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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-20
RAISE IN LUMBER RATES IS ASSURED

A telegram has just been recciy.
ed in Seattle from a Chicago rail.
road official stating that the rumor
to tho effect that rates on lumber
from Washington 10 the east were
20 bo raised Is true The rates
are 70 becOm9 effective October
1. next. and they viii be 90 cents
instead Of 40 cents. the old rate.
on lumber 20 So Paul. 90 cents per
hundred on shingles where now the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-20

Too many felationsln. law" r.
tho burden ~ the allegation In tho
divorce complaint filed by Henry
O. Masters yesterday. u did not
mind being ragged by my wife oe.
caaionalln ! suppose that. like
measIea. whooping ooMyh, and
othcV infantile diseases among chill.
dren, trouble IL one 81 tho Incidents
Of married life. but when Il came
TO having my mothorin.iaw. father
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-20
NEW INTERPRETATIONS
(star Special servIee.l

OLYMPIA. July 20. The follow
Ing articles OF Incorporation were
filed with the secretary OF state.
Everett hospital. Of Everett. 5000
Electra Friday. w. NJ Ross and
II. Q. Nichols.
caman0 Telephone company, OF
CamanO. S500-E. Garrison. y. @.
Freeman and +. Van Clevo.
National District Telegraph com.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-20

pany. OF Seattle, i0.000-R O.
ciowry, @ r. Fearona. r. r. Reid,
l. ~ Miller, r.. and @. r. Patter
son
Guardian Life Council. No. 6. Of
Seattle-JOhn A Evans and others.
Town and Country club, Of Seat.
tie, $50 0O--Ralph s. Stacy. a. A.
Jones. 81. NJ Lyter. o. T.. Fell. II.
@. Grove. c. O. HOicomb and
others.
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Sec the BattIeships at Navy Yard
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-20

year sentence. There was a euly.
or ~ his voice. Deep lines ana n
sprinkle ~ gray hairs recalled Ma
hashla aud days 81 mental anguish.
Yet Ia his hope aud hish ne.
solve. Y was not surprising that
thia man should have Inspired what
Was probably the largest petlfiop
asking FOR clomeuey ever sent to
tne prealdent Of tho United stntea.
January Talks.
II was when was neariv 20
years of age said tho modern
Jean Vatican. that I went Is OK.
ahoma, then a new country. 20 b..
Sin life Tor myself. For u0me
months ! worked on a farm ana
saved a little. Then I started =
pool room in the rear % a saloon
conducted BY A man named Klrk
Our businesses prozneHed FOR more.
than a year. Kirk and I had some
dsffercneea about money turned
over the pool tables 10 hlm. aud
cut, that class 81 business THIS
was IN isat. at Clayton. Then /
accnrod lob firing a sawmill en-.
ginc for a man named Martin. Nv.
ing AZ BIS house Six weeks after
my trouble with kira. and while I
was still employed hr Martin. the
htiic store and poatnigice az Plumb.
a crossroads town some mllnn
away. waa robbed.
Now. for the first time since my
second arrest. wish to SAP that
Notwithstanding : have paid the
penalty for my alleged crime. was
not guilty. Oklahoma was a new
country. and rohboriss Nere 81 FRO.
qheni Occurrences. II took little nYl.
dence % convict a man and pat
him In prison. KIRK vas arrested
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

When Miss Glover Was Welded.
ore % the most brilliant diplomatic
weddings which ever took place in
the Capital city WAS that OF Miss
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Odd Disappearance

II J HAT becomes Of the persons
NM who mysterlously disap-
pear They are hundreds
% them. few whose
cases are striking or unusual are mem
Toned In the newspapers. but the ma
lority who disappear in routine way.
for. SAYS the New York Tribune. there
Is routine of disappearance. 90 out
of me world aud vet remain in fl.
without their mystery being men
TONED. A disappearance is always
mystery A criminal cannot mysteri-
ously disappear. for many OF them Try
aud fan. but an honest man can step
out OF his house. take d car on the cor
ner and never be seen again. Death
Is always the explanation OF the mys-
terry preferred by the friends and the
family ot the disappeared for any
other theory is less kind, and q broad
charity treats the disappeared and the
dead alike and Of them says only COED
But there are other explanations. one
of tho sJrangest being that Ia the ease
of the MiddletOWn tConn.b man who dis
appeared thirty-six years ago and has
just returned home lie went awav
STRIPPING, impelled by an odd notion"
lie had no quarrel with his family.
He was mOurned by them as dead,
and funeral service was held by them
beca Sc they had conjecmred that he
had been drowned in a shipwreck. All
the while he had been working on a
farm only twelve short miles away
Thirty-six years slipped by" without
his revisiung his nearby home, and
when he returns he is shocked 10
learn hat his parents are dead Here
Is disappearance in It's acutest form,
for there WAS no known reason-iu
fact. ma conceivable motive-and all
the es.ile return home was easy. but
family ties and all the sentiments
which attract men homeward from all
the quarters of the earth were unequal
10 drawing this man twelve miles.
What. again. after the passage of
Ihirty-siN years. impelled him thither Z?
In the examination of human motives
there are things past comprehension.
Is there SOME sort of disease, some
thing Ike aphasia or amensia, which
breaks a man from his mental past.
except that this disease breaks a man
from his emotional past and snaps
that continuity Of sentiment which
binds him 10 his surroundings, human
and material? What is the odd no.
ton which drives man 10 do what
this Connecticut man did?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Beauty accommodated

There was TO br Witnessed IN every
parish church OF the city Of Murcia.
recently. a scene medieval enough %
recall SCOTS Fair Maid OF Perth.
and the scene between the Glee
maiden and the friar. There Is, u ap-
pears. in Spain a woman variety artist
whose beauty is supposed to be suff-
cieHt 10 constitute an exhibition IN
itself This lady, stil further 10 sc
eeHtuate the Old World nature Of the
incident. billed herself as the Bella
FOruarina." presumably after Rs-
phael's famous picture. Sad 10 state
the ladys notions OF professional dec
Drum have not been as beautiful as
her features. and wherever she has
spneared there have been grave oh
iections 10 her bearing on the stage
on her appearing Al Murcia they soon
became ClamOTous and the climax
was reached by the reading m
every Darish church of a sentence or
decentralization launched by the
bishop against lie Bella Fornarina-'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

T liE recent announcement i11i
senior Luis Corea. minister
from Nicaragua Co tine
United States, and Miss
India Bel Fleming. daugh-
Ter OF Col and AIRS. Robert
1. Fleming. of Washington, would be
married ON February .. brings TO
mimi that American wives are becon-
ing tine rage among foreign diplomats.
As TIE wife of senior Cores. she viii
he the thirteenth n yhv circle OF dip
Iomats. wives I'm Washington.
The Others are: The baroness Won
sternburg. wife Of the German ann
bassador. and Who was formerly Miss
Lily Langham. Of Kentucky, Madame
Jusserand. wife of the French smbas-
sador, New York girl whose maiden
name was Richards the Baroness
Moncheur, wife OF the Belgian min
lister, ana formerly Miss Charlotte
CLAYTON. daughter Of Gen. Powell
clayton. former American ambassador
10 Mexico. Madame Van SwindeTeu.
wife q the minister from the Neither
lands. and who was Miss Elizabeth
Glover, born and reared IN Washing
ton. Sonora Calderon, wife OF the
Bolivian minister. who was formerly
Miss Octayia Yarneu. Of Baltimore.
Nine. Hauge, wife or the minister
from Norway, formerly Mrs. Freder-
ick Joy, and born Miss Todd. or
Louisville. KY, Sonora Pastor. wife
or the charge d'anaires Of Spain. a
bride OF last spring. and formerly
Miss Constance Casenove lee. Of Bal
timors. Sonora Plaster, wife OF the
naval attaehe Of the Italian embassy.
formerly Miss Hester p. Laughlin.
daughter OF the late Judge Iaughiin.
OF ST. Louis. Nine Clermont, wife OF
TIE second secretary OF the Brazilian
embassy, formerly Miss Helen Sloan.
or Baltimore; Mrs. II. A. Grant VIII
son. wife OF an sttache Of the British
embassy, who was formerly Miss Anna
c. Low, OF Brooklyn; Mrs. Yung
Rwsi wife OF the second secretary Of
the Chinese legation. Who was before
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
He Arrested Secretary Stanton
On a Charge of Horse Stealing

Il Il OE' GRIFFITH. who enjoys
the double distinction OF hav-
ing once arrested Edwin NJ
stanton. the famous War Sec
Rotary in The Cabinet Of Abraham Lin
coin, on charge OF horse stealing. and
OF having been for nearly nifty years
marshal and police officer OF Newark,
Ohio. one of the longest terms OF like
service on record. has rsu. "A from all
active laboTS
He has prepared. AZ the ripe age Of
almost four score years. 10 i've the
remainder OF his life IN quiet, free
from the cafes and woes of the peace
pFessryer.
Here is the way the arrest happened
as Joe" tells IL:
In June, 1855. two months after the
assassination OF President Lincoln,
stanton was on his way 10 Kenyon
College. Gambler, Knox county, Onio,
20 attend commencement exercises.
Fearing that while travelling he might
meet with the same fate that over
took his martyred chief. and threaten
cd the life OF Secretary OF State
Seward, he had disguised himself com
pletely.
AT the same time Marshal Griffith
was on the lookout FOR one OF tie most
noted horse thieves in the country.
who. unfortunately. stanton. in his
disguise, Tesembied-
At midnight ON June 2 Stanton
stepped from a train at Newark. The
northbound Sandusky, Mansfield and
Newark train which was 90 have tax
en- him 20 Gambler. had gone and he
was forced to remain where he was
for the night His many questions at
the station and his evident desire 10
leave Newark in a hurry. coupled with
the fact that he looked like the horse
tLief Marshal Joe was seeking, led
that gentleman, who was observing his
actions, to suspect him, and when
stanton started up the middle Of
Third street 10 the American Hotel,
then famous old hostelry, he was
closely followed
Midway between the railroaa depot
and the hotel there vas then. and is
now, a canal IT was while on the
bridge spanning the narrow stream
that stanton heard soft footsteps be
hind him and finally felt a restraining
hand on his shoulder. Fearing an at
tempt on his life. Stanton attempted
to break away
Ills efforts were fruitless. however
He was in the hands of Marshal Joe. 30
Inouiring what he was detained for.
stanton was informed that he was un-
der arrest When he was told the
charge against him was horse steal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

" many bogus users of the title
y or haronet is made in the pref
ace for Whitaker peeTage for
1897.
There are possibly a few among the
aspiTInts 10 the dignity of baTonet-
ry.' says the editor. who are gen
timely entitled To the style which they
claim, but taking them in the bulk il
is evidently safe TO say that those
who are not downright imposters are
the deluded victims of an Impractical
idea.
The modus operandi of these latter
is apparently this; They become aware
Of lapsed baronetcy of their own
surname. The last holder of which WAS
either certainly OF possibly "a relative
No one else has assumed the title, 50
why should not IheyT
The other class believing that "A
barOEets title viii give them a stand
ing or secure them longer credit from
Iradesmen, hunt up some name in
Burke's Extinct Baronetcies Gf it
does not happen 10 De their own,
what is easier than To make il such?)
give il out that the latest holder left
"A son or brother whose name was
never registered. and from that son or
brother themselves are descended.
Servants and shOpkeepers have per
force 20 give them their title. and thus
a fictitious title is secuf ed, which prob
ably suffices for the main purpose of
most Of them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Masquerade In Titles

many bogus users of the title
or harouet is made i'm the pref
ace for WhitalIer's peeTage for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

her marriage Miss Alice Burnnam, Of
Springfield. Mass
The latest addiucn-elect 10 the
charmed circle-Miss India Bell Flem-
ing-is accomplished young woman
and was graduated from the Mt Yer
February 3, 100
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

Elk beth Glover To- Joukheer r de
M1rces van swindereu. minister from
the Netherlands. December a. 1884,
Anne. Van s~iudercn was the daush-
ter OF C.. C. Glover. president Of the
Riggs National Bank. The nupJials
were held in the church Of the Epipb-
any. and tbs marriage ceremony was
performed 10y the RI Rev Henry
Yates satterlee. The reception which
followed at the home long viii be re-
membereJ by those fortunate enough
Co attend
Ia Springfield. Mass. college be-
gan the courtship which eade din the
marriage OF Miss Alice Burnham 20
Yung kNal. the present secretary Of
the Chinese legation.
The young student vas "a frequent
caller at the Murnham home after
several years the engagement vas an
uounced.
M and Mrs Yuug Kwai have four
children. Mrs Yang Rwai can speak
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
When Miss India Bell Fleming Be-
comes the Wife Of Senor Luis
COred, on February u, She Will
Be the Thirteenth in the Circle
Of Diplomats Wives in Wash
iR8tOn-~tisH inted Someof This
Years DebutanteS May Eventu-
ally Join the COterie.

- HE recent announcement Chat
senior Luis Corca. minister
from NirsFa sua Co the
United States, and Miss
India Bell Fleming. daugh-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Roi;=aces OF Languages.


She speaks nuenuy a number OF
Languages and this gift is said TO
rave hrst attracted Senior Corea, three
years age. when they FIRST met She is
a brunette Of medium stature, with
clear complexion. very black hair
and large blue eyes She will DE the
youngest hostess in her Get, after her
marriage The home over which she
VIII preside is IuxuriousIy furnished
house at eoo5 q street
The engagement Of Miss Fleming 10
senior Corea has existed since last
June. but only the intimates Of her
family were aware OF H. The we'd
ding viii take place at noon, on Feb
ruary %. at the home OF the brides
parents
Il wu be remembered Jhat two years
ago. scEor C3rea VAS engaged 10 !he
beautiful Mrs. Hah Dunlap Jordan, of
Macon, Ga, who later released the
seno-.
Senior Corea is a graduate OF the
National College OF Nicaragua and OF
the Central University Of Guatemala.
lie has been a teacher. has served as
a judge. and is considered an expert
in international Law lie Is foTty-three
years old, while Miss Fleming is but
nineteen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Stealing,

ing the humorous sids Of the Incident
struck him and his laughter was so
sincere and hearty that il was several
breath.
Marshal Joe was not IN the habit
Of arresting men who went INTO con-
vulsions over il. and for a moment he
was stunned by the shouts o. his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Paris Auto 0mnibuSeS

The first 1f the automobile omnibus
lines commenced running iu Paris not
lung ago. Experiments had been made
Tor a long time past. and the pI thc
became accustomed to seeing the ON
lIbuses pass along the streets but the
~ stem was not put ia actual opera
lion until the first week iu june when
the line known as tine MontmaTtTc-S
German ues Pres was started and tie
eleven automobiles were used 20 re-
place eighteen OF the old form OF
0muibuses requiring Isf horses ln all
The time which IS needed 90 make th@
trip across town, which vas about
fOTty-flVe minutes. is now reduced 10
twenty-five minutes The Omnibus
Company of Paris has now ordered as
many as ninety HeW ears. which are
90 be used upon six lines iH the city 10
replace the horse vehicle These lines
WI be put in service from month %
moEtb. so that they viii ali be iu
operation at the end of this year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

OF" GRIFFITH. who enjoys
the double distinction OF hav-
ing once arrested Edwin NJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

prisoner. Soon. however. Stanton re-
covered himself and with his ready
credentials he established his iden-
tity ia but a second. And he not only
did that, but he faithfully promised
not To relate the happening, which BY
this time the marshal also considered
a good joke on him, 10 any Of the
town people.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Promises TO the DYING
CLERGYMAN, discussing un-
happy love affairs. said:

a
~ happy love affairs, said:
~ MANY q love tragedy is
caused by a husbands promise
90 "a dying wife that he viii not
marry gain lie thinks when he
makes this promise that il viii be
easy To keep Whether 10 Is easy or
hard Ia Keep, i; is a promise rarely
IL ever broken,
Time ana time again WidoWers have
sought me opt for advice ou this sub
iect They are in love, but they prom
ised their dead wives not is marry
again Shall they break OF keep this
promise / can only advise them q
DO = their conscience dictates
Al the same time ! think il is sell
nsh of diving wives 10 extract such
promises from their br0ken-hearted
husbands. such promises, by the way,
are rarely extracted by dying nus
bands from broken-hearted wives
But then. when the dead husband 5
VIII is read. II is usually found that
If the widow marries again the money
is all taken from her. SO il comes
10 the same thing in the end, doesn'
it,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

non seminary only last spring be-
ing she youusesl m latse class.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
Foreign Apparel
For Baby's Wardrobe
Second F'1oo,

second Floor.
Long and Short Dresses-aristo-
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New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

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