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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
SPORTING NEWS.

Battling Nelson won't fight Joe
the black boy has no chance.
George Towner of Sydney, N. S. W.,
won back the title of world champion
s%culler, and won $500 by defeating
oauuu5 GtdnDuly ON the Paramatta
river course, three miles and $50
yards, which he covered in 10 minutes
SO is seconds. Towne won by 20
lengths.
The challenge round in the Oregon
state tennis tournament was played
Saturday. Walter A. Goss again Sc
cured the single championship after
a gruelling match with Dan Bellinger
lasting nearly three hours, the scores
being 1-6, Ga, 6-3, 1-6, GA.
The golf team from the Spokane
Country club won the interstate golf
championship on the links of the
Butte Country club Saturday after
noon, taking two events to Butte's
one.
r, p. Brown has resigned as mana
ger Of the Grays Harbor league team
and "Scrappy Bill" Hurley has been
given the management by the stock
holders.
I The chief event of the N. p. A. A
o. regatta at Nelson, B. c., was the
winning oI cie Junior dounles by the
Portland crew, Nelson coming second
with Vancouver third. Victoria did
not enter. The junior singles were
won by N. c. Savers of Vancouver,
Harley of Portland rowing second.
The winners time was 8 minutes Is
seconds. The Americans won every
thing. Portland made a clean sweep
of the senior singles, doubles and
tours. The second day of the annual
regatta vas even better attended and
the victory of the visitors from Port
land was well received by the huge
crowds witnessing the events.
The Portland club has put up the
money to send its victorious seniors
east to Worcester, Mass, August II
and IL, to the national regatta.
The 10 automobile tourists who
have finished a 1874 mile run through
4NC" IOih, 1didud' 1dlhC anu ANC"
Hampshire without penalties during
the 10 days test over a great variety
of roads for the second trophy offered
by Charles j. Glidden of Lowell,
Mass, will probably draw lots for the
prize.
The Buffalo baseball team was mob
bed at the close of a recent game at
Toronto, Canada. Third Baseman
Hill and Pitcher Green were injured,
the formers face being terribly cut
by a broken pop bottle thrown by a
man in the crowd. Umpire Coma
han, whose decisions started the
trouble, was also beaten badly by the
crowd.
It is announced that a tournament
for the American billiard champion
ship 10 inch balk line two shots in,
will be held in New York early in
September.
George NJ. Schroeder, owner Of the
Tacoma baseball team, has received a
telegram from J. J. McCloskey, man
ager of the st. Louis Nationals, offer
ing a stiff price for Pitcher Higgin-
botham. He is the star slab artist OF
the Northwestern league. Schroeder
will not reply until he has conferred
with Manager Lynch, who will be here
Tuesday.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
DEBs WOULD HEAD ARMY.
He Would March Upon Idaho to Free
Moyar and COMPANIONS.

Eugene V. Debs, former presidential
candidate on the socialist ticket, in a
speech at Riverside park Sunday,
caused a stir among the workingmen
of st. Louis when he advised all work
ingmen of the United States to assist
in the freeing of Charles Meyer, w. d.
Haywood and George A. Pettibone, the
three Denver miners, confined in Jail
in Idaho, at any cost, even il it took
a revolution to free them.
More than 1000, 900 workingmen in
the United States will rise up and de-
mand that these men be liberated"
said Mr.. Debs. IL will be at the head
of this 1000, 600 to assist in llberating
them, by bloodshed, If necessary, but
~peaceably, if possible"
The occasion for the speech made by
Debs was a meeting of the Moyer-Hay-
wood defense organization at st.
Louis.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
MINING NOTES.

III AOl IA6 1SCONCly VI ~
600 acres of valuable coal land alleg-
ed to have been acquired from the
United States by gross frauds have
been filed in the United States court
for Salt Lake, Utah, district. Attor-
ney General Moody and District At
torney Hiram E. Booth appear as COM
plainants and the Pleasant Valley
Coal company, the Utah Fuel com
pany and their oAcers as defendants.
w. II. North and Phil Ebenhardt
have bonded the Snowshoe mine, near
Wallace, Idaho, in which the recent
sensational copper strike was made.
The property adjoins the Snowstorm
on the west.
There is considerable excitement at
Osburn, Idaho, over reports from the
New Hope mine, on Two Mile creek,
regarding the recently reported
galena strike. Miners a that 10 feet
Of ore are now in sight in the cross
cut of the vein, and the opposite wall
of the vein has not yet been ~encount-
cred. The ore is of high grade.
Reports from the Duncan mine,
Greenwood, B. c., show hat consider
able work has been done during the
year, among this being 800 feet of
open cuts, 156 feet of sinking and
800 feet of drifting. The lead is five
feet between walls, with a paystreak
of more than a foot. A recent sample
assayed $685. in silver.
Reports of a strike of five feet of
solid galena in the east drift of the
Bear Top mine near Murray, Idaho,
arc out.
1t is reported ON good authority that
F. A. Heinze has secured control OF
the Rex mine in the Occur d'Alenes,
and that he was making a strong eff
fort to secure controlling interests in
other important properties in the dis
trict.
The British Columbia Copper com
pany has received several cars of
machinery for its plant in process of
reconstruction and enlargement near
Greenwood.
Development work on the Path
finder mine near Grand Forks, B. c.,
has been discontinued and no cause
for the %stoppage of the work has been
given, but it is reported that as soon
as Superintendent Hodges returns to
Grand Forks new development work
will be started, probably in the form
of diamond drilling and in the run
ming of a long tunnel in a virgin spot
on the property.
Reports are that the Great Northern
is about to take a hand in the min
ing affairs of Rossland, B. c., camp,
owing a lack of ore tonnage for the
Red Mountain railway.
According to w. Clayton Miller,
manger of the Federal Mining &
Smelling company, the recent strike
of ore in the Morning mine, near
Mullan, Idaho, is of great proportions.
At the Trail, B. c., smelter there
we're 5491 tons of ore received during
last week.
Boundary ore shipments and smelt.
er treatment now exceed the 700, Q00
ton mark for this year.
1t is said petitions are being circu-
lated among the millmen of Wallace
district, to be presented to the mine
managers in due course of time, ask
ing for an eight hour day for all
millmen and surface workers, the
same as has been granted the under
ground men.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
Storm Killed Two.

Cleveland, Ohio, July Occurring {
severe rain and wind storm which
swept over this city two people were
killed.
While the funeral of Mrs. j. CrumI
was in progress and just as the min
lister was offering the final prayer, q
bolt of lightning struck John G. Cy
lisky, a driver, killing him. In another
part of the city Frank Mum, also g
driver, was killed by his team, which
was frightened by the storm and raT
over him.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
Prominent Man Shoots Wife.

William d. Wright, a brother OF the
wife of Senator Charles Shortridge,
recently attempted to murder and
probably fatally injured his young
wife, Alice Wright. After the shoot
ing Wright turned the pistol upon him
self, inficting a slight wound in the
head. At the city prison Wright said:
Il shot her Intentionally and | am
willing to hang. l am only sorry I did
not finish the job"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
Kansas Crops
Very Large

Reports from every county in the
state indicate that this years wheat
yield in Kansas will be 30, 000, 900 bu-
shells, and that the corn crop will be-
about 200, 0O0, 900 bushels.
Not more than a third Of the wheat
crop has been threshed, but this esti-
mate is based on the threshing which
has been done.
AT present market values this years.
crop is worth $50, 900, 900, while the
corn value is but at $65, 900, 900 more
in the Golfers of Kansas farmers.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

The first fu~ll-blooded Indian to re
ceive a diploma from the University
of Wisconsin is Thomas l.. st. Ger
maine, who belongs to the Lac du
F1ambeau tribe of Chippewas. St
Germaine entered the law school two
years ago. He has made a reputation
as a student and an athlete of nc
mean ability. He is directly descended
from the first family of the Chippewa
tribe which ruled over Wisconsin
three quarters of a century ago. st
Germaine, a giant in stature and 2S
years old, will return to his home in
R%hinelander and engage in the prac'
| tice of law.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
Cruisers TO Meet Root.

The Chilean cruisers Esmeralda and
O'Higgins will go to Punta Arenas to
meet the United States cruiser
Charleston when the American vessel
arrives at that port with Secretary of
State Root.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
Test New Bullet.

Bullets which are lighter and more
pointed than those now in use are
being tested at the Springfield armory.
The new bullet has much fatter
trajectory than the old type and con-
s~equently are much more e1ncient
against advancing enemies.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

InQuiring Female-And what do you
do. captain. when it's too rough to go
out in the boat?
Captain-Well, nam, If the wreck
amt too far off, we generally tries to
rig a line to her, an then we sends out
the breaches buoy.
Inquiring Female-Oh, the poor lit
tie fellow! But don't his parents OBJ
ject?-Judge.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

"Ah" cried the tomato, as the fan
lei trousered youth seated himself
upon it; 1--WE spotted you at LAST
Cornell Widow.
well, | never had such a slow time
In my life as | had last night"
why, | heard you were playing
poker"
$50 | was; with my wife, your wife
and my sister, not in earnest, but just
for fun ."-Philadelphia Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
Germans Defer Trade Agreement.

Chancellor Won Buelow, It is learn
ed, will not take up the subject of q
fresh trade agreement with the
United States until after the congress
sional elections.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

When the pope gave a dinner to Gel
citrate his elevation to the cardinal
ate, he remarked to one Of the guests
that he had been nine years at the
seminary, nine years curate at Tom
bolo, nine years rector at Salzano and
nine years bishop of Mantua. Plus
X was also patriarch Of Venice and
cardinal for nine years.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

The canals which form a network
throughout a great part Of China
abound In fish. The riceflelds, which
are irrigated with the water from
these canals, make ideal Matching
places for them.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

Tobacco. which used to be the medi-
um OF exchange in the early colonial
uays OF Virginia. is today the currency
VI british New Guinea. The British
administrator there reports that the
trade.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

Efeminate Youth dare say you
think am too laxative?
Manly Maid-Not for a woman
Walter Pulitzer in ~Lippincott's Maya
zine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

In Russia IN extensive domestic iii.
1nstry consists of the manufacture Of
wooden spoons. of which As many as
$1,000, 900 are made annually. They
are rearly all of birch wood.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

ABOUT two-thirds of all cases OF
fungus poisoning end fatally.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

Ex-President Cleveland is not Sc
'iousiy Ill, as previously reported.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA
REVOLUTION EXPECTED In EVERY
QUARTER OF The EMPIRE.
loyal Troops Fire on Mutineers with
Machine Guns, Several Were Killed
"A General Strike to be Declared
In St. Petersburg-Samenkotf Es-
caped Prison-Postal Car Robbed.

Poltava, July 30.-A grave outbreak
occurred yesterday in the Sevski regi-
ment, following the arrest of a private
of the First battalion, who was discov-
cred with revolutionists. The entire
First battalion accompanied by a large
crowd, paraded the streets in defiance
of the military authorities.
The soldiers proceed to the artillery
barracks, where they seized several
guns and marched with them to the
prison, where the political prisoners
are confined. At this stage all the re-
mainder of the Poltava garrison was
called out.
The loyal troops fired on the mutt
neers with machine guns as they were
engaged in breaking down the gate of
the prison. Seceral men were killed
or wounded. The outbreak was not
suppressed for several hours.
At Shusha the governor divided the
quarters inhabited by the Tartars and
Armenians by a dead line" which
neither faction was permitted to cross.
The Tartars violated the order not to
cross and commenced battle. The gar.
rison interfered when the combat be-
came general and bombarded without
partiality both camps with q guns.
The town is said to have been to a
large extent destroyed.
A plenary meeting of the st. Peters
burg council of workmen's deputies,
representing 100, 900 working men, was
held today. The members agreed that
a general strike must be declared la
ter, as the present moment would be
untimely.
There is jubilation among the revo.
%lutionists over the escape from prison
at Sebastopol of Samenkoff, who is
believed to have been an accomplice
in the attempt last May on the life of
General Neptueff. This escape sets at
liberty one of the most dangerous rev.
~olutionary organizers in Russia.
A party of men armed with revol-
vers forced their way yesterday into
the Boussel printing establishment
here. They made the foreman a pris-
oner n prevented the c~ompositors
from leaving the building. They then
had printed $50, 900 copies of the man
festo by the outlawed parliament.
The postal car robbed on the War
saw-Vienna road near Warsaw Satur.
day night contained a package of $780,
000 in cash from abroad and at least
$50, 900 additional funds.
Only Six Are Acquitted.
A naval courtmartial passed SEN
fences upon the seamen who were ar
rested for completely in the mutiny OF
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

he mar with money to burn sci
00m gets up much steam.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

An ordinary European railway en-
CINE is equal in strength to 900 horses.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04

Heaven is not far from him who
smiles in cloudy weather.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
Only Six Are Acquitted.

A naval courtmartial passed sen
fences upon the seamen who were ar
rested for completely in the mutiny Of
the Black sea fleet Of November, 1905.
Four men were condemned to death.
one to life servitude, 80 to varying
terms of penal servitude and so to i'm
prisonment. Six were acquitted.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-08-04
Peasants Attack Monastery.

The great monastery erected near
Borky by Alexander II has been at.
tackled by peasants. The monks are
defending it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-05
Thought His Time Had Come.

From the Success Magazine.
1t is one of the amiable traditions or
the Senate Of the United States that no
new senator shall make q. set speech till
he has served year or longer. Old sem
ators are very impatient of the assump-
ton of Importance by newcomers.
The late George E. Edmunds of Vermont
once allowed 1t to be understood that he
would soon retire from public life. Idaho
had Just been admitted as state, with
the privilege of electing senators. the one
for long term and the other for short
term A. Mr.. Mcconnell drew the short
term and, having but two months to
serve, proceeded to make the best Of It.
The day after he had been sworn In he
took up a position in the middle aisle and
In a foghorn voice made his speech.
While he was holding the fort Mr.. Ed
munds entered the chamber. He stopped
short and gazed at the speaker with the
utmost establishment. Then he made his
way to his seat and, leaning over to the
senator next to him. asked: WHO Is that
person."
"a senator from Idaho.
you don't say SOL When did he Gomez
"He was sworn In yesterday"
Sworn in yesterday, and making a
speech today" unused Edmunds well,
well, If that doesn't beat all! 1t looks like
it's time for me to quit"
And in few days he resigned
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-05

his enchanted live stock, hermit who
makes expensive new clothes fit by slit
ting them with scissors, and lately de-
ceased old man who held that the bloom
on his grapes was poisonous to strange
fingers. At the auction sale of the lat
ter's effects considerable delegation of
touched" mountaineers were among
those present. -Four congenitally dumb
persons made bids with their fingers. A
barrel of the departed mans homemade
wine was sampled, with such effect that
one farmer and his wife had to be tied
In their wagon, leaving the horses to find
the way home. Jewelry and old clothes
were found strangely mingled in the her
mit's possessions.
There are people who make living by
purchasing nondeseript furniture and
goods at mountain auctions. discovering
sums of money in bureau drawers, gold
watches in cowhide boots and diamond
rings under sofa covers. not to mention
rare majolica, Nuremberg carved clocks
and mahogany chairs of antique worth.
Stuffed eagles and partridges, foxskin
gloves and rabbits foot charms. fish
spears and lines Indicate the hermits
prowess as a sportsman.
The practice of mountain farmers get
ting defective boys as help from orphan
homes does not add to the total record
of sound wits.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-05
2o17 First Ave

before his murder because he was worn
out we found that he'd really done 1t In
order to see life, as you say. He was the
angel of the Gaiety, and the way he
bought 1zz and set II up Tor the girls
would be a caution in young man.
Maybe that's the way he came by his
end A broken down gentleman named
Masters an oxford don who had gone
through his patrimony. was arrested on
suspicion after the inquest and is still I'M
der surveillance 1t appeared that he had
directed the attention of the workmen to
the mound in the trench under which the
body lay and moreover, that he had been
asking for rooms in the house the very
night the murder was done and the money
stolen and that, poor before, he became
very well dressed and easy in circum-
sances after the murder.
THE old mans son. Henry. who left
him in anger about six years ago and, we
are told, came to this country, is his only
relative. But even so, we can't find any
record of the old fellows marriage. and
the thing is still all mixed up
I'VE don't know where the young man
is except for what information the old
man gave his lawyers one day The
doubloon we found in the old sea chest
One side had been scraped smooth. the
boys portrait embossed on 1t and an in
scrption to that effect. | lost it walking
on Fifth avenue on Saturday night"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-05
TALE OF GOLD AND MURDER.
Young Man Somewhere in This Coun-
try Can Have $75o,ooo.
both Phones FOG,

From the New York Sun.
so you never heard of the murder of
old Capt Henry Pollexfen in London?
Strange For the affair was a nine-days'
wonder when it occurred back in Novem-
Der last And what with this and that
queer thing about 1t a wondrous big stir
1t made. to be sure
John Cox, now at the WaldorfAstoria.
had advertised a reward for the address
In America of Captain Pollexfen's son.
Henry. and another for the recovery of
an old Spanish doubloon bearing por-
trait and an inscription on one smoothed
face He is the agent of London law
firm.
I'm here" he said Ito look for the old
mans boy Henry. about 80 years old.
There's a matter of three-quarters of a
million dollars coming to him as the old
sea captains heir. And that's why we're
advertising for him.
THE first | ever knew about the affair
] was reading the papers one morning.
There ii was in great headlines Mys-
terious murder near the strand. An old
sea captain. retired to spend his thous-
nnds on Gaity girls, round murdered IN
a street trentch.'
The old man had been sandbagged while
on his way home after a night out and
his body buried in trench the workmen
were laying a city gas main IN. Inen MS
KEY was stolen to unlock his room and
over G20,00c was stolen from his room.
"The coroners inquest brought out
good many strange things. 1t seems that
this old sea captain, for he had sailed on
tramp steamships all over the world, had
very handsome lodgings, for which he
paid but sixpence night. His landlord,
rich eccentric let out the rooms only to
men who had the stamp of gentlemen
about them, no matter how little their
money. And the captain six years before
his murder, had come in. and being
hronzed handsome old gentleman, though
@ bit rough told tale about mis- poverty
and got the lodgings cheap
'Then IN hobs an old negro, koko by
name. who says he was the old man
steward in every tramp he captained from
the Rover that carried cotton out OF Sa-
vannah In the American civil war to his
last ship, the voga. plying to the Orient.
And Koko tells how the old captain is
worth over t'hree-quarters of a million
In your money that he knows about, for
he knew of the captains voyage TO Hayti
for treasurer. how he found an old Span
ish wreck on the north coast-how he
found the money there. all In old Spanish
coin. The 10000. we learned were in
these coins. He kept them with his pri-
waite papers in his old sea chest under
his bed.
"And instead of laying off six months
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-05
Internal Combustion.

From the New York Sun.
The United States department of agri-
culture has engaged Prof. Charles E.
Lueke of Columbia university to make a
series OF experiments with denaturized al
cohol as a fuel for internal combustion
engines. The work will be conducted at
the Columbia university laboratories. and
the result of the experiments, with all
other available information on the sub
ject, will be published in an official bull
letin and issued by the department Of
agriculture on January /, 1907, when the
revenue tax on denaturized alcohol will
be removed Professor Lucke will test
any apparatus designed for using alco-
hol and will return the apparatus aft
err the tests are concluded. He invites
any one who has made experiments with
alcohol to give him any information he
can Tests of devices for using alcohol
as fuel will be made without expense to
those who loan apparatus. except that
they will be expected to pay transporta-
ton charges.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-05
WHY THE PARLAY LOST
pooLRooM MAN HAD AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE.

! and suggested that somebody telephone
for a van TO take his money home. Then
came he sixth race.
You've got him." said one man to the
parlay better. "Emerlch will win on the
bit"
The poolroom mans face darkened and
he chewed his mustache as he glowered
at the poorly dressed man, who was dane
ing jig in the middle Of the room.
The crowd continued to cheer until the
horses reached the last furlong post. He
came in n sad and weary fifth. That part
of the crowd which had lost broke for
the doors. slowly followed by the seedy
man, who had pulled his hat down over
his eyes and was sinking away
ITS tough lines" he yelled to the man
ager as he looked back for a moment.
Hard luck, amt it?"
Hard mck?" repeated the poolroom
man. Say, what can you expect on a
day like this?"
Then he held up a calendar. On It was:
FRIDAY,
49,
Come around tomorrow, bud he said,
in farewell; maybe you can break the
hoodoo."