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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

of Syrians, hoping that his countrymen
would help him to be transported to his
home. There is something wrong about
his wanting to reach North Brothers
Island. No lepers are there.
"In New York leprosy is no factor
Leprosy is one of those disorders medi-
cal science knows very little about
Dealing with facts, as we do, and not
with theories, we have learned that
though leprosy occurs in parts of the
United States, there are no reported in
stances of one case having caused 9TH
ers. There is popular fear Of it. But
the fact as they have been observed do
not warrant the fear.
Tuberculosis is more communicative.
Yet we have no sentiment behind a
moyemevent to segregate consumptiyes."
"a man who had been nurse in the
hospital in the Department of Mindanao,
Philippines, offered yesterday his ser.
vices as attendant upon Rossett. This
nurse is w. Fl. Tanthram of 247 West
Eighteenth street. II have worked in
hospitals where there were hundreds of
lepers," he said, "and it is my belief
that the chances of contagion by an
American are very remote"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
Cures Sciatica

Rev. w. /. Riley, L. L. D., Cuba New
York, writes: "After fifteen days of
excruciating pain from sciatic rheuma-
tism, under various treatments, I was
induced to try Ballaid's Snow Liniment;
the first application giving my first re-
lief and the second entire relief.
can give it unqualified recommendation.
25c, SOC, $l.00. Sold by HarHs drug
store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

They do say that Captain Jim Keat-
ing, of the handsome motor launch
Pilot, takes on a grim smile these days
when he has crowd of 0. R. & n. pas
sengers aboard bound for the north
shore beaches. and approaches the
snappy waters of the narth channel and
the lower bay. There were about S5
people on board the Pilot yesterday, and
they all got foretaste of the breakers
long before they intended to; but all
enjoyed it, as the sun was bright, the
air warm, and the water Just cool
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
ARE YOU A BON vIVANT2

The pith of life, after all, is a good
feed. The good things of this life are
not as rule easily found, so that It is
a pleasure to find so close at hand a
frst-class up-to.date establishment,
whre one gets those good things at
every meal. like the Palace Restaurant,
on Commercial street. The home of the
bon vivant. tt
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

The Harvest Queen came down from
Portland yesterday afternoon with q big
consignment Of freight, and arrived just
in time TO hook on to the barkentine
Amelia, and the schooner o, NJ. Kellogg
both from San Francisco and both billed
to load lumber at Portland, for the Bay
City.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

G. s. Morgan, Of Medford, came down
from the metropolis on the noon train
yesterday, returning on the G:l0 ex-
press last evening
r. }. Atwolthey Of Boston, was a
pleased tourist in Astoria yesterday,
pleasel mostly with the cool charm of
the air down here, in contradistinction
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

The steamer Lurline was down II
fair season last night and made goot
getaway for Portland She had on hel
register the following people when she
left up: ]. c. Adler, NJ. A. Lutte, +. J.
Hutehings, A. W. Link, and Mrs. Cap
tain Charles Jordan.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

The steamship Roanoke should be at
the Calender pier early this morning,
from Portland, on her way to Eureka,
San Francisco and Los Angeles, and win
not tarry long in these waters.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
make Hay While the Sun Shines"


There is lesson in the work of the
thrifty farmer. He knows that the
bright sunshine may last but day and
he prepares for the showers that are
liable to follow. So it should be with
every household. Dysentery, diarrhoea
and cholera morbus may attack some
member of the home without warning.
Chamberlain's Collie Cholera and Diarr-
hoea Remedy, which is the best known
medicine for these diseases, should al
ways be kept at hand, as immediate
treatment is necessary, and delay may
prove fatal. For sale by Frank Hart,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

The steamer F. A. Kilburn is due
down from the metropolis early this
morning, and will touch at the Elmore
pier on her way out.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03
to that Of Portland.

to that Of Portland,
H. 7. Aberg Of Gray's River was in
Astoria yesterday for a short time. lie
brought with him grNsses and other
farm products which he left with Chair
man J. Q. A. Bowlby Of the Farmers
Fair Committee
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

enough to temper the heat they had all
brought down from the Willamette
Valley,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

Newcomer (hastening into a crowd
outside beerhouse) Are they fighting
inside?
No, there's wedding feast.-Floh
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

The steamer Sue II. Elmore arrived
in from Tillamook City last night about
. o'clock, with good load Of merchan-
disc and a number of people.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-03

The Italian ship Caterina Accama
finishing loading yesterday evening. at
the Columbia mills at Knappton, and
will clear for Chilli, today or tomorrow.
The steamship Costa Rica is due down
from Portland today, en- route to San
Francisco, and will leave out as soon as
may be.
The spunky little Telegraph is still
doing business between this port and a
certain landing on the Willamette, call
ed Portland.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
PERSONAL MENTION,

Mr.. Hooley of Hooley's theater, Chi
cago, Is in the city.
B. +. Cole is out again, somewhat
pale, but good for many more tumbles
yet.
Frank j. Mead is clerk of Morton
county, d. T., a rising young man of
those parts. -~-~.-. ss>..
s. J. Murton, corresponding secretar,
OF Hush's bank, has just been promoted
to the position of assistant cashier.
w. A. Dolliver and W. A. Miller re-
turned yesterday from a chicken shoot
Ing trip in Iowa. They got about 200
birds. .. T.
White Van Norman, the popular re-
porter of the Tourist & Sportsman at
Lake Mfnnetonka, is confined to his bed
by sickness. He will be missed by his
friends.
o. b. B. Clement, A. z. lowering, Chas
F. Reed and J. w. Field of Minneapo-
lis, took dinner yesterday at the Har-
row house, Minnetonka ' g..
CIV. West, Cincinnatfs princely ben
efactor, is at the Nicolet house with his
nephew, Colonel John West, accom-
panied by John G. Davis, Louis Weight
and George Shillto. ,- 80, .--- ID, -
-- Ed: A. Stevens was arraigned in the
municipal court this afternoon before
Judge Gray, charged with not cele-
brating the fiftieth anniversary of his
wedding. He pleaded guilty and went
out With the jury to celebrate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19

During the week several sales Of real
estate have been in contemplation. Yes
terday .oneHof them;;s,that Of the .Boyce
property, corner Of Sixth street, was
consunaimated. This property was pur
chased by W. A. Nimocks and, NJ. B.
Koon, thru Tdamlin & Brown. for: $751;
I $50. The lot has a frontage Of ninety
feet and a depth of 1872 feet, The same
piece could have been purchased In the
spring for $50 less per foot. Mark the
prophecy Of The Evening Journal lin
five years Nicollet avenue will be built
up with stores to- Tenth street. {. The
tide will then turn into Tenth, street
for groceries, meat markets and small
stores. j.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
r H E JoU R N Al
Oficial Paper Of the City.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1881

. = . q D.
The engineers have been directed to
prepare plans for the shortline bridge.
to be built across the river below the
suspension bridge. It looks as tho We
We're at last to have the union depot
SO much talked Of. The Manitoba
depot Is entirely inadequate to the pur-
poses for which it is used, and with
the completion Of the. short line and the
half hourly trains the business would
be overwhelming. All the preliminaries
for the splendid iron bridge will be ar
ranged between this time and winter,
and as soon as the river freezes over
the substructure will go up. The public
need not be surprised to see work
commenced, on the union depot before
cold weather. It looks very much as
tho Manager j. J. Hill proposed to make
railroad matters boom again. ~ III,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19

West Virginia Lover Leads Gov,
eminent Officer to Woman''s
..-,,. ''4' Whisky Plant. ::
Special 10 Tie journal.

SPECIAL 10 Inc JOURNAL u.s. -. e..
Hinton, W. Va, Aug: 1s.-Mrs. El;
at, SO, 900, has been arrested at Buck,
a small town in the lower end Of this
county, for alleged violation of the in?
ternal revenue laws. Mrs. Kincaid had
resided near Buck practically all her
life, her home, a commodious frame
structure, standing on the mountain
ions'ed to the Ladies' esq Ala society Of her
church. in which she was an active
freely. For fifteen years she had been
a respected member of society. Then:
came the denoument that startled the
entire countryside. The government
learned that liquor was being sold
somewhere In that section. One day
had an employees who, it is alleged,
looked after her still and assisted in
disposing Of the liquor. Him she had
apparently caused to become enamored
Of her, but he declares his. infatuation
of late was :.repulsed. :. ss:i:,:,
+: Abort Colson was the employee, and
he proved a bitter enemy. Last week;
W. C.. Summers appeared in that sec
ton to arrest W. B. Carsons for al
legged unlawful retailing, Colson, seek
ing revenge, revealed the whole story to
him and assisted him in securing evil
dence against Mrs: Kincaid. The Of
fcer was guided to the Kincaid home
and let in by cellar door after mid:
night, and his search revealed that the
big Kincaid home had been erected over
q natural cave, with an: outlet half a
mile away on a Undiscovered hillside.
A small spring sent stream Of water
thru the cave and by the way Of the
hillside outlet into a mountain stream.
inns caF1ied % on tRe reigsf o. her stu
suspicious action hidden from the pub
lic.. In this cave she had constructed,
it is charged, still with ten-gallon
capacity, and, with the aid of Colson,
had grown rich from moonshining,
while posing as an influential member
was given hearing Before Commission.
er Champe. and was held to the federal
court ..r, = -
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so CENTS A MONTH.
TICK OF THE TOWN. !

The Wizard Oil wagon is in town,
drawn by four Of the handsomest dap
pie grays one often sees. It is fine
turnout
The Omaha road has reduced its rate
to Chicago to s14 to compete with the
action of the Milwaukee. They pro-
pose to serve Minneapolis.
The cornerstone of the NJ. E. Church
| society's new edifice will be laid Mon
day afternoon at 6 pm, Aug. %. The
building is located at the corner of
| Eleventh avenue N and Fifth street
Thomas Lowry thinks it is good joke
on H. T. Welles and Mr. Welles thinks
he is even with Tom. Burglars entered
both their houses last night and secured
| valuables. Each places his loss at about
5000.
The Minneapolis and the East Mime
apolis Gun clubs have consolidated un-
| der the title of the Minneapolis Gun
club The officers for the ensuing year
| are: President, Lew Harrison; vice
president, c. H: RUSSELL; secretary and
treasurer, c.. M. Skinner.
| The admira ton of every one on the
street Is concentrated on AL Loring's
new buggy. 1t is one of those beautiful
Brewster side-bars, and was built by
Pottle & Sons. They have built one
just like it for Harry Legg. They are
| oy ali odds the prettiest buggies seen on
the streets of Minneapolis
The right whale which has been ex-
hlb1ted at several large cities is en-
route for Minneapolis. The monster is
s1xty-four feet long and weighed when
| captured $4,000 pounds. 1t has been
preserved in life-like manner and is
moved from city to city in an expressly
! constructed car. covered by a canopy
Manager Herrick has perfected ar
engagements whereby the reserved seats
for the Academy Of Music will here
after be on sale at Webster & Church
His Nicollet House drugstore. This
will obviate the necessity of going up
stairs to purchase seats in advance ard
! as the store is open day and night it
Will proVs great convenience.
The report of the city board of equal
1zation shows the total assessment Of
personal property to be sS,S4s,643 and
real estate. with the improvements for
| 1881, amounting to $22,S7S426 There
was no assessment made this year on
real estate, except the new additions
and improvements.
The beer-stand privileges at the fair
grounds were sold this morning. There
were twelve stalls and they brought
$3.50 each. E. H. Bradshaw took two;
George Reed, two; R. P. Dunnington.
two The others were taken by William
Fraeger, w. Benjamin. H. Ophil, C. B.
duncan, james O'Hara and P. McDon-
aid.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
The condition Of washington avenue

The condition Of Washington avenue
after. q rain is always a disgrace, but
today from Fifth to Twelfth avenues 8
It is a warning to all pedestrians, who
, cannot swim: At the Sixth avenue
crossing In particular, one of the most
used walks IN town, the. soft, liquid
mud and dirty water. makes a sea that
cannot be passed without wading. This
condition Of affairs In a city Of 10000
people is seemingly without excuse,
and should be remedied at once. Epse-
cially should the street railway COM
pany raise the tread in its tracks, in
stead Of cutters as they are at pres
ent: Minneapolis has been called the
sawdust metropolis. metropolis of mud
would be-. more fitting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
CITY IMPROVEMENTS
Storerooms,


Work is being pushed on the excava-
ton for~the Syndicate block on Nicollet
avenue, between Fifth and Sixth
streets, and the foundation will prob
ably be laid this fall for the splendid
structure of $50 feet on Nicollet avenue
This will give fifteen stores with
frontage OF % feet each. The projec-
tors Of the, block are being urged to
make their building five stories high
and make the portion above the ground
floor for a hotel -~'.
Emerson Cole has the foundation in
for the brick residence he proposes to
build at an expense of about $4,000
on Oak Grove street., near A: B. Bar
tons: His partner, G. D.. Hamm ond
is to build this fall on lots adjoining
Two of the Steele heirs; have, pur-
chased for $4,000 the block bounded
by Portland avenue, Fifth avenue, Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets. They
have presented it to the city as a
memorial park in honor Of their father,
franklin Steele.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
TURNED THE TABLES

Fred Anes, Ned Sears and Lou Wat
son are camping out at Nynph's Nook.
Big Island, Lake Minnetonka. They
captured a. thief the otner night who
was after their valuables.. They held
him by the arms, covered him with
their revolvers and with Watson and
a lantern In the lead led him back to
camp, swearing to set him up for a tar
get and riddle him with bullets.
Ames tripped on a root the thief saw
his opportunity and shook himself free,
plunged into the darkness of the chap
parel and secured a revolver from
somewhere: Thus equipped he returned
the early compliments Of the evening
with one of Colts new patents and the
attacking party fell back in disorder
and gave up the fight. +,
They tell some funny stories about it
but telephone the police just the same
whenever, they see a burglar 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
THE Bic AiRsHIP
Description Of Professor Kings Balloon
"The Great Northwest"

A. letter has been received from Pro-
lfessor King, the aeronaut, which de-
scribes his airship, THE Great North
W est" in which he is to sail from Min
neapolis to New York, leaving here dur
ing the fair.
/, He says his balloon will start as
promptly on time as any express train,
and adds: @ :. ...-...-. -. : T..
\ Il have every confidence we shall
reach New York in perfect safety. My
greatest regret Is cannot be one of
the thousands of spectators to witness
! the leaving Of the balloon. It will be a
i sight never to be forgotten. 1 imagine
now that hear the wild shouts of the
multitude as we sail away, the music
OF bands and the whistling Of the winds.
In moment we shall have Jumped far
beyond earth and its cares, and will go
Whfrling miles and miles upward and
onward. The greatest interest is being
manifested regarding our airship in the
east, and 1t will prove to be the pioneer
OF aerial nayigat ion." 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
Band Of Mercy Meetings
Will Begin with School
"Unce Bert Hopes to Call on Minneapol. Jim Key
Bands Soon to Help Them in the
#y~ Great Work.

School time will soon be here and the
Bands of Mercy will resume meetings.
Uncle Bert" intends to give special
attention to the Minneapolis bands, and
will probably come from New York in
the early fall to meet as many Of the
members as he can.
The American Humane society in
Boston will send all the presidents lit
Humane society in Minneapolis will
see that all the secretaries have books.
Some special features will be planned
for the members the coming fall and
winter. If possible, at least one meet
ing will be held in the courthouse be-
fore the fall work begins.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19

The Cat and the Humane Society Man.

! The Cat and the Humane Society Man.
q As usual thing there are a great
many homeless cats and dogs around
lin the fall.
e. One fall 1t happened that four cats
sfcame to our house and we did not feel
that We could keep them. We decided
that the best thing we could do was to
telephone the man who has a home for
homeless cats and dogs and tell him to
: come and get them. We did this and
he came. We gave him three Of the
cats, but the other one was not to be
! found. We called and called. but still
/ he did not come.
81 We thought he had gone away of his
own accord, so the man took the three
cats and went away, but shortly after
he had gone the other cat came back.
Having no pets, we kept the. cat and I
decided to be as kind to him as pos
sible and see what could teach him.
taught him few tricks. One thing
he does every morning is to come part
way up the stairs and cry until he
wakes me. Sometimes he comes clear
up to the bed and paws gently on my
face until I awaken.
e Mildred Taylor,
g. 3O19 Fremont avenue N.
s@ A Eighth Grade, Bremen School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
Kindness Tanned the Pony.

t- = -a.-
l once had pony, and her name
was Nellie. She was brought up as q
racehorse, and had never drawn q bug
gy nor wagon when we got her. When
we put her into the thills she would
either run or not 20 at all, and some,
times she kicked. So | thought
would give her sugar.
One day it was bright and hitched
her up, gave her some sugar, and she
went off all right. Whenever we went
for a ride we gave her lump of sugar
and we were of. !, AS one day I wanted
to take horseback ride and we were
out Of sugar, I gave her some bread
and took a ride. After while we
|>didn It give her any more sugar, and !
think that she is nicer horse than if
she had been whipped.
-. 80: ..s>-,.,,.ss,,,. n Frank Wales,
A Fifth Grade, H.. 46OS York Ave.
Lake Harriet School,. $ vi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
BILL KING

Minneapolis Correspondence Chicago
Inter-Ocean-
lone. reason why Minneapolis has run
ahead of: st. Paul in popula tion." said
a st. Paul man to me today, us that
when stranger with money to invest,
or fortune to earn, comes to the
former place Bill King gets acquainted
with him introduces him to every
body, finds him a place to live and
makes him feel at home. We have
no Bill King and that is why We are
at an immense disadvantage"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
-. 141WOV01i 10
Sixth Grade, Andover School.
A Kind Act,

It was a cold winter night and it
was showing hard without. I was going
to get book from girl, which I had
loaned to her. When 7 got out, saw
little dog who was dying from hun
ger and thirst. had seen the dog for
I picked it up and brought it in the
aid not say many harsh words to it.
It was not fne-looking dog, but it
was nice enough for me. It grew. to be
strong and healthy dog, and named
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
DAKOTA DOTS.

ID. Sioux City has organized a board Of
trade to work for manufactures.
It is reported that Grand Forks Is to
have daily paper.
The Jamestown Alert says the tele-
graph system Of the Northwestern COM
pany is one of the greatest nuisances
Of the present age. >r"
Miss Cleveland, by her temperance la
bors in tbs Black Hills, secured the con-
version of 455 old '1ushers,"' and hasn't
got thru yet She also succeeded in or
ganizing a Christian :. Temperance
union at Deadwood
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
WE HAVE WON
Minneapolis Gets the c.. M. g. ST. p.
g.. Railroad Shops,

- - Railroad Shops.
While prelininaries have not been all
completed it seems to have been settled
that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway company has decided to locate
her railroad shops at Minneap polls.
While railroad officials are non-com-
tai, it is understood that the choice
has fallen upon Minneapolis and that
other points have given up the idea
completely.
The new shops will be located on the
side opposite the present round house
Of the road. The buildings to be erect
ed are blacksmith, car, paint, planning,
engine shops, besides car table spa &c
and enlargement of the round house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19

Perry Harrison's tall form was mis-
taken for Minnetonka whale yester-
day. He fell overheard while reaching
from boat from the Hotel St. Louis
dock
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19

Ten thousand dollars has been sub
scribed to build a street railway at
Fargo, and that enterprising smetropo-
lis expects to have a track on it's
| streets before fall.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19

II. P Hall now rushes into court and
brings suit against the commissioners
Of Ramsey county for: refusing to pub
lish the delinquent tax list in the Globe.
There was some dispute as to the
proper vehicle for carrying the news to
made a bold stroke and put the list in
the P. p, much to the Globes disgust.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19
FOR THE sCRAPBooK.

Band OF Mercy Hymn.
RING THE BELLS OF MERCY
BY Emily Bryant Lord Of Buffalo. N. 7.
Tune-"Onward. Christian Soldiers"
Ring the bells of mercy,
Ring them loud and clear,
Let the music linger
Softly on the ear.
Filling souls with pity
For the dumb and weak,
Telling all the voiceless
We Tor them Will speak.
Ring the bells Of mercy
Over the hill and plain,
Let the ancient mountains
Chant the glad refrain,
For where man abideth,
Or creature God hath made.
Laws of love and Kindness
OF each soul are laid.
,... :;
Ring the bells Of mercy
Over land and sea,
Let the waiting millions
Join the Jubilee;
Peace on earth descending,
Fill the human breast,
Giving to the weary
Sweet and blessed rest. Il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-19

The stories today will interest all
members who are especially fond Of
dogs and cats, for the writer's tell OF
some clever pets, which showed the re-
suit Of kind and loving treatment.