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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1906-06-21
Have Operation on Eyes.

Mrs. S. M. Breckenridge and
son, S. D. Breckenridge of Sites,
were in this city yesterday enroute
to Chicago. Mr.. Breckenridge is
almost blind, the result of the
premature blast in the American
Eagle mine in the Elk City district
about three years ago and while in
the east will undergo an operation
which it Is hoped will restore bis
lost yisiOn.-Tribune.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1906-06-21
Nez Perce Herald Sold.

Mr.. Elmer Waldrip, formerly in
the employ Of the Averill Machine
Co., and one time auditor OF Asotin
county, WASH, has purchased the
Nez Perce Herald. The Free Press
wishes him success in his new en-
terprise.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1906-06-21
Heavy r ainfall.

According to the report of our
voluntary weather observer, Mr..
John Norwood, Grangeville ex-
perienced the heaviest rainfall of
record last Friday night. The rain
fall, for the twenty-four hours end
ing 600 a. m. Saturday was one
and one-tenth inches, most Of which
fell Friday night.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-15
Elephants Going 70.

"A hve-foot elephant ens's this
spring" an importer % animals 10
stated % have remarked. 81 800. a.
against $500. for which such sle-
plants could be bought two years ago.
Elephants. like all other wild AMI
mails. are growing scarcer with the
settlement Of the globe. and their
prices tend upward. More small ele-
plants than big ones are imported be-
cause they cost less 10 begIn with and
because they are easier and safer 70
transport, and showmen like them,
too. for the reason that young els-
plants are more tractable and caster
t. train. And small elephants are at
tractive anyway.
Then, the elephant II a hardy AMI
nal In captivity and he l. naturally
long lived, and the young elephant in
creases In value with his growth. So
that even with their prices tending
upward, young elephants are good
property though even they are rather
large for family pets.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-15

licious tantrum Of nature reversed the
direction Of the west wind the whole
pOpulOus district TO the vest. booked
with Seeing refugees and unilluminaiei
except by the disastrous glare on the
water front. seemed safe by o'clOck.
Van Meas avenue Is fat as the earth
on the east side. Every pound Of gun
cotton did IT. work. and, though the
ruins burned. IL vas but feebly. From
Golden Gate avenue on the north the
IRE crossed the wide street IN but Oao
piace-ths Claus Spreckels' residence.
on the corner OF California street.
There the flames we're writing up the
walls before the dynamiters could
reach ~ yet they made their way 70
the foundations. carrying their explo-
slyes despite the furuace-like heat. The
charge hal 90 - placed 50 swiftly aad
the fuse M In such a hurry that the
explosion vas net quite suc cessful from
the trained viewpoint Of the gunneFG
But though the walls still stood. u vas
only an empty victory for the Are. "a
bare brick and smoking ruins are poor
food for flames.
EFFECTIVE WORK OF WEEK.
Capt. MacBride's dynamiting sQnad
realized that a stand vas hopeless. En-
cept on Van Ness avenue. They could
have forced their explosives further o.
the burning section. but no; q pound q
the terrible gincottOn could b or Uas
wasted. The ruined blOck thai met the
vide thOr0uEhfare formed . trencA
through the clustered structures that
the coniiagratiOn. Wild a. Il vas. could
not leap. Engines pumping brina
through Fort Madison from the bag
completed the little work that the gum
cotton had left. but for three days the
haEEard-eyed hremen guarded the dick
eTing ruins.
The desOlate waste straight through
the heart % the city h a mute witness
90 the mos; heroic and effective work %
the whole calamity. Three men ala
this-three. simply. because they would
not trust their work TO Others-and
when their work was over and what
stood Of the city for the FIRST time
rested quietly. they departed as nod
esily as they had come. They were Or
derei 20 save San Francisco: they
o5eyed orders. and Capt MacBride and
his two gunners made history on thai
dreadful night.
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como q finished expert In thrust and
parry In parliamentary tactics.
At the Fourteenth Continental Con
gress ~ the Daughters Of the American
Revolution. when Mrs. Mclean was
Regent Of the NeW York Chapter. she
assisted In introducing a resolution
looking 10 the burial Of Panl Jones in
Annapolis. Nd. that being her native
State. Besides having a local pride.
she thought the first naval hero az the
nation should be buried near TO the
great naval school.
There was tremendous opposition 10
the proposition. and the congress voted
To lay the resolution on the table" an
expression used In parliamentary pro-
eeedings TO defer action on the subject.
Later u was taken up. but the congress
voted against taking the body Of the
naval hero 20 Annapolis ard favored
bringing q tO Washington for burial In
Arlington. Mrs. Mclean has now. how
ever. seen one Of her dearest wishes
carried out. and. as head Of one of the
greatest societies of patriotic women
In the world. she was q guest q honoS
NJ the recent burial ceremonies % Ad.
miTal Paul Jones AZ Annapolis.
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old place 81 colonial architecture. and
u Il only f,W years since Mrs.
Richie. mother at Mrs. Aci.can, died.
She also had been prominent Ia ID. a.
n. matters ever since the organization
of the sOciety. Judge JCha Richie.
father OF Mrs. Mclean. served In Con-
Eress and was subsequently, elevated To
the bench Oi the Court Of Appeals 81
Maryland. Tie Was al orator 81 re-
nOwn. aI.d Mrs. Mclean ss-'us to have
inherited this attribute Of her father.
Mrs. NcLean's grandfather was
Juage william y. Aaulsby. AID her
grandmother. Emily Nelson, for whom
she was named. was the daughter OF
Gen. Roger Nelson. Who was a boy 81
sixteen IN college when the Destination
ogNhdependenoe vas signed. lie ran
away and joined the revolutionary
forces. lie rose In rank to Brigadisr-
General COZ conspicuous bravery on the
Geld Of battle. lie was left for dead
on the battlefield % Cowpens. and a
British oficer In passing his body van
tOnly struck his hand with the hat Of
kis saber. breaking the bones OF every
anger. To his dying day, which oe-
CURED many years later. Gen Nelson
carried a stiffened hand. Tie became
member of Congress and later vas
made a Justice Of the Supreme Court
q the State.
DATES RACK or REVOLUTION.
Mr.. McIIan's ancestry began back
IL the revolutionary period. however
Judges Lynn and Beattle. Two Of those
twelve Judges known as ne Twelve
ImmoFtals." who frst signed 4 pr0tsst
agninst the British stamp act IN liza
ten Year, before the battle 81 Lexlng-
ton. have In Mrs. Mclean a DESCENDANT
Who n not unworthy Of the illustrtous
example Of fcariessness % spirit set BY
shem' Lieut.. James LAKELAND was also !
An ancestor Of Mrs. Mclean. IS was
aiso deputy Governor Burgess. 81
colonial Maryland history.
Mrs MeIean was educated a. what
was nj the time known ~ the Noman's
CoIlees. she uas RradFSted 20 the aee
a. fourteen receiving a diploma which
Al one Of bsr proud possessions to-day.
So eoutluued her studies n history.
uaEle and the languages until her mar
zlaa1- IN 1854. 90 DOnald NeLean. q
80 ~ a long line % revo.utionary |
ancestors HE herself and \ Wilhelm
IrWver IN New Vera city.
Mira McI-sah has made a praetlc4l
.s',Sv AZ naflinmentary Law. and u the
49, vears az hatfllng Cor chnpeer ri.shts
- ~ aoor Of The Continental Con-
rrssS szd bar 0wa his ehApssr has %
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CHkEPIONED PAUL JONES.
MRS. D0x4LD MCLEAN FOCcHT
.T"H Burial 90 KAFAL HERO
Ar ASIAFOILG

A Preslasne-c ef paersstlc
Daughters u the Americas Rev
olutioa Sse MAS iavited Gnese Of
tloaor &C Ceremoay.
when the annual convention Of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
vas In session In Washington q few
weeks ago the meetings we're presided
over by Mrs Donald Mclean. she en-
jOyed the unique distinction 81 being
the FIRST presiding Ofleer % the con-
gress who vas not the wife Of some
man prominent in Official circles. She
had been a candidate for this high
woman's once for several years. and
the opposition 10 her election vas
plainly stated because she could not
bring 20 the once high ''nati0naf'
prestige. which the Daughters of the
American Revolution felt vas neces-
saFy 20 the varied traditions Of the 90
eiety.
From LONG LINE or PATRIOTS.
Mrs. Mclean has half q yard ar - of
ancestral bars on her revolutionary
ribbon. and halls hack 10 some very
distinguished citizens. both men and
women. She was horn in Prospect Hall,
Frederick. Md. the city made famous
By whitiier's porn. "BaTbsra Fritehie. !"
The ancestral hall Is a big. beautiful
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grafton al any cost % life or property
With them they brought a ton and 4
half OF gun cotton. The tcrrific power
Of which vas equAl 70 the maniaoal de-
termination Of the are.
Capt. MacBrile vas IN command Of
the squai. Chief CT amer Aiamson
placed the charges. AMI tAe third gun
ner set them OF.
The thunderOus de;onatiOns 20 which
the terrified city listened all that dread
ful Friday night meant the salvation Of
many lives. a million dollars worth
OF property. noble residences and
worthless shacks alike. we're blown 20
drifting dust but that destruct lon
broke the spirit OF the Ere and sent the
raging flames cringing back over their
OEn Charrci path
DYNAMITE 4 BLOCK DEEP.
The Nho.e east side % Van Ness ave
nue.. from Golden Gate % Greenwich.
Was dynamitei a block deen. though
most % the structures stool untouched
l'y Ham" or ciu'ler. NJ one e .rge
failed. no one building stood upon Il
Unless some second ma
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-15

Senator. Il became Interested. and a.
proceeded said TO myself. This man
Is making a very sensible talk ]
found myself quite In accord with his
views and read along with n good deal
of approval until flashed two pages
was wondering who could have made
such n speech but was too much inter.
ested Co look hack TO find out. But a.
I turned the page I came upon an IN.
teTruptiOn. and there was my own name
given as the Senator making the reply
u was my own speech had been read.
ing"
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Md, n Good Sneerh.

Senator Morgan the venerable statee-
man from Alabama. has that valuable
sense of humor which enables the pos-
SCISSOR 90 enjoy q joke when the laugh
is on himself. The other evening. ~
he tells about u. he picked up an old
copy % the Congressional Record while
n home. and opening u n random he
gan to read. Very soon" says the
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-15

aid In bringing order cut Of the chaos
resulting from the earthquake. Pres
ident Jordan has been mentioned 90
succeed the late Professor Langley a.
Secretary 20 the Smithsonian Institute
In Washington. but those who are In
q position 20 know state that Il u be-
lieved that he will remain a the helm
n the Stanford University and zee
that the magnificent baiidings are
erected again.
stanford University had it, coacep.
ton Ia Italy IN tSsL Thrrp a fouF.
tecn year oia American hoy tOs~e,i on
his bed. struck down ~ a malignant
fever. Ills fond mother kneli at hts
BEDSIDE and a. his y0ung life paSa'sl
cot. she arose filed with an lnsplratioa
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that he mIrh. i've nrnln-

that he nigh. i've again.
To her husband. senator stanford.
she said: 1T was his wish aud desire
that lndlgent young mep should have
an equal advantage In ol'tal Ing e,luea-
ton For his SAKE let "a en-ct a uni.
veTsity where all sliall have an equal
chan e." Prom tha' LAY thu senator
and Mrs. STAFFORD devoted their entire
energies toward planning the Leland
stanford, Junior. University.
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Senator Knox's physician Edvised
him to give up smoking a few days
aeo and put him IN the same class with
senator SDOOner. also smOkeless. after
forty years OF u. The next morning
Senator Knox's physician happened up
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-15

As distance lends enchantment." 30
perhaps are many people affected
who. living In the remote States. are
deSirOus % hOlding an apPOintive Of
Zee under Uncle sam at Washington.
Larea BY the short hours. light
woTk. and Comparatively large salaries.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-15

Through the destructive agency OF
dynamite the section OF San Francisco
still standing vas saved az a cost %
more than a million dollars. This pow
eTful compound was scientifically
welded by three men Of the u. s. Navy.
sent by Admiral McCalla from Mare
Island with orders 70 check the eOnila-
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Son NorcmcnfS

Standing on the soashore az a we'll
known Atlantic Coast resort. watching
q beautiful sunset. with IL F4ye pierre
Ina the cloads. we're two JewA
~L0ok!" said one 0f the followers q
Noes. 49, the sun rayA"
NO." replied the other. ~4or9 n
yhSEo &c sua STA"
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az the Capitol ana went into the Sen
ator's committee room TO pass the time
Of day. lie found Knox smoking a
cigar.
Here. Senator" he said, Il thought
] tod you 20 cult that"
Quit what!- asked Knox. In mild
surprise.
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the young man OF woman h likely 90
look upon department. service as a
BEAUTIFUL life 81 do Little and Draw
Your Pay" and watch the passing
show. but Il has It's seamy side and
carries b0th advantages and disadyan-
tages In its train.
There l. the danger 81 fossillzation:
Of becoming a leaf In the sere; with
energies eOne and aspiration dead
This danger Is great and seems almost
inevitable Co him who has maHy years
OF service In the departments. Though
all will not agree with the Hon. Champ
Clark In a recent article In the Satur-
day Evening Post when he says over
the dOOTways Of the Departments
should BE- inscribed in letters 50 large
that he who runs may read
An Hope Abandon Ne Who Eater
Here"
Yet 90 the young man and woman
who would keep the fires 90 their am
bitiOn burning. government serNice
should D. entered only as a stepping
stone g. a more strenuous life Of
higher and better thinEA
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FIRE VERSUS DYNAMITE.
TOxS % THE EIPE0STTE CSEB
Ar SAN FRANCISCO 10 FICHT
FLAMES

Three Men 81 Navy at Risk % Their
Lives Ptaee Compound On Teeth of
Oacomlaa flre-e hole nloeks slaEed
90 Prevent Disaster.
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QUADRANGLE WITH STANFORD
MEMORIAL CHURCH ~ lbs
TANCE.
MEMORIAL ARCH AND STAN
FORD CROFT
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ALMOST cOMPEETE DBsTRUc.
Tf0S 90 the Picturesque
CALIFORNIA COLLEGI.

ouilt IN Spanish Architecture and
Cost - Buildings Alone was Thirty
FsilIloa DOilars-aia PrObabiy be
Rebuilt.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-07-26
rEmpIE HEIGHTS cAMPMEET1NG.
Program for the Nine Days of the assembly

p, g. a.. Nine DAYS of the Assembly.
ir'sraih ior '"'
The program for the coming campmeetlng
Of Ton,,,,o uo;obts Northport, will be as
Nv 'eihpie
follows:
Saturday, August IL, p NJ, INVOCATION
Presidents address.
Sunday. Aug. u, 10 a. NJ. lecture by Min
erva A. Barwise; . p. M. lecture by Aloert
E. Tisdale 40 p. NJ. social meeting.
Monday. Aug. Is, 10 a. M, social meeting;
p. M, lecture>by Etfie Webster chapman;
Tuesday Aug. IA, 10 a. M, lecture by EIle
Webster Chapman; , p. m, lecture by Al
bert E. Tisdaie: $50 p. NJ, readings by Fine
Webster Chapman.
Wednesday, Aug. 10, a. M, social meet
ing; 10 a. M, lecture by Minerva A. Bar
wise; D. M, lecture by Albert b. 1lSdale.
Thursday, Aug. Is, 10 a. H., entertainment
and G. A, X, day exercises; p. NJ, lecture
by Minerva A. Barwise; p. NJ, business
meeting of corporation; 7.30 p. NJ, concert.
Friday, Aug II, 9 a. NJ, social meeting !;
10 a. M, lecture by Albert L. 1lsnale p;
NJ, entertainment and fair of Ladies' Aid
society.
Saturday, Aug. IS, 10 a. M, lecture by
Minerva A. Barwise; , p. M, lecture by Al
bert f. TiSdae
Sunday, Aug. 10, 10 a. H., lecture by Fine
Webster chapman; , p. M, lecture by Al
bert +. Tistlaie 80 p. M, fareWell meeting.
Tests Will be given each day from the
platform by Mrs. Et1ie Webster Chapman:
Additions to the program will be announced
from time to time during the week.
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KodoI Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
HUMPHREYS

Veterinary Specifies cure diseases
of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs and
Poultry by acting directly on the SICK PARTS
without loss of time.
A }FETERS. CGngestions, Inilamma-
CURES tions, Lung Fever, Milk Fever.
3. r. &PR4ISs. Lamcnes-, lniuries,
CURES rheumatism.
C. c. SORE THROAT. Quinsy, Epizootic,
CURES Dstemper.
d,R .: WORMS, Bots. Grubs.
F.. } COUGHS. Colds. Influenza, yntamed
CURES Lungs. Pleuro-Hneumonia.
F. F.lCOLTC, Bellyache. Wind Blown,
CURES Diarrhea, Dysentery.
G.G. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
HI KIDNEY Il BLADDER DISORDERS.
IL lSKIN DISEASES. Mango. Eruptions.
CURES Ulcers. Grease, Farcy.
K,BAD CONDITION. Staring Coat,
Coo. each; Stable Case, Ten Specifies Book, &c, s.
At druggists, or sent prepaid On receipt of price
+ Humphreys Medicine Co., Cor. William and John
Streets New York.
eE- BOOK MAILED FREE.
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The Country Papers.
Advertise in Them, Says Governor Folk.

Advertise in Them, Says Governor Folk.
Governor Joseph w. Folk in address
sing the retail merchants of Missouri
at their convention in Jefferson City,
Mo, July 18th, spoke against the mail
order business and favored advertising
in the town papers. He said in part:
I'VE wish the city merchants to build
up but we also desire the country mer-
chants to prosper. l do not believe in
the mail order citizen. If place is
good enough for a man to live in and
to make his money in, it is good enough
for him TO spend his money in.
NO merchant can succeed without
advertising in one way or another.
Patronize your town papers, build
them up and they will build the town
up and build you up increased trade
and greater opportunities
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PROBATE NOTICES.

WALDO SS.-In Court of Probate. held at Bel
w fast, on the 10th day Of July. 1905. Joseph
S. Mullin, administrator on the estate of William
F Fletcher, late of Lincolnville, in said County
decea sed, having presented his second and final
account of administration of said estate for al
lowance.
Ordered, That notice thereof be given. three
weeks successfully in The Republican Journal,
newspaper published in Belfast, In said County,
that ali persons interested may attend at Pro-
bate Court, to be held at Belfast on the 14th day
why the said account should not be allowed.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
true copy. Attest:
30 CHAs.lP HAzELTINE, Register.
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Ladies Of the G. A. R.

who was reelected president at the annual
meeting of the Department of Maine,
Ladies of the G, \. r., has issued general
orders No /, in which she announces the
following appointments: Secretary, Mrs
Florence VI. Wallace, China; inspector,
Mrs. Mary +. Clifford, Auburn; librarian,
Elizabeth \, Haggett, Bath; patriotic in
Structor, Mary +. Tarbox, Fryeburg; cor
responding secretary, Abbie +. Bradford,
Thomaston; press committee, Florence. NJ.
Wallace, China; Lena Aldu> Strong, Cam
den Katherine NJ. Brown, Augusta, Lucin-
da +. LeGIOW, Portland.
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WALDO SS.-In Court of Probate, held at Bel
w fast, on the 10th day of July, 1906 Eli j,
Stevens, Uexecutor of the last will of Georgia A.
Blackstone late of Montville, in said County, de-
ceased, having presented his first and final ac-
count of administration of said estate for allow
Ordered, That notice thereof be given, three
weeks successfully, i'll The Republican journal, a
newspaper published in Belfast, in said County,
that all persons interested may attend at Pro
bate Court, be he Id at Belfast on the 14th day
of August next and show cause. if any theyhave
why the said account should not be allowed.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
true copy. Attest:
CHAs. P. HAZELTINE, Register.
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AT Probate Court held at Belfast, within and
for the County of Waldo, on the 10th day of
July, A. D. 1906
IN the petition of Amelia G. Carter, guardian of
" Mildred X. Randall and Martin F. Randall
praying that the Union Safe Deposit and Trust
Company may be discharged from any further
liability as surety on her bond such guardian.
1t is ordered, That notice thereof be given to
all persons interested by causing copy of this
order to be published three weeks successfully in
the Republican journal, newspaper published at
Belfast that they may appear at Probate Court
to be held at Belfast, within and for said County
on the second Tuesday of August, A. D. 1906
at ten of the clock before noon and show cause.
if any they have why the prayer of said petitioner
should not be granted.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
true copy. Attest:
CHAs. P. HAzELTINE. Register.
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ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE. The subscriber
n hereby gives notice that she has been duly
appointed administrators of the estate of
SUSAN B. MILLER, late of Belfast,
in the County of Waldo, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having de-
mands against the estate of said deceased are
desired to present the same for settlement, and
all indebted thereto are requested to make pay
ment Immediately to Robert F. Dunton OF Bel
fast, Maine, my authorized agent.
SUSAN B. H. MILLER.
Chelsea, Mass. July 10, 1906