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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-15
PIKE PROTEST.

n s Ralston and other property
owsrs have filed "A protest with
the board o. public works against
The proposed Improvement and
bulkhesdiuR % tho alley between
slocka ~ aud a. ~ ~ Nogthofn
Sdd9u04
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QRNER BREMERTON WOMAN KILLS
HERSELF FOR SHAME

saying she was unable 20 bear her
shame ans longer She deserted
her husband and two little girls
two years ago for another man.
She vas formerly prominent IN 80.
clety here and wealthy.
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SAN FRANCISCO Nov 15--The
hearing of the ~ rebating iudict
mcnm against the Southern Pacific
company lHt been postponed until
November This respite was
granted by o. s Attorney Robert
unVflu
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CUTS HIS THROAT And
Then DISAPPEARS
BANK DECISION.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov rs
+ Judge Seawell In am oral
! decision rendered this morn
ing holds that a bank rs re-
sponsiblc Tor oashlng a forged
check
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s,oreke.n.rs Raldsd.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 1.-the
police last night began a series Of
raids upon stationery storekeepers
who exhibit highly eolored pictures
and also upon penny Rrcades ED.
posing various machine views that
are regarded as obscene
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lkR Col. Nov rs Mra
= lhaalpson. the divorced wife
= Fhamps0n. a contractor 81
a.r'aa Wash. committed sHi
Y ~ morning She left a note
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Enalrrnrrn cnmlnn.

SAN FRANCISCO Nov ib-The
latest returns o. me Southern pa.
cifie raiiruad marked Ia.
crease Of cuiaN $50 coming here
from the east
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ccived by jumping from the cab
window % locomotive in order 10
avoid being crushed ia a rcar-cnd
collision The plaintiff was a brake.
man tn the employ Of the railway
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The Princess Royal one Of the
fastest sound boats. owned By the
Canadian Pacific. begins her run
between Seattle and Victoria IN
place Of the Princess Beatrice to-
DAY.
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sues S. E. COMPANY FOR
100000 DAMAGES

charged that the car was running
az "a sreed o. 10 miles an hour and
was equipped with detective
fender
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''ERsN sEEKs DAMAGES.

sss 70 the extent Of g. 600
\ 49, 80 ioF By = r Dryer from
e''hefa Pacific railway. lor
Naifh be claims % have re-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-15
sEATTLE GR0CERS TO
BREAK THE COMBINE
p,us Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Vandervea to
b God il That Official Will Not Prosecute
Ia&reer VIII Wait and Watch.

u. = rwwcuticu has resulted
|. ,y icr Deputy frosccutiug
Vanderveer "a the first
Y. ~ ne Seattle food trust
800 hat Mr NAndervecr was
.esslcn q evidence sufficient
4 SIS o. a suecvssful prose.
4. against each Of the ito mem
4 shc association, the beard
s,setags met Yesterday and
resolution blnding the as.
.issn and ia officers go abide
/ - A. 10 all their actions.
i ~ meeslnx followed q confer
II ,.swsen Mr. Nanderveer and
Ia loAa J Higgins q the
I.ua enregs association, In
- h. deputy prosecutor told
4 wushs ina, the state il 10
$500 Il abundant evidence 10
|~~ase ne association for erin
1 ssspiraey under the common
Hleslns Admits Guilt.
n Higgins admitted that che
Iuaun had been IN the habit
sssafly hxing the retail pFlcce
4 var staple food ARTICLES and
~ sssfy available means TO
- racsfs 60 maintain them lie
~ hnvevef. that the mem,
Il 4 tAe association Werc not
~ a. they wcrc breaking any
y ~ Il they had done W it was
H. nseeentiy
~ laioFmed hy Mr. Wander
II 81 efefy mcmher % the as
a had broken the common
81 * uas liable 10 arrest. prose-
Is ut iine. Mr fiisaius claim
/ G iAe association would glad
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-11-15
GUNB0ATS BURNED

ST PETERSBURG Nov h.
Fire today destroyed the Rattle
ship yards and burned two gun.
boats that wcre under way 81 con.
strurfiuu
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GUTHRIE. Okla. Nov i6-Thc
Oklahoma roads will make the two.
cent passenger rate effective next
Monday.
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~ cut out the price fixing and any
other features contrary 70 law.
viii Give Them Chance.
Considering that his object would
be as well accomplished hy the OBJ
seryRnce OF the law hy the asso.
citation a. by causing the arrest.
prosecution aud flulng Of it0 retail
srocers. Mr Nanderveor agreed %
withhold the prosecution dependent
upon future good behavior of the
association. warning Mr. Higgins
that any future violation OF the
law would meet With certain prose
cutiun
Mr. Higgins communicated imme.
diRteiy with the board az directors
aud explained the situation A
meeting WAS held a. once. and
the resolution abandoning price ia.
ms was adopted.
ls Not rhrough Yet.
This action. n lived up %. frees
the retailers from che omharraRs.
msnt Of a prosecution The next
step IN the battle ls 20 force the
Wholesale Urucera association and
the Western Az. combine % ahan.
don thc price fixing methods which
they have followed and which have
much morc % do with present hlEh
prices than the prices which were
fixed BY the retailers
The price fixing followed By The
wholesalers and the Western AZ
dealers rob both the retail grocer
aud the consumer and the food
trust cannot 81 cffectnaily broken
W until they are made % comply
with the law
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~ cut out the price fixing and any
other features contrary 20 law.
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ZACH THOUGHT that THE
OTHER WAS A BURGLAR
s. o. DECLARES
$40 DIVIDEND.
(By United Press.D

NEW YORK. Nov 6.-Tho 4
: Standard on company. Of New 4
: Jersey. declared a dividend Of 4
: $40 a share for the last quar- 4
; ter The same amount viii be- 4
: paid this time as was paid 4
2 last year John u Rockefol A.,
; lor's share will be about g.. 4
= 10000
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FIERCE PRICE CUTTING IN
THE LOCAL ICE Market
FLOATING DOCKS.

WASHINGTON. Nov. H. 4
Secretary Motcalf announces !
that be will recommend two 1
new floating drydoeka. one al
New York and one at San I
} Francisco. the same size as the ,
Dewey.
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THE WEATHER.-o ccAsioNAL RAIN TO.
NIGHT AND SATURDAY; 8. e. WINDS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
THROUGH THE STATE
NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS
INDIANA POINTS.
OLD MAIDS IN PARADE
Unmarried Girls OF Plainfieid March
Streets with Banners With APP
peais TO Men-No Weddings
In IL Months.

Plainiiold There hasn't been a
wedding in Plainfield for IA months,
and the list of old maids is growing
alarmingly large.
The other evening. previous to an
entertainment for the public library,
100 plainneld girls. clad in old maids
costumes of days gone by paraded
the streets carrying banners, some OF
which bore these legends;
20. Lord, for man
I'm sew your buttons on"
II once was young.
I've got my eye on you.
Let me darn your socks
ASK papa.
This is so sudden.
One sweet young thing stalked
haughtily apart from her companions,
carrying a banner with this legend:
IL don't belong with that gang
No one but old maids took part in
the library entertainment.
The dearth of marriages in this
city has long been a source Of com
inent ali over this and surrounding
counties. Recently the county clerk
investigated Ho found that not q
single license sRs been issued to
Planield couple in IL months. sym
pathizers with President Roosevelt
views on race suicide have worried
over the situation in vain. The cause
of this remarkable state Of affairs has
Lepn generally ascribed TO the two or
,,anizations of unmarried people here
the Old Bachelors club and the Ole
\ Maids club.
The old bachelors organized two
years ago and gave a public entertain
ment for the benefit of the Plainiielt
library. They were so successful tina
,hey repeated their show again las
year. clearing over $500 in the tive
performances.
The old maids organized shortly
! after the bachelors and also gave
public entertainment for the library
year ago The other night they gave
another show and the parade wa
made for advertising purposes. 1t j
said that the two clubs are active II
preaching the Joys of single life
Many of the girls" are wage carriers
Is clerks, stenographers. etc. ant
nearly all of them are young ant
pretty. The members of the bach
clors club. also are anything bu
ssoical "old baches." Many Of then
ara young and handsome and well SUI
piled with money and are what woul'
be generally known as good catches.
Sat the county clerk waits IN vain Z
sci, a license.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
Bankers Sudden Death.

Misunderstanding X. Bushirs.
30 years old, vice president Of
:he First National bank. and one ~
the wealthiost citizens OF Monue
county. dropped dead.
Mr. Buskirk was the son Of George
Bnskirk. one Of the pioneer citizcns
Of this county. He was pr-nincnt'
connected with the development Of IRE
ooltic stone district. and was the pres
dent Of the Empire Stone COMPANY
Up 10 a few months ago be was prsl-
dent Of the First National bank ba
he resigned in favor Of his brother y.
b. Buskirk, former postmaster lie y
survived by widow. who is ne
daughter Of Mayor Hays. Of Green
castle. He was an Elk and a promli
ent Mason.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
MAY LYNCH BROKEN BANKER.
Heavily-Armed Foreign Depositors
Wild at Losses.

Somerset, Weeping pitifully,
Samuel d. Livengood. owner Of
the wrecked Farmers bank at
Meyersdale. was brought to Somerset
charged with embezzlement by VIII.
liam r. Meyers, a depositor. who lost
$4,000
Lvengood gave bond in $500 for
his appearance When arrested he
had not money enough to pay his fare
on tho railroad. and Constable Gil
bert paid the COO.
The Farmers bank an old and es-
tecmed institution. closed its doors
there being not a dollar in the vaults
About 800 foreign miners had money
on deposit in the wrecked bank. They
are heavily armed, and say they will
lynch or shoot Liyengood on sight
and heavy depositors will likely prose
cute him for larceny by bailee. NJ
good reason for the failure has beer
found by the assignee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
kor THE TIME TO STOP.
MANAGER Saw the Possibilities In tho
Situation.

Jim Johnstone. the famous base
ball umpire. said recently in New
York that baseball crowds We're far
kinder to umpires than they used
10 be.
This is true OF theater crowds,
too" said MIR Johnstone. why, with
provincial touring companies In the
past. maltreatment was regularly ex-
pected. In fact. the companies prof
tied by II in more ways than one.
Il know OF a company that was
PLAYING The Broken Vow In Paint
Rock, a one night stand. The audi
ence didn't like The Broken Vow and
eggs. cabbages and potatoes iained
upon the stage.
"Still the play went on. The hero
rayed through his endless speeches,
lodging an onion or baseball every
other minute. and pretty sore from
those missiles that he hadn't been
able 10 dodge.
But finally n gallery auditor In a
paroxysm OF rage and scorn hurled a
heavy boot and the actor. thoroughly
alarmed, started 10 retreat.
Keep on playing, you fool Kissed
the manager from the wings, as he
hooked in the boot with an umbrella
Keep on till we get the other one
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
jailed for Returning to city.

Warsaw .-Convicted as a pup
lie nuisance and banished from
the city by order Of Mayor Charles
Rigdon, John Ramsey. 30 years hur.
ried back as soon as he learned the
mayor had carried out a similar sem
tence against Walter Myers. p years.
one OF his old friends.
We reached the conclusion that
the mayor cant Danish anybody. That
settles it. said Ramsey in his cell at
the county jail. He also said Myers
will return in few days in defiance
Of the MAYORS orders.
Both men claim Warsaw as their
home, and II is thought they met
somewhere near here and reached the
decision TO return and brazen il outs
II allowed to stay in the city they
probably will be given jail sentence
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
MOTORMEN
ARE BLAMED
mecLARA AND eoTTs ARE AR
RESTED ON CRIMINAL NEG
LlGENcE CHARGE.
JURY IS OUT FIVE HOURS
The Company May Be Forced into
Receivers Hands by Damage
Suits-Governor Dsneen
Orders Probe.

Mattoon, Il.--At 1920 Saturday
night the coroner's jury which
heard the evidence in the inquiry to
place the blame for the Charleston
electric car disaster. which resulted
in the death OF fourteen persons and
the injury Of sixty five. returned yer
dict charging Motorman Bolts of the
passenger car and Motorman McClara
OF the express with criminal negli
gence. The coroner swore to com
plants on which warrants were issued
for the men. McClara was arrested
at Charleston and Bolts at Mattoon
when he returned from his run. Both
men were placed under guard.
Many Developments Came Out.
With verdict charging criminal
negligence against Motormen Bolts
and McClara.. returned by the coro-
ner's jury, special investigation by
the members of the Illinois board OF
warehouse and railroad commissioners
on order Of Governor Deneen. death
of Clea Bennett of Gays, H.. and
rumor that traction company will be
forced into receivership by damage
suits. were the days developments fol-
! lowing the disaster Friday on the Mat
toon- Charleston interurban electric
line. which resulted in the death OF
fourteen and the injury of sixty five.
several of whom can not live.
ta1r nf tpe
tinued through the day. many passen-
gers and employees of me company be-
ing examined.
AS the result Of long distance tele-
| phone conversation between Senator
/ Willoughby and Governor Deneen, the
former with Secretary Fitzpatrick OF
the state warehouse and railroad com
| missioner. arrived and began a spe-
cial investigation OF the disaster.
Company faces Receivership.
The scene OF the wreck was visited
after hearing evidence at the coro-
ners inquiry. A report will be made
to Governor Deneen and If the evi-
dence is Sufficient the attorney gen
eral will be asked to begin proceed
ings. Senator WillOughby has left for
St Louis and Secretary Fitzpatrick for
Springfield. but both will return.
According TO a man said 10 be con
nectcd with the Central Illinois Trac
ton Co. it is said that the company
will be forced into the hands of a re
ceiver as the result Of damage suits
aggreeating half million dollars tC
be dled against the company.
Radical changes. it is said, are TO b.
made in The official staff Of the com
pany which is backed financially b,
Judge Grosscup Of Chicago.
The death list was increased to IA
when Clea Bennett Of Gays H.. die'
Of his injuries, and no hope is he'll
oui for several others in the hospital
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
PRESCRIPTIONS IN LATIN.
The Public Should Have Them Trans
lated by the Druggists.

What virtue is there in the secrecy
with which the doctor hedges about
his profession?
professional etiquette" occupies
prominent place in the curriculum OF
every medical school. and when strict
ly analysed professional etiquette
reems to mean doing what is best for
the doctor, individually and col
lectively'
Among the things that lis best for
the doctor is the writing OF his pre-
scriptions in Latin. and thus keeping
the public in ignorance not only OF
what it is taking for its ills, but fore
ing a call upon the doctor each time
a prescription is needed.
In plain and unmistakable English
the writing of prescriptions in Latin
makes business for the doctors.
Let us say that you have the ague.
You had it last year and the year be-
fore. Each time you have visited the
doctor and he has prescribed for you
lin Latin. You have never known
what he has given you for the disease,
and so each time you are forced to go
to him again and give him an oppor-
tunity to repeat his prescription-in
Latin. and his fee-in dollars.
II you ask the doctor why he uses
Latin in writing his prescriptions. why
he writes aqua" when he means wa
ter, he will give you technical dis
\ sertation on the purity of the Latin
language, and the fact that all words
are derived from IL. etc. IL will be
dissertation that you may not be able
to answer, but it will hardly convince
| you
Ii would be a good thing for the pub
lie to devise a little code OF ethics OF
its own: ethics that will be "a good
thing for the pubI!c individually and
collectively"
Let us apply one of the rules of this
code Of ethics to you. the Individual
You call in the physician when you
have the ague, the grippe, or any OF
the other ills 10 which human flesh is
heir. and which you may have again
some day. The doctor prescribes-in
Latin. and you take this to you, mean
ingless scribble to the druggist e
have IL compounded. Right here Is
where you come in, If you are wise
Say to the druggist that you want
translation of that prescription. 1t !:
your privilege to know what you arc
taking. While the doctors code o.
ethics may not recognize this right i
&c voitrs inst the same
With the translated prescription II
your possession you have two distinc
advantages. You know what you err
taking. and should you wish TO cal
some other doctor at some time yo'
Will be able to tell him what drugs yo'
have been putting into your system
and also II you should have the sam
disease again you can save yoursel
a visit TO the doctor. and his fee, b.
taking this translated prescription Z
the druggist once more and having
refilled
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06

Reynolds. Fire destroyed the
post Office. Phillips hardware store,
two saloons. a barber shop, black
smith shop, a restaurant Myers snoo
store. Kruger & McQvade's grocery
and dry goods store. Eads hardware
store and Heinrich Brothers nipple.
ment store The total loss is cati
mated at $4,000 The blaze was
caused by lightning.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06

Lincoln Stefens. in an address on
municipal politics. said in Chicag Of
certain city:
THAT city is as notorious for its
rottcnncss as the town Of Pebbles is
notorious for another characteristic
Here is an incident that viii give
you an idea OF the reputation of Peb-
bles.
"On a train one day n man rushed
into a car, held up his hand for atten-
ton. and shouted excitedly
Anybody here who belongs to
Pebllesg
AYE; I do said small, dry old
fellow calmly
Then said the other, lend us yer
corkscrew.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06

"Few az ~. however long VIC live Ia
IN this country. know about all its
custcms and habits" writes a cor. O.
sp1ndent "liullhshth z Is the great
semiannual sport for the people in
Uwajima and vicinity The fights are
generally held IN The country on the
mountain side, where thousands OF
peopie can see the bulls gore each
other They are grest, heavy rolling,
TAT animals, such as Rave never
seen ia any other part Of the en-.
pIre. They are not ALLOW ID to Ill
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
RATE LAW rs ATTACKED.
Menon Read Objects to Charge FIXED
by State Commission.

Lafayette. "A suit was nle1
he'e by John F. McHugL. counsel
for the Monon Railroad COMPANY
against the state railroad commission
to determine the constitutionalin w
an act of the last legislature. au,sar.z.
ing the railroad commission % adjust
freight rates.
The complaint states thar on AurH
IL. 1907 the Romona Oooltic Stone
company. corporation of Indiana
filed before the defendant complaint
in which II was sought TO have rcdnc
ed joint rate Of freight in effect over
lines of the plaintiffs company and ~
the Vandalia Railway company. d.
tween Digger and other towns ana
mines in the Linton coal field ana
certain quarries owned by the stone
company at Stinesville on the plain
tins line OF railroad. that under this
joint rate coal was carried by the Van
dalia company TO Gosport junction
and from the junction To the stone
quarries by the plaintiffs company
that the joint rate in effect for such
service was 10 cents "A ton on carload
lots: that II was this rate which was
attacked by said stone company. and
that after the complaint was filed ana
proceedings were had the commission
entered an order TO the effect that &
joint rate of so cents should be put in
effect by the two lines OF railroad on
or before September L.
The Monon Railway COMPANY sals
the actual cost OF transportation Of
coal between the points named is none
| than 80 cents a ton. and that 80 can
not participate in such service with
the joint rate at so cents n ton and o.
ceiye as its share OF compensation I'D,
! its service enough to pay the actual
cost OF transportation, and that II this
rate goes into effect the Monon com
pany will actually lose on every ton
OF coal carried. II is also averred M
the complaint that the former rate Of
Is cents. of which the MonOn received
! IS cents. was no more than Is neces-
sary TO charge in order TO obtain a
return OF the cost of the service and
not to exceed per cent. per annum
OF the value of the property employed
in such service; that if the order IS
put into effect the plaintiffs COMPANY
will be required 10 carry coal at an
actual loss. and will in this way BE-
deprived OF this property without due
process Of law
The plaintiff, therefore. says the
railroad commissions order is void
and OF no effect. and the company asks
that the court enter an order prohibit.
ing the commission from putting the
Joint rate in effect until this case can
finally be heard. II questions the con
stitutionality Of the act by which the
commission was created. and asks the
court to pass on this phase Of the
question.
The plaintiff proposes 10 file bono
for the protection OF the public anC
shippers in the event that the orde
is sustained
In connection with the complaint az
application for a restraining order wa
made and August 20 fixed as the dat'
for the hearing. A summons was Is
sued TO Marion county. to be serye'
upon Union Il. Hunt president OF th'
cOmmi ssiOn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
John Dill Gets in a Pickle.

South Berd. ~ Directing to the
manner in which his wife man
aged her home. John Din attempted,
It is charged. to kill the woman. Be
fore neighbnrs arrived Dill had so
severely beaten the woman that she
was covered with bruises from head
to foot On her complaint Dill was
arrested
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
Sues Town for Damaues.

Greenfield Oliver p. Hobbs. OF
New Palestine. who was injured
by the explosion of acetylene
while attending a Republican caucus
in the town hall at that place last
campaign has brought suit for s25, 900
damages against the corporation of
New Palestine, which is alleged to
own the hall and acetylene plant.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06

Rideefeld. Conn.-Guests or the
Mil River hotel were treated TO
novel sight when dog. after a
battle of half an hour, dragged a 80
pound swapping turtle from the water.
Nero, a l65pound Newfoundland.
while swimming. was seized BY the
tail by the turtle and Immediately
gave fight When he came to land the
turtles head had to be cut of to re-
lease Nero's tail
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
Calls for Training Station Bids.

Washington--Bids for the compile
ton Of grading at the naval training
station at Great Lakes. North Chi
cago. were to have been opened at
the navy department on Aug. 2G No
bids were submitted and another call
for bids will be made for Sept. IL