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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
BIG BEND ELECTRIC
new RAILWAY PROPOSED FOR
CENTRAL WASHINGTON.
Washington Water Power Company Of
Spokane Is Reported as Going to
Extend Line from Medical Lake
West-Largest Stakeholder Investi-
eating Resources of Route.

Spokane, July 9.-ExtenSion of the
Medical Lake line of the Washington
Water Power company into the Big
Bend country is a possibility, accord
ing to w. A. White of New York OF
the firm of w. A. & A. M. White,
brokers, who has been in the district
several days looking into the feast
bility of the proposition. Mr.. White
is one of the largest holders of stock
in the Washington Water Power com.
pany.
1t is understood from Mr.. Whites
remarks that in the event line OF
that character is seriously contem
plated and plans are made for actual
work in that direction, the company
will endeavOr to tempt immediate
line along with the railroad for the
purpose of supplying the small towns
with power, as well as individuals.
1t is also understood that the pres.
ent Medical Lake line will be the has
is of the extension, and that it will
proceed from that point directly into
the Big Bend country.
Just how far the company proposed
to run, what towns it expected to
reach and how much and what part OF
the big wheat country the Washington
Water Power company has it's eyes
upon Mr.. White would not say.
Davenport and the towns and cOun.
try between there and Spokane are
the parts of the territory that are
most available and most easily reach.
ed by an electric line, and would un'
doubtedly be the first terminal of a
line Of any consequence.
1t is not improbable that an effort
would be made to strike in between
the Central Washington and the Great
Northern, where large area is left at
considerable distance from both rail.
way lines.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Fatal TRAGEDY
In SEATTLE

Seattle, Wash, July 1].-Murder in
the first degree will be the charge
against Chester Thompson 20 year old
son Of Will 81. Thompson of this city,
who shot Judge q. Meade Emory t.
death at his home Saturday night.
Sunday it was discovered that one bull
let from young Thompson's revolver
went clear through the body from left
to right, entering few inches below
the armpit and perforating both lungs.
Judge Emory literally bled to death
from this wound, his physicians being
unable to stop the hemorrhages, which
we're both internal and external and
very severe. Judge Emory gave to his
former law partner, Daniel Kelleher,
complete statement of the events
prior to the shooting.
Saturday evening about dinner time,
Chester Thompson called up my home
by telephone and talked to Charlotte
Wittlesey, my niece, with whom he
was desperately in love. He asked per
mission to call on Charlotte. She told
him she could not see him as she was
going out for the evening. Moreover,
she had told Chester she did not wish
his attentions. Some little time later
Chester again called up my home. This
time, at Charlotte's request. I an
swered the telephone and taxed with
the boy. l told him that Charlotte did
not wish to him come to the house
again, nor did 1 wish him to continue
his attentions. He replied:
oh, no, you do not want me to
come to see her, eh?'
"This was in tone of voice indicat-
ing bitter hostility to me. That ended
the conversation. An hour later Ches-
ter came running up the steps to our
house. He entered the hall, passing
Mr.. and Mrs. Keith, my wife and my
self on the porch. Instantly l jumped
to my feet and followed him. Then
he turned and shot me down."
It is clear when Thompson entered
the house of Judge Emory it was for
the purpose of begging Charlotte Whit
tlesey OF make up with him and possi-
bly, to kill her and then himself if she
I04 uSOus 4uO P4O0 Va V1lO uOAOAoO WILL
be insanity. based upon the mad infat-
uation of the accused youth for Char.
lotte Whittlesey and aslo on his eccen.
trio actions during the past two years.
Mrs. Thompson, mother of the MUIR
derer, is slowly dying, and any shock
would result in her immediate death.
She scarcely notes the going and COM
ing of her family. Life holds but an
other month for her, and strenuous eff
forts are being made to keep the news
of Chester's crime from her. The son
was cratic, scarcely home for meals
because he was health food advocate
and his family are meat eaters, and be-
cause he sought the solitude of the
woods. For this reason Mrs. Thompson
will not miss his absence.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Valuable Diamonds Stolen.

New York, July Unfolding up
two clerks at the point Of revolver
and getting away with $500 worth Of
diamonds,a mild hammered young man
robbed the jewelry store of P. Fried
erich lat 1872 Broadway, Brooklyn.
The thief took about so rings, put
them in his coat pocket and backed out
of the door. He then darted down the
street, while Kuehle dashed to the door
shouting "stop thief" The young man
jumped into a hallway and escaped
through the rear of a nearby building.
He was nowhere to be seen when the
police arrived and they have not sue
ceeded in getting any trace Of him.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
news OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

The reign of terror is so great at
decided to resign.
Ex-President Cleveland is not Sc
riously i'll, as previously reported.
There is talk Of a railroad being
built from Midway, B. c., almost due
north in British Columbia, to Vernon,
lust above LnanOgan Landing.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
at Lincoln, ILL.,, recently to wreck the
Commercial hotel with dynamite.
That Captain Robert E. Peary has
sacrificed his life in the effort to dis
cover the north pole is the fear of ma
val men, who are worried by the fail
ure to get any tidings of the ship
Roosevelt, which sailed for the Arctic
regions July 16, 1905.
Four prominent British Columbian
Indian chiefs have started for London,
England, to lay before King Edward
their grievances against the white
men, "who have taken away their
lands and interfered with the fishing
and hunting rights of their fathers"
Recently cloudburst occurred
six miles east of Grand Forks, B. C.
The son of Behan Tin, the former
king of Dahomey, now a captive at
Plida, Algeria, attempted to commit
suicide recently owing to depression
of spirits caused by his Imprisonment.
1t is said that the sailors will agree
to arbitrate and are wiling to ami
caDly settle the strike at San Iran
cisco.
The mutiny of troops at Batoum,
Transcaucasia, is ended.
Mrs. Ihaw, mother of Harry K.
Thaw, has sailed from London for
America.
Miss Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb
and blind girl, will be member of
the new commission for the industrial
education of the blind, which has long
been advocated by her and which re-
Gently was created by the legislature.
The Kansas state supreme court
has handed down decision holding
Mayor Rose of Kansas City, Kan, in
contempt for having assumed the Of
fee of mayor after the court had GUST
ed him for the nonenforcement of the
prohibition law and the law against
gambling.
Congressman w. r. Hearst says:
Il would like to state very positively
that l am not a candidate for the
democratic nomination in 1905"
Acting upon the recommendation OF
the board of Pennsylvania railway
directors intended to investigate the
stock ownership by employees of the
company, President Cassatt recently
issued a general order to all employees
requiring them to dispose of all min
ing stocks which they may have &C.
quired.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Asks $4,000, 900 Damages.

Attorney General Rogers and Pros
ecuting Attorney Rhoton of Pulaski
county, Ark, have filed suit against
the Waters-Pierce Oil company, alIeg-
ing conspiracy to control the output
and prices of oil and asking damages
in the sum of $2,000,0vO. They also
ask that the company forfeit its rights
to do business in Arkansas The bill
alleges that the Waters-Pierce com
pany is associated with the Standard
Oil company, Republic Oil company
and others.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
SPORTING NEWS.

Jabez Wolff swan from nor,
Ramsgate recently. covering the 10
miles in six hours 35 minutes ~. 80
ing the record for the same coura.
made by the late Captain Wehh s s
1875, who covered it in eight ho.
and half. 'urs
Kid Parker and Maurice Thomnso.
are training for the fight at pnrha
Idaho. the date of which has boon as,
for July Is, in Miners Union hon
Pitcher Chech and Outfielder "a
well of the Cincinnati National leasuo
team nave been traded for OutfoIdoS
jude, the Indian member of the Toll
40 American club. Pitcher Hall .,
Seattle has also been signed. "
The feature of the Fourth of 1,,v
sports at Council, Idaho, was 5O
yard footrace in which six comno,
itors entered. The event was Won
by Rev. H. c. Slower. Considerah,o
money was wagered on ,ue con,o..
and the parsons victory was entbus
iastically cheered.
The Princeton college PLAYERS .,o
the baseball champions this wear
Holcombe Ward, a former l.un
tennis champion, has returned IN th,,
country.
George Alonzo Stone is the b,tt;,.
sensation of the American leaono
this season.
Pitcher Jack Simons has been 70.
leased by Manager George Ferris of
the Spokane team.
The effort to make football "gor.
tlemanly" sport by contract is To ho
made by Chicago and Minnesota neyt
fall, and will be watched with nearly
as much interest as the effect of tho
new rules in the same direction.
"Bill' Squires, the Australian fight.
er. who aspires to the heavyweight
championship crown relinquished nv
Jim Jeffries, is one of the most 70.
markable fighters the word has ever
seen, says writer in a San Francisco
paper.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Death Claims Fine Veteran.

Lieutenant Colonel John Seashoal
Witcher died at Salt Lake City re-
Gently from Bright's disease. He was
62 years of age. Colonel Witcher
served through the civil war as major
of the Third West Virginia cavalry,
was breveted brigadier general for his
services in the Shenandoah campaign,
was a member of the West .irginia
legislature. secretary of state for that
state and a member of the forty-first
congress from the Third West Virgin
ia district. He was major and pay
master in the regular army from
1880 until 1901, and when he was re-
tired he settled in Salt Lake City.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
JERSEY WITHOUT BOOZE.
Not One Licensed Saloon Open or
Sunday.

WI VIC GtCCISSO 0dtOOU OpCN UT
Sunday.
For the first time in it's history the
entire state of New Jersey was "dry"
Sunday. There was not glass of in
toxicants sold in a regularly licensed
saloon in the state. The cause was
the enforcement of the new Sunday
closing law enacted at the last session
Of the legislature. Under the law the
entire interior of all saloons must be
exposed to public view, and any sa-
loonkeeper violating the law forfeits
his license. Not only that, but it is
Impossible for him to obtain license
for the same place for a period of one
year, and this latter penalty is the one
that assured saloonkeepers living up
to the law. With large sums of mon
ey invested in bar fixtures, etc., they
were not willing to take chance, SO
they Just let matters rest, and those
who like q drink once in a while and
who failed to lay in supply on Satur-
day either went thirsty or went to
New York.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Chorus Girls in Demand.

The Investigations of the district at
torney's Office to discover the motive
for the killing of Stanford White by
Harry K. Thaw is bringing to the office
of the prosecutor many young women
of the stage. The Broadway theatrical
district has been flooded with subpenas.
Many chorus girls have left the city
and others remain at their homes to
avoid the subpoena servers.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
NOTES OF IRRIGATION CONGRESS
Which Will Convene at Boise, Idaho,
September 8.

Hon. John w. Gaines, member OF
the house committee on public lands,
will be at the session of Tue National
Irrigation congress, to be held at
Boise, beginning September and last
ing five days. Mr.. Gaines expects to
be present as a delegate from West
Virginia, and believes that a strong
suggest needed reforms in the way OF
national legislation in the further aid
of irrigation and reclamation.
The Great Western Sugar company
through President Havemeyer and
General Manager Morey, has offered a
magnificent solid silver loving cup,
valued at $500, for the best state ex-
hibit of sugar beets.. For this val
liable trophy the sugar beet raisers of
Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington
and California will enter into compe-
titiOn.
The Boise Commercial club, the
new social and business organization
of the capital city of Idaho, will keep
open house" during the session of the
congress. Many informal receptions
will be given by the club to the disuin.
guished delegates attending the con-
gress.
The comittee having in charge the
| work of assembling exhibits of the
mineral and numbering interests OF
Idaho are meeting with great sue
cess.
The silver loving cup, valued at
$500, which is to be given for the
best state exhibit of fruits, will be
| warmly contested for by the fruit
growers of Colorado Utah, New Lex
leo, California, Oregon, Washington
Montana and Idaho. and will be the
most varied display of fruits ever
made in the northwest.
Hon. Levi Ankeny, United States
senator from Washington, has assured
the executive committee that he will
be present He will be one of the
most prominent participants in the
discussions held by the congress.
"a hundred m4...on dollars Tor rec
lamation" is to be the slogan of the
congress.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
CAPTAIN DREYFUS CASE.
It Is Hoped France Will Clear His
Record.

It Is Hoped France Will Clear His
Record.
So clearly to the public mind was
the innocence of Captain Dreyfus es-
tablished at the Rennes courtmartial
in 1899 that there is no approach In
the present hearing to the wide
spread interest manifested at that
time. 1t is now nearly II years since
the Dreyfus case opened. Captain
Dreyfus was accused of having sold
military secrets to Germany. His first
trial was a secret one. He was con-
victed. subjected to military degrade
ton and was transported to the lonely
Isle du Diable.
The testimony produced against him
by several officers was shown to have
been false, and one after another they
resigned, committed suicide or were
removed from the active list of the
army.
Still the war Office maintained it's
belief in the guilt of Dreyfus. Finally,
however, an order for retrial was
obtained. Again a sentence of guilty
was rendered, but on evidence of the
fiimsiest character. Dreyfus was SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for 10 years,
from which she term of his previous
confinement was to be deducted. The
members of the courtmartial, though
declaring him guilty, united in a rec
ommendatiOn for mercy, and he was
pardoned by President LOubet.
While this gave Dreyfus his liberty,
| it did not officially establish his limo
cence nor restore to him his military
rights. He has been living quietly at
his home for the past six years, wait
ing for the opportunity, which he be-
lieves has now come, to obtain full
Justice.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
CARRIED RED FLAGS
REVOLUTl0NIsTs PARADE The
STREETS OF St. PETERSBURG
Police and Cossacks Were Driven
6ack-lieutenant Tom Addressed
1000 People and Was Thrown in
to JaiI-Six Newspapers Put Out
Of Business.

st. Petersburg, July 10.-Political
demonstrations during which the
crowds carried red flags and sang revo.
lutionary songs occurred in many
places in st. Petersburg Sunday after.
noon and night, necessitating the in
reference of police and military pa.
trolls. Street cars were held up and
their occupants were compelled to I'm.
cover and salute the red flag.
The most serious affair happened near
the Moscow railroad, where an officer,
later identified as Lieutenant Tom,
made revolutionary speech to a crowd
of 1000 people.
A detachment of police attempted to
dispense the assemblage, but the people
armed themselves with stones dug from
the streets and beat off the police and
q squadron of Cossacks.
Eventually the Cossacks were rein.
forced and fired blank volley in the
air, whereupon the rioters fed to q
neighboring court.
Only a few persons were slightly
hurt.
Lieutenant Tom was arrested and
taken to the fortress.
A meeting addressed by orators from
q window Of the constitutional demo-
cratic club was dispersed by gend-
armes, during which several persons
were wounded with sabres and a per-
Torrance at the Peoples palace was
broken up, the audience singing the
Marseillaise, as they dispersed.
The guards on the mailwagons are
now armed with rifles owing to the in
creasing number of attacks made upon
these vehicles. Six newspapers of this
city have been confiscated.
Land lords from the provinces where
argarian disorders are occurring are
flocking into Moscow and st. Peters
burg, appealing for troops to protect
their property without which they de-
clare it is impossible for them to live
on their estates. Some of the papers
regard General Trepoff's pronounce
meat in favor of ministry composed
Of constitutional democrats as sham
deathbed repentance. designed to give
the emperor and court q breathing
spell, while others consider it to be q
confirmation of the report that Trepoff
has fallen from favor and is trimming
his sails to the prevailing breezes.
The holy synod has issued strict in
structions forbidding the printing es-
Establishments of monasteriss from pub
fishing political tracts or in any way
taking sides in the present struggle.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Pastels of the San Francisco Fire.

Mr.. Charles Dorman Robinson, whose
Illustrations Zone of them reproduced
in color form the original pastel)of the
San Francisco fire will appear in the
August Century,, has seen his home
city burn for times. He was in the
fires of 1851, 1853 and 1854, as we'll as
in the much greater castatrophe of
1906. Mr.. Robinson succeeded in
making painting of the recent fire
when it was at its greatest height, on
Thursday night from eleven to three
in the morning. He painted thirteen
patsels also, several Of which the Aug
ust Century will reproduce.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Bandit Holds Up Five STAGES.

Five Yosemite valley stages were
held up recently near Wawaona, Cal
by a lone highwayman, who obtained
a considerable amount of money and
jewelry from the passengers. The
conyeyances were halted in rapid
succession at a curve in the road near
Advance at the identical spot where
a lone bandit, operating a year ago
relieved several wealthy tourists OF
their valuables.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
COLORADO HAS FLOOD.
Cloudburst Sends Wall of Water Down
Valley.

Cloudbursts and lightning did con-
siderable damage in the Denver sec
ton of the state Sunday.
In, Denver a wall of water 10 feet
high came down Dry creek, in the
western part of the city, carrying
away foot bridges and damaging the
bridge of the Denver & 4ntermountain
railroad.
In Boulder, a wall of water six feet
high came out of Sunshine canyon and
spread itself over Pearl street ana
other streets in the city.
Fay Powers, aged IT,, was killed by
lightning near Colorado Springs.
The Carnegie library in Denver was
struck by bolt during the storm, Dut
no other damage was reported.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
CARRIED CAPTAIN ON SHOULDER
Passengers so Elated Over His Com
ina to Their Rescue.

passengers so Elated over HIS Com
ing to Their Rescue.
The Italian steamer Dinamare,
which towed the disabled and over
due Fabre line steamer America to
Bermuda on July 4, has arrived in
New York City. According to the
crew of the Dinamare the 116 passen-
gers on the America were greatly
alarmed throughout their drift Of IL
days at the seas mercy, and when
Captain Pence of the Dinamare went
aboard the America at Bermuda, the
passengers swarmed about him and
carried him about the deck.
The men as well as the women of
the steerage hailed him as their saw
ior, and it was with difficulty that
lie got ashore.
When picked up the America had
been adrift for II days with a broken
Shaft.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
IOWANS HATE TO GIVE UP PASS
Will Resign Positions Rather than
Forego Them.

Iowa is having strange experience
with her antipass law, which went
into effect July 4. The law forbids
the acceptance of free passes by all
public officials and delegates to politi-
cal conventions. The result is that
public officials and delegates to con
ventions are threatening to resign
their positions by the score all over
the state. They announce that the
pass is of more value to them than the
Office and emoluments thereof. The
mayor of Tama, one of the largest
towns on the Northwestern road, has
resigned. This will necessitate calling
special election at considerable
cost to taxpayers.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
BRYAN Would Accept.

Former United States Senator 'as.
K. Jones of Arkansas, who was w
chairman of the democratic nalon..
committee when William }. Di'a-
made his campaign for the presiuen -.
in 1896 and 1900 has received q ~
ter from Mr.. Bryan in which ne a.
rounces that he will accept tne Nv.
ination for president for the m,o
time if it is rendered to MN. -,
letter is dated June Is at Stochno'1'
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Chinese Crew for Siberia.

The Pacific Mail steamer Siberia
has sailed for the orient She cleared
from San Francisco, papers having
been granted her by the acting col
lector on the report of the United
States local inspectors of boilers and
hulls, Bulger and Bolles, that the
Chinese crew was competent to han.
die the vessel
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
He Cannot Stop Growinu.

Among the out patients of the Man
chester royal infirmary in London is
man who after attaining normal
is suffering from a disease known as
acromegaly, which means an enlarge.
ment of the bones, and most obvious
ly Of the bones of the skull, hands
and feet.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Longworths at the EIysee.

President and Nine. Fallieres re
Gently received Congressman Long.
worth and Mrs. Longwortn at the
Elysee palace, France. The Long
worths we're accompanied by Ambas.
sador and Mrs. Mccormick. The visit
which was informal, lasted half an
hour. The party were shown through
the salons and the gardens.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Yankee Gift to Babe Wilhelm.

In recognition of the fact that the
youngest member of the Hohenzollern
family, the infant son of Crown Prin-
cess Frederick William, was born on
the fourth of July, the American col
ony in Berlin has resolved to present
him with an ornamental silver cup
emblazoned with the Stars and Stripes
and the American eagle. The condi-
ton of the crown princess and the
baby is most satisfactory.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Thomas Is Fast on the Reef.

The navy department has received
cablegram from Commander Potts,
naval governor of the Island of Guam
stating that the army transport
Thomas was on a reef near Guam
The transport Meade has left Manila
to render her assistance
A later report says the Thomas has
been successfully f1oated
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-13
Dutch Enter a Protest.

The Dutch government has lodged
with the state department a protest
against the action of the authorities
of Port Blakeley, Wash, in attaching
the Dutch ship Emanuel for wages al
legged to be due to sailors.