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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-26

The prophets of evil are al
ways present whenever man
kind is staggered by some
great calamity, comforting US
and strengthening US to Clear
those ills we have by assuring
MS that worse are i'm store for
us in the future. Thus il is in
the case of San Francisco. Fiji
ty years ago Frisco was city
of tents ard was built up to be
the city it was in those few
years. 1t will be rebuilt even
though the spot is declared
dangerous for what part of
this earth is safe if certain
things Should happen" and
hey are liable to happen to any
city in any locality.
When we recall the great
fire in Chicago and later in
Baltimore, we cannot but adj
mire the pluck of the American
people they do not allow such
a catastrophe to deter them
from rebuilding nor dampen
their enthusiasm to progress,
though it does throw a gloom
over the entire world.
People are o, gaming in
every city in every state to
propose plans for relief, and
food and clothing is already
being forwarded for relief of
the homeless and hungry.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-26
ALICE GOES FROM OMAHA
Goes to Detroit as Auditor
for Great Drug House

H. d. Alice, assistant auditor
of the Burlington road at this
city for seventeen years, has
resigned and leaves the LIST OF
May for Detroit. There he
will be auditor for Parke, Dav-
is 4 Co., the great pharmaceu-
teal house. His wife and two
sons will join him there.
Mr.. Alice. who began rail
way life twenty years ago as
stenographer in the Burlington
offices, has a host of friends in
Omaha and the state, and adj
mits that it feels like tearing
up by the roots to leave, but
the new position is so tempting
that he did not see how he
could refuse it. World Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-26

With the sunshine and pleas
ant weather we have had for
the past week or two, there
should be no audible "kicks" or
lamentations" against provi-
lence. If you have a grievance
10 not disturb your neightors'
peace of mind, for what is more
disgusting than a calimity howl
er. There is only one other
class we might add that de-
generate class and that is the
gossip-mongers, who are less
bearable.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-26

One cannot help but admire
the Presidents remarks in his
special message to Congress
concerning the outcome of the
beef trust trial, in which he de-
Iplored the fact that justice so
often miscarries, especially
where a large corporation is
under "fire." There are too
many men holding positions of
trust either of Importance or of
small consequence who cater to
men of wealth and who have
not enough courage to carry
out the provisions of their Off
ces. Don't an officer look in
sipid and insignificant who has
a "boss" to dictate to him a
man of that caliber should he
relocated to the "bone pile
and men of brains and indie
Ipendence elected. The day is
coming when the dependant
man will either starve or be the
slave of others stand alone
and show that you are worthy
of the apeHation of IMAM"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-26

The Hartman special con
sisting of two private cars and
a buffet car passed through the
Valley on schedule time, last
evening enroute to SanFrancisco
There were some eighteen or
twenty people in the party.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-26

Mrs. C. S. Hoar is a Council
Bluffs visitor today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-26


1t is indeed a pleasure to note
the willingness with which the
American people are donating
money and the necessaries of
life for the needy people of San
Francisco.
"You can't see Mrs. Oldum,'
said the servant; "she has the
tooth ACHE" but the man un-
feelingly replied, "You must
be mistaken | an her dentist
and have her teeti. here in this
package"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Black
burn of Logan spent Sunday in
the Valley the guest of Mrs.
Emma Smith.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
Theatrical Notes.

Charles Muehlman, recently appoint
ed assistant manager of the Spokane
theater to succeed J. Petriech, who has
been transferred to Salt Lake City
announces fine list of attractions
for the coming season. Among other
Spokane favorites is Florence Roberts
in her new play, called "The Strength
of the Weak" and there will also be
Maxine Elliott in "Her Great Match,
and Max Figman in "The Man on the
Box"
Olga Nethersole will appear in Spo
kane February and 5.
Frank l.. Perley, it is said, has
abandoned theatrical affairs in order
to become banker.
Grace Merritt will star during the
coming season as Mary Tudor in
when Knighthood Was in Flower"
William and Cecil De Mile have
finished their all Indian drama, the
scene of which is laid in the time be-
fore the first white man.
The late Paul Leicester Ford's story
Wanted, a Chaperon," is being adapt
ed for stage use by George Hazeltor
and will be produced in the autumn
with Violet Houck in the leading role
Mrs. Patrick Campbell's American
tour has been postponed. as she is to
, make an autumn appearance in "The
Bondman" at the Drury Lane thea
ter. London
Henry w. Savage, the theatricaI
manager, has returned from Europe
having completed the organization OF
d new opera COMPANY 70 present in
America Puccinis Madame Butter
fly"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
Preparing for Big Crowds.

There is more work going on now
at the grounds of the Spokane Inter
state fair than ever before at this time
of year, since the year that the fair
was moved to it's present location in
the eastern limits of the city. The
handsome grandstand has been en-
larged and nearly doubled in capacity
and men are at work building the
new exposition building, which will
be used by the 100000 club of Spokane
for its home industry display, and for
the entertainment and vaudeville fea-
lures which will be given each eve..-
ing.
e. W. Fisk, a contractor of Helena.
Mont, is in Spokane to study the man
ner of construction of the new grand
stand. He has a contract for building
$4,000 grandstand for the Montana
state fair at Helena. The architect
followed closely the plan of the Spo-
kane building and now the manage
ment of the Montana fair has sent Mr..
Fisk to Spokane to learn more in detail
the manner of construction. Mr.. Fisk
says it is one of the finest grandstands
he has seen.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
.SHECREATEDASCENE
ash ESAC TRIED TO Meet PRES.
IDENT IN CHURCH.
She Had Taken a Seat near Presi-
dents Pew When She Was ForcibIy
rounded by Detectives, She Yelled
at Roosevelt to Talk to Her.

New York, Aug. 14.-Asi Esac, who
purpose of interviewing the president
or Mrs. Roosevelt on what she de-
| clares is matter of life and death, u
created a sensation during the serv'
ices in Christ's Episcopal church last
Sunday. Miss Esac, or Miss Case, as
her name is supposed to be, has at
tended every church meeting the pres
ident has since his arrival here in
July. She has climbed Sycamore Hill
on foot several times, only to be turn
ed away by the secret service men.
She presented helself early at the
church and took a seat behind the
pew usually occupied by the president
and his family. When requested to
relinquish this seat she declined, and
she was forcibly removed to the rear
of the church, and Miss Esac says her
gown was torn in so doing. For this
act she later applied for warrant for
the arrest of Usher Duffy, but was re-
fused. In the rear of the church Miss
LodC IcluoSu W olI uOWu. "A oCNlOI
service agent stood beside her, and
during the service she made no less
than dozen attempts to get past him.
AS the president was leaving the
church the secret service men sur
rounded Miss Esac. but she shouted,
''Mr President, Mr.. President, Presi-
dent Roosevelt won't you speak to me
moment?"
The president turned his head as he
passed, but he did not pause. Miss
Esac says her watch chain was broken
in this scrimmage and her watch fell
to the floor. The president was ac-
companied by Mrs. Roosevelt and
Quentin and Representative and Mrs.
Longworth.
Miss Esac has told those acquaintan-
ces she has formed here that she was
to have been married in three weeks
after Miss Roosevelt became Mrs.
Longworth: that she was to have mar
ried high government official. When
the presidents carriage had departed
Miss Esac was allowed to CO. 1t was
then she sought a warrant for Duffy.
She says she will stay in Oyster Bay
until she accomplishes her purpose.
Representative and Mrs Longworth
have left for Washington and Cincin-
natl.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
BOOM MINING OF SILVER.
Action of Secretary of Treasury Boon
to the West.

Action of Secretary of Treasury Boon
to the West.
"The principal result of the resump-
ton of silver purchases by the treasury
department, under the necessity of an
increased demand for subsidiary
coins" says General Frank Hall, the
veteran mining writer, in signed arti-
Gle in the Denver Post twill be to stim-
ulate the production of silver bearing
ores from mines already opened. Ger
tain mines that have been closed since
1893 will be reopened, because the
market will be more stable and in the
ever present hope of an advance in
price. This implies early enlargement
OF both milling and smelling facilities.
Nothing that has occurred in the
last decade has caused more rejoicing
among producers of mineral than the
action taken by the secretary of the
treasury just promulgated. The bene-
fetal influence will be felt throughout
Colorado and all the mining states of
the west. 1t will augment the produc-
ton of gold, and also Of the rare met
ais. An increased output of silver
means large volume of lead, zinc and
copper, for these metals are so closely
associated it is practically impossible
to Increase one without a correspond
ing increase of the Others"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
NOTED NEGRO POET.
raul Laurence Dunbar, Who Recent.
~ Died.

raul Laurence Dunbar, Who Recent
~ Died.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, the poet of
the Negro race, died a his home In
Dayton, Ohio, recently. OF consump-
ton.
Mr.. Dunbar was born in Dayton.
June ~, 1872. and was first a news
boy and then an elevator boy, and In
his ups and downs for a livelihood
practiced writing. His first poem was
written when he was years old. His
Arst work to attract attention to him
was q class poem written for the
Steele High School In 1891. His nrst
of a total Of twenty-one books was
"Oak and Ivy"
His poem best known was when
Malindy Sings" which was written
to bis mother, whose name was Ma'
linda.
Among other Of Dunbar's works are
Majors and Minors" Lyrics Of Low
ly Life" Talks from Dixie" 1.-The
Uncalled," Lyrics of the Hearthside,"
Poems Of Cabin and Field" THE
Strength Of Gideon" 1.-THE Love Of
Laundry" Candle Lighting Time"
Lyrics Of Love and Laughter" LIP
CAR and Heart Of Happy Hollow"
Mr.. Dunbar met his wife, who was
Alice Ruth Moore, through a poem
written by her and published in
Boston magazine. He was abroad then
and when he returned he made the ac-
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
No Smoke for Him.

There IL clever young physician In
Philadelphia who has never been able
to smoke a cigar. Just one poisons
me-" says the youthful doctor. Re-
Gently the doctor was invited to large
dinner party given by a New York
friend. At the conclusion of the re-
past, when the women had left the
table, cigars were accepted by all the
men except the physician from Phila-
delphia. Seeing his friend refuse the
cigar, the host in establishment ex-
claimed: what, not smoking? Why,
my dear fellow, you lose half your
dinner" Yes, l know l do" meekly
replied the doctor, "but If smoked, I
would lose the whole of it!'
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
FOUGHT UNT0D death
oln TINT PARTNERS In STEVENS
COUNTY, washington.
..;k.r MckaIe Killed William Drugan
while Dying Man Was Stretched
the Ground, He Fires Six Shots
.. His Antagonist-They QuarreIIed
.hout Authorityship Of Trout Lake.

chevelah, Wash, Aug. 13.-After
.,o most desperate gun fight in the
.,na,s of Stevens county Mike" Nc.
u.,a slew William Drugan Sunday at
Drown lake. The men were veteran
.rosnectors, both over the half century
uork in years and of violent DISPOSE
lions They quarreled over permitting
marty of Chewelah men to fish in the
,ote Both rushed for their guns.
rwelye shots were exchanged, Drugan
sring six rounds after McKale's first
bullet had stretched him dying on the
ground.
McKale is under arrest at Chewelah.
After the duel he gave himself up to
W ]. Jackson deputy sheriff. No
charge has been placed against him.
Six Chewelah men were present
when the alteration commenced, and
from a distance witnessed the duel to
the death. When the fight became in
evitable the visitors bolted for cover,
whence the terrible scene was enacted
before their eyes. Their testimony is
that Drugan was the aggressor when
if came to shooting and that he was in
the act of aiming his rifle when Nc
Kale fired the fatal shot.
The fight hinged On the hospitality
extended to the Chewelah party by
Drugan.
Drugan was raising his rifle to his
shoulder when McKale opened the bat
tie with a shot The bullet found a
billet and Drugan fell. Lying on the
ground, and gasping his life away, the
old prospector fired six shots at the
man who had been his partner for
years in the lonely hills. McKale ad-
mits firing six shots in ALL Drugan
had one cartridge left in the magazine
of his rife when his strength failed.
Drugan and McKale were odd old
men of the hills. The dead man was
generally regarded as being insane
McKale will be held by the authori-
ties pending the disposition Of the
case.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17

Quaintance Of the author of the poem.
From admiration Of her writings to
admiration Of the author was an easy
step, and their acquaintance rapidly
developed into something more. An
engagement followed and the poet,
who meanwhile had received an ap-
ro;ntment in the Congressional Libra
~, returned to New York, where they
were quietly married.
Since that time Mrs. Dunbar has
contributed occasionally to newspa-
pers and magazines and collection of
her stories has recently been brought
out in book form.
OF her literary ability her husband
said:
"She writes much better prose than
do and is invaluable to me as q
critic"
All Of his work was typewriter by
her and much Of it taken down in
shorthand at his dictation, while her
sympathy and companionship inspired
some Of his best efforts. She is an
Episcopalian in creed, and Mr.. Dun
bar. while not member Of any COM
munion, attended church with her.
1.-THE peal of the organ, the flowers,
the dim,' restful light, the ritual-all
appeal to me-" he once said. Most
men have at some period Of their lives
an attack of agnosticisim, as of mea-
sles, but with melt has left no scars.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
HALTS PANAMA CANAL
o"on's says They Will Try the Span.
lsh and Chinese.

Ivy ''"' ny inc Spdn'
Ish and Chinese.
L. r. Shonts, chairman, and Joseph
b. blshop, secretary, of the Panama
canal commission, have arrived in New
1ork from Colon on the steamer Pan.
ANA.
Mr.. shonts says that general condi.
ions In the canal zone are favorable
ana constantly improving.
All we want" he declared. "is more
laoor and less rain. The labor proh.
lem has been partially solved nv the
employment of Spanish workmen. We
nave also advertised for Chinese labor.
ers. Yellow fever has not appeared
In long time and for the nine days
previous to my departure no SMALLPOX
was prevalent"
MI. Shonts said that the engineering
work on the canal was now we'll under
way.
Chief Engineer Stevens and nv.
sell have handled Chinese labor. and
we found the men all right. Thew do
tne work and that is the principal OBJ
Ject. We aim to get the strong. husky
laborers from the rice fields of south
ern China. The importation of Chinese
labor does not come under the contract
law,
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor con-
dennis the importation of Chinese la
Dor to the Panama canal. He charges
snonts with bad faith in claiming that
Shonts promised not to import coolies
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
Tore Big Bridge Down.

Duluth.-The steamer Troy collided
with span of the Interstate bridge
and precipitated it into the channel
cation to and from the upper harbor,
which was most active, and portion
of the head Of the lakes are blocked.
1t is impossible for even tug to pass.
Traffic between Duluth and Superior
is cut Off
The Great Northern owns the bri 1ge,
which is one of the longest draw spans
in the world. Forty steamers are bot
tied in the upper harbor.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
The Original New EnEland.

Not one man in thousand living on
the Pacific coast knows that as mat.
ter Of fact the accents of our mother
tongue were heard ON the beach not far
from San Francisco forty-one years be-
fore English was spoken on Plymouth
Rock. More amusing still is the fact
that the original New England was on
the Pacific coast, for Francis Drake
in 1879. at the close Of a months stay,
took possession Of the country for his
sovereign, Elizabeth, and named tho
new acquisition Nouva Albion New
England) because he thought the white
cliffs near what Is now Point Reeves re-
sembled the chalk cliffs near Dover
Outing
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
Navy Short of Men,

Lack Of officers in the navy is EN-.
phasized just now. when applications
are in for leave of absence for short
time during the hot months. Most
OF these requests have been refused
as there are not enough officers to GO
round. Some of the ships are without
their full quota and there is a demand
for officers to fill the details ashore
and in the various bureaus.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
See a Wonderful Miraue.

Residents of the heights in the east.
ern part of Cleveland, Ohio, recently
witnessed the most remarkable mirage
of which there is any record in this
part of the country. Wonderfully clear
and distinct. the Canadian short of
Lake Erie, 60 miles distant, was spread
out before them in the sky. The phe-
nomenon lasted for more than an hour
and attracted the attention of thou
sands of people before it faded. The
invested atmospheric picture was SO
clear that the city of Rondeau could be
plainly seen.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
Sues for Relief Funds.

r. w. Baronoff. a refugee, has
brought al. action in the superior court
at San Francisco against the Red
Cross association, Mayor Eugene E.
Schmitz, John D. Spreckles and James
D. Phelan. Baronoff says that he acts
for himself and "forty thousand other
citizens dispossessed by the great
fire, and wants the court to restrain
the defendants from exercising "an
usurped authority" in disposing of the
relief funds. His petition is also Tor
d division of s4,OOOoOO among himself
and the 10000 other refugees who are
referred to in the complaint.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17

A car containing SO persons on tie
Cleveland & Eastern Traction line
jumped the track eight miles south.
west Of Chardon, Ohio, injuring eight
persons, some of them seriously. and
nearly drowning a dozen others in a
large stagnant pool, into which the car
plunged.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
Launch Capsizes; Four Drown.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Aug. 13.-Four
young people were drowned in tins
capsizing of a gasoline launch near
ing a sunken log. Three of the vic
tins were children of City Clerk
Brown. The dead are Thiel Brown,
aged 16; Myrtle Brown, aged -; A.
Brown, a boy aged IA.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17

The ashes cast out of Vesuvius in
the recent outbreak will prove a bless
ing in the long run. Professor Zinno
has examined them and found them
free from ingredients injurious to
plant life, while containing others that
will promote the growth of grape
vines, grass and vegetables. The
peasants have lost no time in blowing
in this valuable fertilizer, to prevent
it's being washed away by rains.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
STEWART OPERA COMPANY.
"Babette" to be Seen, With Mabel Day
as Prima Donna.

art Opera company, which he is send
ing to Spokane to open the season OF
1867 at the Spokane theater next
Friday, when "Babette," a lyric opera
by Victor Herbert, with book and ly'
RIGS by Harry B. Smith, will be pre-.
scented with Mabel Day as the prima
donna.
1t is given out by the management,
that the costumes, scenery and effects
will be the same as those seen in the
Broadway theater production.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
Our Proud Bird.

"This Is indeed the age Of CONNER.
cialism,'' said the man Of sentiments.
What makes you think SOP
"Some of our statesmen never men
ton the American eagle any more and
are continually applauding the work
Of the American Observation-Disclosures
SfQp
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17

Milton milestone, aged 33, cashier
of the Citizens National bank of
Lansford, Pa, was killed and Daniel
Mcclellan, aged q, assistant cashier
of the same institution, was fatally in
jured near Tamaqua by their carriage
being struck by a trolley car.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-17
In High Finance.

McCurl-A wise man keepeth his
own counsel.
Rogerman-You're right. Then when
he's investigated he has somebody on
whose advice he can refuse to answer
MISUNDERSTANDING Leader.