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The Jasper news., 1906-07-26
Dewey

Mrs. Estey went 10 Carthage Tues
day to sec her brother who has been
sick for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs, M athews attended the
funeral OF Mrs. Forbes in Carthage
Monday. Mrs. Forbes owned a farm in
Dewey whers Mr.. Hedley lives. Mrs.
Forbes death breaks chain Of 5 gerera-
tion5, Her mother snd daughter and
grand son and great-grandson were at
her funeral.
John and Or,ile Golf and Harry
Pringle witnessed the sad scene Of re-.
scuing Miss Miles from Dry Fork.
The hsyrack party that drove to
Carthage Sat. night piloted by Oryilie
Golf and Nj astin Stifn came very nea
haveiug an accident ON the home tril
coming down the hill toward the Frisco
depot the tongue of the wagon came OF
taking the horses with it and leaving
the merry crowd of IA on the tempora,
automobile with out any bfaker,
or guides and it fortunatel,
run into a telephone pole before it re
ached the speed limit no one was hurts
Orville Goff jumped of and htli on t,
the horses SO they did Lot frighten ol
run. The young people can be thank
ful no one wAsShurE The boys were il
reach of blacksmith and a tap to {
bolt made it possible for them 10 ge
home.
Mr. Balm and family are taking al
outing to the springs.
Mrs. Sunderland is on the sick list
Miss Ethel Brock is away on q visit
The Jasper news., 1906-07-26

w II Grnves, Medoc, Sanford EltiDg,i
Carthage, say they have used DR. Rea's
Healing Powder and Gall Cure, and
prefer them to any other remedies for
tho cure Of barb wire cuts, harness
gals or proud hesh, etc. Sold BY
H. f. Pitts.
The Jasper news., 1906-07-26

Try our Brick Ice Cream for
Suppers, Socials, etc. 1t goes
farther than any other kind.
j. w. Boucher & Son.
The Jasper news., 1906-07-26

FOR SALE-I have 2 good milk COWS
for sale One of them with young calf
Call and see me. Resp.
j. d. Harbur
The Jasper news., 1906-07-26
Letter List.

Letter List.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
tho Post Office at Jasper Mo. for the
week ending July 26 1906.
CARDS.
McCacken Bros.
GB WADE p M -.
The Jasper news., 1906-07-26
CARDS

G B WADE p M -
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
RENAISSANCE OF THE BICYCLE

1t may be only clever press agent
scheme of the manufacturers or 1t may
be true, but here .and there may be
noted stateemnts that within the year
there has been a remarkable increase
in the number of bicycles manufac-
tured Is the bicycle coming back?
The decline of cycling is one of the
mysteries of the decade. For time
1t seemed as though everybody rode
or would sooner or later propel
wheel Then all at once. or so 1t
seemed, the bicycles disappeared, until
the sight of wheelman caused PEI
destrians to turn their heads with the
same curiosity that welcomed the early
automobiles Yet it was a wholesome
and health-giving exercise in modera-
ton. That it may be about to regain
portion of its popularity. at least
with those who rode for enjoyment
rather than excitement. would be less
strange than that pastime so ration
al and once so universal should be-
come sort of lost art.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
SCRAPS

Almost $4,000 women work about the
mines in the German empire.
The imports of tea to this country
last year amounted to 100000 900
pounds.
Algiers marketed $500 tons of cork
wood last year from the state forests.
The Spanish Government has the
good intention of opening 5000 addi-
tional schools for the small Spaniards.
The latest innovations in English
church work are apple dumpling sup
pers,' which have proved great sue
cess.
Bostons superintendent of Public
Schools reports an enrolment of 95,776
pupils this year--210S more than last.
Some American Consuls abroad COM
plain that they have to pay as much as
Sc or 81 month in fines on letters etc,
sent to them with insufficient postage.
A portrait of King Charles dwarf by
Dobson, which, at a sale In 1923, failed
to realize more than $3.50, was sold by
auction in London recently for s126o.
Cyclists in Roumania, to facilitate
identification. are compelled by law to
have their names on the lamps of their
wheels, so as to be legible at night.
Cooking stoves are little used in
Scotland, where the cooking is done
over an open CRATE fire. Scottish houses
wives are not easily induced to use
ranges.
General Sir Ian Hamilton, who may
succeed Lord Kitchener as commander
in-chief in India, has been wounded in
almost every action in which he has
been.
Two locomotives on the North Lon
don Railway have been. fitted with res
ervoirs containing oak liquor Coax chips
and caustic soda), through which the
boiler feed water is passed for purify
ing and softening purposes.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
CAPTAIN S[ABURY IS
CALLED BY DEATH
Surgeons Find That Fall
Sustained a Few Days, Ago
Broke the Mariners Neck
rs WIDELY MOURNED

Captain W. B. Seabury. commodore
of the Pacific Mail service and one
of the best known masters in the
American merchant marine, died yes
terday morning at the home of Seward
McNear In Ross Valley as the result
a week ago. The news of his death
came as a great shock to his friends,
as reports from the sickroom had
held promise of speedy recovery 1t
was not until shortly before his death
that the surgeons learned the futility
of hope in the discovery that the
paralysis which followed the fall was
caused by broken neck.
Capain Seabury was to have taken
the big liner Mongolia to sea, but two
days before her departure he suf-
yesterday. He was visiting at the
home of Seward McNear.
Captain Seabury was very fond of
children, and one evening after dinner
he took the McNear youngsters into
the garden to show them the north
star He was warned to be careful
of the low stone wall that lined the
driveway, on the other side of which
is a sheer drop of about six feet.
Foliage obstructed the view OF the
north star from where he stood. In
his search for the star he forgot the
warning and the wall. A sudden
step to one side, and before hand
could be reached out to save him he
had fallen head first over the OBJ
struction.
1t was found that he was complete
ly paraiyzed. This condition contin-
ued until Sunday, when the sense of
touch returned and the surgeons ex-
pressed hope for his recovery. Then
they discovered that the fall had
broken their patients neck, and yester-
day Captain Seabury died.
He was about SIS years old and served
the Pacific Mail Company as master for
nearly thirty-five years. No mariner
stood higher in his profession. and as
a man he enjoyed the love and re-
spect of all who knew him. He leaves
a wife.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
PIONEER PILOT IS
PROBABLY DEAD

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 26.-Private
advices received in Portland from Cap
tain William P. Gregory of the United
States ship Heather, from Juneau,
Alaska, announce the probable death
by drowning of Captain James e. Len
nan, the pioneer Alaska pilot Captain
Lehman was engaged in plotting the
Heather. in Alaskan waters when that
vessel arrived at Juneau. The pilo.
left the ship during the evening of De-
cember Is, and was afterward seen
going toward the Heather about 10
o'clock that night. Captain Gregory
says the whole city has been searched
and that he is certain that the veteran
pilot is drowned.
Capatin Jim Lehman was known
probably in every prominent seaport in
the world For a quarter of a century
he had piloted vessels from Puget
Sound north. For many years he was
in the service of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company. OF late years he
had been the Government pilot in kias-
kan waters.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Spark From a Donkey Boiler Sets Fire
to Copra on Howard-Street Wharf

Fire threatened the destruction of
Howard-street wharf No 2 early yes
terday morning That the blaze gained
little headway and the damage was
nominal was due largely to the prompt
action taken by the crew of the steam
ship Mariposa, which was berthed at
the wharf The FIRE was started by
sparks from a donkey engine, which
fell in a pile Of copra discharged from
the Mariposa. The copra is very in
hammable, and there was q lively
blaze in a very short space of time.
The watch on the Mariposa saw the
IRE, and all hands were soon fighting
the flames. which We're under control
when the city Fire Department reached
the scene.
SonOma Sails Tomorrow
Owing TO the delays on the railroad
between New York and here. the Brit
ish-Australian mail will not arrive on
schedule time. and the sailing OF the
Oceanic Steamship Company's liner
SOnoma has been postponed until to-
morrow at o'clock The Sonoma
win carry a full cargo and a large
number OF passengers. Among the lat
ter viii be Charles Markell we'll
known merchant Of Sydney. P. Duffy.
a commission merchant Of this city
and Sydney, viii also be a passenger.
Mrs L F. Cockroft. wife OF the steam
ship conpany's general passenger
agent. and her daughter. will sail on
the Sonoma for Sydney. They will re-
turn with Cockroft, who is now IN
the Antipodes-
Strikes Point Gorda Reef
The steamer Del Norte is the latest
victim OF the rock-to-rock navigation
system. She was towed into Eureka
yesterday by the steamer Sves, hav-
ing been disabled by striking Point
Gorda reef In addition to being badly
damaged. the Del Norte lost overheard
about ZOO feet of lumber from her
deckload-
New Steamer Coming
The new steamer Daisy Freeman
sailed yesterday from Eureka for this
port IN tow OF the tug Ranger She
is bringing a cargo of lumber, and
when it has been discharged her en-
gfnes viii be installed and she viii
go into the coast trade
Water Front Notes
The army transport Sherman is ex-
pected in port early this morning.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
liner Alameda sailed yesterday from
Honolulu and is due here on New
ears day.
The British steamer Vermont arrived
Yesterday from Mororan and the
French steamer AmiTaI Hamelin from
Yokohama
The liner Siberia arrived yesterday
at Yokohama from this port
The steamer Nevadan. from this port,
reached Honolulu on Christmas day.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
GuNFrRE THAT COSTS MONEY

General Crozier reports that the 12-
inch guns are exhausted after firing
sixty rounds at their highest power. the
rifling wearing out, thus converting
them into smooth bores. In the latter
capacity, however, they are power1ess,
and moreover would be dangerous to
the men serving them. His reconimen-
dation is for a larger gun with lower
velocity. An hour or two OF rapid fir
ing would use up all our big guns For
tunately the guns of an assailing fleet,
though capable of more shots than
those of fortresses, are not of much
longer life. The guns, moreover, are
served by artillerists. every one of
whom costs the nation at least $1,000
a year to pay and maintain War un-
der modern conditions is terribly ex-
pensive in money alone. The nations
practically fire gold. and perhaps it is
well for the worlds peace that they do.
&Boston Transcript
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FoR

An English naval officer tells this
story of servant named Andrews
I'VE were practicing with a pistol In
my brothers quarters and Andrews
was in the small dressing-room adjoin-
ing when bail went through the door
and clipped off part of an ear Most
men would have made some remark
He did not and we knew nothing about
it until by chance looking into the
room, we saw him cropping about under
the table for something he had lost.
What are you looking for. Andrews?' p
said my brother He drew up, stood
at attention and replied in an apolo-
getic tone. as If deprecatfng his mas
ter's wrath: was only alooking for
bit Of my ear as come on when you
fired that through the door,, SIR -
London Mirror.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVED
Wednesday, December 26
Stmr Buckman, Wood, Is hours from Seattle
Br stmr Vermont. Hayney, 20 days from Mo-
Koran.
stmr ]. B. stetson, Bonifeld. SO hours from
stmr James s. Higgins. Higgins. 81 hours
Fl sfmr Amirai Hamelin. De Bonnaire. 81
days from Shanghai. via Yokohama 32 days. via
schr Jessie Minor Jorgensen, 10 days from
Eureka.
Wednesday, December 2s.
Stmr State of California, Thomas. San Diego
stmr Corona, Gielow, Eureka; Pac Coast s.
S. GO.
wednesday. December 2e.
stmr Francis =; Leggett, Reiners, Eureka.
Stmr Unfmak. Hansen. Eureka.
Stmr whitesboro, Mikkclsen Noyo.
Stmr Vanguard. 0dland Eureka.
Stmr Samoa, Madsen, Caspar
Stmr f. A. Kilburn, Mcclellan, Portland, via
Eureka and Coos Bay.
stmr santa Cruz Hall. Monterey.
sfrnr Corona Gielow. Eureka
stmr grlnswiek. ElIefssa; Fort orb Bragg, f..
Stmr Norwood, Martin. San Pedro.
stmr james 3 rFI FnlEgPRsii alESns' Fort Bragg
POINT LOBOS. Dec 26, 10 y. m.--Weather
cloudy. wind south velocity 20 miles per hour
DOMESTIC PORTS
HOQUIAM-Sailed Dec 25-Schr Premier. for
''lI Arrived Dec 25-schr G. W Watson, hence
Dec 12, Stmr Centraltd. hence Dec z
Arrived Dec 25-Stmr Santa Barbara, hence
Dec %: stnr Homer. hence Dec %.
Sailed Dec 26-Schr Vine. for San Francisco.
ASTORIA-Arrived Dec 2e-Stmr South Bay.
hence Dec %.
Sailed Dec 2e-ship sintram. for San Pedro
Sailed Dec 26--Fr bark Jacobsen, for q. K;
Fr ship Ia Perouse. for Y. X: Br stmr Frank
lyn for Port Townsend and Europe.
Sailed Dec 26-Schr Andy Mahoney, for San
Francisco.
a Dee sim rMs 5sShag s Pfssss Pssso for .so sSo
La Perouse has rot sailec.
sailed Dec 2e---Bark Agate, in tow of tug
Samson for San Francisco
SANTA BARBARA-Arrived Dec 26-Stmr
Bonita, hence Dec %, and sailed for San Pedro.
Arrived Dec 26-Stmr Santa Rosa from San
Diego and sailed for San Francisco.
PORT HARFORD-Arriyed Dec 26-Barge
Santa Paula. from San Pedro, in tow Of stmr
Whittier: stmr Santa Maria. hence Dec 25
POINT REYES-Passed Dec 26. 4:45 D. n
stmr Iaoua. from Eureka for San Francisco.
TATO0SH-Passed out Dec 26-Bark General
Fsirchild from Bellingham. for San Pedro: bark
Ferris s. Thompson, from r'oTt Angeles for San
Francisco
Passed in Dec 2s--Br bark Brkdale, from
OLYMPIA for Callao: bktn J. VI. Griffith. from
Port Hsdlock. for San Pedro; ship W n. Smith.
from Townsend. for Sydney.
ABERDEEs-Arrived Dec 2s-stmr Jim But
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27

Sound TO Manila. Both were chartered prior
to arrival.
Cargo for England
The British ship Grenada was cleared on
Monday for Liverpool. England, with 2S,2l5 ctls
wheat, 7e.07S cs canned fruit. 74e1 cs canned
salmon, 65 canned vegetables, 1888 cs honey,
26. .06o lbs beans. 50 bbs sausage castings. 81
gals wine, 49, .S73 lbs tsllow and 20 pigs per
sonal effects and household goods. valued at
s321.o The vessel also had 1900 feet Of
lumber as dunnage. valued al $40
Exports by the Umatilla
The steamer Umatflla sailed Sunday for
Victoria with an assorted cargo consigned TO
various British American cities. valued at $2S,
597, and including the following:
14S 597 lbs raisins 222 9T5 lbs dried fruit,
157 pkgs fresh fruits. so pkgs vegetables 21.-
TO lbs beans. 1856 lbs chocolate, canned
goods. 227 lbs and bxs cheese. 200 lbs spices,
kits olives. 3 bbs and kegs pickles, 81, 900
lbs salt. 6 pkgs salt fish, cs mineral water.
80 gals wine 35 cs honey. bales twine, so
rolls building paper. cs machinery, $50 tins
matches 10 cs fuse. 10000 lbs wood pulp. s
bbls and oils. SI5 lbs leaf tobacco, bale
sheepskins.
The steamer also had $50 bbls and 465 half
bbls picked salmon and 5S0S lbs hops, valued
az S5o64. en- rotue to Australia
Movements of Steamers
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
ALDERMENPROPOsE
ODD ORDINANCE
City Fathers of Fond du Lac
Consider Novel Scheme
to Cure Evils of Drink
SALOONS HARD HIT

II your soul yearns for fame. IL you
banker to have your face and history
become as household words. to be
man OF mark and renown, one of
progressive towns little band OF I'm
mortals. come to Fond du Lac-and get
drunk. Just get drunk once and the
city authorities will do the rest.
There was a time when a man might
lean over every piece of machinery in
town that crossed his path and tack
along rejoicing Now after his third or
fourth inspection Of glassware and
while he Is pursuing his research per-
son who speaks softly and carries
club will aecost and convey him to the
nearest photographer. Instantly fame
comes to the jag hunter. for the next
day his picture will be on the wall OF
every saloon in town and a full his
tory of his life and habits described
In the saloons record of famous men.
That is the manner in which the City
Council of Fond du Lac. after prayerful
consideration. has decided to deal with
Tile men. native and stranger. who
can't take drink and let alone. The
decision was arrived at by the adoption
OF resolution by Alderman William
Bruett, who discovered that saloon
keepers in one part of town could not
those in another.
been forced to keep a record of names
and descriptions of regulars" but they
complained that they could not pene-
trate the DISCUSSES assumed by some OF
the most hardened sinners The City
Council felt that 1t was too much to ex-
pect every bartender to be gifted with
second sight. Hence the photographer
scheme. For the regular" TO get
drink now he'll have to change his face.
Even this may not be enough, and the
Council Is considering putting the en-
tire Bertillion system into effect One
Alderman, who reads things has heard
about the efficacy of thumb marks, and
that scheme may be tried IL the pho
tographers fail.
The Council decision has put the sa-
loon-keepers up against a hard propo-
sition. Some of them have art ten
denotes. and they do not think the
pictures forced upon them by the city
will harmonize with the mural dec
orative scheme OF their establishments.
Then there is the problem of room.
Some of the saloons might have to bs
enlarged or have a picture gallery an
mex Only the photographers take to
the scheme with undiluted satisfaction,
According to those supposed to know.
there are about twenty eligfbles whose
faces may be snapped at once and the
gallery started 1t Is reported they will
all be marched down to photogra-
piers at one time. 1t Is not known
whether they will be photographed In
groups or posed. or whether they will
be taken singly in dignffied position
Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27

Afghanistan's Amir was married.
while he was still a little more than
boy, to seven wives. each the daughter
OF a powerful chief. He now has four
wives. the eldest Of whom Is a shrew
whose ferce outbreaks his Hishness Is
said to bear with almost Christian
fortitude.
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$4,000 tons In 1890 to 6,345.000 In 1905.
India. in fact, has been a large gamer
by the canal, as also have China and
Japan 1t will be noted that the latter
regions since 1900 have shown little
average gain Australia. too. has no
phenomenal increase to record In view
of this. while the influence of the Sue1
canal on the Indian Ocean may be con-
sidered to be supreme and while its
aid in the development Of Eastern
Africa is already recognized BY the
steamship companies increasing their
African service, 1t is far from being
demonstrated that Suez will be the
dominating form in the commercial
control of the Pacific that Is to be
fought out In the future. The announce
ment that the British mail for Hong
kong has shortened the time a week
by abandoning the Suez route for the
Canadian overland is already causing
speculation, though the cargoes can
not be expedited in the same manner
as the mails Whether the Tehuante-
pee route. which the Mexican Govern
ment has opened, will succeed in draw
ing traffic from the Orient cannot bs
determined until more time has been
given TO the experiment The pros
pective influence of the Panama canal
has been discussed so often as not to
need repetition; but while the growth
be considered as certain, as in the past.
the Far East proportion may have
definite limits.
RAILWAY As COMPETITOR
parallel or rival canal is not prac-
ticabIe. and the only competition that
may be looked for in the future will
come when the enterprise known as
the Bagdad Railway. which is TO form
q through line from Constantinopie to
the Persian Gulf, is carried out. This
project has been undertaken by Ger
man capitalists under concessions from
the Turkish Government. but il is In
volved in the political Jealousies and
intrigues OF the European powers, and
the necessary capital is not easily
raised The connection of Constanti-
nople with the Persian Gulf is proba-
bly, fifteen years distant. but when the
political jealousies are harmonized and
the railway line completed this route
may be considered as competitor with
the Suez canal for the commerce OF
India
The interest OF the United States IN
the canal transit has no relation to it's
own flag. since with the exception OF
warships vessels flying the American
colors do not average one year. But
a considerable quantity OF the products
of the United States is shipped in for
eign bottoms direct in addition to tho
transshipments from European ports.
In 1905 the number of transits from
New York was IS. Philadelphia IL and
other ports 2. the aggregate net ton
mage being 2ss.3S4. The larger num-
bers of the vessels were petroleum
ships. The transits through the canal
to American ports were Baltimore 10.
Boston 20. Delaware Bay 8. New York
rs Philadelphia 10 and other ports 5.
making a total of 129 with an asgre-
gate tonnage of 449.504.
The shares OF the different coun-
tries in the Suez traffic for 1905 was as
follows:
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
Q. s. Branch Hydrographfc once

A branch of the United States Photographic
once located at the Merchants Exchange, is
ma intsin in San Francisco for the benefit of
mariners, without regard to nationality and free
Of expense Navigators are cordially invited to
visit the office, where complete sets of charts
and sailing directions Of the world are kept at
hand, for comparison and reference, and the
latest information can always be obtained re-
earding lights. dangers to navigation and all
matters of interest TO ocean commerce. The
time ball service has been suspended. pending
the reconstruction OF the tower of the Ferry
building. J. c. BURNETT
Lieutenant e. S. N, In Charge.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
Memoranda

EUREKA Dec 26-Stmr Del Norte, from
Crescent City, for San Francisco. was towed in
here this morning ia disabled condition. Lost
about %, 600 feet of lumber.
EUREKA Dec 26-Stmr Del Norte, previously
reported towed In here in distress, was dam
aged by striking Point Gorda Reef. Del Norte
was towed in by stmr Svea, bound from Grays
Harbor. for San Francisco.
MIDWAY Dec 26-Cable states bark Charles
Budrow of San Francisco, bound from Newcas-
tie. Australia. for San Francisco (which should
of San Francisco, and bound from Newcastle
Australia. for Honolulu. and not San Francisco.
nssesgo ranten and Ave men renorted beaebsd
at 6 o'clock Mates boat, with eight men. not
vet sighted Captain says he ran for here in
sinking condition. Am giving temporary food
end shelter
Per stmr Buckman-Dec 26, $50 p. M. passed
a ful-rigged ship steering south, close In shore
about 10 miles north of Point Reyes, painted
lead color.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27

The most significant feature Of the
Suez canal traf1c at the present time
is the evidence it affords Of the growth
OF the German merchant marine and
the expansion OF German commerce.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
NEws OF THE ocEAN.
Tonnaee IEneaeemenfs

rIe PrifIeb steamer Cymerlc on Puget
Sonnf IS under time charter for -four thence
.o China lamar and Siberia. and the bark
Iouisiana Is chartered for lumber from Puget
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
The storm Is moving slowly eastward and has
caused showers throughout California and South
ern Oregon. A thunderstorm is reported at San
Diego, with heavy rain. Light snow has fallen
in the mountains and conditions favorable
for fiurries Thursday.
The winds have modera ted. but still blow from
the south along the coast Of California.
FORECAST
For San Francisco and vicinity-C1oudy Thurs
day, with occasional showers; moderate south
wind.
For the Sacramento valley-Showers Thurs
day; light south wind.
For the San Joaquin valley-Showers Thurs
day; light south wind.
For Los Angeles and vfcinity-Showers Thurs
day; light south wind.
A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
The weather Report

United States Department of Agriculture re-San
Francisco December 20. 1906.
RAINFALL DATA
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CLEARED

WednsSulV, DeCembeT
Stmr State Of California. Thomas, San Diego;
Pac Coast S. S. Co.
stmr Corona, Gielow, Eureka; Pac. Coast s.
s. Co.