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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-08-07
MONEY ALL IN.
stock for Yakima Spray Company
Fully Subscribed.

Monday morning stock for the
Yakima Rex Spray company was
fully subscribed and the last money
needed paid in. This absolutely
guarantees the establishment OF the
company's plant in this city and the
acquisition of business house which
Will materially add to the city's in
dustries.
Morgan & McKaig, the seed men,
have practically been responsible for
bringing the firm to this city. F. A.
Morgan is member of the publicity
committee and has been one OF the
most active members since the work
of boosting started in earnest.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-08-07
COMING HERE.

Washington will produce more
than $4,000 bushels of wheat,
according to an estimate Of the crop
made by Chief Deputy Grain In
spector S S. King. based on infor-
nation that he has received during
the last two weeks from nearly every
section of the state His estimate
does not include Asotin. Benton,
Klickitat and Yakima counties. Mr.
King leaves for eastern Washington
to complete his figures, which are
the highest yet made Most Of the
grain dealers placed the yield at from
80. 100000 to $4,000 900 bushels.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-08-07
BIG CORPORATIONS TO FIGHT
RAILROADS TO COMBINE WITH
STANDARD OIL IN FIGHT.
Accusations of Judge Lands Said to
Be Cause Of the Joining
of Millions.

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Conferences
indicating a combination of inter-
ests between the Standard OIL and
the railroads to fight further govern
ment Investigations are in progress
in Chicago and New York, according
to the Chicago Record Herald. The
Chicago & Alton, the c., B. and O..
and the Chicago Eastern Illinois
lines are jointly named in 34s1 in
dtctments returned by the federal
grand jury and are represented in
the negotiations. The attitude of
Judge Lands declaring the railroads
are equally culpable with the oil
corporation in rebating offenses ami
the callingsof special grand jury
has caused hasty banding together
of the different interests.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-08-07
Good Appointment.

The state fair commission has ap-
pointed Arson S White of North
Yakima superintendent of the
apiary department for the fair this
year. MIR White is one OF the most
successful beekeepers i nthe state
and his experience will be OF great
benefit to all beekeepers who attend
the state fair September 23-2S. So
far as known there are no bees
raised in this part of Douglas coun-
ty Hartline Standard.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-08-07
ROB A CHINK.
Ellensburg LoOters Take $1,000 in
Gold-Hop Pipe Stolen.

ELLENSBURG, Aug. Especial
to the Herald.-A Chinese lodging
house was burglarized last night and
Sung Cheu is reported to have had
$4,000 in gold coin stolen. The
room was broken into and contents
of trunk and boxes strewn all over
the floor and yard. Cheu's $40 hop
pipe was taken, but thrown away not
far from the house by the burglars.
There Is no clew. No arrests have
been made.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-08-07
WILL SUCCEED N4COLA AS
PRESIDENT OF 9TH.
ZENS' LEAGUE.
SCORE the COUNTY PROSECUTOR
Speakers at Meeting Claim He Has
Been Lax in His Duties in
Regard to Blind Pigs.

The Good Citizens Law and Order
league of Sunnyside, al 3 meeting
elected Rev. E. N. Smith, one OF the
vice presidents, to AL the vacancy
caused by the disappearance OF
President H. e. Nioolai. Attorney
Doty of the State Anti-Saloon league.
was present. The principal topic OF
discussion was pertaining to the in
action of the county officials in the
prosecution of the blind pigs" at
Sunnyside; also lest methods OF
procedure in unraveling the mystery
of the disappearance Of H. E. Nicolai.
A committee consisting of w. H.
Cline, J. B. George, S. J. Harrison,
Hon. Lee A. Johnson and Stephen E.
Chaffee was appointed to wait upon
the county officials to ascertain their
reasons for net proceeding with the
prosecution of the Sunnyside blind
pigs" which has been delayed for
more than six weeks. Also to ex-
press the feelings of the community
in regard to Mr.. Nicolai's disappear
ance. A committee was also appoint
ed to confer with the State Anti-Sa-
loon league and enlist Their coop
GRAFTON in the work now under way
here.
Rev. E. y. Smith said: I'm taking
the position OF presiding officer OF
this society l fee, the serious re-
sponsibility it involves, and l recall
the words of Mr.. Nicola. when he ad-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-08-07

dressed you for the first time as your
president: 4 have given my life to
the work of fighting the great three
headed monster of society-the sa-
loon, the brothel and the gambling
demand l may have to lay down
my life here in the fight These
were words more prophetic we fear
than even he himself thought. Yet
how can we think that he has been
murdered? We have the words OF
honorable men that he has basely
deserted his family and has run
away to Alaska. 1t matters little
that the stories disagree; we can not
doubt them. for they are all honor
able men. men whose truth and in
tegrity have nobly stood the test of
the seductive influences Of the real
estate business. One man tells q
story most childlike in its Ingenious
ness Of having seen this base desert
err of wife and family, all undis-
guised. in Seattle. But, alas, for his
story and the scepticism of a worthy
people who found his story too
childhke to believe. 1t was too great
strain upon their credulity. For
Mr.. Nicolai had korne a name OF
being wise business man, a good
father and husband and there was
no motive to be found for him ia
commit such an act.
IF we were to speak and act as
we feel tonight 1t might not be very
pleasant for some OF these gentle
men.
oh masters, If we're disposed to
stir
Your hearts and minds to vengeance
and to rage.
I'd do our Brutus wrong and Cassius
wrong.
Who. you all know, are honorable
men:
will not do them wrong; l rather
choose
To wrong the dead, to wrong myself
and you,
Than l will wrong such honorable
men,
yet, he who does not doubt but
that Mr.. Nicolai has mysteriously
run away. also wonders why these
wise, far-seeing men do not bring
unmistakeable evidence or have him
arrested for ~desosting his family
They surely know that it would be
worth moro to their business to pro-
duce H. E. Nicolai alive as a desert.
er than all the advertising they could
do. | feel sure that it would be
worth more than $4,000 to the
Yakima brewery business to discover
him in hiding, and it would be worth
hundreds of thousands OF dollars to
the saloon business in general, for
II he is not found it will go hard
with the saloon business throughout
the country. 1t is still stranger to
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-08-07
ARM CRUSHED.
Jap Laborer At Ellensburg Suffers
Had Accident.

ELLENSBURG. Aug. Especial
to the Herald.-A Japanese laborer
in the local Northern Pacific yards
fell in the turn-table today and nad
his left arm crushed. He had been
empoyed in the Ellensburg yards for
the past six months and gives his
name as X. Seujuki. He shows re-
markable nerve.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-08-07

find these people throwing all kinds
of obstacles in the way of a search
which they declare they do not fear
Let me earnestly assure them that
1t were we'll for them to find him
alive, for il we End him dead 1t may
not go SO well with them. For cruel
discover the dead body OF Mr..
Nicolai. we consider we have snoug1
evidence to hang a few OF the promi-
nent citizens OF Sunnyslds.
Some months ago was very
cautious about entering this move
ment, for l was stranger and !
preferred to know people for my
self. | had no wish to assist any
groundless fanaticism. But rs | be.
gan to learn the worthless char acter
of the element who were trying to
make this wide open town and
control it socially. politically and
NiCA AObOd IlC lOW
hoodlum element which they were
developing as their support, and the
deceit which they were using in for.
warding their ends, | believed that
there was but one thing for me as
an honest man to do. But not until
the last few days did l believe that
we had to deal with a band of mid
night assassins. There is but one
thing for us to do as good citizens,
to stand by one another in every
way | would feel it disgrace to
be found patronizing a man in bust
ness who had tried to bride q man
to kill a fellow citizen. Let US stand
together against criminals and their
sympathizers. This is not Sunny
side matter. LIST us make it a
county affair and drive our county
Off ,ials, so strangely inactive, to
action. Let us make it a state affai.
and let the saloon business of the
state bear the deep damnation of his
taking off, so that our brother
Henry E. Nicolai, shall not have suf-
fered in vain
Attorney Doty OF the State Anti
Saloon league said: Let me assure
you that if the committee you have
appointed tonight is designed to in
terest the Anti-Saloon league of the
state in your fight, these gentlemen
can save themselves the trouble, TO.
the league Is more interested in you
than you have any idea. Our eyes
are turned on Sunnyside with the
most intense interest. | wish, how
ever. to caution you against allow
ing this excitement to draw your at
tention away from the cause for
which we believe Mr. Nicolai gave
his life. Go on with your efforts to
solve this mystery. but at the same
time carry on your war against the
saloon and the blind pig. II your
enemies can take advantage of your
excitement and creep in and gain
a foothold, then you will have lost
your leader and gained nothing.
am saying what l think Mr.. Mic
OLAF would say tonight if he could
speak to you. Keep up the fight
against the saloon. At the same
time let me say that it is not your
place. your business. to be with the
prosecutors. nor is it the business of
the Anti-Saloon league. 1t is the
work of the officers of the law. Make
them to understand that they were
not elected to assure a fair fight be-
tween the good people and the law
breakers, but to search out and pun
ish all violation of the law"
J. B. George said: 1.-The manner
in which our county attorneys Of
fee has allowed the prosecution of
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-08-07

the Sunnyside blind pig case to drag
along is not conducive to, nor does
it inspire confidence in this Official
integrity in bringing the case to
trial. 1t is now over six weeks since
this case was ordered to be tried be
fore the next nearest justice court,
and yet upon one pretext or another
the case is allowed to drag along so
that it will be more difficult to get
the witnesses before the court. In
regard to the H. E. Nicolai case, 1t
is still more exasperating. The ef-
feet of the county officials MONACO
ton is to say to the sunnyside peo-
pie H. E. Nicolai has been gotten
rid of; what are you going to do
about it?' "
DR.. ]. r. Harvey said: All this
talk about what we will do to our
county officials If they do not make
stronger effort to enforce the law
is not intended as threat to make
them do something they ought not
10 do, but is simply an indication
that We intend them to do their duty
or we will remember them hereaf.
ter We hope that the county Of
ficials will see to it that the blind
pigs in this part Of the county, az
well as the Nicolai matter, has seri.
Gus consideration.
H. E. Perrin, city treasurer, said
The time has come when the senti
ments of substantially all those pres
ent and the league in general should
be crystalized into resolution, to
which not only we ourselves would
stand committed, but which would
also define our position and make
known our. attitude toward all those
who have seen fit either to wink al
o. affiliate with those who have
been instrumental in foisting upon
his community the unwelcome and
illi,it liquor business: and Also as
We believe, in bringing about the
sudden and unaccountable disappear
ance of H. E. Nicolai."
H. d. Jory said: 1T has beel
suggested that in the selection Of Z
committee to interview the prescott.
ing attorney all political partie;
should be represented. AS a social
list l desire to protest against any
socialist being placed upon that com.
mittee. 1t is doubtful If any social.
ist supported Mr.. Wende Had this
attorney been socialist his resig.
nation would have been placed il
the hands of the executive commit.
tee of his party when he accepted his
nomination, and should he fail tC
carry out the wishes of his CON
stituents the people would have their
remedy"
Rev. A. H. Lyons said: while
tAlS committee is investigating Otnel
phases of the prosecution of the
blind pig business it might be well
for them to ascertain. if possible
how it came about that every time
the temperance people undertook to
institute legal proceedings against
the booze business the parties
against whom proceedings were in
sitituted were Immediately notified
of our action. Let the committee
locate the leak If possible. Find
whether it were in the telephone or
telegraph Office. or was it in the Of
fee of the sheriff or county attorney.
1t is evident there is a violation OF
confidence somewhere.
Among other prominent citizens
that spoke along the same line were
Hon. Lee A. Johnson. Stephen E.
Ch n Moo and II NJ iohtv
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-23
SULPHUR MATCHES
BRING ABOUT DEATH

los r. Mendonca. a Portuguese oied
at the Queens Hospital yesterday
morning from the effects Of phosphor-
ous poison, the poison having been
taken by him under peculiar circum-
stances. 1t was his custom to have
beside his bed on the floor a glass OF
water to drink during the night. On
a chair beside the bed was kept
bunch of sulphur matches. One night
last week the matches fell into inc
water and the solution was drunk py
Mendonca. Inc next morning, Frlday,
he applied 10 DIR. Pinto for medical
treatment, complaining of pains in the
region Of the kidneys. DR.. PINTO
treated him for PHOSPHORUS POISONING
finally sending him to the hospital
where he died as above.
A post norton was held at the Board
Of Health building yesterday and an
inquest was held last night, the YER
dict being that the deceased came to
| his death from poison accidentally
| self-administered.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-23
MARINE

The Royal Mail steamer Aorangi ar
rived from the Colonies yesterday af-
ternoon at 5 O'Clock, bringing thirteen
passengers and fifty tons of cargo for
this port. She sailed this morning at
O'Clock, taking a number of passen-
gers from this city. among whom were
Rear Admiral Stevens, L. S. N, and
Mrs. Stevens DR.. L. Z. Cofer, the
chief officer of the United States Ma
rine Hospital Service in this city, left
for the mainland on a two months va
cation.
The officers of the Aorangi report
one of the finest trips they have ever
experienced ali the way from Austria
liza A stop was made at Tanning Is
land. where supplies for the cable sta
ton at that point were landed. The
Aorangi had a full 1ist of passengers,
among whom were two young athletes
from stanford University, who have
been to Australia and New Zealand
to study the fine points of Rugby foot
BAH. They were sent for this purpose
by the university, that they might
pick up the game and thus help STAN
ford to victory in the coming years
! contests.
one of the most prominent people on
board was Miss Marie Hall, the Nlo-
! linist. Miss Hall gave a recital on the
way up for the benefit of the Snip
| wreck Relief Society, and quite large
| sum was realized. The ACCOMPANY
ments were played by Miss LONE
Basch, and all the saloon passengers
| were present, as well as nearly all the
| ships company.
The usual fun was seen when the
| equator was crossed, Neptune coming
on board in full regalia and looklns
after the welfare of those who hae
crossed the line for the first time. L
is said that the fun was greatly as
sisted by ]. D. McInerny of this city
who returned on the Aorangi from
} long vacation trip through Austrah'
, and New Zealand. A large NUMBER
his friends were on the dock waiting
for him and he was asked by man
whether he returned married or single
He replied that he was the same a
when he left. a bachelor. :.
Mrs. Knight, the wife of captain
knight of the Americana Havana
line. was among the passengers for TN
citv as were A. F. Cooke, Miss N
cooke and Miss G. Cooke, all OF nc
| nolulu.
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CONTRACTOR ROAsTS
PUBLIC WORKS DEPT
CONTINUED from Page one,.

to receive eighty epr cent. of the esti-
roatad amount of work at the end OF
every month, but as soon as hao
made this they brought around aho'heI
contract by which I was to be palo
thirty days after the Jop Was eoN
nIeted. The work has been done now
considerably over the uine' Jul 'ii'
kept out of my money
I'm the Nuuanu pipe CONTRACT nave
faithfully lived up to every reuuAh
ment of the specifications, ana the soN-
eminent has failed utterly in living up
IN a single one of their conoItioh7'
| finder their contract was TO recelNe
| each month eighty-five per cent. VI
| the value of the work / nao oohe'
| yry,is was cut down to sixty-hVe per
| cent. by the government engineer VI.
tho ;oh when Rowland came along anu
/ ont the estimate down again to HLty
! nar cent. I got disguised and threw
| the contract up, and the contract tel :
,,ina+ad a month ago, but l have moi
got my money yet -.
IT am disguised with the Whoie tniiis
and will bid on no more contracts a.
long as Rowland has anything 10 "
With them. And the other contractor
are as disguised with his plg-heaueu
ness as much as I am. In the Nuu
ann dam contract Rowland and HOMO
wav are treating Whitehouse shame
fnliv They are throwing everythlns
IN the way of his completing the Wori
and are adding expense after expens'
not only on HIM, but on the govern
ment as well.
1T want to prophesy. and wan
Won to put it down, that If HoWlan'
is kept in charge of the work al ~
N,1uanu dam the work will not De ~,
, ished until two hundred thousano ooi
lars more is spent up there.
DIsTRUsr OF THOSE IN CHARGE
| Tn connection with this liberal roas
t of the Department of Public Works 0!
: Mr.. Lord, remark made yesterua.
nv ex-secretary Atkinson is illunlha'
ing. .t +b
. @The present agitation about TN
: dam viii lead to where all the othe
1 agitations have led" said the ex-sec
r retarv. land that is to the fact tina
: the public distrusts those in eharse
the work"
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WISHED To KILL
THE WHOLE CITY

Everybody in Honolulu wants 10
kill me so I am going to kill everybody
in Honolulu announced J. Basche' an
Austrian. yesterday morning to ms
landIady, German woman living on
Oueen street. With much preclplta-
ton the landlady rushed off to the po-
lice station to give warning or the
wholesale killing that was ABOUT 70
come off. She also Informed the sher-
irf that her boarder had big, ne"
gun and was in position to commence
the slaughter at any time. Oncers
Reeves and Leal accompanied the Wo-
man back to Queen street, the two OF
feers waiting outside until the would
he homicide appeared. Then they nall
ed him and took his gun away IRON
him. after scuff1e. The gun was load
ed and the man had an extra supply
of cartridges in his pocket. He is no"
| hooked at the station on two charges
that of carrying concealed weapons
and of having revolver and not reg
| istering it with the County Clerk. In'
sanity of the man will probably o.
! looked into.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-23

limited Seamen of the United States
S21 Alakea Street,
Honolulu, T. H, August 22d, 1907
Editor Advertiser: I would deem it
a favor conferred upon the organiza-
ton that I represent if you would give
ventilation, through the columns OF
vour widespread and much admired
journal. to the status of the real plat
form upon which the Sailors Union
of the Pacific stands, and has stooo
for over twenty-five years, and upon
which it intends to stand, in spite OF
all instantaneous, malicious, false, car
umnies that may be leveled at II
through the columns of the perniclous-
" inclined press, or from any other
source whatever, as they have peen'
and are determined to stand by the
motto of Memo me impune lacesslI.
I have, on several OCCASIONS peel
highly amused, by the press report
that depict US a hydra-headed mon
ster. that is a menace to the commerce
of the United States. -
Now, sir, with your kind perfiiissI'4'
would like to state that When our
organization was born in san fran
cisco twenty-five years ago last May
| the life of q seamen was neli upon
earth. They were treated on boalo
| ship, worse than pack OF UNI " ;
| dogs They were kicked ana cuILeu
wounded and bounded, aye, ana ever
murdered in cold blood, on the heli'
sb;ns that fioated in those days com
rr,apdad and Differed by hell-borr
sands of cruelty, which the records O.
~, late .Ianented Judge NJ. M. Este'
| iii, nrove. as far as Honolulu is con
! oornad and if the Breakwater coul'
| e,,aa1x II would unfold tales of weep
| to- and waiIing, and gnashing O
| +aetb that emanated from the coward
" carcases of the aforementioned
/ 6ands The penitentiaries OF Sai
/ francisco. oregon, Washington NeF
York. Pennsylvania, Maine ana Mas
sachussetts could also bear witness l
tho bowlings of the comparatively IeN
Ruckos that paid the penalty OF thei
Buckoism. &c. +ba nm
fortunate sailor. but God calm the, rs
: ina that wells up in my breast Whe
+rfyl- of the conditions that myseI
o,a nv fellov-craftsmen had TO tae
$ when we came ashore Lana siiell =
/ in the shape of human oelhss 80
7 rounded US on all sides ana Nleu
: one another as hungry dogs SCI
e after a bone, to see Whleh Oh -
!. v-o,,ld he lucky enough TO procure
r CO as they could lavish their par4slt
cal practises upon u.s. anu seLA
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lars has gone and there are bills in
the hands Of the Auditor, held up, for
SASS for labor and $595 for cement
work. while there are other outstand-
ing bills yet TO come in for lumber,
teaming and other work, making
total TO date Of nearly twelve thousand
dollars to do six thousand dollar job.
And the dam is not finished yet!
EXPENSIVE ROCK FILLING.
some figures have been secured re-
lating to a part of the construction
at the reservoir that has been over
looked up to the present. They relate
to the cost of placing in position the
big rock fill for the outer toe of the
reservoir in the gulch, the rock being
brought down from the quarry on a
| tram line.
This tram line was extended to the
| quarry on the recommendation OF KEEL
| logg, the cost of the line being in the
| neighborhood of $1,000. It was esti-
| mated by kellogg that the rock could
be carried out and deposited at cost
| of sixty cents a cubic yard, but it is
| now found that the actual cost ex-
| ceeds two dollars a yard.
/ The tram line, which was supposed
to bring down sixty loads a day, only
averages twenty-three, which accounts
| in part for the big cost, the rest com
ing in in the fact that the quarry ma
| terial. which Rowland estimated would
be only ten ter cent. waste, is more
| than half stuff unsuitable for the
work.
In connection with this tram line
&c
funny incident occurred on Wednes
dav. when the Governor and his part!
visited the quarry. This incident wa
the fact that the assistant govern
ment engineer in charge of construc
ton, the title borne by B. f. Rowland
mt in the biggest part of the morn
ing oiling the rollers on the track s.
that the Governors car would rul
J smoothly over the government-operat
ed line At a salary of Sl75 a mont
: such oilers come high.