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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
BLAME FOR WRECK NOT FIXED

CONCORD. y H.. Sept. pa state
ment given out here at p. IN. today by
the Boston q Maine Railroad officials il
to the effect that it is at present impos-
sible to fix the responsibility for the
wreck at West Canaan last Sunday
morning
The train dispatcher at Concord seems
to have sent the order properly, but the
operator at Canaan received a different
order from that sent. Investigation into
the cause of the accident will be con-
tinued.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
TAFT ENDORSED.
Nebraska Republicans Are For Hin
Strongly.

LINCOLN, Sept, 2i,--The conventions
of the Republicans, Democrats, Popu-
lists, Prohibitionists and Socialist parties
met at the State House today To- per-
feet their organizations ami adjourned
afjcr appointing committees on resolu'
tions. Governor Sheldon was made
chairman of the Republican convention
and P. II. McKillip Of the Democratic
convention.
In the report Of the Republican com
mittce on resolutions, Taft was endorsed
in strong language for the nomination
for president in 1908.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
MISS WRECK BY FEW FEET.
Empire Express Passing Beyond Utica
Narrowly Escapes Disaster.

UTICA, N. Y, Sept. 24.--Just as the
Empire Express, west. bound, on the New
York Central, was passing through the
village of oriskany, eight miles west Of
here, this afternoon freight wreck oc.
CURED fand one of the cars was swung
over the tracks on which the express
was speeding
The last car Of the Empire Express
missed the wreckage by about 10 feet
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
BACK TO OLD STATE.
Governor Folk and Thousand of Former
Tennesseeans Celebrate.

NASHVILLE, Sept. "a. - Tennessee
home comers thronged the state fair
grounds this afternoon to hear Governor
Folk. OF Missouri. himself a native OF
Tennessee. His address was delivered be.
fore crowd of 10000 people and arous-
ed much enthusiasm Governor Patter'
son, OF Tennessee. delivered the welcom-
ing address, and Governor Folk re
spondea
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
cHIN0oKS SCARCE AT BANDoN.

CoQUILLE, Or, Sept. 24.-The Tim
mons Cannery at Bandon began to re-
ceive fish last week. The Prosper Cam
ming Company also commenced work. 1t
reports catch of 500 in one seine and
considers it good for the early season.
Chinook salmon, are reported very
scarce.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25

BOISE, Sept. 24-rhe opening address
Of the prosecution In the Borah case wa'
made this afternoon by Mr.. Burch, oi
Detroit, special representative OF the at.
torney- general Of the United States. III
dwelt at length on the details Of tbs
charge set forth In the indictment-thai
OF conspiracy to defraud the government
out OF timber lands by inducing persons
20 make false entries--and asserted that
the prosecution was without malice
but would be carried on without fear OF
favor to the end so that no guilty man
should escape.
Burch declared that former Governor
Steunenberg was one Of the leading
members OF the conspiracy and had open
ly stated that he was interested in OBJ
tanning the timber lands by causing 9TH
ers to enter claims for his benefit.
He induced Others to 90 in with him.
said Burch, zone OF those approached
being the present governor Of Idaho,
Frank r. Gooding There could be no
reflection on Cooling, because he had
turned his back on the scheme and de-
clined to go into it.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25

rlfTSBIJRG, Sept. 2a.--D. l., Giles
pie 4 Co.. contractors Of this city, have
received the contract to supply l0,0oO,0oO
feet OF dimension lumber for the pana-
ma Canal. The price Is s225.TI5 The
lumber will be yellow pine and fir. This
pine viii be shipped from the Atlantic
coast and the Ar from the Pacific Coast.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
Senator Borah's Prosecutor De.
cIares Steunenburg a Leader
In Land Frauds.
TRIED TO INTEREST GooDlNG
Representative Bureh, For United States
Attorney-General, Will Prosecute
Borah Until he 10 Proven Guilty or
Innocent-Is After Justice.

BOISE. Sept. A.--The government to.
day revealed It's hand In the case Of the
United States VS.. Senator Borah. charg.
cd with timber fraud. The jury was
completed at the morning session and
during the afternoon Judge NJ. Cg Bureh
Of Detroit. special assistant to the at
torney general, made the opening state
ment for the prosecution.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
CASHIER ABSc0NDs.
Louisiana 0fiicial's Defaleation 10 Sixty
Thousand.

BATON ROUGE, La, Sept. 2A.-oscar
Kondert, formerly cashier Of the First
National Bank here, l. missing. and the
federal authorities are searching for him
with a warrant. charging him with de-
faIcation to the amount Of 10000. II Il
alleged the shortage was discovered a
month ago. but that Kondert and his
friends made good the greater part Of
the loss.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
PIONEER DIES.

JUNCTION CITY, OR, Sept. "a
James T. Kirk. pioneer of the sos
died at the residence of his son, j. F
Kirk, at Franklin, Or, Friday night, al
the age of So years.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
READY FOR TRIP.

UTICA, N. Y, Sept 24.-secretary, Of
State Elihu Root and family left Clinton
today for Washington, from which place
Mr., Root will leave September 25 for
his trip to Mexico.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
lands RELENTS
TOWARD STANDARD
Hears That OIL Concern Is Not
Only Company Receiving
Rebates.
WANTS JUSTICE, FOR ALL FIRMS

Man Who Ordered Famous Fine Be.
iieves he May Have Been Needlsssly
Harsh IL II 10 Proven That Many
other Concerns Are Guilty.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-25
YESTERDAYS BASEBALL SCORES

At Portland-Portland 3, San Fran
cisco 4.
At Taeoma-Tacoma 4, Butte 8.
At Seattle-Seattle 0, Aberdeen 0.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03

funny story. But the princess did not
care for pedigrees that were squint-
eyed or bow-legged. One and all of
them she cast aside as unworthy her
consideration. Then, like the ancient
worm, the duke turned. She should
marry Doppelkinn. who. having no
wife to do the honors in his castle,
was wholly agreeable
The Prince of Doppelkinn reigned
over the neighboring principally. II
you stood in the middle of 1t and were
= baseball player, you could throw, =
ton. But the vineyards were among
the finest In Europe. The prince was
a widower and among his own people
was affectionately styled der Rot
nasig." which. believe, designates an
illuminated proboscis. When he wasn't
fishing for rainbow trout he was sleep
ing in his cellars. He was often miss
ing at the monthly reviews, but no
body ever worried; they knew where
to fnd him. And besides. he might
just as well sleep In his cellars as in
his carriage, for he never rode a horse
II he could get out OF doing so. He
was really good-natured and easy-go-
ing, SO long as no one crossed him Sc
verely; and you could tell him q joke
once and depend upon his understand
ing II Immediately, which Is more than
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
CHAPTER n.

As ] have already remarked, used
frequently to take long rides into the
country, and sometimes I did not re
turn till the following day. My clerk
was always on duty. and the work
never appeared to make him round.
shouldered.
| had ridden horses for years. but
to throw leg over good mount was
to me one of the greatest pleasures in
the world. delighted In stopping at
the old feudal inns, of studying the
stolid German peasant, of drinking
from stems uncracked these hundred
years, OF inspecting ancient armor
and gathering trifiing romances at
tached thereto. And often l have had
the courage to stop at some quaint,
crumbling Schloss or castle and ask
for a nights lodging for myself and
horse. Seldom, IL ever, did ] meet
with refusal.
possessed the whimsical habit Of
picking out strange roads and riding
ON till night swooped down from the
snow-capped mountains. ! had a bit
of poetry in my system that had never
been completely worked out. and was
always imagining that at the very
next Schloss or inn ] was to hit upon
some delectable adventure. was
only rs, and Unfortunately fond of my
Dumas.
/ rode In gray whipcord breaches,
tan boots, blue serge coat, white
stock, and never a hat or cap till the
snow blew. / used to laugh when the
peasants asked leave to lend me a cap
or TO run back and find the one had
presumably lost.
One night the delectable adventure
for which was always seeking came
my way. and was wholly unprepared
for it
had taken the south highway: that
which seeks the valley beyond the
lake. The moonfilm lay misty upon
everything: on the far-off lake, on the
great upheavals OF stone and glacier
above me, on the long white road that
stretched out before me, ribbon-wise.
High up the snow on the mountains
resembled huge opals set In amethyst.
] was easily 25 miles from the city;
that is to say, ! had been in the saddle
some six hours. Nobody but kings
messenger will ride horse more than
FIVE miles an hour. cast about for
place 70 spend the night. There was
no tavern IN sight ard the novels
had passed during the last hour offer
ed no shelter for my horse. Sudden.
ly, around a bend in the road, ! saw
the haven was seeking. II was
rambling, tovtering old castle, stand
ing In the center OF cluster OF FRS,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03

ard the Tiles or The roots and the ivy
Of the towers were shining silver with
the heavy fall If dew
Lady Chloe snlTea her kind. whin-
nied. and broke into tFos SHE knew
sooner thar thas there was life be.
You'd the turn We rode up to the
gate, and ! aismounted and stretched
myself tried the gate The lock
hung loose, like paralytic hand.
Evidently those inside had nothing to
fear from those outside grasped an
iron bar and pushed III the gate, Chloe
following knowingly al my heels |
could feel the crmmbiing rust ca my
gloves Chloe whinnied again. and
there came an answering whinny from
somewhere In the rear of the castle.
Somebody must be inside reasoned.
There were lights In the left wing.
but this part Of the castle was sur.
rounded BY an empty moat, damp and
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03
THE PRINCESS ELOPES
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HORSES. tDuhd = N8NAuiS Japanese
valet, and selected a coy house near
the barracks, which stood west OF the
Volksgarten. on pretty lake A beau
tifuI road ran around this body OF wa
ter, and 1t wasn't long ere the officers
began to pass comments on the riding
of that wild American AS / detest
what is known as park riding, you may
very well believe that | circled the
lake at clip which must have opened
the eyes OF the easy-going officers
grew quite chummy with a few of
them, and | may speak Of occasions
when | did not step of the sidewalk
as they came along. A man does more
toward gaining the affection of for
eigners by giving good dinner now
and then than by international law.
gained considerable fame by my little
dinners at Muller's rathskeller, under
the Continental hotel.
Six months passed, during which
rode, read, drove and dined, the actual
labors of the consulate being cared for
by German clerk who knew more
about the business than / did.
BY this you viii observe that diplo-
macy has degenerated into the gentle
art of exciting jaded palates and Of
scribbling ones name across pass
ports; | know of no better definition.
forget what the largess of my Office
was.
Presently there were terrible do
ings The old reigning grand duke de-
sired peace Of mind; and moving de-
terminedly toward this end. he de-
clared in public that his niece, the
young and tender Princess Fildegarde
should wed the Prince of Doppelkinn,
whose vineyards gave him fine in
come. This was fnality; the avuncu-
lar guardian had waited long enough
for his willful ward to make up her
mind as to the selection of Suitable
husband; now he determined to take
hand in the matter. And you shall
see how well he managed it.
1t is scarcely necessary for me to
state that her highness had her own
ideas of what husband should be
like, gathered, no doubt, from execra-
BILE translations from "Ouida" and the
gentle Miss Braddon A girl of 20
usually has formidable regard for
romance, and the princess was fully
up to the manner of her kind. If she
could not marry Economically, she re-
fused to marry at all.
| can readily appreciate her uncle's
parfIIrhafinu do NOT Ln0u how N, IN "
princelings she thrust into utter dark
ness. She would never marry man
who wore glasses; this one was too
tall, that one too short; and when one
happened along who was without Wis
ible earmarks or signs of being shop
worn her refusal was based upon just
"Becausei "a weapon as invincible
as the tabled spear of Parsifal. She
had spurned the addresses of Prince
Mischief, laughed at those of the
Count of - -- (the short dash
indicates the presence of a hyphen)
and General Muerrisch, of the EN-
peror's body guard, who was, I'm sure,
good enough-in his own opinion-for
any woman. Every train brought to
| the capital some sutton with a CON
| sonated, hyphenated name and a pedi-
gree as long as bore's idea of a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-03

the picture % her fine rage, her threat.
ening hands. her compressed lips. hes
fearless, flashing ewes. as she saw her
beautiful new wheel writhe and twist
on the blazing fagots pat what the
deuce was poor duke 10 do with 8
niece like thisg
For q time feared that the United
states and the Grand nuchy at bar
scheit would sever diplomatic rela.
tons The bicycle was. unfortunately
of American make, and the manufac
tnrers wrote TO me personally that
they considered themselves grossly in,
suited over the action Of the duke
Diplomatic notes were exchanged, and
| finally prevailed upon the duke to
state that he held the wheel harmless
and that his anger had been directed
solely against his niece. This letter
was duly forwarded To the manufac-
turers, who. after the manner OF their
kind, carefully altered the phrasing
and used it In their magazine adver.
tisements. They were so far appeased
that they offered me my selection from
the private stock Happily the duke
never read anything but the Fliegende
Batter and Jugend, and thus war was
averted.
Later an automobile agent visited
the town-at the secret bidding OF her
highness--but he was SO unceremo
niousIy hustled over the frontier that
his teeth must have ratified like a
dancers castanets. IL was great
country for expeditiousness, as you
will find, If you do me the honor TO
follow me to the end.
So the grand duke swore that his
niece should we'd Doppelkinn, and the
princess vowed that she would not.
The man who had charge OF my horses
said that one of the palace maids had
recounted to him a dialogue which
had taken place between the duke and
his niece. AS was anxious to be OF
on the road ] was compelled TO listen
to his gossip.
The Grand Duke--1n two months
time you shall wed the Prince Of Dop.
pelkinn,
The Pfincess-W What! that old red.
nose? Never. I shall marry only
where love,
The Grand Dnke--Only where you
loyel (Sneersl One would think, e
hear you talk, that you were capable
Of loving something.
The Princess-You have yet &c
learn. ! warn YOU not to force me.
promise to do something scandalous
will marry one Of the people--a man
The Grand Duke-Bahl (Swears
softly on his way to the stahles)
But the princess had in her mind
plan which, had it gone through
safely, would have added many gray
hairs to the dukes scanty collection
1t was mighty ingenious plan, too
for woman To figure out.
In his attitude toward the girl tbs
duke stood alone. Behind his back his
ministers wore out their shoes in walt
ing on the caprices OF the girl, while
the grand duchess, half-blind and half
deaf, openly worshiped her willful bu
wholly adorable niece, and abetted he
in all her escapades. So far as the
populace was concerned, she was tn,
daughter OF the favorite son, dcas
these ~ years, and that was enough
Cor them. Whatever she did was RICH
and proper But the hard-hcaded duke
had the power to say what should be
what. and he willed it that the Prin
cess Hildegarde should marry his ole
comrade ia arms, the Prince or Dop
Delkinn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-18
The Left Hand.

1t is strange that so strong a preiu-
dice against the left hand has lived and
increased for centuries when there is
no natural or physiological reason for
it. Examination of the skeleton Of a
person who was strong, healthy and
we'll formed in life shows that the bones
OF the left hand and arm are Just as
large and capable as those of the right.
The study of physiology shows, too,
that the muscles and ligaments anu
cartillages that fastened that persons
arms to his body and gave them the
power of motion were made to do their
work just as well on one side of the
body as on the other If the left side
was the weaker, it was because Of the
failure to exercise it as freely as the
Otber.-Scrap Book.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-18
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SURPRISE WAS ON FATHER.
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O~NN%O~0~~T


The Kafirs of Africa tell their chill
dren many nursery tales which they
call surprise stories" In one called
.%The man who hid his honey" which is
quoted by Dudley Kidd in volume on
the ways of Kafir children, the surprise
seems to have been on the father.
Long, long ago. runs the tale, a man
had a wife and three children, and they
ran out of food. When they got hun
CRY the man went out to hunt, and
found some honey. He filled pot with
it, got a reed and followed it out. Then
when no one was looking he hid the pot
in the ground under the ashes, and in
serted the reed through into the honey.
When the sun was setting that after
noon he called the children about him
to sing, and while they sang he sucked
honey through the reed. Again and
again he did this, and the children said
Father sucks ashes through a reed
every day."
But one day, when the father had
gone hunting again, the youngest ch
said, Let me suck ashes and be
man like father" so he applied hi
lips to the reed.
To his delight, honey came VI. and
he sucked till his cheeks were full, and
then the other children tried it. They
dug up the pot and emptied it, and
when they had buried it again the
put the end Of the reed in the ashes
At evening their father came home.
When the children sang that evening
he put his lips to the reed, but made
wry face. Again he tried, and again
he made q face as he tasted the ashes.
What are you doing, papaY" asked
the youngest. why do you make such
a face?"
who has been raking these ashes?
demanded the father.
1.-THE children have been playing
there" said his wife. The man raked
away the ashes and dug up the honey
pot. 1t was quite empty.
"Why, there is the honey pot!' ex-
claimed his wife. why did you hide
1t there?"
But Mr.. Kafir had nothing to say,
and the surprise story was ended.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-18

There are several great American
jokes, but none is more reliable than
Weary Willie. He is sure thing
whether he Is haughtily rejecting
Thanksgiving turkey the day after or
having a luxurious ride on the trucks
In the dust of midsummer. It seems,
however, that he Is not all joke. Some
times he piles up ties on the track to
enjoy the dramatic situation caused by
a wreck. The assistant superintendent
of the New York Central Railroad
says: about 80 per cent Of all our
police department work is in connec-
ton with Migrants; they ride freight
and passenger trains; annoy train
crews and other employees; break and
enter cars and stations and steal there
from they interfere with signals, place
Instructions on tracks and stone
relief of the evil It is not by reform.
Here Is one method they employ, as de-
scribed by James j. Hill: Men re-
turning from the harvest fields with
their wages are killed for their money
by their more vicious and criminal fel-
lows, the body is flung from the train
while In motion and the reported death
by railroad casualty is actually a
case of homicide" The funny hobo
thus elevates himself to the loftier po-
sition of robber and murderer. In the
list of killed on the railroads tres
passserS outnumber passengers and en-
ployeS combined, and 1t is estimated
that from one-half to three-fourths of
the trespassers are Migrants. Thou
sands of them also are injured annually
and cared for at public expense. Other
thousands load up the almshouses I'M
til the total cost for keeping them
reaches a very large figure. This is the
Weary Willie joke as it is shown up in
the North American Review by Orlando
Z. Lewis. In his opinion 1t is so funny
that it demands the enactment Of new
vagrancy laws and their very strict en-
forcement. He suggests that as correct
ives there should be two new State in
stitutions-a compulsory labor colony
ito which habitual Migrants may be
committed to rigorous labor, preferably
agricultural, for an indeterminate SEN
tence," and hospitable for durable in
ebriates. He urges that the State
should be the unit of activity against
vagrancy, but points to the necessity
for cooperation among all public bodies
and corporations concerned. His seri-
Gus treatment of the subject appears to
be fully justified by the facts, and there
ever drastic, will wholly eliminate viii.
lie from the field of humOr.