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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

trouble between Admiral Dewey and
Admiral Won Diedrichs at Manila to-.
gether with his now historic "Hoch
der Kaiser" song, nearly led to inter
national combinations. for the Ger
mans were much offended by the re-
marks of the gallant but indiscreet
American officer.
Despite his bluntness Of speech and
the troubles caused thereby. Coghlan
reached TIE rear admirals grade and
has retained the popular affection his
courageous sea duty has inspired. He
Is very fond of good stories and once
told one to Illustrate his distaste for
being the last speaker.
Having the last word" the rear ad-
miral said. "reminds- me of a story
heard not long ago. a certain man
died, and clergyman was engaged t.
offer Il eulogy. The worthy minister
prepared sermon of exceeding lens i
and strength, but just before he en-
tered the parlor to deliver it he thought
what the dead mans last words had
been. SO he turned to one of the weep
ing Younger sons and asked:
Ny boy. can you tell me your IA
theirs last wortis:'
"'lic didn't have none the boy an
sWerel, ma was with him to the
end"
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt. Jr.. who
q =
ago and recently recovered 1t. was an
heircSS when she married young NJ.
Vanderbilt. so that money has been
plentiful with her from girlhood up.
She was Miss Virginia Fair. dau~htci
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

was his political
novel. THE I'hir-
tecnth Dis trict."
that gave him his
greatest fame. and
for years he has
work ed for the pro-
motion of his re-
form ideas, both in
the field of litera-
ture and in that of
practical politics, in
that respect resem-
bling Win ton
Churchill of New
Hampshire. There
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

proofs by Which CoE l. CRAWFORD
the lands We're obtained.
Governor Crawford is forty-nine
years old and a native of Iowa. lie
graduated from the law department Of
the University Of Iowa in 1882 and be
gan practice in Independence the fol.
lowing year. He removed t. Pierre
d. T.. in 1854 and in 1897 settled In
Huron, s. u. He has served In the
state senate and as attorney general
has been president of the state Bar
association and member of the genera
council of the American Bar assoc!a
ton and in 13o4 was a delegate to the
universal congress of lawyers ana tu-
rists at st. Louis.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

of the late Senator
Fair, and is a beau
ty of the brunette
type. small, but
we'll built. and
graceful and very
vivaciouS. The gem
box. or "vanity
box" was stolen
at Sherry's one
evening after the
opera. 1t was set
with 800 diamonds
and seventy rubies.
Detectives recover
ed the box from a
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

lloillcTSlldlu IVA,
Judge Of county courts, East Kent. He
entered the colonial office in lSS2. was
acting colTsial secretary OF BRUSH
Honduras in 1891. auditor genera OF
the Lcewnrd islands from $3.50 to lS''o,
secretary of the West India royal com
mission in 1897 and in 1898 was sent to
Washington to assist in reciprocity ne
s,otiations in behalf of the West Indian
colonies of England. lie was colonial
secretary of jamaica from lSo9 TO
1904. and 1t was during this period
That he several times acted rs cXccu-
tive. He is a poet and essayist ana III
describing his rccreations says that
they consist in 1.-The normal forms OF
ioating and dlettanteism."
District Attorney jerome OF New
York was talking Mt dinner about
the power of speech.
speech talk" he said. "if 1T Is fast
and fluent and earnest enough. VIII
achieve miracles, turn black white. DO
anything. A woman went to buy an
Easter bonnet not long ago. The
salesman, getting his tongue slightly
twisted. brought ont handsome bon
net and said rapidly and excitedly:
"a great bargain. madam-the last
one left! They have all gone Off like
hot cakes. and no wonder-formerly
$40, now offered for S15.'
'''1'll take It, the woman. much I'M
pressed, said hastily"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

He rose through
the various grades
until in 1893 he
was a captain and
In command of the
cruiser Raleigh on
the .Asiatic station.
At the battle of
Manila Bay his he
roic conduct won
him praise second
only to that ac-
corded Dewey, and
on his return 10
American S hore $
some months later
he was one of the
lions of the hour,
But the admiral,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

tachments of sea-
men landed by Rear
Admiral Porter to
attack Fort Fisher
on the sea front. 1t
was intended chief
~ as a feint to at
tract attention from
the main assault to
he made by the
army, but the sea-
lnen were so much
carried away by
the possibility Of
capturing the fort
by themselves that
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

Illinois and publish
ed in the Congress
Sional Record. They
c9lled forth the
statement from
Mr.. Garfield that
the transactions in
question occurred
so long ago that
any prosecution In
I II a t connection
would be debarred
by the statute Oe
limitations, but that
steps would be tax
on to cancel the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

President Roosevelt
or attended Il din
ner given to form
plans for opposing
him and his poll.
cies, relates a story
Of the last g.lherna
torial campaign In
tho keystone St:.",
He AYERS that this
was the cleanest in
the history Of the
commonwealth.
only one deIe-
gate even hin.e:l
that he would Ike
to he corrupted
1nclprn.l NJ. Enp
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

waiter who tried to
pawn it. Mrs. Vanderbilt was asked
If there were any marks by which she
could identify it.
Eyes" she replied after n few mo-
ments' thought; there are some tele-
phone numbers on cellnlo'd card in
side of the box"
"Can YOU remember what they are?"
asked the detective.
Mrs. Vanderbilt knitted her brOws
and then her face cleared. She repeat
ed three or four numbers on the card.
and the detective smiled.
ITS yours without question" he
said as Nc drew forth from his pocket
the gold ana jewel studded case
There WAS an exclamation CT delight
from the leader in society as she
eagerly clasped the box and hald 1t to
the LIGHT
eyes. it's mine" she SAID.
Mrs. Vanderbilt refused to appear in
court against the thief and delegated
the task to her husband
Representative Theodore r. Burton
of Ohio who has been prominent as a
supporter of Secretary Taft for the
Republican presidential nomination.
has attained many of his ambitions.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

has several times
been acting gov
crnor of jamaica.
II@ was born in
$3.50 and is Il son
of the Rev. II. A.
Olivier of Winch
field. He studied
at Corpus Christi
college, oxford, and
in Germany and in
1850 married Mar
guret. daughter of
,,a,,Inn, 'aV
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

though brave, has always been eXcep-
tionally free and blunt of speech. and
this trait has got him into embar-
RAISING situations more than once. y
number of years before the Spanish
war he was put back several places
m the naval list on account OF too
free expressions of opinion. 1t was IN
1899 at dinner that his story OF the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

but has never won
a wife. His friends
are having consid-
cradle fun ut his
expense on account
of IN incident in
connection with his
invitation t. speak
at Mechanicsburg.
o.. on the glorious
Fourth. In an
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

they charged it like hohiHf d. E' AND
crazy men as soon as they were ashore
The bluejackets, although they reached
the foot of the parapet, suffered severe
" In killed and wounded. They did
not retreat. however, but huddled
along the outer edge of the glaciS,
where the Confederates could not fire
Mt them without rising high enough to
expose themselves. Among those who
fell at this point was Bob Evans. one
leg being so shattered at the knee that
1t was believed impossible that it could
be saved.
"There we lay" said Evans after
ward. 1.-The Johnnies taking pot shots
Mt us whenever they dared and our
men watching the parapet to fire mt
every head that came up, for that was
our only protection against annihila-
ton. Not until the army took them in
the rear and swept them from one
traverse after another did we feel
there was any hope to escape. We
were so close that we could sass each
other back and forth. and 1t certainly
had discouraging influence upon the
fellows behind the parapets to hear
themselves damned unanimously by Il
line of men who apparently had cuss
words enough to represent whole
army corps"
The United States navy has had few
more picturesque figures than Rear
Admiral Joseph 3. Coghlan. who re-
tired from active duty short time ar"
after lengthy service distinguished
by several episodes which gave him a
good share of public attention. He IS
n native Of Kentucky and was ap-
pointed to the navy from Illinois in
1860 becoming an ensign after three
years at the Naval academy in 1863.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

IlbEDtIIlS tuc eA-
pectcd visit from the congressman the
editor of the fredericksburg Weekly
Telegram said:
Hon. Theodore Burton of Cleveland will
deliver the Fourth of July address in Me
chanicshurg. 1t is also understood that
the ladies Of this community have ten
dered Mrs. Burton an invitation t. spend
Independence day in fredericksburg, and
1t is more than likely that she will be our
guest on the Fourth. She is a most at
tractive woman. and her appearance here
will be- a great event in social circles,
The congrcssman's friends nov say
it is up to him to produce n Mrs. Bur
tom for the occasion of the nations i'll
dependence anniversary
Brand Whtock. who criticises the
prevalent penal practices of this coun-
try in an article in leading magazine,
succeeded the late sam Jones as cold
en- Rule mayor" of Toledo. IL com
bines reform politics with literature
and makes his success in the one con
tribute to his success in the other 1t
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Tide Tables
-1OO7-
Compiled py the U. S. Government for
GRAYS HARROR
AND VICINITY

NovE-These Tide Tables are COMPLIED by the
U. ). Government for Astoria, oregon, as the
standard port for reference. To find out the
exact time tides occur use following table
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08
Tabloid Tales
About a Few
People Of Note.
MAYOR EUGENE
WI T.. SCHNIITZ

OF san Fran
cisco. who has been
convicted of eX-
torting money from
the k epers of
French restaurants
in his city. has had
a very spectacular
career. 1t has been
said of him that he
want IN I;tyo ~ ~11lx
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

EUGENE f. sCIIMITZ
ct and came down
like the stick. He is the first labor
Nnlon mayor of San Francisco and
also the first executive of the city to
be convicted of mulfeasance in office
lie Is known as the ''tiddlng mayor"
and when he ran for office it was pre-
dicted that if San Francisco were to
burn down he would he found. like
Nebo. fiddling while the flames were at
their height. But when the city by the
Golden Gate did burn down after the
awful earthquake shock the MAYOR
rose to the emergency, and even his
enemies credited him with acting with
creditable energy and efficiency in the
terrible crisis. When the crsie was
past, however. according to the testi-
mony of those who went on the stand
at his trial. he yielded to the tempta-
ton to use his official power to get
money illegitimately. and hence his
downfall.
There have been many ups and
downs in his career AS a young man
he started to study medicine but gave
1t up because Of failing health and took
up athletics. which enabled him to
build up the magnificent physique he
possesses. He has been violinist, or
chestra leader. Klondike miner, gas
engine maker and executive of a great
city and now at forty-three has the
prospect of spending term Of years
behind the bars Of criminals cell.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans has
had few sadder duties than fell to him
In announcing the death of the six
officers and five seamen Of the battle
ship Minnesota who We're drowned In
Hampton Roads. He has to 90 back
to the days cV the civil war to recall
so long a death roll among men he has
commanded or with whom he has
fought. 1t was during the civil war
that Evans commanded one of the de
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

rose. THAT was delegate from
Clarion county. and he came to me and
said, See here, Pcnrosc, ono Of two
things las got to happen-either get
my expenses to Harrisburg paid or
vote according to the dictates of my
own conscience"
AS Mark Twain and friend were
chatting at the summer home of the
humoTist. Quarry Farm. near FL mira,
\. y, the conversation tC"rel II the
wealth Of John -. Roclcfeler. says
Success Magazine
Just think of it. Sam" saii the
guest. ''he has more dollars than there
are nairs in that vigorous old thutcl of
yours"
"ThatS nothing" replied Mr. CIcli-
ems, Il have more dollar; than ro has
LuirS in his head"
Coa |. Crawford. governo" of Seth
Dakota, is likely to lose lands of which
be obtained possession some years ago
in consequence Of action taken by See
retary Garfield of the interior deTlrt.
mcnt. Not long ago charges that Gov
ernOr Crawford had resortcd to tn,
proper methods to obtain public land
were made by Representative Mann If
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-08

Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsrl-
wanna who denies that he is hostile to
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,,7, FERRY OF FATE. a Tale OF ESussi9E !eEry' by
Al -aITeI Gordon. l2rrO. Pr 2dS tu'aeid 3 VI
- = 1.rrEFRs or ONE \ study IT. LiusitatGn- ly
III ,-,sTss Hare Pl1nkett. I2no. Up ~ a. T. tut
nana's SOns1
4 mans love letters
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~ the Sioux Indians
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Robbs- Merrill Coupany-)
The story a Jewel robbery and case Of mistaken
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The hero a genial old Seotchuan with passion
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TIE YELLED LADY; AND OTHER -dEN AND WOMEN.
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Literary yWeogs oSsa Criticism.
sbaftesbury. 20 wag spokesn.an fOr the deputa

ton.
re ADDRESS was carefully explained 10 the Shah
VINO SUI angry az his light being cut short turned
70 t1t~llnson and myself, VINO happened 10 De
nearest TO him, and sale in Persian in his cultural
h ; rough manner: Hang the Christians IN Pet-
ga Tel them they're al right" Rawlnson IN
nIs oieVer way. after momentary consultanon
win myself. then gave long. expressive ana
Deaufui reply. 10 the effect that his majesty had
thseelyea The deputetion with intense pleasure ana
tHat MS IFst thought his return TO Persia Wcuid
oe 10 protect every Christian he came across and
SO on. 50 long and eloquent was the reply that
li.4ny Whispered 10 each other in surprise; w nat
ah expressive language Persian must 5e-such Won
derIuI promises in such few words from the Per
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BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
ART.

GLASS. By Edward Dillon NJ A Illustrated 4to IN
xviii 3T2. &c. T. Putnam's Scns1
In the "Connolsseur's Library" edited by Cyril
Davenport The Illustrations reproduced in color
aud halttone.
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Holmes
There is a curious story about Carlyle in a
review by The London Mali OF the new BOOK
on THE London Library" It describes car
lvle. sitting in the library, waiting for Vo'-
,,r,e Of Motley's Dutch Republic and talking
with Mr. Harrison, the librarian They were
suddenly startled by the sound of a shot;
Harrison rushed to the back of the library where
In the magazine room. found the still hreath-
ing body Of an unfortunate young man, well known
10 many persons I'm those days, tie grandson ol d
famous writer OF the Georgian age. He had sent
for the second volume OF George Henry Lewes >
History Of Philosophy and on being told that y
G Determined DS to face disappointment no longer
Carlyle old, and ne had grown indifferent 70
human affars In the DISTRACTED ioraIy ne VIZ
the only person calm lie advanced so%iiy
70 discover the attendant and upDraid nm WIN VIZ
delay in fetching the volume OF Motley Eelng told
boys, supPcsg; 49, LII S aios 49,, cd
volume from aGitated hands. It's vera
shabby COPY. he complained II ne a,.c nP
on intellectual matters Carlyle threaded his course
out Of that crowded place and pursued the even
tenor az lis way Chelsea. When IL is added that
had been ono OF his closest friends the stOcism Of
Carlyle. even IN extreme old age may wen seem
ton of the Imaginative mind which coleriISdse de
scribes "hying from the sense Of reality ana
seeking reprieve in ideal activity?
without much flourish of trumDets a certain
story by an American author seems to have
won q permanent place lin modern fiction We
refer to the late David Dwight Weiss anus
ing tale. Her Ladyshps Elephant" 1t has
Just gone to press fer the eighteenth time.
Paul and Victor Marguerite have ended their
literary partnership-not. however. with
quarrel. Each viii hereafter be responsible for
his own books. II IS a wise decision.
Mr.. II. MacFall who has been publishing
book about Ibsen, keenly resents various criti-
cisms on his temerity which Mr. William Archer
has been pleased TO make. He retcrts in The
London Tribune:
Mr.. Archer's criticism Is chiefly taken up with
Indignation at what he describes as my falsthc9 non
and libelllng of Ibsens character IN that state
that Ibsen. whilst he snarled at the tyranny OF
friendship. used his friends TO his own ENDS WIZ
out hesitaton-that his sense of gratitude never
kept his tongue from harsh cT1nclsm-thnt ne
cajoled his powerful literary friends Tor adequate
notices OF his bOOks-tha; he condemned the state
yet found pleasure in ribbons and orders ana
heaitated 20 beg pensions from Jne state
/ repeat that he did these things. and that cor
denim him for the doing. judge lbSen out OF
his mouth and by his acts ana prefer 10
think that IbSen did and meant what nc did t1IlC
rneant-not what Mr.. Archer thinks thaE ne ought
TO have done and meant. Whether lbsen were
Zion porcupine' I know not; but that ne coa!d
descend into the humiiities, TO say nothlAS o. gre
cajoleTies let him that would Judge between dr.
Archer ard me read Ihsen's petition 70 the hins
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CONFLICT. nv Constance srnedley, l2mo pp. 81.
(Mofat. Yard COD
The experiences OF a modern business woman
AN EXPERIMENT N PERFECTION. BY Marion r u
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TIE story of n happy marriage
PARTNERS or PROVIDENCE. by Charles D. Stewart
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century Company
The adventures % two happy gO-lueky Comrades on
the ~ se1ri River steamboats,.
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BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

Various rare or quite unknown poetieai pieces
nv oliver Wendell Holmes have been discovered
and printed in the photography OF that au, nor
which Mr.. George B. Ives has prepared. ihe
book. which is one Of the Riverside Press series
OF autographs of American authors. Is nearly
ready. 1t will have a frontispiece portrait o.
Holmes.
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An Italian correspondent Of the London "Acad-
envy says that the impression created by Car
duccis death throughout Italy Is great and the
depth OF feeling evoked genuine.
He had. II is true. ceased for over two years
TO wrttc or take any pare in public matters
midst a pride and satisfaction TO the citizens
of Bologna. The anecdotes now appearing about
him many and Of many sorts; most OF them
relate to his pupils. though too of his pTi-
Vate life are Characteristic and peculiar Among
them is the following: His wife day
ceiving visitor IN the room next 20 the In
which Carducci sat writing. The ladies talked
poet After short while the door was opened
and Il boot was hurled into the room. The anxious
wife seized tho boot to II the missile sent
hint. or really stood in need of some repair
sCme other attention. There boOtlace-
that all! And she understood that her hus-
wants before ner in this uaceremonioUs way. That
Gosue CaTducei did not enrich himself by hts
writings Is very evident from the statements which
his publisher, StgnOr Sannicheli. OF Bologna, has
published. showing that during Il period Of we'll
nigh forty years he received the sum OF only l2O
GOO francs, or. in English money. f. 500. When we
reflect that that included the works which made
his name immortal after death we cannot say that
the profession Of letters-!n Italy at all events
is overpaid one.
An English translation of new literary his
tory OF France is coming out In London The
author Of the original is n. Emile Faguet-a
writer who knows how to produce work which
10 learned without dulnAcS
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RIooRAPhY.

THE LIFE OF WALTER PATER By Thomas Wright
In volumes. With seventy-elght :,Iates Svo
PIP xviii, 262: 2s4 tG. p Putnam's SonsI
Containing records OF conversations and personal
anecdotes. with portraits OF Pater and his friends
ana scenes associated with his The appendix
includes a complete photography.
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OF Napoleon III Complied from Unpublished
Documents. by Frederic LOliee Translated bv Alice
NJ IsnS With Introduction by Richard Whiteng
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pp XXX 35I. John Lane Company
Sketches OF the lives Of the Empires Eugenie's
ladies' waiting.
THE MANY-sIDED ROOSEVELT An AneedOtal Biog-
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Anecdotes gathered from many sources illustrating
both personal and the public side OF the Presi-
RECO1LECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES E,y Haml-
Busbey- Illustrated PIP. xX, S54. (Dcdd
Mead & 500
stories Of Robert Bonner. Leland stanford E. H.
Hartman. &. j. HamIn and others.
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FICTION.

ECONOMICS BY Frank W. Blaelunar Phi d pm,
PIP $40. CThe Macmillan Company
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THE PRETENDERS. by Henrik Ihsen. Acting version
Introduction BY William Lyon Phelps Illustrate5
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Easter flowers plentiful: never before sod q
such reasonable prices az Sleorech's lorist Els,A
ave. and 18Th s., and Broadway and sosh at a.
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without much flourish of trumDets a certain
story by an American author seems to have
won q permanent place in modern fiction We
refer to the late David Dwight Weiss anus
ing tale. Her Ladyship's Elephant" 1t has
just gone to press fer the eighteenth time