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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
VESSEL KNOCKS
DOWN GREAT
BRIDGE

DULUTH, Aug. 1.-THE steam
er Troy collided with span Of
the Interstate bridge today and
precipitated it into the chanel on
both sides Of the center pier. Ma
vigation to nd from the upper har-
Dor, which was most active, and
a portion of the head of the lakes
are blocked. 1t is impossible for
even a tug to pass. Traffic be-
tween Duluth and Superior is cut
Off.
The Great Northern owns the
bridge, which is one of the long
est draw spans in the world. Forty
steamers are bottled in the upper
harbor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
N. P. TRAIN
WRECKED

1t Is reported mere today that
the Northern Pacific train, which
left Spokane for Lewiston at IL
O'Clock last night, was wrecked at
2 o'clock this morning six miles
this side Of Pullman. The baggage,
chair car and mail car turned over
and were burned.
1t is claimed that no one was
hurt.
The wreck was caused by the
engineer using the emergency
brake in order to hold the train
off a burning trestle. He stopped
by piling the cars in the ditch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
BOOST PRICE
OF LUMBER

An advance of 81 Is noted in the
price list issued yesterday by the
local lumber combine over the
previous lists. In explanation of
this J. P. McGoldrick of the Nc
Goldrick Lumber company, says
that the prices east regulate the
prices in this city as they were
raised here to conform with the
prices received in southeastern Ne
braska. In other words the sales
there are made f. O. B. this city
and the prices received there are
higher than in this city. so there
fore local prices were raised, it
is claimed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
Want WAR
IN MEXICO
(Scripps News Association

Ell PASO, Aug. 11.-"If there Is
no revolution in Mexico it will be
because the entire lower class
doen't wish for one" said r. L.
Bates, a business man, of Canea,
now in Ell Paso. Bates left Canea
for good, being threatened with
death II he remained. He says w.
c. Greene has five searchlights,
Calling guns and stable full of
small arms In preparation for trou-
BILE.
One hundred and thirty Next
cans have been killed and nine
ring-leaders in the anti-American
agitation hanged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
POISONOUS ice CREAM
SOLD IN SP0kA

The X. & e. ice cream establish
ment has fallen into bad repute
with the local health department
and will be investigated as soon
as DR.. G. v. Genoway returns to
the city. 1t is alleged that the
cans are not kept clean and
through that fact during the past
week there have been three cases
of ptomaine poisoning attributed
directly to ice cream manufacture
ed by this company. One case of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11

ptomaine poisoning was also at
tributed to the Hazelwood ice
cream.
j. w. Riggle of Charleston, Wash.
an employee of the Washington
Water Power company made the
last report. He bought the ice
cream at confectionery store at
200 Division street last Wednes-
day and for two days was in great
suffering, medical attention being
necessary to save his life.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
HERO GIVES
UP LIFE

NEW YORK, Aug. n.--Mlchael
O'Connor ignited a fuse in a Penn
sylvania railroad tunnel today. 1t
burned too quickly and he told
the workmen to run for their lives.
He went back and attempted to
extinguish the fuse, but the charge
exploded killing him. The act
saved scores of workmen, only one
being injured.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
JURY FOR SEPTEMBER

Judge Huneke today entered an
order requiring the jury commits
sioners to draw panel of So
jurors for duty at the September
term of departments Nos. 1 and 2
of the superior court. The return
day is September 3.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11

the bank was never In more pros.
porous condition. Stensland said
he was goig to Mexico on a pleas
ure trip. Adams did not know at
the time that Stensland had alb.
seconded. Stensland left the train
here, saying he eeded rest. Adams
says Stensland was accompanied
by Steve O'Connor, at one time q
Chicago detective.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
CALLS
IT OFF

Chief of Police Waller has given
orders that the proposed wrestling
match scheduled between George
Wagner and II. McLoud for Sun
day night at Mantle to be stopped.
A petition reached the chief this
morning from Fred B. Grinell of
the Spoken & Washington Improve
ment company, saying that citizens
near the park objected.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
ONE Thief
SENTENCED

CHICAGO, Aug. 11.-John T.
Cook, former clerk of the circuit
court. who was convicted OF steal
ing 100000 from public funds, was
today sentenced to an indeter-
inmate term In prison and fined
$4,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
GUARDS SHOOT AT
NICHOLAS

passed about his head. Neither
horse nor rider were touched. Inc
regiment from which the firing
came was marched to quarters and
a number of arrests made. The
accident theory is secuted.
The incident caused an imme-
date change In the czar's plans to
spend week at the camp.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
STENSLAND IN MEXICO.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. II.
Paul Stensland. according to the
statement OF Henry v. Adams,
former commission broker Of Chi
cago, is on his way to Mexico.
Adams says he came all the way
form New Orleans to this city
with Stensland, who assured him
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
(Scripps News Association.)

V6CTIppH NeWB RSsUcIHt1oH.J
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. IL
Grand Duke Nicholas narrowly es-
capped assassination yesterday at
the hands of Imperial guards in
camp at Krasnoyeselo. The grand
duke was conducting maneuvers
and putting the troops through
blank firing practice, when bullets
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
MURDER AND
ROBBERY

LODI, Aug. IA German fac
tory owner and his clerk were
murdered today while returning
from a bank and a large sum of
money taken from their bodies.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE
steamer Panama arrived today
with Shonts. He says all they
want on the Panama canal is more
labor and less rain.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11

Bank president, who wrecked his
bank by crookedness and dissipa-
ton, robbing many poor people,
whose savings he squandered. He
made away with at least $1,000
900, and Is believed to have PLAN
ned to steal thwice that amount.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11

Ethan Allen, Jr. city inspector of
plumbing, went to North Yakima,
Wash, today on a social visit.
Frank Bunker. health inspector,
who Is at present on his vacation,
will return to duty on Monday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11

DEP0RTED
tscripps News Association.p

PANAMA. Aug. H. Seventeen
Colombians and a former revolu.
Zionist general were arrested here
today on a charge of conspiring
against the authorities during the
revolution of 1902. Prominent poll
ticians are implicated. They wild
be deported. ,~t-+ -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
TEDDY AFTER
TAINTED FOOD
(ecripps News Association.s

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE
president today ordered Secretary
Bonaparte to send to Oyster Bay
q full report on the alleged furnish.
Ing of bad meat and breadstuffs to
navy yards by contractors. Bona
parte will send the inspectors OBJ.
Dervations.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
RAPS C0OL|E
LABOR
(Scripps News Association.N

(Scripps News Association.N
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Gom-
pers today condemns the importa-
ton of Chinese labor to the Pana-
ma canal. He charges Shonts with
bad faith in claiming that Shonts
promised not to import coolies.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
SULTAN DYING

tScrrpps News Assooiation.p
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. Ii
1t is rumored here today that the
sultan Is dying.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
HE GET 1T AT LAST.

NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-Brodie
Duke was granted final decree OF
divorce today
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11

Count Hayden, with two other
members of the late Russian dou-
ma, recently issued an address to
the people of Russia advising them
to make the best Of the present sit
uation, trusting in the car and
the government to make such re-
forms as are necessary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
PIRATES KILL
BRITISH

HONG KONG, Aug. 11.Pirates
attacked the British launch Win
genat today, They killed one,
wounded three and stole $500 and
chest of opium.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11
new TRUSTEE co.

The Trustee company Of Spo-
kane has been incorporated with a
capital stock of s250,000 to deal
in bonds on realty, improved and
unlmproved. The incorporators
are; j. c. Cunningham, j. NJ. Com
stock Alfred Coolidge, w, d. Wood
d. Nj, Drumheler, Fred B. Grin
nell, j X. Smith, w. G, Clark, A.
L., Hawley, George S. Brooke and
Thomas IL. Brewer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-11

The Press delivered at your door
for CSC per month. Phone 375.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
Among the Sick.

Mrs. Noble, who has been seriously
i'll at her home on South Raleigh
street, il not improving.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
STRONG WIND ON PRAlRlES
Was Blowing So Fast This Vera
cious Narrator Could Not See
Through 1t.

Wind that blows so fast you cannot
see through It. possibly is new thing
10 science" said q Kansas man who,
relates the Kansas City Times, recently
moved to Oklahoma, but that is what
saw last year.
II had seen that storm was coming.
and was fastening from the harm to
the house when / became aware that
the disturbance was n cyclone. The
house was still standing in plain view
of myself and my wife, both of whom
were running for the cellar, which was
under It, when suddenly we came upon
the basement OF the house. The house
had blown away right before our faces
and eyes and yet we had not seen 1t go
"The wind had got TO blowing so fast
that we could not see through it, and
so the house had sailed away without
our being aware OF 1t. Our three chill
dren were safe and sound In the base
ment, 80 we didn't feel the disappoint-
ment 50 keenly OF losing the house
But swear, and I'll not recede from
It, that the wind blew so fast the eye
couldn't penetrate clear air. ! wish
some scientist would explain II"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
PRESIDENT LOUBET
EITTLE SKETCH OF THE RETIR-
ING FRENCH EXECUTIVE.
Comes of Peasant Stock and Rose to
the Top by His Own Exertions--
An Idol of the French
People.

For seven long and eventful years
M. Emile Loubet has stood for France
In the eyes of the world. His visits to
Spain and Portugal were almost the
last official acts of his career. Some
time ago he inspected the army of
France at the guard maneuvers, and
struck the true patriotic note in his
address at the banquet to the generals
and their staff. According to the con-
stitution of 1875 NJ. Loubet's tenure of
Office expires on February Is. He is
eligible for reelection, but lie may not
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
japanese Gate in Philadelphia.

Many of the japanese colony in
New York went to Philadelphia the
other day to attend the ceremony OF
unwilling a famous old Japanese gate.
Inc gate, which is called "Niomen."
was brought from Japan and set up in
Paramount Park by the donors, j. II.
Converse and Samuel r. Vanclain. 1t
is typical of oriental architecture and
IS unique both in artistic and his
torical construction. 1t was erected
about 300 years ago at the main en-
trance of a temple in Hitachi. by
Lord Satake, in commemoration of
his father. The decorative images in
clude two sacred dogs by Unkei, one
Of the great masters OF Japan.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24


(This Young Heroine Received Carnegie
Medal and $500 for Her Bravery)
ing with several friends on Casco bay,
near Yarmouth, Me. A storm arose
and the yawl they occupied was up
set, half mile from shore.
Miss Titus could swim, but her COM
panion, Miss Laura v. Reifsnyder,
sank like a stone. Miss Titus diyed,
brought the struggling form to the
surface, and succeeded in keeping both
of them above water for a quarter of
an hour until help came from the
shore.
Two weeks after the medal was
awarded Miss Titus last fall, her ia
Their, DR.. William Titus, died, leaving
a small fortune to his family of eight.
Miss Reifsnyder, the young lady res
cued. wrote to the commission, stating
that Miss Titus was anxious to OBJ
tain an education, but would be un-
able to do so on account of lack of
funds.
The commission decided to grant her
$4,000 Five hundred dollars of this
is TO be paid upon her entrance to a
school, $500 annually in advance for
three years, and $500 at her gradua-
ton. This is the largest cash award
yet made, the largest previously be-
ing 81 600
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
<,HEsApEAkE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
CHESAPEAKE LINE"

CHESAPEAKE LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS,
AUGUSTA AND ATLANTA"
For OLD POINT COMFORT aud NORFOLK,va
Steamers leaves Baltimore daily Tex
cept Sunday at $50 A. NJ. and arrive at
Old Point Comfort at 6 A. NJ. and Norfolk
at us A. NJ, where all connections is
made with the Rail Lines for all points
South.
YORK RIVER LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMER CHAR
LoTTE" AND BALTIMORE"
FOR WEST POINT AND RICHMOND, VA.
Steamers leave Baltimore Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday 1t 5 p. M, and
arrive at West Point at 7.3o A. M, and
Richmond at o.25 A. N.
Steam rs call at Gloucester Point, Clay
Bank and Almonds WI arr in both di-
recuons weather permitting)
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE FROM
PIER rs AND Io LIGHT ST. WHARF.
Through tickets TO all points may be
secured, baggage checked and stateiooms
reserved from the City Ticket Offices,
no E. Bat more street. ARTHUR w.
ROBSON, Aghnt, I27 z. Baltimore
street, or the General Offices, $50 Light
street.
REUBEN FOSTER, r J CHiSM
General Manager. Cepl Pass. Agt.
II. II. MCDANIEL, Asst Genl.
Pass. niger Agent,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
STRIKING PARALLEL DRAWN.
Ferrero, Famous Historian of Roman
State, Compares Augustus with
Roosevelt.

Paris.-A parallel. cynical, daring,
yet weighted wa truth none can dis
regard, recently published in the Fl
caro-, compares the United States un-
der Theodore Roosevelt with the Ro-
man empire under Caesar Augustus
that Roman empire rotted to the core
by the vice which follows in the train
of untold wealth and degrading luxury.
The wonderful picture which line by
line traces the struggle of a man
against the encroachments on the one
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24

whole watch cost in its day in the
neighborhood of 5000.
One competent jeweler declares it
shows evidence of having been made
in the seventeenth century. 1t may
have been, for Nathan Hale was exc
cuted September %, 1875
Edward Everett Hale is a grand
nephew of Nathan Hale, whose dying
words, my only regret is that | have
but one life to lose for my country"
have rendered him immortal.
The watch is now in the possession
of Frank Hale. of Springfield, Mass
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
WATCH OF MARTYR SPY.
Relic of Nathan Hale Now Owned by
One of Edward Everett Hale's
Family.

Boston.-One of the cherished relics
of the Hale family, of which DR.. Ed,
ward Everett Hale is an honored rep.
resentatiye, is watch once carried by
Nathan Hale, the martyr spy of the
revolution.
The watch is of old Swiss or Eng
lish make, large size % or "a, skele-
ton movement, solid steel balance,
vermicelli finish, keywind, hand
maze. The rubies alone are estimated
to be worth fSe dollars apiece and the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
Brandir g Batv.

Let mother study the appearance
of her chhi's boCy well and decide for
herself whether here he about il any
inemaeeahie mark by which she could
identity him anywhere and at amy
time. If there is nothing that time
may not efface then let her have him
marked in such way that she would
know him. It is only a question of a
few d ops of Indian ink IN operation
no more painful than vaccination
Family Doctor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24

side of the appalling power of riches,
and on the other against the deyitaliz-
ing of a nation, is painted by a hand
no less authoritative than that of Gug-
lielmo Ferrero, the famous historian
Of the Roman state.
He shows how 20 centuries ago in
the heart of an immense empire a man
toiled day and night to solve a prob
lem on which depended a great peo-
pies fate. Rome had eaten of the for
hidden fruit. Unlawful riches and soft
delights had Slapped vitality. The stoic
had given way TO the epicurean. And
Augustus. striving to beat down the
social and political power of money,
saw crowded into his senate the disso-
lutte sons of wealth by force of the fact
that commerce was the strength of tbs
state
So with Roosevelt. The Italian his
torian points out that between two
Earring conceptions of state duty, he 10
calling his people back to primitive
simplicity, while at the same time aim
Ing at territorial and commercial ex-
pansion.
only short time ago" says Fer
zero, Roosevelt reedited for his YAM
KEGS, exactly as Augustus did. an old
speech of Metellus Macedonicus on
augmenting the population. He frowned
down celibacy, sterilty, the frequency
Of divorces and all the vices and ego
isms of civilization tottering under
wealth. Like Augustus, he has striven
to set up again the powerful simplicity
and noble traditions of the early ia
theirs. All America admired his dis
course. Yet the apostle Of
old-time frugality and republican Sc
verify must in duty hurry the cutting
Of the Panama canal, which will double
American commerce, the riches of the
towns and the luxury of social mag
mates. Like Rome under Augustus.
America now can support neither it's
rices nor their remedies"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
A Call Down.

/ Prospective Patient--Doetor, wish
yoa would help me. I've been suffer.
ing for three months and can't get any
relief | am troubled with certain
hortness of breath and
DR.. Nise-Short of breath? Your,
the longest wlnded patient I've had fol-
a weeil.- Brooklyn Eagle. NJ
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
The Twice-a-Week American
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THE TWICE "A WEEK AMERI-
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
WON A cAENEGIE MEDAL.
Young Heroine Also Receives 50, 500
to Secure Education for Saving
Friend from Drowning.

Newark, N. miss Maude A. Titus.
aged 16, Of this city, is the youngest
heroine in America to receive the
Carnegie award. She has just been
rewarded a second time for the same
act Of bravery.
The act Of herolsm which broue bit
these recognitions 10 Miss Titus was
this: On July 30, 1904, she was boat
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-24
NORFOLK & WESTERN RY.
Schedule in effect December 3. 1895.
COIITupOIINn

SOUTHBOUND
Leave Shenandoah Junction.
No. J3.-8.3S a. m. for Roanoke and
intermediate stations. Bristol. Knox
VILE and Chattanooga. Pullman sleep
er for Knoxville. Also for Bluefield,
pocahontas, Columbus. Cincinnati and
points west. Pullman sleeper for
Roanoke and Columbus.
No. IL 80 a. m. daily. Tor Roanoke,
Bristol. Blueheki. Pocahontas. WEIGH,
Pullman sleeper TO WEIGH.
No. 1880 p. m. for Berryville. Front
Royal. Luray. Elkton and intermediate
NORTHBOUND.
| No. 2S.-Ioa5 a. m. for Shepherdstown,
Antietam and Hagerstown.
No. IA --o:o4 p. m. for Hagerstown and
points north. Pullman sleeper to New
York.
No. 2.-2.7s a. m. daily for Hagerstown.
/ Pullman sleeper for Philadelphia.
For rates, schedule, ETC., apply to any
agent N. & w. r. r., or
w. B. BEvILL, M. F. BRAGG,
! Gen. Pass. Agt. Trsv. Pass. ACT.
Roanoke. Va.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-21
BURNS DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE.

A permanent organization Of
the Burns Development League
was effected at the city hall last
night with Dr. Marsden as presl-
dent; Ben Brown, vice-presidenl
Pla,l Randall, secretary and !. L
Gault treasurer. An advisory
committee Of three was elected to
acl with the president and secre-
tary the five members to compose
a board of control. Julian Byrd,
/ Schwartz and VIM. Miller were
elected as this committee.
The object of this new organi-
zation Is to promote the interests
of Burns and Harney county and
It's bylaws will permit any pro-
perty owner to become an active
and participating member A
small membership fee will be
charged and monthly or quarterly
dues imposed to defray expense
OF carrying on the work of the
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-21

league. A small salary will be
given the secretary but all other
officers work without compensa-
ton. The brunt of the work will
fall upon the secretary who will
look after the correspondence and
other duties which the bylaws
will impose.
The Times-Herald comuends
this move, as il has long heen
needed. Many letters of inquiry
are received that require time and
knowledge 10 answer. 1t is in
tended to get up some descriptive
pamphlets setting forth the re-
sources and opportunities of the
great Harney country as well as
the particular business advantages
OF this city. This will aid very
materially to bring this section in
closer touch with homeseekers
and prospective investors.
A membership and finance
committee was appointed at the
meeting last night and they will
begin active work at once.
While II is now composed of
business men and property own
ers of Burns, the Development,
League will look to the interest
OF the entire county. Nothing
will be overlooked that will bring
settlement, to any part of the coun-
Is or develop its resources to the
fullest 1t will not be confined to
a few people to accomplish this as
it is expected to have every pro-
perty owner an active member
with a personal obligation to do
his part toward helping to push
the country to rapid development.
Our citizens are asked to keep
this matter in mind and take an
active part in the work and Ve'li
let the outside know tina, Burns
and Harney county are on the
map and occupy big place.