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Tombstone epitaph., 1907-12-22
SPARKS FROM THE
 WIRES
Latest News of the Busy World Briefly Told
 in Summary

All concerns employing negroes at Birmins shsm, Ky, have received notices from citizens that hereafter no negroes must be employed in any capacity.
 Chicago and the middle west is in blizzard of over seven inches of snow.
 The New York banks increased their cash reserve at the rate of one million dollars . day for last week.
 The Standard Oil Co appealed its ease Saturday on the $2s. .oOo. 900 fine recently assessed by Judge Landers of Chicago.
 The Thsw trial was postponed on Saturday until Jan. 18th, when the nauseating story will be gone over again.
 Francis Heney is in Oreg" n to take up the land csses that Attorney Bristol "isll down on. Heney goes back ts prosecute Calhoun on Feb. lst.
 The President reviewed the big flee, thia morning at Hampton rsods. The fleet of Is men-of-war, auxilliare, and 6 torpedo boats is now started or .ts 1000 mile voyage.
 The W omans Club of Gold6eld ha, personally appealed to Gen. Funston to keep the troops there indefinitely Funston says their tales of past ex perience shows the women to be il continual fear.
 The California shippers are hot or the trail of the $. P. in order to correc abuses alleged to be fostered by the company.
 Gel. W. c. Greene has denied th story that he contemplated taking u perssnent rssid epcs in Tucson. s. B. DeLong has been named . post commander of the G. A R. pos at Tucson.
 For passing . forged check. Ramo Alvarez vas sentenced to serve ninet days in the county jail by . Lowe justice.
 Ms. J. o. Livingston has secured lease os the Butler hotel at Lowell. Two Mexica.s sttem pted an assaul on the person of Minnie Clauberg, si1teen-yesr-old girl at Tucson. The are now confined in the county jail. Eleven pri,onsrs e'capsd throug : the roof of the Tucson city jail.
 Rossland miners union has agree to reduction of l71-2 per cent i their wage scale. Jss Nugent's saloon at Yuma ws | burglsrired and $36 in cash was tax en.
 The Little Dutchman group ( . claims in Yuns county have bee bonded to 6 Michigan syndicats fo sloe,0
 The Times at NoRales insists ths people should not be permitted | congregate in front of store windows The merchants may have sontrar views.
 The Ysms Examiner has started circulation contest and is giving swa valuable books.
 A diamond ring, valued st $3Oo wa found under . carpet in the Yum hotel. It was lost by . Los Angelo travelling man several month. ago. Arthur Bennett. New York bs.k CT, was found dead in bed in . hote at Prescott. It is thought tubercu Ioeis was the cause of death.
 The Ameriean Federation of Labo has sesn snjoinsd from eontinuin the boycott sgainst the Buck Stsv Go. pending . settlement "f the case New Mexico officials are preparinl so enforce the snti-Esmbling law q New Year day. Slot .aohines are i. eluded in the restriction law.
 Grace Domenics vas declared th common law wife of Gsregio Domen e ct El Psso by . jury and mad heir to the s2s 900 estate.
 Work was started yesterday . Quincy, Nass., oa the North Dakots which is ts bs the largest battlsshi iA the world.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-12-22

The comptroller of currsncy eIyscts the financial situation ts clear sp per. csptitly Jssuary l.
 wm. R. Coyss of St. Louis, Me [, was ssntssced ts two years isPris- enmsst on . charge of psrjury n esn- nessisp with the boodling easss.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-12-22

If Japan should announce an Atlantic trip for its fleet our eastern cities should be calm. Those mysterious lights seen near Cape Cod during the Spanish war were never explained.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-12-22

The statistics of the coun- try's productions laid before Congress are calculated to give panic talk the laugh.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-12-22

After breaking numerous records, it would be the irony of fate if the Lusitania and Mauretania wind up by break ing their owners.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-12-22
Artesian wells and irriga-

Artesian wells and irriga- ton ditches are causing Ari- zona to blossom with Alfalfa, and still our agricultural re- sources have only commenced to develop.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-12-22

Sixteen battleships W l make an effectixe knocker on the open door.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-04
An Ansedets Of Shelley.

The poet Shelley tells an amusing
story Of the influence that language
hard to be understood" exercises ON
the vulgar mind. Walking near Covent
Garden, London. he accidentally jos
tied against an Irish navy, who, being
In a quarrelsome mood, seemed in
cllned to attack the poet. A crowd Of
ragged sympathizers began to gather,
when Shelley, calmly facing them, do
lIberately pronounced:
Il have put my hand into the ham,
per. have looked on the sacred bar
ley. have eaten out of the drum. I
have drunk and am well pleased. I
have said Knox ompax. and it is I'm
ished"
The effect was magical. The aston
ished Irishman fell back. His friends
began to question him. What bar
leyy' Where's the hamperf" what
have you been drinklngT' and Shelley
walked away unmolested.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-04

tOriglnail
An old man sat Mt a table on whloh
had been placed a smoking dinner and
plates for eighteen persona No seat
was occupied except that of the old
man himself. and as the clock ON tho
mantel licked away the minutes no one
else appeared Indeed, the one occu.
pant OF the room could not have ex-
peeted any one else, for his own dinner
was on bis plate. At each place was a
bottle Of wine, but the only bottle I'M
corked was that before the one diner.
At the close of the Mexican war
eighteen officers who had taken part In
Il and who lived not far from one an
other decided TO celebrate the peace
with dinner II was a jubilee. Dur
Ing the evening a proposition was made
and decided upon that once a year the
feast was to be repeated. aud as each
man dropped out his plate and bottle
were to be set the same as IL be were
present.
All were either young or compar-
atively young. and II was some years
before a single place was vacant. Then
a chill passed over every man as he
entered the room and saw the empty
chair. the plate, the uncorked bottle,
OF their late comrade. All had looked
upon battleaelds. but none had expe.
rienced this same peculiar sensation In
viewing the dead and dying.
Several years passed. The seventeen
men were beginning TO become some.
what accustomed TO the one vacant
chair when the clock OF their lives
struck 2. They missed one OF the
youngest, merriest OF their number.
Then Il became apparent that the
spontaneous merriment OF their FIRST
dinner would wane under the lncreas-
Ing vacant chairs and exertlon must be
made to keep the dinners from grow
ing painful. A resolution was passed
that each man must contribute some
thlng-a song. q story. a Joke. what
ever be pleased-tO enllven the oeca.
sion.
Slowly the diners watched the In.
creaslng vacancies tn the number gone
equaled the nGmber remaining. When
the aine living men met and drank 70
the nine who were dead. II was with
an effort Some one proposed that they
should sit together at a living hale Of
the table, leaving the other half for the
dead, but the proposal was voted down.
and the living and the dead remained
side by side
Their clock struck 10. IL. II. and two
thirds Of the original number had pass
ed away. Six men whose boards were
gray sat together and drank TO twelve
who had gone. To them the dead re-
NAMED at the age they departed, some
- the threshold Of manhood, others
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-04
at successive ages.

/ at successive ages.
II was years before there was an
other vacancy; then two empty plates
/ dropped into line like figured disks re.
cordlng the revolutions OF an engine
| shaft. Another dropped IN three years.
another In two.
By this time all who were destined
to reach the ordinary limit, threescore
years and ten, had dropped out. OF those
who were to become octOgenarians
or centenarians but two remained. For
eleven years two old men sat down
together once a year and drank to six.
teen comrades whose bottles were un-
corked. 1t was not now a question Of
which should be blessed with the
longest life, but which would be soon
est relieved from a painful duty. As
they glanced over the uncorked bottles
II seemed that their dead comrades
were drawn up In line to receive them
when they should appear upon the
eternal parade. With trembling hands
they raised thin glasses to their lips
and drank-drank as much as there
was hope Of assimilating with their
wornOut systems-then set their glass
es down and without a word left n
room which from banquet hall had
become a sepulcher.
And now the last man. elghty-nine
years old, sits alone A myriad OF
wrinkles radiate from a scar on his
forehead, the remains of wound re.
celved at ChurubugcO A few snow
white hairs are scattered over his
head. His eye Is a fare OF intelligence
about to go out. His dinner Is untast.
ed, except little toast water, OF which
he has taken a few sips. He sits at
one end OF the table and looks down
the long line Of bottles on either side
every bottle representing a dead com
rade. He raises his glass and speaks.
not with bis llps-llps are not needed
to address the dead--but In spirit.
Comrades. l, about to die, greet
you. 1t has pleased our great COM
mander to place me in charge Of the
rear guard. have seen you all safely
over the river, and now. my work be-
ing finished, am permitted to cross
myself. The din of battle sounds far
from me--a confused murmuF OF shout
Ing. OF musketry, of cannon. | have
no desire to return to mingle with 1t.
] only wish to join you In your long
rest Comrades. | greet you"
He touched the rim of his glass TO
his thin lips and set it down. Then
he rested his chin on his breast and
closed his eyes.
The door opened, and a group OF
children burst into the room, followed
by their parents.
Grandpa. wake up! We have come
to cheer You for the loss Of your
friends. They are gone, but we are
coming on. We knew 1t would be sad
for you to dine alone. and we are go
Ing to take you away and warm you
with our young hearts beating against
yours. Come; grandpa, wake upr'
But the old man did not wake up
One OF his sons. man of fifty, ap.
preached and quietly shook him. Touch
ing the veterans hand. he found II
cold. Quickly passing his own hand
over the wrlnkled brow, he dropped II
on the heart
1t had ceased to beat
r. A. mitchell
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-04
A Library of 100 Volumes Will Be Give
Away

This elegant library including 100 volumes and han
some case will be given by vote to the Lodge, Socid
Church or School in Occur dAene securing the larg
number of votes in the following manner The merchsr
listed below will give with each 1Oc cash purchase one yd
The contest began JAM 49, 1907, and will close June
1907 at O'Clock P. ballot box is placed in the q
Drug store, where votes to be deposited
At close of contest, the Lodge, Society, Church
School having received the largest number of votes
be awarded the library
votes.
Remember votes can be secured by trading with fir
listed below. Hugh Whitaker will count the votes.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-04

Joseph Bonaparte fled to America
after the hundred days and bought a
home In Philadelphia, where he lived
In winter. and mansion In New Jer-
sey where he passed bis summers. He
was much liked In this country, but
could not make up his mind to stay
here so returned to Europe, hoping to
profit by the changeso Of government in
Br zee. He was always disappointed
snd found himself an unwelcome guest
To every country save England. He
finally secured permission to live In
italy and died In Florence In 1874.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-04
AZ Clean a. . Mhl.tls.

Any one who has Witnessed the man
ufacture Of rustic whistle can be at
no loss for the origin Of the saying.
"As clean as whistle" A piece Of
young ash about four inches long and
the thickness OF nnger ID hammered
all over with the handle Of knife un-
I'll the bark Is disengaged from the
wood AID capable Of being drawn or.
A notch and cut or two having been
made In the stick, the cuticle 10 ro-
placed, and the instrument ls ccmplet-
ed. When stripped OF Its covering the
white wood. with It's colorless sap. pre-
sents the very acme OF cleannesss-
London Answers.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-04

Singieton-What have you In that
package, old mani wedderly-An ash
receiver. It's a present for my wife.
eingleton-Whatl You don't mean to
tell me she smokes cigarettesi Wed
derly-oh. no. but II she has an ash
receiver for me to put my cigar ashes
in Il win save her the trouble Of sweep
Ing them up. see2-C Chicago News.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-04
Robt. w. Collins
Real Estate. Insurance., Loans

$210o-A new room plastered
bungalo with good outbuildinRs. 2
lots 451l32 feet. Good location.
$1750-takcs this 5 room house.
with pantry and clothes closets. good
cellar and outbuildings, CITY water.
inside, two lots 52x120 feet.
$14OO viii buy 4 lots, one a corner
with room house. Good barn
and other outbuildings. Some fine
fIuit trees,
$780, lots, one a corner. with a
room house. Good barn and other
outbuildings. Some young fruit
trees. This is a bargain.
$925-wili purchase a 8 room plas-
tered house, one lot, city water, close
in.
$45oo-41 acres of No. / farm
land, 9 acres in orchard, with a z
room house. Good cistern, barn and
other outbuildings, located 2A miles
from city.
Lots at Your Own Price
$1000-A fine lot on 4th street.
very close in.
$50o-Four lots, one a corner:
good location.
$685. lots, one corner.
$275-Fine corner lot.
$165-1 lot 5ox15o feet.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
1ERON4UT NE4R DEATH.
Fails Into Sea Near S5cam pscott and
NearIg DrO7Cns.

Lynn, Mass Sept 4.-Enveloped in dense
fog and mist. which chilled him TO the oone anu
prevented all attempts al self-preservation' John
,ta1onev a Boston aeronaut, was thrown into
the sea by his balloon two miles of Fishermen
Reach swampscott tonight. and for more tnan
an hour was swept back and forth in the water
until his cries were heard by lifesavers ana HSii-
.rr,ar on shore. who went to his rescue
Maloney made an ascension from Nahant IN
hot air balloon in the presence OF large crown
about $50 o'clock tonight Accorolhs 10 III H->
custom when making night ascension Ndioi'eS
went 1p sitting on a trapeze bar. and all pfepa-
rations were complete for riding out the HE OF
the balloon. which under ordinary conditions VIII
stay UP for an hour or more
soon after striking the water gusR OF VIM
sv,,,e hin, toward shore and seeing the lights or
what proved to be Swampscott Beach, ne crieu
ont frantically for help while ne YET had
strength. His cries were heard, but soon after
gust of wind took him even further out 10 sea-
and as he had not strength left 20 call OUT again
much time was lost in finding him
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
FIRST VOTES TO CANNON.
Fordney to Start Speaker in Lead
for Presidency.
from The Tribune Bureau

Washington. Sept 4.-Joseph C. Cannon.
Speaker of the House of Representatives. will
be the first of the aspirants for Presidential
preference at the hands OF the Republican party
actually to acquire instructed delegates.
Senator Knox has received the Endorsement
of his state convention. but Of Pennsyl-
vania's sixty-eight delegates is instructed
yet. Secretary Taft has received the indorse-
rnent of his state central committee. but no one
of Ohios delegates is instructed. Mr. Cannon.
however within the next two weeks will have
two actual delegates in his vest pocket. so to
speak The first Cannon delegates will come
from Saginaw Mich. and from Representative
Fordney's district.
Mr. Fordney is known for his infiexible stand
pattism,' and he represents several counties
noted for their beet sugar factories This may
explain in part. his anxiety to brand the dele
gates from his own district before Secretary
Taft's lasso goes circling through Michigan
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
PRESIDENT TO GOVERNOR KIBBEY.
Mr.. Roosevelt Tells Why He Ceased Work
ing for Joint Statehood.

Phoenix, Ariz.. Sept 4.-The following letter
was given out to-day from the office of Governor
Kibbey:
Oyster Bay. Long Island. August 81
NV Dear Governor Kibbey: Secretary Garfield
has been TO see me- and has reported to me IN
full the conditions of affairs he found them
in Arizona and New Mexico. and especially the
attitude of the people of each territory toward
the question of joint statehood His report
makes il evident to me, was already pre-
neople are settled and will not change. Under
these circumstances / shall take no further
action looking toward joint statehood for the
two territories You are at liberty TO publish
this letter Sincerely yours.
-7 THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
HALT ON EYTENSIONS.
Southern Railroads Reported Act'on
Due to Legislation.
TBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.l

Chattanooga, Tenn. Sept. At is reported
here to-day that the Southern Railroad mas or
dered w J. Oliver. the Knoxville contractor
who has contracts aggregating Slo.cpoo "r
more in his section, 10 stop all Work pehuihs
further instructions II is said tnaI All SUI
contractors the double track WORK loI 'iie
Southern Railway between this city and Oolet-
nah Junction have stopped work and within
tho rext few davs all the railroad work in this
neigh hborhood will be stopped
Adverse railroad legislation is said 70 be re-
enonsibIe for the new conditions railroad
Official stated yesterday that owing to the recent
legal fights which the Southern had 10 nnahce
in the states of North Carolina. Georgia anu
Alabama. the entire sum set aside for lnlproE-
ing the system had been recalled ana tia' l.
would be used in operating the railroad
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
BONApARTE ON OIL CASE
Department Has Confidence an Sims
and 4scGits HIS Report.

Lenox. Mass. Sept 4.-Attorney General
Charles J. Bonaparte issued a statement to-
night regarding the Standard OIL case in the Illi-
nois court The Attorney Generals statement is
as follows:
On August II Judge lands asked in sub
stance that the Department of Justice conslder
portions OF the transcript OF testimony In the
ca Sc of the United States against the standard
Oil Company OF Indiana. in order 70 determine
whether the Chicago & Alton Railroad Com
pany, its officers and employees, were emitted 10
the benefits of an agreement assuring II and
them of immunity against criminal prosecution
in connection with the granting OF certain re-
bates to the Standard OF Company
The depa Tnent. In compliance with the desire
of Judge Lands, examined the above Uentloned
records and moreover. carefully investigated
the entire subject and as a result Of such In
vestiRatton the Attorney General on August -
wrote Edwin W Sims. United States Attorney at
Chicago. informing him in substance that the
agreement was sworn TO have been made in
June or July, 1906 by c. b Morrison. M.
Sins's predecessor in office; that Mr. Morrison s
action appears TO have been duly authoTlzel at
the time by the department. that in the opinion
of the department the arrangement had greatly
Facilitated the indictment and conviction Of the
stardard OH COMPANY and that while certain
portions of the evidence might be 1alrY open
to unfavorable comment. the department re-
garded the government as bound in GOOD Talth
and also as a matter of public policy to give
effect the agreement ,-..--
Mr. Sims instructed 10 read thls IttteF
when the grand Jury was reconVened on sep
ten,her 2 and TO take such further action 10
the foregoing and as might seem TO the court
and m himself appropriate in the premises.
The department learns that Mr. Sims did not not
comply with these instructions by reason OF ms ms
having had called to his attention very recently
certain new and. in his Judgment. material
facts which he thought should be submitted tie,1
to the department for its further consideration
tororo ;te conclusions should be finally an
nonnced For this -urpose he asked and was
granted by the court a delay OF three weeks.
The DEPARTMENT is not as yet advised as 10
ubat are the facts thus ascertained by MT
sims. II has great confidence IN his sound
Judgment and devotion 70 duty. ana II aWails ms
~ renort before taking further action In the
nreroisas Inasnuch however. as the circum-
etances Of the case may be liable TO mlscon-
struction. it is deemed propei t,t ~ suii'-' 0 '
present statement to the public
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
MR. TAFT's PLANS DIsARRANGED.
Delav in Minnesota's Sailing Will Probably
Postuone Meeting of Philippine Assembly

Missoula Mont. Sept. 4-Secretary TAFT was IN
formed to-day that the steamship Minnesota IN
which he.is sail for the Far East VIE no. 80
-. ,,-.,, Sen+ar,ber Il instead of September
10 The delay will land Secretary Tart IN MANIA
az least two days late for him to preside AT the
FIRST session of the new popular Assembly whicn
is TO convene on october Is. The Phlhppine Com-
70 ~ ,.o,a b, will postpone the opening Oc-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
MORE FIRES IN ANTWERP.
strikers Burn Warehouses and Lun1-
ber-Domage Nearly 81 5000.

- sent 5-The strikers set fire TO
two other warehouses soon after midnight
- snita of the assistance rendered by the
military the fire in the lumber yard Is spread
ing. The damage is estimated at sooo.oro
Ar,werp Sept. 4-The strikers using petro-
launn. this evening set on fire another lumber
ward The lumber covering three thousand
square yards, is blazing furfously in spite or
the efforts of the firemen, reinforced by troops
% mt ont the flames Regular infantrymen
have been told off to guard the petroleum reser-
voirs.
At 10 o'clock tonight entire regiment OF
troops was called out to assist the firemen
Tbere is reason to believe that four danger
Gus anarchists, two OF them Frencn and TWO
German. have arrived here to stir UP strife
M Hunbert. Minister of Labor. called on the
r3ureomaster of Antwerp to-day. and told him
the strikers would return to work on the usual
terms Of the Federation of Labor if the fedora
ton would consent to arbitration. The Minister
homes that this proposal will soon bring the
strike to an end
Officers of the militia declared this evening
that the strikers were in most dangerous tenn
ner as free liquor was being distributed to
them in the saloons
The militia controlled the situation here dur
ing the day. though the rioters attacked num-
49,. ~ freight cars and threw several of them
into the canal
About three thousand Of the locked out dock
,aborers porters and men in similar trades
,,bo struck in sympathy with the locked out
,oborers met and adopted a resolution setting
s,b that they were not responsible for yester-
DAYS disorders
rn,e,tv rioters were wounded last night by
.ha eabres or revolvers OF the police.
r,e men who took part in the recent dis
orders here have been led in many cases by
women.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-05
LA TOILETTE BOOM PREPARED.
Formal Announcement of Candidacy Ex-
neeted Next Week at Wisconsin State Fair.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune. !

By Telegraph 70 IIe 4II01II-'
Madison. Wis. Sept. 4-Senator La Toilette heid
q secret conference here to-day with Irwin Len
root his candidate for the seat in the Senate no"
filled by Stephenson. and. it is understood ar
ranged for the formal announcement OF ms can can
ats,, for tho Presidency at the time of the state
foir naxt week at Milwaukee At the same time
II is understood he will proclaim the candidacy Oh
Mr. Lenroot for Senator
La Toilette withdrew Lenroot from the race last
spring when he found that Lenroot could hoI WIN
on5 +ba+ stanbenson was the only La Toilette fol-
1ou,er who could gain sufficient support from the
other side TO carry the election