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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-27
Ordinance No. XIV.

An ordinance prohibiting the carrying OF
concealed weapons and fixing the penalty
therefor
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN KENNEWICK:
Section /. If any person shall carry upon
his person any concealed weapon, consisting
of either a revolver, pistol or other fire arms
or any knife other than an ordinary pocket
knife, or any dirk. dagger sling-shot. billy
or metal knuckles, or any instrument by the
use of which injury could be inflicted upon
the person or property of another person he
or she shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than Five Dollars, S. and not more than
Twenty-Five Dollars, s25, or be imprisoned in
the town Jail not more than twenty days
provided that this section shall not apply to
Police officers, or any person whose duty it is
to execute processes warrants, or make
arrests, to persons having permission to
carry such weapon from the Mayor
Section .. This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage an.
prevail and publication in the official paper
OF the town.
Passed the council this 18th day OF Nav. 1905
Approved May 18th, 1906.
Attest O. L. HANSON. Epw. sHrPr.p,
loeall oie!A pro lem Mayor.
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Ordinance No. XIV.

An ordinance creating the Office of Street
Commissioner OF the town OF Kcnnewick, and
defining his duties.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF KENNEWICK.
Section /. An office OF Street Commissioner
is hereby created.
Section 3 The Street Commissioner shall
have general supervision of all streets alleys
roads, sidewalks, bridges, ditches pavements
and public grounds in the town OF Kenne
wick, and shall report from time to time to
the council such alterations repairs and i'm
provements as may be necessary to all Streets
alleys, roads, sidewalks, bridges, bitches.
pavements and public grounds, provided that
under the direction of the council he shall
have full control of the water bitches in said
town and shall keep same open and in good
repair at the expense of the town.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty OF the Street
Commissioner to superintend the grading
graveling and repairing OF MI streets and
alleys, building and repairing OF bridges and
all public improvements of the town, which
have been may hereafter be by ordinance
required in his charge or under his super
vision.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of the Street
Commissioner to remove all distractions from
the streets, alleys, sidewalks, bridges. ditches
and public grounds at the expense of the
town except as otherwise provided by ordi-
nance.
Section 5. 1t shall be the duty of the Street
Commissioner to cause the removal OF all
fuisances from the streets, alleys. roads and
public grounds within the limits of the town
Of urn ick ha IF
such removal shall be paid out OF the town
treasury.
Section 6. He shall have charge of all
property owned by the town for the improve
ment of the streets sidewalks, crosswalks
! roads, bridges and bitches, and shall keep in
repair all bitches, bridges sidewalks and
crosswalks, and shah perform such other
duties as are may be hereafter required of
him by ordinance or resolution of the council
| concerning streets alleys, bridges, bitches and
public grounds of the town; and it shall fur
Their be his duty to observe that all ordinances
relating to streets are strictly enforced and
to make complaint before the Police Justice
of the town of all violations of such ordi-
nances.
Section I. The town Marshal shall be ex-
ofIicio street commissioner, and shall receive
for his services such compensation as shall be
allowed by ordinance or by the council.
Section 8. This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication in the official paper
| of the town.
Passed by the council this 18th day OF May.
1906. Approved May 18th, 1906.
Attest: o. L. HANSON, EDw. SHEPPARD,
[Seall Clerk pro tenn. Mayor.
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Notice of the Sale Of Real Estate

In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington, in and for the County of
Spokane; In the Matter of the Estate
of Elgin w. Stapp, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned administrator of the above
named estate will sell at public auction
pursuant to an order of the above
named court, in the Town of Kenne-
wick in the County of Benton, in the
State of Washington, at 10 o'clock, a.
IN. on the 2lst day of July, 1906, the
following described real estate situate
in the County of Benton in the State of
Washington, towit: Lot No Seven 10
in Block No. One a., First Addition to
the Town of Kennewick, to the highest
bidder for cash: said sale will be had
upon said real estate in said Town of
Kennewick, and any person bidding
thereon will be required to make de-
post OF not less than so per cent. of the
purchase price at the time of said sale
and the remainder thereof to be paid
upon the delivery of the deed therefor
by the administrators.
JESSE GENTRY, Administrator.
Merritt & Merritt, Attorneys for Ad-
miniStrator.
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Ordinance No. XIII.

An ordinance defining the duties Of the Pc
lice Justice
BE 1T ORDAINED By THE COUNCIL. OF THE
TOWN OF KENNEWICk.
Section l. The Police Justice OF the town
shall be the conservitor of the peace within
the limits OF the town, and shall have juris-
diction OF all complaints for the violation of
all town ordinances, all suits on bail bonds
md recognZances in favor of the town not
exceeding Three Hundred Dollars, and he
hall have such other power and jurisdiction
! rs are conferred upon him by the laws OF the
state. or ordinances of the town of Kennewick.
Section .. The Police Justice of the town
/ shall before exercising any of the functions OF
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| kennewick. in the penal sum of Five Hun
bred Dollars, conditioned for the faithful
| discharge of his duties according to the law,
| and shall take an official oath, which shall be
endorsed upon his bond, and said bond shall
be approved by the town council.
Section g. The Police Justice shall keep
proper accounts in book provided for the
purpose, of all fines, costs or other moneys re-
ceived by him when acting by or under au-
thority of the town council, and pay to the
town Treasurer monthly all such moneys and
take duplicate receipt thereof, one of which
shall be filed with the clerk He shall also
make monthly report to the council of all
cases heard by him in which the town is in
terested. the fines therein. and the disposition
made thereof.
Section 1. Upon complaint made on oath
before him, charging any person with viO-
lation of any town ordinances he shall issue
warrant for the arrest of such person di-
rected to the marshal or his deputy. directing
the person complained of to be brought be-
in the case shall be governed and regulated by
the general laws of the State relative to Jus
tees OF the Peace and to their power and juris-
dction.
Section 5. He shall keep docket upon
which must be entered all cases arising under
the ordinances of the town of Kennewick, and
shall receive the same fees as are prescribed
by the laws of the State of Washington, re-
lating to like proceedings before Justices OF
the Peace: said fees shall be taxed as costs in
the case, but in no instance shall the town be
liable for said fees when the Police Justice
fails to collect from the defendant.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after it's passage
approval and publication in the official paper
of the town.
Passed the council the 18th day Of May, 1906.
Approved this 18th day OF May 1906.
Attest: o. L. HANSON EDw. SHEPPARD,
(SeaD Clerk pro tenn Mayor.
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CONTEST NOTICE

Department of the Interior, United States
Land office, Walle walla, wash, June %, 1906.
sufficient contest af1idivit having been
filed in this office by Lars Peter Madsen oil
Kennewick. wash, contestant, against home.
stead entry No. 1225S, made March IS, 1903, fol
n lsnwh ne nwA, and nwA Il. Sec
20 tp 8 n, r 29e by George T. Miller, contestee
in which it is alleged that George T. Miller
has wholly abandoned said entry for more
than six months last past and Immediately
preceding the commencement of this action
that he has made no improvements on the
said land since making said entry, and that he
has entirely failed to establish a residence on
the said land and has abandoned the same, in
which abandonment he still continues, said
parties are hereby notified to appear. respond
and offer evidence touching said allegation at
10 O'Clock a. IN. on September 5, 1906 before the
Register and Receiver ut the United States
land Office in Walla walla. wash.
The said contestant having. in a proper AFT
davit, filed June %, 1906 set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
of this notice can not be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication.
A. GILLIS, Register
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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-07-27
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

The regular teachers examination
will he held atthe Court House in Pros.
ser, Aug. o, 10 and II, 1906.
j. w. Gilkey, Co. supt. Schools.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
is A TRUST
on HARD ROCKS?
Report from New York That Detection
of Stars and Loss CT Thcaters
Cripples Combine.

New York, March ~. talk ill.,
theatrical circles here is tnat the theat-
rical trust has gone on the rocks.
Three more stars-MrS. Patrick
Campbell, Miss Virginia Harmed anc
Miss Mary Shaw-have followed the
lead of f. FL Sothern, Miss Marlowe,
Miss Rehan, Jefferson dc Angels, De-
Wolf Hopper, Peter F. Daley and 9th
ers have passed under the direction OF
the Shubert brothers.
1t was also stated that Guy Stand
ing. long prominent in the Charles
Frohman companies. and Miss Carlotta
Nilsson have been engaged by the Shu-
berts. and are to be starred next season
by them in new plays.
For nearly a year the Shubert Bros.
have been industriously but quietly nc
curing stars and plays, and have been
buying or leasing theaters in prominent
cities and contracting for the erection
OF others.
At last they feel thai they are in
such a position that they can make
public the result of their ten months
work.
They have secured absolute control
OF thirty-f1ve tlleaters in the principal
cities of the country-houses which are
under their direction alone. In addition
they have full booking privileges In
more than a dozen others. and, in
round numbers are firmly intrenched
in more thar. fifty playhouses through
out the United States.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30

Washington, March 27.-Major II. l.
Scott, military governor of the Sulu is
lands of the Philippines group has
talked to the president about the situa-
tion in the Philippines. Referring to
this recent fight at Mount Dajo Scott
aid
The chief OF the band which prac-
tically was wiped out in Mount Dajo
fight is entirely friendly to the United
States. He has endeavored to prevent
this particular band from continuing
its warfare against our government, but
his efforts We're of no avail. Members
of the band preferred death to sur
render.
See this hand?" inquired Scott,
holding out his right hand, from which
two fingers We're missing. We'll, 1
tried to induce the leader of that band,
which gave me that wound. to yield to
us-tried at least fifty times, but he
would listen to no reason. 1 gave him
every possible assurance of fair, just
treatment even as l lay in the hospi-
tai wounded. He returned only de-
faint and insulting messages. 1t be-
came necessary finally to hunt him and
his band down and give them battle.
This fanatical leader Of a fanati-
cal Observation-Disclosures by name
was killed in the battle Of Mount Dajo. I
doubt not that the situation in the is
lands will be improved greatly by the
result Of that fight. regrettable on many
as 1t nay be-.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
PUT In PROVISO.
Otherwise the 28-Hour Law Will Re-
main as It Was Originally
D,--aL

Washington, d. c., March 27.-The
house interstate m committee
considered the bill to extend from %
to SO hours the time live stock may be
kept in transit without food water or
unloading for rest. While no action
was taken the committee has about
reached a compromise. This will leave
the laws limit at % hours but there
will be added a proviso that the In
terstate Commerce commission or per-
haps the secretary Of agriculture shall
have power in his discretion and on a
proper showing OF necessity to sus-
pend the law n grant a 36-hour limit
for particular schedules. This is con-
sidered an entirely satisfactory COM
bill could not possibly have passed
granting h 36-hour limit without re-
striction.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
MEDICAL OFFICES"
RUN BY CRIMINALS
Authorities Issue Fraud Order
Against Numerous Concerns
i'm the East.

Washington. D. c.. March 29.-Orders
have been issued by the postmaster
general ~instructing the postmasters at
New York and Brooklyn to refuse to
admit to the mails the advertisements
Of ffty-two illegal medical offices"
located in those cities. and also to re-
.use to deliver mail addressed to the
fictitious and assumed names under
which the persons conducting these
concerns hide their identity. )
For some time the department ha>
mad inspectors working in New York.
gathering the necessary evidence to
close the mails In these cases, and the
officials OF the department today ex-
pressed h belief that practically all
Of the criminal concerns of this char
acter in these cities have been covered.
During the investigation it was dis
covered that many of the concerns are
being conducted by men With criminal
records and dope fiends."
This action at New York and Brook
lyn is In line with the efforts previously
made by Postmaster General Cortelyou
in Boston and Philadelphia to enforce
the law against this class of criminal
concerns. In Boston thirty of these
concerns were barred from the mails,
and the governments crusade in Phil
Adelphia resulted in closing thirteen
establishments charged with being i'll
Legal 'medical Offices"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
wv IOWA MEN
ARE ROASTED ALIVE
Appalling Death Comes to Them When
Exploding Lantern in Closed
Car Sets HAY on Fire.

Fargo, N. D., March 2S.-Two men,
horses and q COW were roasted
to death in a freight a near Gardner
station, twenty miles north Of here yes
terday The men were en- route from
their homes in Ayrshire, Ia, to Will
liams county, N. D., where n of the
party, P. S. Mcclure. a bought a
farm, last fail.
Owing to the Indictment weather, the
doors of the car had been kept closed,
and light was obtained from a lantern
suspended from the ceiling of the car.
In some manner the lantern became un-
fastened and falling to the fioor ex-
ploded. Instantly the hay on the floor
of the car caught fire. and the car
was transformed into a roaring fur
mace, and the two men made an effort
to open the side doors of the car, but
without avail. A 20 of p. S. MCGUIRE,
fought his way through the flames to
end Of the o and escaped. seriously
injured. He gave the alarm and the
car was cut out Of the train.
Efforts of the train crew to extin-
guish the flames We're unavailing. Great
difficulty was experienced in opening
the car doors n when the bodies were
finally taken out they We're burned al
most beyond recognition.
The dead are:
P. s. MCGUIRE and E. NJ. Vanhorsem.
The bodies and the injured boy were
brought to his city.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
A is CHARGED.
Mecurdys. Who Are in Europe. Sued
for Another $1,70o,00O.

New 1OTk, March that a
fraudulent and corrupt conspiracy exists
between Richard A. McCurdy, former
president of the Mutual Life Insurance
company; mis- son-in-law, Louis A.. The,
baud. and the latter's partner, Charles H..
Raymond, are made in the formal COM
plants In two suits instituted by the COM
pany against the men named for the re-
covery Of s1,75o,ooo. These suits are in
addition to the one brought last week nv
the company against Richard A. McCurdy
alone for the recovery of So, $40. 600 m
total now sued for amounts to s.. i GOO.
The suits brought today. in the opinion Of
the lawyers. form the basis for criminal
prosecutions.
One of the suits is directed aea,,s, the
elder McCurdy, Thebaud ard Raymond.
and the other against Thebaud and Raw
mond alone. The charge is made that
sums a~ggregating the immense total Of
$4,000 were paid Raymond &c Co. for no,
reason what ever except to enrich NC
Curdy's son-in-iaw and his partner. and
no services were rendered for this money
1t is alleged. the payment being pureiv
gratultous. Those gratuities ana the enor.
nous commissions paid Raymond q On as
general agents for the dis
tict forms the basis Of the two suits.
N----
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
BODY IN A TRUNK.
Police Discover Gruesome Package
Among Baggage in Cali
fornis

Stockton, Cal, March 27.-Tlle body
of a man which was found in a runk
among h baggage at the Southern Pa
cifc depot here has been identified as
that Of Albert N. McVicar. an employ
of the Rawhide mine at Jamestown,
Cal. The police today arrested at An
tioch, Mrs. Emma Ledroux or Mrs. Nc
Vicar, as she called herself here, who is
declared to have purchased the trunk
in which the body was placed and also
the rope with which it was bound. Her
husband is now living in Amador
ty. 1t is supposed h a If she COM
mitted the crime a man must have aid
ed her, as Mr.. McVicar was powerfully
built. He lac $500 in cash and it is be-
lieved that robbery was the motive for
the Grim 1t is believed that he was
drugged, then crushed into h trunk
and suffocated.
San Francisco. March 27.-The police
say Mr.. Ledroux Is we'll known in the
tenderloin district of this city. They
say that her name is Emma Held and
her parents reside in jackson county.
Some years ago she married a man
named Barrett, and resided with him
for a time in Fresno. The couple sep
arated and soon after h woman was
welded to William Williams OF Jack
son. They went to Arizona, where Will
Jams died and 1t is alleged that the
woman collected his life insurance. She
married Ledroux in Jackson and after
wards came to this city.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
LOSS A MILLION.
Johnstown, Pa, Is Swept by a pisas.
trons Fire-One Fireman Killed
and Several Injured.

Johnstown, Pa, March 29.-With a
monetary loss that at 8 O'Clock a. M.
is estimated at nearly a million dollars,
one man killed and several seriously
aurt by falling walls, Johnstown is
threatened this morning With a devast-
alton that almost rivals that of the
great flood.
The fire broke out at 1890 o'clock in
n center of the business section and
has been spreading for three hours.
The twelve fire companies are power
less to check the blaze.
The town is without electric lights,
the wires having been burned out, and
the fight against the fire is further
handicapped by constantly bursting
hose.
The fire started from an unknown
cause in h hardware establishment
of Swank & Co., and spread rapidly
to the buildings adjoining at either
side.
The building of the Johnstown Jour
Santamoure, ~telegrapher for the Pub
1shers' Press association, is missing
AID it is feared he has persisted.
The building of the Henderson sur
nlture is almost destroyed,
while the Foster building and the c. f.
A. Greer buildings We're destroyed.
AT 2:35 o'clock it is feared that the
property loss may rival that of the
memorable flood which devastated
Johnsrown. The whole business dis
trtct is in imminent peril of being flame
swept. One life has already been lost,
that Of William Campbell, "a fireman,
who was crushed under a falling wall.
The town is without electric light or
power, the wires of the electric light
company having been burned out.
AT 8 a. m. the fire continues to spread
and is apparently beyond control of the
twelve fire companies fighting the
flames. The loss is now estimated close
to 81, 900, coo. Several firemen have been
seriously injured.
At $3.50 a. m. the chief of the fire de-
partment the fire was prac-
Ideally under control and that 1t would
burn itself out in the Gels building,
h e last Of four big buildings in a row.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-30
ROCKEFELLER REJoIcEs
The Oil King May Feel Some Relief
Now That the Standards Hear
ing Is at an End.

New York. March 2s.-The taking OF
testimony in this city in the proceed
ings brought by the state of Missouri
to GUST from that commonwealth the
Waters-Pierce OIL company and the
Republic Oil company, o the ground
that they constitute a combination in
restraint of trade, was ended here. At
torney General Hadley, of Missouri,
who has been present during most of
gan, announced that with yesterdays
adjournment the New York proceed
thgs We're ended. He instructed Com
missioner Sanborn, before whom the
witnesses testified, to send a certified
copy of the testimony to the supreme
court of Missouri, where it will become
a part OF the record In the states case.
Practically the last move Mr.. Hadley
made in the case was to introduce tes-
timony showing the difficulties under
which most Of the witnesses who were
In n way connected with the Stand
ard Oil company were served. He put
In the record the fact that every effort
had been made to secure the testimony
of John d. Rockefeller, out none had
succeeded. He introduced copies of
letters written to attorneys of the
Standard Oil requesting that officers of
the company accept service. The re-
quest applied to John d. Rockefeller,
along with several others.
Max Palmado. who has served all
the processes and s~ubpoenaes, went on
the stand told Of the difficulties he
encountered. He had about fifty sub
poenaes in all, he said, and in only
three cases did the men for whom they
were issued accept service voluntarily.
These were Mr.. Archbold, Mr.. Page
and Mr.. Moffatt. It took him three
days to serve II. III. Rogers and from
W to four days to reach the others
whom he has succeeded In serving.
He said that although he had tried
repeatedly to reach j. d. Rockefeller.
he has not been successful. Palmedo
said he received for his services Sc a
day inc all expenses.
On cross-examination Palmedo said
that in addition to salary M expenses
he had received some money from
newspapers for stories of his expert
ences in attempting to serve the sub
poenaes.
we have brought out this fact"
said Mr.. Hagerman, of the Standard
Oil counsel, Ito show that there has
been a lot of g~randstanding and adj
vertising about this and a lot OF SEN
away out in Kansas City"
THE only sensationalism there las
been in this case has been the sensa-
tional attempts of these witnesses to
evade service of su~bpoenaes," inter-
jected Mr.. Hadley. ),
Palmeda said he still was engaged
in trying to serve su~bpoenaes upon
John D. Rockefeller and others. Let
ters to counsel for the defense by
Mr.. Hadley asking the witnesses to
appear voluntarily and accept serv-
ice were introduced in connection with
other letters addressed to each witness,
including John d. Rockefeller.