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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-10-19

When Captain Montgomery, on July
6, 1916, raised the American Sag on the
heights Of Yerba Buena ut the Golden
Gate, this spot was nothing but a poor
village of about 200 inhabitants. writes
Louis Wagner In a very interesting ar
ticle published in the illustrated Home
Journal. But even then it was quite
cosmopolitan-its population was made
up Of Spaniards, Mexicans. Germans,
Swiss, Englishmen, Scots, Irish, Swedes.
Danes, Indians and Kanakas.
Undiscovered the precious yellow met
al slumbered In the mountains, and the
picturesque pioneers Of the village on
the beautiful bay dreamed little Of the
Unsuitable, feverish thirst for gold. They
rather cast their eyes upon the sea day
some Of them would climb upon the
highest hill, which was soon called
Telegraph HILL" and, glass in hand,
they would search the great expanse of
the ocean for vessels bringing commerce
and newcomers. The white sails and
the long drawn cloud Of smoke could be
seen from this high viewpoint In the far
distance, and thus the arrival of a ship
could readily be announced to the whole
populace In due time. And then the
whole village assembled at the landing
place.
1t was during the last days Of that
July month. when a messenger hurried
ly came down from his elevated point
of observation and announced to the
jewellers In the adobe houses the cheer
full news of the first American ship, full
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house which he utilized as a revenu.
collectors office. The proprietor of thu
Parker House even paid as high a rent.
al az $4,000. Building lots COSTING
$50 at the beginning Of 1S4S sold IN ia
$4,000 at the end of 1S49. The price.
at the mining camps were still higher.
That class Of people focked to San
Francisco and all the mining camps in
whose company a man had to take biz
life Into his own hands, goes without
saying. Gamblers and hazardous men
OF all sorts, whose only aim was to get
rich quick. abounded in numbers, They
were desperate and sensitive characters.
If, at times. they did show a certain
fairness, even admirable honesty-esps-
cially in paying their debts-they wer
nevertheless bent upon cheating and de-
ceiving and always ready to commit yio-
lence
San Francisco, at this period, was a
most unsightly place In its exterior an
pearance. The houses had been erected
without plan and style, all low, irreSu-
lar huts and shops of all possible shapes
and forms, offensive to the eye, and lust
50 many biots upon the picturesque To-
cality. And the crooked, sandy, dirty
streets along the swampy shore, all torn
up by the lively traffic, full of holes and
pools into which man and beast sank
down knee-deep,- could anything have
aroused the patience and the gall Of tho
hasty gold diggers more thar such thor
oughfares? Then came the great con-
fagrations Of May and June %, 1851,
and they brought relief in clearing Tho
city Of It's old shanties and unsightly
buildings, making room for more solid
structures and for wider, straighter and
better streets The old City Hotel, tho
Oldest tavern Of the place, building
with mighty tilesroof, the whole Plaza.
the Once Of the. '.Aka California" the
old Custom House, the Postofioe. and
numerous historic butts were destroyed
Up to 1862 San Francisco greatly ID
sembled a spsassa-N Mexican town Chad
uailr these char>cter3st&cs wocs away.
and the place developed into 4 truE
American city. Eastern vehicles and
omnibuses succeeded. In driving out TIE
gaily dressed ranehero riding on a nery
steed and equipped with thinking bells
and spurs and great sombrero. The
sand hills were leveled down into the
swampy lots. The city extended IT'D
area continually. What was once the
little, lazy Yerba Buena Of 1847, now
became a metropolis Of factories and
workshops, stores and warehouses
churches and schools and all kinds or
Institutes. People no longer paid 81 for
a pill. or $40 for a box Of carpet tacks-
for the wild town Of by-gone days D.
came the grand Queen Of the Pacific
the beautiful city ut the Golden Gate,
which the earthquake and fire Of ApriI
Is, 1905. destroyed
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According to Consul Ryder. the
President OF Nicaragua has just gwen
ii remarkable concession for ten years
at $50 (gold) per year. The conceS-
sionalre is privileged to have collector
in tLe custom house ut Rlnefelds mar
Dor through whose hands all shipmensS
of rubber must pass, and he is alIoweo
to tux 1t ~ cents a pound over ano
abo7e the government tax Of GEMS =
pouEo
/: is estimated that the annual snip
ment of rubber from this district y
10000 pounds. giving tn CONCESSION
aire a revenue of $4,000 a year. OF
S5OC.LOO for the period Of biz contrac'
although it is not to cost him mors
than $1,000 for the ten years.
There are lots Of people who never
ind out they have q wonderful We"
from their back door I'LL q visitor o'1
covers It for them.
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Even the Hens.

"A hen out in Ohio is laying eggs
inside out"
80 it seems that even the hens are
getting down to the skin game."-
Baltimore American.
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Laundry was done at SIS a dozen
pieces. The owner Of a dirty sh,r,
therefore rather cast it aside and bopvh,
new one, or wore the old one t,,l a
was-very dirty. Rents were awfully
high-$3,OOO a month in advance for IN.
poorest kind Of quarters for a stor.
Wright 4 Co. paid as much as $4,000
year for a miserable hut at the corn.,
OF the Plaza. where they conducted In.
Miners Bank. and Uncle Sam had :.
pay $780, rent year for an old adoh.
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CHAPTER VI.
have neither the necessity nor the
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-07-05
MODERN TRANSFORMATION.
Problem That Has Taxed the Inven.
tveness of the smartest
Men of the Age.

Kipling has drawn a picture vibrat.
ing with movement and color, fairly
pulsating with the essence of human
life, when he describes In kim" the
great trunk road of India. Thousands
Of bare or sandaled feet polished the
stones of the footways that converged
at city gates; the endless grinding Of
the roughshod wheels wore deep and
everlasting ruts in the stone pave
ments. Yet not so many people, in
a month of 80 days, entered or lett
any Of the old walled capitals Of
Greece, or Rome, or India THAT, like
our modern populous centers, depend
ed for their very life on the outside
country as now, between sunrise
and sunset, hurl themselves back and
forth, in and out of New York alone,
says the Metropolitan Magazine.
Transportation is the problem; the
ways along which people can move
and the means to move them are the
great questions OF the hour, and all
roads lead to town.
We have tunneled beneath the
ground and the river; we have thrown
great flying arches over our inter.
yening waterways; we have net
worked the surrounding country with
lines of humming trolleys, and the
ferry boats swing with the regularity
Of pendulums from pier 10 pier. In.
coming OF outgoing armies OF men
spend large fractions Of their lives
upon the road. They have Travelled
many times the distance to the moon
and back. The faithful servants, cleo
tricity and steam, fetch them in and
out The same unvarying number OF
footsteps have brought them to their
homes and Offices. The same unvary-
ing revolutions Of whirling wheels
have carried them from the journey
beginning TO its end. Far above the
level OF the roofs Of the dwelling
houses we have built great cities, PEG
pied by transients. The metropolis is
Ike the feeding ground OF great
migratory flocks who come In the
morning TO pick up their living, TO NIL
their mouths and I'LL their pouches,
and retire at night to their home
nests and roosting places.
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ment. Doctors treated me for rhcu-
matism, but failed to help me. ] lost
all confidence in medicine, but Doan's
Kidney Pills relieved me SO quickly
and so thoroughly that l gladly made a
statement to that effect for publication.
This was in 1898, and during the six
years which have elapsed / have never
known Doan's Kidney Pills to fail"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Bierbach will
be mailed on application to any part of
the United States. Address Foster Mil
burn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. For sale by
all druggists; price, 80 cents per box.
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JOKE ON THE PUBLISHERS
Poem Initiating Bret Harte's Style
Given Wide Circulation
and Notice.

Sam Davis, Of Nevada, once made
a wager that he could successfully imi'
tate the style Of any living or dead
meet and do il so thoroughly that the
difference was not discernible; and
that the public, the press, and the crit
les would not detect the fraud. AS a
result. says Success Magazine, be
wrote "Binley and as" to which he
signed F. Bret Harte's name. The
fake was put out in a publication
known as The Open Letter II de
scribed an engineer who took his train
through a snowstorm in the Sierras
dying at his post
From the Atlantic 10 the Pacific the
poem was copied. "Binley and 40
was given a full page in an illustrated
weekly. with a portrait OF Bret Harte.
and described as "the best short poem
of the decade.
Il was many years before Mr.. Harte
denied its authorship The poem has
since been incorporated in several
books Of popular Rotations, notwith-
standing Binley freezes to death be-
side a roaring locomotive furnace
win 1870 pounds OF steam up and two
cords Of wood within reach.
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FIRST OF THE cHAUFFEURS
Were Men Who in Fantastic Carl
Terrorized the Ruralites
of France.

Chauneurs existed long before there
were automobiles.
History tells US that along about the
year 1895 there sprang up in France,
principally in the eastern and central
regions, fantastically dressed men with
their faces blackened with SCOT and
their eyes carefully concealed, who
gained admittance TO farmhouses and
other isolated dwellings at night and
committed all kinds Of depredations
and outrages.
They had an outrageous habit espe'
cially, from which they obtained the
name that posterity has preserved for
them. They first garoted their vic.
tins, and dragged them in front OF 0
great fire. where they burned the soles
of their feet. Then they demanded OF
them where their money and jewels
were concealed. Such interrogatorles
could scarcely be resisted.
II Is from this that is derived the
appellation Of chauffeur, which once
so terrified old ladies, but which al
present eyokes in us only cheerful and
pleasing thoughts of automobilism and
of VOYAGES and excursions at rs and 50
miles an hour, in which there is moth
ing but the roads and paved streets
that are scorched.
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Sentenced 70 servitude.

Two hundred years ago. when men
and women were condemned 10 death
for trivial offenses. II was the custom
in Scotland TO commute the death
sentences into perpetual servitude to
specified masters-in other words, he
condemned person became a slave. Il
was further ordained that he should
wear a metal collar round his neck
recording his sentence and punish
ment. The Society Of Scottish Anti.
ouaries owns one af these collars,
fshed out Of tie Forth above Alloa.
Il is o. brass, with this Inscription.
Alexander Stewart found guilty Of
death for theft at Perth, 5th Decem-
Der, 1901, and gifted By the Justciars
as a perpetual servant TO Sir John
Aresken Of Alya."
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some fellows waste all their strength
Mating themselves on the back.
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n Fal. telling you how !
f,r over two years steady
,rGBey on medicines besides,
bsl6 me. Ny monthly pc
mi / suffered much pain,
headache, baekache and
-. and ! was 80 weak !
4 around As a last resort
yos and try Lydia Z. Pink
] compound, and ] am 50
~ after following your
r. you sent me free Of all
regular and in perfect
/, been for you ] would he
Nv +,
4 4 hat this letter may lead
4 woman In the country 70
3 as J did
Ia are troubled with ir-
i niul periods, weakness,
<pruleeration OF an organ,
kiown feeling. inflamma-
II aAtulence, general de-
ks,ion or nervous prostra-
k9uld remember there is
/ true remedy. Lydia Z.
lgttsble Compound at once
iroubles.
male medicine inthe world
such widespread and un-
brsement. Refuse all sub
J Mrs PinkhAm daughter
"a I. Pinkham, has under
and since her decease,
" sick women free Of
.ress, Lynn, Mass.
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Sour
Stomach

No appetite, loss Of strength, nervous
ness. headache, constipation. bad breath
general debility, sour risings. and eatsTTh
Q, the stomach are all due 10 indigestion.
Kodol cures indigestion. This new discoV-
cry represents the natural juices Of diges
ton as they exist in a healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconsiructive properties. koool pys-
pepss Cure does not only cure indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
cures ali stomach troubles by cleansing.
purifying. sveeiening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. s S Ball Of Rsvensvood. W Va: says
Vas troubled With sour stomach for twenty years
Kodol cured me and We nov using u IN min
Tor baby.
Kodol Disests What You Eat
Settle. only 81 90 Size holding ~ times the trial
sre which sells for SO cents.
pr,psrsd by q. Q. DswITT q CO.. CHICAGO.
z For Sale by F. f. Bryan.
All Tor the 1906 KodOl Almanac ana S0o year
eRlendars
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ID ; VI
years I had kidney
trouble, and there
was such a severe
pain through my
loins and limbs that
l could not stoop
or straighten up
without great pain.
had difficulty in get
ting about and was
unable to rest at
night, arising in the
morning tired and
worn out. The kid
ney secretions were
irregular and de-
posted a heavy sedi-
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REACH The SPOT.

To cure an aching back,
The pains of rheumatism,
The tired-out feelings,
You must reach the spot-get at the
cause.
In most cases 'tis the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kid
neys.
Charles Bierbach, stone contractor.
living at 2625 Chestnut St, Erie, Pa,
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Towards nightfall the wind fsl Ihf
s,, set in a calm serenity and the
man who had once possessed the SILVER
hridIe came at last very cautiously
ana bv easy slope out of the 'ravine
oyain. hut now he led the white morse
,hat once belonged TO the little man
And as he thought Of those COD
webs his eyes went across the Vaiiey
Il was hot with passion ne sac
and now she has met her reward
They also, no doubt
Ana behold! Far away out Of me
wooded slopes across the valley, but IL
ne clearness Of the sunset disdnc'
and unmistakable, he saw a little splrt
of smoke.
perhaps after all. 1t is not them,
be said at last.
Bat be knew better.
Ana as he rode he picked his way
amidst stranded masses Of web foI
enc reason there were many dead
sniders on the ground and those that
lived feasted guiltily on their fellows
A. the sound OF his horses hoOis 'hey
fed.
Tbeir time had passed. From th'
v-oyud without either a wind to carry
mem OF a winding sheet ready thest
,bInes for ali their poison, cou'a &c
him little evil.
Fver and again he turned in nis
ssasis and looked back At the smoke
~spiders." be muttered over anc
over again. spiders! Wen, Wen
rbe next time ] will spin web
=. ,sllows waste ali their strength
The Washington times., 1906-10-05
IRISH "SAGAS
TOPIC Of ESSAY
BY ROOSEVELT
Comment on Celtic Folk
lore to Appear in
Magazine.

President Roosevelt has written q
popular Essay upon the Irish 'sagaS. "
which viii soon be printed in a maga-
zine. The President has been deeply
interested I'm the ancient Celtic folk
songs and legends for several years
and after gathering together au the
translations he could find and articles
bearing upon them, ca-ae a. the colcIu-
sion that they deserve a better place
in popular estimation than they now
occupy. The old German and Morse
folklore has been exploited by many
eminent writer's and the legends. hand
ed down through the mists of genera
lions by the American Indians, have
been carefully preserved I'm song and
prose by modern authors. The songs
of Greece. Rome, Egypt and Asia have
not wanted for admirers and UrescTV-
ers, but up 10 the present day very lEt-
tie effort has been made "a acqu8lnt
the everyday reader with the beau
ties of The early Irish ballads and mys-
lie stories
The Washington times., 1906-10-05
OLD TELEGRAP HERS
REVISE PROGRAM

The veterans of the telegraph key.
from all parts of the United states, viii
assemble in annual convention at the
Arlington Hotel. next Tuesday morning.
They will begin TO arrive in this city
Sunday next
Although the program had been ar
ranged. "a revised program IS today
given out as follows:
First day
Tuesday. October 9. 10 a. m Business
meeting of the Old Time Photographers
and Historical Association at the Ar
Hngton Hotel.
II a. m. Business meeting Of the
Society fof the United States Military
Telegraph Corps at the Arlington Hotel.
. .. m. Visit Arlington.
Evening. Theater.
Second day
Wednesday, october 10. morning
Sightseeing around Washington In spe-
cial cars. from Arlington Hotel prompt
ly al 10 o'clock.
. p. m. Reception by President Roose-
welt at yhe White House, east entrance.
Evening Visit TO the Congressional
Library.
Third day
Thursday, October Il. $50 a. m. Leave
the Arlington Hotel for visit to Mt.
Vernon.
Afternoon. visit Corcoran Art Gallery.
Washington Monument. National Mu-
Evening. Banquet at the Arlington
Hotel. o'clock.
The Washington times., 1906-10-05
NO AUTHORITY TO STOP
"CLANSMAN" PRODUCTION

Under the law the District Commis-
sioners have no authority to interfere
with the performances of Thomas Dix
on's play, "The Clansman," despite, the
vigorous protest raised by the Wash
ington clergy against its appearance in
this city. This information was for
varded today by the Commissioners u.
the Rev J. q. Butter, pastor of the
Tuther Place Memorial Church. whose
letter of protest against the production
has been the signal OF a general out
burst of disapprOVal and condemnation
among local ministers against both play
and anthOr
The Washington times., 1906-10-05
Fast, Furious Fights
By SOphS and Fresh
Under Seniors Rules
It Is Ordered!

These rules have been de
termined by seniors and juniors
in Joint conference and win be
administered to the letter by
those classes. It is desired by
upper classmen that fair play be
observed in all encounters be-
tween lower classmen, and with
this object in view the following
rules have been formulated:
81. In the case of any lower
cIassman deserving his class in
an emergency, summary justice
win be administered by the up
per classmen.
-. The subiection of sophs, by
fresh. to indignities on the
streets win not be tolerated.
. g. Haziug i'm the building viii
be sanctioned"
The Washington times., 1906-10-05
TILTED SUIT0R RETURNS;
CALLS WILDLY FOR GIRL

NEW YORK. oct 5.-Jilted six years
ago and being strangely missing from
his home at 81 South Eighth street
Brooklyn. ever since. Carl Norman sud
denly reappeared and was found in the
cellar of his former home, where he
raved and shouted for Eva" the girl
who once spurned his love. So strange
were his actions he was mistaken TOR
a burglar and nearly shot at by Police
man O'Brien of the Clymer street pO-
lice station.
In 1890 Norman was counting young
woman known To the neighbOrs as
''Eva" and was deeply infatuated. He
failed to meet her for a day or two and
then learned that she had thrown him
over for another and that she was
married. Norman suddenly left his
home and gave up his situation and
disappeared II was rumOred that he
had committed suicide and he was soon
forgotten
The Washington times., 1906-10-05
SNAKE SKIN DEALERS
END PROFITABLE YEAR

STROUDSBURG. Pa. oct. 1.-The
rattIesnake business, which has just
closed in the wilds Of Pike county. and
a portion Of eastern Monroe, has been
the largest in years. A number Of resi-
dents Of both counties this year have
been making the rattlesnake a source OF
profit. as the demand this summer for
rattlesnake skins has been large.
These skins have been bought by city
folk who utilize them for belts and
chatelaines- I. w. Barlman, OF Mar
shalls Falls. has purchased and sold
more than 200 snake skins this season
The Washington times., 1906-10-05

Pedestrians and subway workers,
these who were going OF and coming on
duty. were hurled high in the afr; the
cars were lifted from the tracks. and
teams two squares away We're sent fly
ing from the tracks 10 the cuTbs.
Every window along Market street
and The other fnteTsecting thorough
fares was blown out by the concussi0D
and pedestrians fed IN every direction.
j IS safe 10 say that hundreds Of men
and women were cut. some of them
The Washington times., 1906-10-05

PHILADELPHIA, 5Seven hurled an
OF in
Companys Sixth
nothing 1t believed
called
the rEunen
They
like they either
the
sunO ton.
the whole business
street streets, completely
ed by the
On aIE1EE ~ "
The Washington times., 1906-10-05
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
GROWING IN ATLANTA

ATLANTA. Ca, oct 5--rhe 'EIialeh
f0r municipal ownership cf gas ana elec-
tric plants I'm this city continues II
municipal ownership league IS FORM
ing The proposition is for the clty 20
issue bonds and begin by building q
municipal lighting plant for its own
use. to be extended 90 include q general
lighting and gas system.
There is also "a sentiment I'm favor OF
tak!ns over the street railway, but no
detaite campaign is made in this direc-
ton.
The Washington times., 1906-10-05
KILLED
BY EXPLOSION
OF GAS MAIN
Business Blocks on Market Street, Philadel-
phia, Mass of Wreckage, With Trails
of Bloods Everywhere.
Work of Exploding Gas Main

me to death.
hospitals suffering injuries.
Probably hurt of whom police know nothing
before victims be
debris.
of Philadelphia street.
Fifth and Seventh wrecked.
from tracks: passengers hurled
Every neghborhood out causing glass
down o people in streets.
The Washington times., 1906-10-05
DEATH ENDS LITIGATION
OVER VALUABLE ESTATE

MINEOLA, L. I. Oct. 5.-The estate
Of Mrs Isabel Tripler. wife Of Charles
Z. Tripler, the inventor of a method of
Hquefying air. which is valued at $500
coo. and has been in litigation because
of the antagonism between the children
and their father, viii now be admin
istered by the son and daughter. Mrs.
Sophia Beket. the father having died.