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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-03-03

fenced to two years in the Eastern
penitentiary. and served seven months
Of the term.
Mr.. Yerkes was then liberated,
through the influence of political allies
and was later pardoned by the Gov
ernor.
Following his release, Yerkes made
an attempt to regain lost prestige, but
the outlook was too unpromislng and
one day he disappeared and for years
was heard Of no more. He left his
wife, said to be young and pretty, al
most broken-hearted In desolate
home. She had faithfully stood by
him during his preliminary incarcer-
alton in Moyamensing prison. and sac
riiced what little of the fortune that
remained to buy him dellcacies and
comforts.
On HIS Financial Feet Again.
Yerkes made his way to the North
west. specialized with some success in
Dakota lands, and bought and sold
real estate in Fargo. Finally he ac-
cumulated the golden chrysalls from
which he hoped to emerge a full-blown
dnancier and capitalist. He therefore
Informed the world that Charles Il.
Yerkes was still alive, was not
ashamed Of the past. and had full con-
fidence in winning success In the fu-
ture.
1t was with such flourish that he
opened an Office in Chicago. He did
banking and brokerage business
speculated now and then, lost heay-
fly for time and then made large
gains. With a satchel full Of cash he
returned to Philadelphia, where a sep
aration from his wife was effected
Then he married Mary Adelaide
Moore, the handsome daughter OF
Thomas Moore. a retired capitalist.
From Philadelphia Yerkes returned
to Chicago, where he fought his way
into the ring Of street railway promo
tiers. In a few years he and his asso-
ciates were in full possession of most
of the lines. But their methods Of ac-
Quiring franchies were questionable
Charges were made that legislators
were bought and the press Of Chicago
became so hostile that Yerkes pur-
chased newspaper to defend him
self.
Domestic DupIicity.
Meantime his second wife entered
into his plans to. increase their social
prestige. She was in sympathy with
his ideas Of art She fell In with his
plans Of building a magnificent home
In New York, and then by their liber-
atty to art and artists gain for them
selves a niche in New York's -Four
Hundred. This was In 1897, when he
was forced by expiring franchises to
get out Of Chicago with a fortune
amounting to 100000. Everything
was roseate for the wife, who saw no
obstacle to fulfilling her highest am
billions In the social world. and at his
death inheriting an immense fortune.
But even before this Mr.. Yerkes had
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-03-03

Her Father-What are you and
young shortleigh going to live on in
case you marryf
His Daughter-Well, II you must
know. papa, go look in the mirror.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-03-03
she Knew Her Business.

Il will not take your word for this
tale OF love-" she cried. with flashing
eyes. Give me proofs"
For she was proofreader on the
magazine and had to have 'em.-Balti
more American.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-03-03
BIG TRACTION KING.
YERKEs ACTIVITIES EXTENDED
TO TWO CONTINENTS.

Death OF Charles Tyson Yeri<es Re
moved "A Great Power from the
Financial world Once Wore
Prison Stripes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-05
Japanese JuCglers.

The marvellous performances of the
jusglers of Japan have been widely
known ever since the isolation Of the
Island Empire was broken. More than
thirty years ago Bayard Taylor, the
American traveller and literator. told
this story:
II was witness to some astonishing
specimens Of illusion. After variety
of tricks with tops, cups Of water and
paper butterflies. the juggler exhibited
to the spectators a large open fan,
which he held in his right hand, then
threw it into the air, caught it by the
handle in his left hand. squatted down,
famed himself, and then turning his
head in profile, gave a loud sigh, dur
ing which the image of a galloping
horse issued from his mouth. Still
tanning himself. he shook from his
right sleeve an army of little men, who
presently, bowling and dancing. van
ished out of sight. Then he bowed,
closed the fan and held it in his two
hands. during which time his own
head disappeared. then became visible,
but of colossal size. and finally reap
peared in its natural dimensions. but
multiplied four or five times. They
set 4 jar before him, and in 4 short
time he issued from the neck. rose
slowly in the air. and vanished IN
clouds along the ceiling"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-05
Eca:rn Geography Like Fairy 1ale
EuI} Of Romance, Marvel and Deep Interest.
OF Fascinating Personalities It Has Become
Necessity Every Reader of the News Of the Day.

the plains; how the Phoenicians in 600
L. G. crcumnavigated Africa, and yet
how the Japanese, whose legends, not
to- mention history, do not go back fur
ther than that same 600 3. c., believe
that their islands originated from the
drip of the God Iznaga's sword (Which
lie dipped into the sea-; how this last
mentioned nation is derived from a
mixture of Korean and Malay blood
and it got its language and religion
and art from China and Korea, and its
present civilization from the West;
how the Victoria Falls, discovered in
1860, may now be reached in comfort,
and how Siberia and Newfoundland
may be crossed by Iail in "Sleepers,"
and "diners"-all this concerns modern
geography.
1t is part of geography how the
Black Hills of Colorado. rising sud-
denly from a plain, produce rainfalls
there. which in turn produce forests
and wash away the surface soil, ex.
Z.
1t is part of geography when the $50
miles of ice mass as high as the tall
est New York building has receded
fourteen miles toward the South Pole
since 1871: or when it is found that out
of the Red Sea runs at the bottom L
current more rapid than that which
runs in at the top. So also when Can
ada erccts two new provinces, o.
Alaska reveals gold, or removes its
capital from Sitka to Juneau, or when
it is demonstrated that the moon does
, not foretell the weather. So. likewise.
when Norway chooses to be kingdom
instead of a republic land elects a
kingJ and when 400 miles Of tele-
phones are stretched up the Congo. or
telegraph poles are, as they will be
next winter. set across Sahara Desert.
This scarcely begins to indicate what
the new geography comprises. or how,
with the growth Of communication
among the human inhabitants of the
earth-with the invention of steam,
the printing press. electricity, Marconi-
graphs and the indefatigable enterprise
of explorers-the old limitations have
been extended. In few years 1000
miles more of coast line have been
mapped toward the South Pole; few
places in the ocean, which used to have
"unfathomable Depths" remain un'
sounded; the sacred and impenetrable
city of Lhasa has been penetrated;
Korea has been deprived Of an i'm
memorial sovereignty; Mexico's free
zone" has been abolished; seven and
one-half feet high gorillas have been
shot on the French Congo; the origin
of the horse has been settled in our
own West. and the discovery Of the
birthplace of civilization is believed
to be OH the eve of fulflment by a
Carnegie Institute expedition to Tur-
kestan, under sand drift brought Oh
by the receding Of rivers and the winds
! of time.-New York Press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-05
A DEEP BORING.
Facts OF Interest Cleaned Through q
Half Mile Well.

Facts OF Interest Cleaned Through
Half Mile We'll.
In 1851 for some reason it was
thought profitable and possible to Sc
sure an artesian we'll in the State
House yarc. The geology of Ohio rs
Q science was still unwritten. In fact.
tie first volume of the Ohio Geological
Reports contains tic written record OF
tbs boring.
DowE 2777J fcet-over half a mile
The auger was sent by the slow and
laborious process Of the time, and
nearly year was spent in the work.
The boring was commenced on Novem-
Der 4. 1857, and stopped October l.,
1858 No artesian water vas'found.
1he boring was made in the eastern
part of The grounds. Its site was
pointed out to the writer some rears
AGO, and it IS now probably covered by
the cement walk extending out to
Third street from the Judiciary huild-
ing. Water was struck and plenty of
it-fresh. salt. sulphur. magnetism,
c.c.. but none Of it came to the top.
Professor Theodore G. Wormlcy, tie
professor of chemistry Il Startling
Medical College, embraced the Oppor-
tunity to secur, the. te nperature Of
this deep boring. With thcrmome-
ter placed in Il speciality prepared iron
case. and left at the bottom of the
boring twerty-four hours, he found the
temperature at the bottom 10 be SS
degrees Fahrenheit. Making de-
ductions for the distance below the
surface at which the heat of the sun
ceases to be felt. he computed that the
temperature increa sed one degree for
every seventy-one feet Of descent. AT
that time European scientists who
were carefully studying this branch OF
physical geography had estimated that
the temperature increased in such con
Gitioas on, degree for every sixty-six
feet.
There is no record of the cost OF
the boring. but il must have been con
siderable. as the facilities and apparl'
tus We're primitive compared: with
those III use now. Though falling OF
it's principal purpose, the State seems
to have turned it to account through
its geologists. % that it was lot wholly
money tasted Colt rbuS Evening
n,snotrh
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-05

.Ix9~ BIOGRAPHY means mere
4 X i than it did in the school
G. ~ q days OF any one past
4 ~ j thirty. 1t is accepted now
%0~ thai: it deals with "all the
relations between tie earth
and its Inhabitants Which is wide
scope indeed. Aside from autobiogra-
rhies and newspapers. there is not q
more interesting species of first-hand
reading than the journals or records
OF seographerS and their subordinate
cia SSeS Of explorers and travellers.
what 4 ro!-cail Of fascinating person
ageS that pro".des. from Polo to Peary
and 10 Miss Peek. From Columbus,
De CANA. Drake. Franklin, Living
stone. Stanley and the rest to NanseiI.
AbraZzi and Scott, and the Prince of
Monaco.
Photography is not only prehistoric.
it is rrehuLlan." AS primitive man
had TO become familiar with his en-
vironn:ent. ard learn. for his sub
sistence and existence. where to find
food and water. where to find shelter
in cave or thicket. what roots and
fruits were nutritious or harmful, What
animals were available for eating. and
what animals he had to guard against
if lie would live-so the birds and
beasts had to do likewise. and learn,
i'll their way. what we call geography
nowadays. 70 understand what this
science is nowadays. glance over the
latest periodicals of societies devoted
TO it. Nothing that deals with the
depths of the sea, the heights of the
mountains, the run of tides. the dam
ger of the plains. climate, excavations
of ancient cities. the races of mankind,
vegetable life and organic life, migra-
tion-nothing that deals with these is
outside geography, which once seemed
the easiest study Of young days.
AS the late photographer of the Brit
ish Navy said, in an address just
printed after his death, Ito read the
daily newspapers requires either a
ScOSldpulCal hLuN lcuSc VI CO1lSlahl l
reference to maps" and the mistakes
made by those responsible for the con-
duct of public affairs "by want of the
most elementary knowledge are in
Vulnerable" 1t is not all in under
standing a map, though that in itself
is not common facility. Let us re-
member that it does not end with the
charted outlines Of the world, or the
relief of lands, or even of sea depths.
It's field has been stated to be ''the face
Of the earth." yet that, too, is far with
in what this most human science is
parent Of. It has to do with tests Of
atmosphere, and the profile of the
oceans bed and what lives there.
How irregular coast lines make a
difference in people on the land; how
man. superior to plants. has overcome
mountains: low different lie becomes
in these attitudes from what he is il
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-05
STRIKE NOT CALLED
No General Order Issued by
Board of Mine Workers.
MANY ARE SIGNING SCALE
Officers Of Coal Diggers Are Author
ized to Sign Wherever Operators
Are Willing to Fay Old
Figures.

No general strike order was issued
by the national executive board OF
the United Milne WCrners as result
uI the al4-lay Mset.us OF Lnat Dody
ID IndiauapCuS satufu-y. -:
The meeting Was nelu tor the pur-
pose or cOmk4eI.i4e; .--fanSeineuls 10
carry out the pOlley CUlnM4lled u the
BOARD during lne uaI-oaaI convehllon
vi lue mluers Wn.ch ciCSed FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. IniS Wln &c made enec-
tive py authorizing the district and
suDd4strict OMc..s 10 Sign contracts
wherever the operators sIsmly lueir
when provlces luf an increase or o.5a
per cent IN wages.
1t was reported unoficially at the
national heauQdaIters Or the minerS
saturday that Cpeiators representing
the total tonnage CT iowa nave Slgni-
Led tne.r w.il.Gsues TO sign the 1903
scale.
Ine signing Of contracts by the OPP
orators in western kentucky Is ac-
cepuel by the Miners omclals as an
indication OF wnat may be expected
elsewhere. Application was received
at the national headquarters OF the
United Mine Workers Saturday for
tine signing of all the miners in that's
territory and the authority was trans.
mitted at once by telegraph. The.
5000 miners in this region will con-
tinue at work.
Bennett Brown, representing sew
eral large mines in southern Illinois,
made personal application to Presl-s
dent Mitchell SATURDAY to be allowed
to sign the new contract. He was
told that the papers would be in read
mess for him on his arrival at sprng-
field, and that the district officers
there have power, to act in the mat
ter and order the men back to work
1t was said also at national head
quarters that all the mines in Indiana.
south of the Baltimore and Ohio
| Southwestern railroad have made ap-
plication to be allowed to sign the
new scale. The owners Of these.
mines are not members Of the operat-
ors' association in the central COM
petitive field. 81
President John Mitchell refused to-
discuss the outlook, and would not
make any statement regarding his
declaration in convention that so per,
cent of the central states mines viii
be signed up within ten days.
He was closeted with the national
executive board all day, while his sec.
retaries prepared for his trip to New
York 20 attend the meeting OF the
subcommittee of anthracite miners
| and operators.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-05
The Two Worlds.

Golden memories are undying. Pure
love is immortal. The bud Of friend
ship that begins to bloom on earth,
bears precious fruit in heaven. Holy
remembrances call the assembled
hither. Death. the silent key that un-
locks l;fe's portal to let earth-cot1lned
spirits up one step higher, sewers 10
sweet attraction. Sympathies between
the two worlds are as natural as be-
tween the two continents. The trans
lated mother looks down lovingly upon
her weeping child. Happy each glory
batiled soul who cherishes the whisper
accents breathel from those angel
dwcllers upon the shadowless shores
Of immortality.
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covered by looking at the printed tag
on that paper. is"
She hastily turned the paper the
other side up.
Too late. You are Miss Gloriana
Goovius I am delighted to meet you
in this informal. unprecedented way.
and become 50 close IN acquaintance
in so short time. Asking your par
don for dropping into slang, viii add
that / am decidedly stuck OH
Il don't believe you are trying to-
to separate u.s."
"Palsied be the hand that would do
such thing! Still" he continued. tug
ging with great apparent earnestness
at the refractory fastening. 81 am do
ing the best I can. Suppose you see if
you can't help me-"
4 moment later their hands touched
beneath the protecting flaps.
With furious blush she drew hers
away-with considerable effort. for Or
lando had a muscular Grasp-and she
was about to become distant again.
when she remembered the necessity
for caution.
Miss Glor;ara-Goovius." he gasped.
as she hastily moved closer, and her
fluffy hair blew across his face. Il
think I can-get this thing loose
pretty soon-if you will just sit AS you
are, bid he perfectly calm! ,
I'm afraid you will have to help me
again.
II won't."'
"Well. my hands are $3.50 numb
from this cold breeze that shall have
to give it up. l suggest that we 60 into
the cabin, seat ourselves in some Sc
cluded corner, and"
Yes! Yes! Let us go at once!!'
"But we shall have to move with
caution. and you will have to walk ex-
ceedingly close to me, in order not
TO-
Il see"
Is there anybody so densely ig7orant
as not to understand that it was ahso-
lutely necessary for Orlando to put his
arra protectingly around her lovely
form as they proceeded cautiously to-
ward the cabin? Think how the boat
was pitching.
An hour passed away.
They We're still occupying a double
seat in a corner of the cabin. BY a
Joint effort, which took considera Die
time. they had succeeded in extracting
the stickpin. but they seemed to nave
forgotten it, and were sitting close to-
gether-
Hand in hand.
A jar shook the boat.
"Here we are. sweetheart" Wills
pered the young man. lat old ST. Joe"
But, Orlando. how dreadfully uncon-
ventional it would be for us to SO and
be married now on such short ac-
uuaintance! The idea is absurd"'
"Not at ALL Gloriana," he said. trl-
umphantly. cts eminently proper.
That's the way all these stories end"
&C. w. r., in Chicago Tribune.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-05
Chinese HarvestS.

While hundreds of men are harvest
ing the big crops Of Oklahoma OF the
Dakotas, a different sort of harvesting
is going on in Southern China, "here
Wong Poy gathers in his wheat. JACK
Smith. of Oklahoma, is a great land
holder. with is 10000 or $4,000 acres.
Wong Pow. too. says writer in Every
body's Magazine, is great land mag
nate. He owns and farms four acres.
His envious neighbors hold compe-
tences of one acre or bare pittances OF
an eighth of an acre; but Wong Poy
is lucky. His father before him was
frugal man. as was his fathers
father. and he himself is an only son.
He has even been able to afford a wl1e.
Two Glands" work for him in these
harvest days, at the panic wages OF
twenty cents day. The men squat,
Oriental fashion. at their work. chop
ping down the stalks with swift stabs
of their little sickles. Mrs. Wong Poy
and her eldest. a daughter, follow be-
hind. and tie up the sheaves with wisps
of straw. The two cherished men chill
dren. sole hope of heaven for wong
Poy, play through the stubble ana
steal grains of wheat to chew. 1t IS
q matter for corporal punishment II
they are caught at this, for in China
| every grain is numbered.
When the wheat is all in, and has
been beaten ont on the thrashing-hoors
and stored in the well-guarded granary
under Wong Poy's house, the family
makes rejoicing. There is little mess
of fish for the pot. A punk stick and
q cup of rice are offered up to the
gods of grain. and before them Wong
Pow. his hands tucked in his sleeves,
bows to the ground while he recites
prayers.
In their harvesting China and the
Dakotas have this. at least, III COM
mon, that when the crop is i'll every
one makes holiday. While the Chinese
is making sacrifices to his gods, the
American farmland amuses himsel1
with more materialistic pleasures. Ihe
holiday of harvest-home is observ ed
alike by the peasant of Tyrol and the
farmer Of Kansas. The red Indian
when his corn was husked and shelled
and packed into baskets, danced under
the harvest-moon in gratitude to Man
> itou. the Giver. Under that same moor
Chinese peasants sacrificed long before
the Aryans came out of their mountair
Businesses.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-05
llIc CONG,

70 Try is better than the thing ?oa '.y !,r
10 nope is higher than the h@!sht at
tanned,
To .o.c is greater ina: ;hc love YOU sigh
for,
To seek is nob.er ;:ian ;ae oo;ect gained
To "wre>:.e with the angel this avails
Although t:::e ::.cstTe ~ the Wrestling
fails.
To learn is more cssent;d: than tie know
ing,
To know is deeper than the wisdom
fonnd;
To live is grant:sr than al lies bes;owing
10 advance. more is3ite:,! than the van
tage ground,
To give is far more Blessed than receiving,
TO tell the truth needs nc. to force .c:.ieY.
ing.
To speak IS voice eternal in vibration.
To haze trail is safer than hewn road;
To think is power CT infinite creation.
To trust is finer tnsn to see your God:
To think-to act--tae>c bridge the world :
abysses;
To die! No soul has tol! sc@! what
this is.
The METROPOLITAN.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-05
CONFERENCE AT AN END.
Hobnobbine Of Representatives OF the
Powers Over Moroccan Question
Results Satisfactorily.

Advices from Algeciras, Spain,
state that after a plenaly session
lasting until o'clock Saturday even
ing, the conference on Moroccan re-
forms registered a complete accord
ard appointed committee to embody
this accord in a formal protocol. The
cCnsummaticn of the work of the COLI.
ference was announced in the follow
ing official communications:
The conference has terminated Its
labcrs and accord is established on
all points. 1t has adopted a definite
text of the remaining articles, coll
cerning the state bank and customs.
The final article, regulating the dis
tributicn of police at ports, was adopt
ed from the Russian draft. BY it
France will police four ports, Mog-
ador, Saffi, Magazan and Rabat, and
Spain two, Tetuan and Larche. France
and Spain together will police Tan
gier and Casa Blanca, subject to an
inspector of police. The Dutch del
egate announced that his government
declined to appoint an officer. The
conference has appointed special
committee to revise the texts of the
agreement. This committee will meet
at once to consider the final formali-
tiles of the protocol"
Mr.. White, the American delegate,
is of the opinion that the result is a
satisfactory one, not only because
the immediate future of Morocco is
secured, but because the manner Of
| the settlement is satisfactory both
to France and Germany, and removes
the causes for friction and restores
international relations to normal. The
principles for which Germany con-
tended, the integrity of Morocco and
equal commercial and economic
rights, Mr.. White thought were rec
ognized, while the special position
claimed by France also was acknowl'
edged.
Others of the leading delegates con
firm Mr.. Whites opinion and empha
sizes the good effect the results
should have on the European sttua
ton. They say that the agreement
was in. no small measure due to the
efficacy Of the mediation on the part
of the United States through It's CHIEF
representative.
With reference to the effect OF the
conference on Morocco the delegates
were reserved in their opinion. TheS
admitted, however, that the operation
Of real reforms will be impossible
without the good will and sanction o.
the sultan and his advisers. and TO:
that reason the last act Of the confer
ence will be to authorize that the re
form program as adopted be submit
ted to the sultan by the italian min
lister to Morocco, who is dean OF the
Diplomatic corps at Tangier, with the
intimation that it is the unanimous
wish of the powers that it be put into
operation Immediately.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-04-05
Great Singer Careless of Wealth.

Caruso. the great tenor. says stage
kisses are like kissing cold cream.
cold starch or vanilla beans. He earns
great deal of money. Recently. he
saus three songs and got for his work
$4,000 in bills. He made caricatures
of the portraits of them and left the
originals on the table TO so out and
drive, forgetting entirely that the orig
inals were money. His secretar! says
that it was not forsetfu.ness but habit
ual negligence-sc"rf pins. rings,
watcl-Le leaves anything anywhere
to be picked up by the servau.s.