag. which read. "Gour-
dams Peuitentiary Annex, Joliet Ill"
Il am sending this furniture and all
my effects to Joliet" said Gourdaiu.
81 expect as soon as possible to begin
90 live iu the confinement Of my pen
tentIIry until my sentence is finished
For the present We shal. board with
the family of Joliet Penitentlary
guard, who lives just across the street
from that institution. Through this
guard I am now negotiating for the
lease Of vacant lot adjoining HIS
premises and opposite the peniteutiary
grounds. When 1 get possession OF the
property I shall build nay private peui-
tentiary. In which ! shall condue nv
self, and near IL shall erect a cottage
where my family viii live.
Replica Of the Prison.
Il shall make my pcnltentiarv." he
said, IAN exact replica OF the Joliet
penitentiary. 1 shall have an outer
wall OF the same gray stone. with tow
ers al certain distances apart. This
wall VIII be thirt- feet square Inside
this wall there will be a court ward.
Bn@ in the center Of he lncIosure win
be built the cell house.
Inside the cell house. which win be
rooted and ventilated" he continued, II
shall have my cell"
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
Replica of the Prison.
WIDOW OF Ii HUNG CHANG
TRAVELS IN FINE STYLE

GENEVA, July 17.-One Of the richest
women I'm the world, the widow OF Ii
Hung Chang, the famous Chinese Vice
roy. Is visiting Lake Lugano with her
nephew, who IS Chinese minister at
Vienna.
She Is attended by a numerous suite,
and has by way Of baggage hundreds OF
hlshly ornamental boxes containing Jew-
cry and precious stufrS. She has moro
costumes than comic opera prima dom
ma, gorgeously embroidered in gold and
studded with turQuoises. The party
carries It's own cooking utensils.
The Washington times., 1906-07-17

With the wearing OF the badges to
show that Washington Is on a boom and
with plans to display banners bearing
the same legend all over tha city. more
than 100 OF the National Capitals lead
ing business men met and organized as
the Jobbers and Shippers Association NJ
Washington, d. c., in the New Willard
Hotel, at $3.50 o'clock yesterday after
noon.
Greater Washington - Give il a
boost" was the slogan Of the meeting.
Enthusiasm was rampant, and deter
nination to achieve great results was
the dominant note at the gathering.
The temporary organization was per-
feoted by the election OF Charles J. Bell
TO the chair for the meeting, and a reso-
luton was then offered and adopted that
Continued on Fourth PaEe)
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
SONG BIRDS FREED IN PARIS

PARIS, July 1z.-Four large cages con-
tanning hundreds Of song birds were
seized by the police at a railway sta
fion the other day. After the fancier
to whom they had been addressed had
ben fined the bros were liberated.
They fiocked TO the nearest park and
sans for hours TO the city's delight
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
STRUCK BY WAGON,
THOMAS MURRAY HURT

Thomas Murray. thIrty-twO years old.
living at 1s6 Morris avenue. was struck
by one Of Knox's express wagons this
morning and slightly injured. He was
sent to the Emergency Hospital, where
he is suffering from injuries about the
81
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
SO Niarara FaIs Excursions.

outinr.s, July 90 August 10. "a, September
II N. and October II. Special train of
parlor cars, dining car and coaches leaves
Washington 1865 g. m. Further particu-
lars OF ticket agents.-Adv
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
AIl-RaiI Route 70 Cape MAY.

Pennsylvania Railroad. Leave Wash
ing al Broad street station. Philadelphia,
with train via Delaware River Bridge
route. leaving at 4:05 pm. for Cape May.
ADV.
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
TEMPERATURES.
DOWNTOWN TEAIPERATURE-

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The Washington times., 1906-07-17
TIDE TABLE.

sun sets today. ?
Sun rises tomorrow --.--.-------- a
The Washington times., 1906-07-17
SUN TABLE.

9 a. N. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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The Washington times., 1906-07-17

Continued on Fourth PsEe.)
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
SPECIAL EXCURSION
To Wichita, Sunday, May 6, via Rock
Island.

Ban game, Topeka VS.. wichita. 2z.5o
for the round trip. Special train viii
leave Topeka 7:3o q. m. arriving at
Wichita ll:50 a m, returning viii leave
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

was among the first to be consumed by
flames. The losses will be fully four
hundred million, but the city will be
rebuilt, and 1t will certainly be grander
and more beautiful IN every respect
Time alone, however can efface the
awful scene that has been made, and
so far as the losses to individuals are
ter and terrible, the body politio viii
be benefited as the fostering sores of
civilization in the shape Of Chinatown
and the awful rookeries south of Mar
ket street have been removed, and in
their stead will rise magnificent build-
inEs to be occupied by the young men
of the present, and the coming genera
the allotted time, of three score years
and ten, all Of this terrible calamity
will be but a memory, and the history
of the same which has today just been
written in flames will be reduced to
cold type, and those who read It, will
wonder II It has not been greatly ex-
aggerated, but this is a case where no
exaggeration is possible.
Language is totally Inadequate to ex-
press the scenes enacted from 5:13
O'Clock Wednesday morning. April
18th. and from that time on until the
sun had set on the 21st. the tramping
Of an army of three hundred thousand
homeless people who had only time to
secure a few of their most precious
articles of clothing, jewelry, ETC., who
stood safvering with fear in the middle
of the night. the crying children, the
terrified mothers broken hearted
fathers, the drunken tramps. and mex
cusabIe drunkenness of the soldiers are
onlv a few of the memorable things
that are burned into my mind and
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
WANT BETTER KANSAS BUTTER.
Attention Called to the CareIessness in
It's Making.

The following bulletin has been is
sued:
Secretary F. D. Coburn, of the Kan
sas state board Of agriculture, reports
the dairy products of Kansas for last
year as having a value of So, 499, 24S. So.
Adding to this the value Of milk and
butter consumed in the home, the total
would easily be S15, 600, 900 per year. Al
though in its infancy the dairy business
of Kansas far exceeds in value the total
yearly product of all her gas and oil
fields, and all Of her orchards and gar
dens. The dairy is a gold mine for
Kansas and Kansas butter has hereto
fore ranked high in the New York and
home markets. Lately, however, it Is
found that q large percentage of Kan
sas butter ranks only as seconds" in
the New York market and there is no
sale for it. The quality Of Kansas
butter must be improved or failure will
be the portion of the Kansas dairyTnan.
There is but one way to do this and
that is to give more care to the milk
and cream. Farmers realize this ana
they realize, too, the injustice of the
creamery companies paying the same
price for all kinds of cream, regard
less Of quality. The creamery eompan-
les are now forced to accede to the
demands of their patrons and buy their
cream upon a graded system which
pays a premium for cream of good
quality over that Of poor quality. Here
tofoFe, cream in all conditions of clean
illness or filth, of freshness or age has
been paid for at the same rate Here
after, the creamery companies will have
to pay a higher price for good cream de-
liveTed promptly than they do for in
ferior quality.
Aeidity does not hurt cream for but
ter making purposes. It is age that
causes deterioration Under the new
! system cream that is delivered twice a
week in winter and three times a week
/ in summer, and that tests 30 per cent
OF butter-fat or better, will command a
price of about five cents per pound for
| butter-fat more than that delivered less
frequently or of a lower test
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
HE WOULD STOP IT.
Assistant County Attorney Plans to
Stop Negro killings.

w. L Jamison, assistant county at
torney, fears that unless some drastic
measures are taken. that the killing of
negro lovers by their angered sweet
hearts will be done on a wholesale
scale in Topeka before long
This morning another of these cases
was brought to his attention, and he
swore out a complaint for assault with
intent to kill, against the woman. John
Vaughn, a negro, had evidently been
keeping company with Cora Hayes and
Mrs. Sharp, both colored. The latter is
a widow.
All the parties live at Highland Park.
Last night the Hayes girl, thinking her
lover false, appeared at the Sharp donni-
cile and demanded the body of her
wooer. She was going to have him
alive or dead. Vaughn heard her re-
marks and made his escape the back
way. But the Hayes girl saw him and
took after him down the alley. She
produced a gun and yelled at him that
she would take his life. Vaughn turned
and oyerpowered her before she could
get the gun into action.
This morning he swore a warrant for
her arrest, charging her with assault
and intent to kill
I'm going to give some of these. .peo-
pie the limit If I can do it." said Jarni-
son. Il have three such cases now on
the docket One resulted in murder.
Two other women went free for killing
lovers on grounds of self-defense 1t
has just encouraged some of these peo-
pie to do as they please. A fine of
500 and six months in jail can be as
sessed, and shall do all in my power
to see that they get it."