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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

DIR. Woodrow Wilson continues TO in
sinuate that Princeton is soon TO be-
come the happy recipient Of a gift the
like OF which the world has never heard
before. We suspect that certain we'll
known Scotch gentleman is about to pre-
sent Princeton with title deeds to the
Pacific Ocean
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
Il FoIIorNs.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Miss Tersleep-I'm awfully sorry. Mr.
Stoplate. but you mustn't call on me any
more. Ny doctor orders it.
Mr.. Stoplate-Your doctor? Why, 1
don't understand
Miss Tersleep-Well. he says 1 must get
at least eight hours sleep every night.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
Not Far Wrong.

What are moot proceedings?
Those in which a pretense is made Of
trying case"
''G'wan! Them's Smoot proceedings.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

You are a liar" said Delegate Has
kell to Delegate Baker, in the oklahoma
constitutional convention. You are a
HaT too. Tet0Tted Delegate Baker. An
honest confession is good for the soul
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
WAITING FOR SPRING.

Sitting in the sunshine.
Dreaming hy the door
OF the other springiimes
That have gone before
Thinking bout the willows
Where the waters race.
And my cork a-hohoing
Ia the same old place.
Hoping Just a-hoping
That I soon may hear
Mocking binds a-singing-
Singing sweet and clear.
-Bimingham Age Herald.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
The Latest.

What's new IN the papers,
"0h, they claim now that Brownsville
was suffering from emotional insanity
and Stanford White shot himself up"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
Un,-m, Yes; But what's the PIurnIs

From the Atlanta Georgian.
Some fellows take delight in getting
the public crazy over some such idiocy
as What Is the plural OF grapefruit"
The man who started the foolishness,
How many can you eount?" ought to
get Just that
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
PRO AND CON.
Sing a song of bachelors!

Sing a song Of bachelors.
Who so free as II
! have M pipe. nv hooks. ny dog.
Ny siphon and old rye!
No man with fewer cares is harried
And yeti sometime wish I'd married.
Sing a song Of benedicts.
4 baby and q wife
\ home mine own Who wouldn't he
Content with this. my lifeg
Bui-1hen old reeollcctions tingie.
l sometimes wish that were single.
New York Times
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Engineer Stevens says some people who
are criticising the progress of the work
at Panama are suffering with diseased
imaginations Doubtless he further
thinks that Mr.. p Bigelow has practi-
cally Cornered the visible supply
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

A so-caled obscure" book. said TO have
been written by Henry James. has been
brought 10 light. If the item has refer
ence 70 what the book is about. the symp-
toms are very promising as 20 the author
ship.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Anyway, if il wasn't for Senator Till
man. the Congressional Record wouldn't
have a paying circulation" says the At
lanta Journal People don't pay for the
Record. They are sentenced to take it.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Mr.. J. Phelps Stokes breaches the doc
trine of the common ownership of the
earth, but Mr. Hartman practices the
preferred ownership.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
We Advance.

Things are taking a turn.
"So?"
Yes: the best authorities now adm
that a man may be fairly rich and -
fairly honest"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

DR.. Parkhurst is still denouncing the
proposed naval display at the jamestown
Exposition, and incidentally giving the
fair some fine advertising.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Expert Jelly's statement that drunk
ards usually prevaricate" Is in direct
conflict with the old-time notion about
in vino Yerllas.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

A Boston astronomer says he has
weighed all the principal stars 1t IS
safe TO say that May Irwin made him
promise not to tell
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

The New York Tribune says the sun
spot IS calculated TO be 'SllS.0o0 miles in
length and $4,000 miles wide" This Rookie
Teller donation business has gone to the
Tr!bune's head.
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auention of Abstinence.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
Is It right to ride in an automobile dur
ing LeDt2
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Oh. what is fame? a contemporary calls
him Robert Franklin Taylor. and his
name is Robert Love Taylor" His mid
die name doth become him better than
a monarchs crown
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Thanks for timely and generous Ameri-
can help at jamaica says King Edward
Oh that's all right; don't mention it!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Official life in Russia is not attractive
If the terrorists don't throw bombs ut you
you are of no Importance. and if they
do. you are important, but you gee blown
up.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Forty years ago the language used in
the Bailey Investigation down in Texas
would have resulted in a fuperaI process
sion stretching from Austin to San An
tonic.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

The New York American prints a pro-
file photograph Of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
and labels it The Perfect Woman
There is no accounting for tastes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Dr. Washington GLADDEN. is perhaps the
only man ia all the land who would look
a So, o0o.0o0 gift horse in the mouth
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

cut out the 'Clansman, says the
Richmond Times-Dispatch. Yes indeed.
cut it out. knock il out, kick it out, or
blow 1t out. Anything to get rid of it,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Certainly South Carolina has put the
seal of dIsapprovaI upon government own
ership of saloons.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Vienna is going in for municipal owner
ship of funerals. over here the Demo-
Gratis so In for the funeral Of municipal
ownership.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

The Charleston News and Courier calls
it the offensary.' but just now it looks
more like a nofensary.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Commander Peary failed to make his
appearance to MI a lecture engagement
in Connecticut, giving as his reason that
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
Wife.

We ought 10 be happy. egad.
In favor mans basking.
The best thing in life's 20 be had
For the mere asking.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

Spain and Italy are complaining of an
olive oil shortage II is a great pity they
cannot raise cotton in those unfortunate
lands.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
The Brokers' Moan.

Buying violets will bankrupt me-.
Cheer up. She's worth 1t.
Maybe so. But why did ! fail in love
on "a bull market"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

1T is easy TO get a million dollars.
says John W. Gates. Yes, II you don't
wake upl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
4 Two BIIIion Congress.

When the Democrats attempted 10
arouse the country against the Repubii-
cans at the end of the first House over
which Tom Reed presided with the cry of
"a billion-donar Congress" the only re-
ply the Brobdingnagian Speaker made
was:
This is a billion-doilar country"
The country forthwith returned a Re
publican House and Dir. Reed was re-
elected Speaker.
The present Congress, whose life will
expire In less than a fortnight, promises
to stand out in history as the first two
billion-dolIar Congress. At any rate, the
prospects at present favor that unique
distinction for the Fifty-ninth. The total
appropriations of this session alone viii
almost equal the combined appr0pria-
lions of both sessions Of Speaker Reeds
first "billion-dollar Congress" The totals
have not yet been footed up. but members
Of the Committees on Appropriations in
both Houses think they viii reach about
the billion mark, and may possibly exceed
it. The only item in the present budget
that was not in the budget Of the last
session is about SS7,Oo0OOO for rivers and
harbors. and II IS this that brings the
grand total OF the sessions appropriation
up to such a stupendous figure. The Re
publican leaders do not show trepidation
when privately discussing the unpre-
cedented appropriations made by the
Fifty-ninth Congress. They say that in
the past decade this has become "a two
biiiiou- dollar cotFntrzy aud sbo voters
can be made easily to understand Il.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
Progrcssive Demoeraey.

Some people are beginning to think that
T. r. means Third Round.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

At least We wish the Car would let US
read Kuropatkin's opinion as TO Kurokis
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

the snow and ice prevented him. No
wonder he has never found the pole,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

With two such kind-hearted critics as
King Edward and Mr.. Dooley, Gov. SWEET
tenham need not necessarily think the
world is full OF woe.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

It does look a little like "a chilly deal
for the japanese cOOlie.
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nat game worth the candle?


MingO Sanders shines more brightly as
a martyr than as a witness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

1T is curious thing how often We
came across the law of compensation as
we journey through life" said Col. Ed
ward f. Wood, a noted patent lawyer OF
Cincinnati, at the New Willard.
Many time when a man seems in
the hardest luck, some piece of good
fortune comes his way to even things
up l recollect one Incident in my OWE
career in which l did this trick of COM
pensatiOn for myself It was back in
1867. I had just started out TO practice
IN Cincinnati, and was terribly poor In
fact. for some months my daily expeu-
diture for food was ten cents per diem
a loaf of bread and bottle of milk.
Well. I hung on. and gradually worked
up some business. and one day was SUI
ficiently rich to buy a pretty fine coat Of
the old Prince Albert style, for which
was extravagant enough 20 pay SIS.
How my heart gloafed over that coat
But alas, inside OF week il was stolen
from the closet in my Office by a thievish
charwoman, and with il seemed 70 60
all hope OF presenting a good appearance.
Sitting down to ponder over my loss
and wondering how on earth TO replace
the garment, my eye fell upon bin that
was about TO send to an unknown
titEAit III 4Nttt dotts a tilrt4L " tiR tsesN
ten me TO find party who had some
claim to a piece Of Western land, and to
get from him a REIMBURSEMENT Of the
claim. This l had done the man agree
ing to renounce all interest for the small
sum of $40. which I paid him. / had
therefore made out a bill TO cover this
amount and u charge of IS for my serv7
ices.
Instantly an idea flashed through my
mind Hastily tearing up the bill, I
wrote another. making the charge for my
work $50. and mailed the letter. In two
or three days a check for SEQ came along.
and a hearty letter Of thanks for the
service rendered. Now. if l hadn't lost
that So coat I would never have thought
of doubling my fee; but II was too good
a chance OF recouping to let slip. and so
I engineered the law OF compensation On
my own behalf"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20
David 4. De Armond.

Representative David A, DE Almond, Of
Missouri. who has publicly announced his
willingness 10 lead the fight against the
reelection of John Sharp Williams as
Democratic leader Of the House. has been
a member Of Congress continuously for
fourteen years. While holding high rank
among the clear-headed thinkers and
foTceful speakers of the House, Judge De
Almond probably is personally acquainted
with fewer members Of the body IN which
he is such a strong factor than can be as
serted of any other man who has served
only one or two terms II is q singular
fact that until he was made member of
the Committee on Rules he had never met
Speaker Cannon socially. though while
Mr. Cannon was merely a member they
had had innumerable sharp controversies
across the aisle that separates the two
parties.
The Missourian cannot be called a gre
garious man. lie is agreeable always I'm
his personal relations, bat he is 80 bound
up In his work that he seldom is brought
into social contact with his colleagues.
For this reason he is not popular in the
common meaning of that word He is
austere studious, and always well pre-
pared on every subject that comes up in
the House In speech he is not eloquent.
but strong. He uses the simplest Ian
guage. and appears 70 have studied 10 en-
plOy only monosylables whenever possible.
lie has the bitteTest tongue in Congress,
and il is predicted by persons who have
observed him for years that If he is
elected Democratic leader Of the Sixtieth
Congress he viii keep the Republicans in
turmoil.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-20

New York ONCE Nassau Beekman Bldg. LaCOste a
Maxwell, Managers.
Chicago once. Marquette Bldg. LaCosts s Max
wei. Managers
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The Washington Herald is deltUered by
ccrrier in the District Of Columbia and at
4 IerGndrid, Va, at s. cents per month,
daily and Sunday, or at 2j cents per
month iCithOHt the Sunday issue.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-07
Spokane City League.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

News of strike of silver glance ore
in the Railroad mine, about 90 miles
from Weiser, Idaho. in the northern
part of the county, is reported. A
specimen of ore that was brought to
Weiser by DR.. S. Peacock, the general
manager will run 5000 ounces of silver
to the ton. The ledge is more than four
feet wide and will run $50 to the ton
the entire width of it. A new s0-ton
Nedbury smelter has been placed on
the properly and was blown in We'd
nesday. The strike has created great
deal of excitement in the Heath dis.
trict, where it was made. 1t is a large
district and there is great similarity in
the mines of the entire district.
Nettie Rogers, aged IA, of Boise, was
drowned in the Payette river about 10
miles above Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, re-
Gently. The body has not been re-
covered.
1t is reported that Five hundred
square miles of rich wheat country
were devasted to the amount of $780,
900 or more by a severe windstorm and
waterspout which passed near Bndi-
colt, Wash, Sunday night. The storm
seemed to originate near Pennewawa on
the Snake river and, taking a north
easterly course, it swept toward Endi-
colt, 80 miles distant, in a path Of &c
miles ide, destroying 80 per cent of the
standing grain and doing in calcuable
damage to other property.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-07
OREGON SOUPS.

BY unanimous vote the Portland city
council ordered the issuance of $4,775.-
600 worth of municipal Improvement
bonds, provided for in amendments to
the charter in the June election, and
bids will be advertised for at once in
Portland and New York city for the
sale of the entire issue.
A runaway took place in Albany re-
Gently during the parade of Ringing
circus that resulted in serious injury
to Mrs. d. f. West of Plainview.
For the first time since the prose
cution of the railway ticket "scalpers, "
during the Lewis & Clark exposition
under the statute passed by the legis-
lature in 1905. warrants were issued
this week for the arrest Of M. Max
well and John Doe" who sold two
railroad tickets to G. II. Beasley.
Trouble is brewing for all the COM
binations of business interests in
Portland which may fall under the
ban of the Belding ordinance.
Portlands first horse show will be
held in the Oriental building at the
Lewis & Clark exposition grounds Nov.
Z, and 9.
Picnic parties and private friendly
gatherings where liquor is passed
around are hereafter exempt from po-
lice interference for lifting off the Sun
day lid
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-07
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
And MONTANA news.
a Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-crop Outlook Is Good.
IDAHO NEWS.

William Jennings Bryan will speak
70 the democrats of Idaho in Boise on
September II.
At meeting of the Lewiston school
board recently the tax levy was fixed
at mills, which will insure a fund OF
$4,000 for school purposes.
A party of q Indian scholars are on
fhe way to government school at Car
isle, Pa.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
will build a railroad along the st.
Maries river from the town of St.
Maries to Collins, Idaho, the terminal
station of the Washington, Idaho &
Montana railway. The road will be
completed simultaneously with the
main line of the ST. Paul road
along the st. Joe river.
The total value of all property in
idaho subject to taxation for the year
1907, as agreed upon by the state
board of equalization, figures up to
,S97, All, 445.55.
The table shows that Ada county
still leads the counties of the state in
total assessed valuations, its total be-
ing $11,O32.152.20. or a gain of S1,5O2,-
1874 over 1906 The valuation of
railway lines in Ada county over last
year, according to the assessments by
the board, amounts to $136,967; of tel
ephone lines, $24432.69; of telegraph
lines. S14S2.55.
The gross state tax levy for Ada
county for 1906 was $4t,429.S7. For
1897 it is given as S5S,94S.20.
Drilling for oil, gas, water, or what
ever may be found has commenced In
Payette in earnest.
With gain of almost S2,50O000 In
this years total valuations as com
pared with that of last year, Shoshone
.ests, will be completed and ready for
county is rapidly forging its way to
the front as being the richest county
in the state of Idaho, and now less
than $1,O00,000 separates it from Ada
county, the leading county. The tota
valuations of the two counties fol
this year are as follows Ada county
.Sl1,032,152.2O; Shoshone county, $40,
PAP. 054.5S.
Wallace schools opened last Mon
day
Charles H. Harding has bought th'
Fairvoew farm, near Spalding, consist
ing of over a section of choice land
from ]. H. Wann & Sons. The price
was $4,000 and the buyer will taxi
possession at once.
Judge Steele has overruled the mo
ton of the defense to quash the indict
ment against Thomas Eagan, who il
charged with an assault to commi
murder, and set the case for trial Sept
10. Eagan shot Hilda Carlson ant
her small brother several weeks age
after he had been rejected. The as
sault was made at the country hom
of Miss Carlson near Cottonwood
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-07
MooRs ARE BEATEN IN BATTLE
Plan to Stampede French Troops Al
most Successful.

Plan to Stampede French Troops Al
most Successful.
Casa Blanca, Sept. During the
fighting between the French forces
and Moors near the French camp the
Moors at first retreated, and it was
thought that the engagement was
over, when suddenly the enemy reap
peared in great force in two direc-
lions. The Algerian cavalry found
themselves almost surrounded, but
formed a square and slowly fell back
until reinforced. In the meanwhile
the French ships showered shells
among the hills, scattering the
enemy.
The engagement lasted three hours.
The line of battle extended over two
miles, and it is estimated that about
10000 Moors were engaged. The loss
of the latter is not known, but it is
believed to have been heavy, as the
French officers counted the bodies of
20 Moors in one roadway. The French
loss was Is killed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-07
OVER 80 DROWNED
new BRIDGE OVER ST. LAW
RENEE RIVER AT QUEBEC.
Great Steel Structure Was 1870 Feet
Above Surface of the Waterfalls
Been Several Years in Construction
and Cost Many Millions of Dollars
Among Missing Were 16 Skilled
American Machinists.

Quebec-The Quebec bridge fell in
to the st. Lawrence river. Three
score bridge workers are still held in
the meshwork of debris at the bottom
of the river. At roll call Saturday aft
ernoon 70 men failed to answer to their
names and were not among the in
jured at the hospital. Fifteen bodies
are at the morgue. OF the total 70
dead or missing 16 are skilled Ameri-
can mechanics. Some bodies can be
seen below the surface, tightly wedged
in the mass of steel.
The terrific height of the great steel
structure from $50 feet above the sur
face of the river crushed the bodies
of many of the workmen in a fright
full manner, and it is feared many will
never be found.
Many of the dead were Americans
brought here by the Phoenix Bridge
company of Phoenixville, Pa, which
had the contract for the ironwork on
the bridge.
Rowboats were sent out to examine
the superstructure showing above the
water near the shore, to ascertain if
any of the workmen were imprisoned
in the twisted ironwork. None were
found alive.
Just below the surface of the water
two bodies were seen, but it will be
impossible to reach them until the tide
goes out.
Both the local and dominion authori
| fo1 CT fn nv loo ~
the cause of the disaster, and if posi-
BILE to fix the responsibility.
Some of the workmen expressed the
belief that the pier gave way under The
tremendous strain of the overhangini
work M. P. Davis of Ottawa, the con
tractor who built the piers, made ;
hasty examination last night, however
and reported them to be in good con
dition, although the steel superstruc
ture had fallen upon them.
A locomotive and several freigh
cars loaded with steel Orders wer,
moving out on the bridge just befor'
the structure collapsed. Engineer Jes
went into the river with his engine
but was picked up 300 feet below tn
bridge. Fireman Davis persisted.
Engineer Jess was removed to Levi
Hospital, were he rapidly recovere
from the effects of his plunge into tn
river.
According to his story, the stee
work overhanging the river was tn
first to show signs of weakness. a
the first signs of danger Jess shut OF
the steam, but his locomotive COZ
tinued to move toward the end of tn
bridge, which had begun to toter an
moment later the engine went int
the river.