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HISTORIC HEIRLOOM THAT u
HIGHLY PRICED.
.orsat wIlieushby Chest" Presented
BY EiIxabsth to Second Cousin
Who Shared Her Captivity In
the Tower Of London.

Boston.-If the great wilioughby
chest" "a priceless heirloom In the pos.
session OF Theodore Raymond OF
'sprinsfield. Mass. could talk. what
tales It might tell of the captivity Of
Princess Elizabeth. aftcrward the
Good Queen Bess" OF England. In the
Tower OF England. a captivity shared
by her devoted maid OF honor. and
second cousin once removed. Lady
Margaret wiiloughby. through whom
this chest. undoubtedly u gift from
Queen Elizabeth. passed to her des.
ccndants. the Raymonds OF New Eng
land. And what Joy II would bring to
the Raymonds. the Lyndcs. the Girls
wolds and other families OF Mnssachu'
sets and Connecticut In establishing
their direct descent from the beautiful
Elizabeth woodviiic. who became the
wife Of King Edward ". These fami.
lies trace their sencaloIy back to the
kings OF England with only one slight
break.
Other precious relies Of Queen Elix.
abcth were handed down with the
chest. including n tabiecioth embroi'
dcrcd by the princess during her i'm
prisonmcnt In the tower. another gift
to the faithful Lady Margaret.
The chest Ii massive affair. seven
feet In length. two feet seven inches
In width and two feet seven inches
high. II is made Of peculiar hard
wood. originally very light In color.
but darkcncd exceedingly by agc. The
quaint old carvings on the front and
l,s N,. of h.. sh., hnn a..
wrought massive Iron hinges and han.
dies. the cumbersome lock and huge
keys are eloquent Testimony Of It's
agc. The carvings on the outside.
which are nearly worn on. evidently
represent horscmcn riding through n
forest. At either end OF the three
4 front panels IL gallant OF the Eliza.
bcthnn period. long.hnircd. plumc-hnt.
ted and n mass Of ruifs and inccs from
neck to knees. The carvings on the
inner side OF the lid represent two
scenes. one of Sir Walter Raleigh
spreading his cloak before Queen
Elizabeth. the other of say pleasure
party In boats among small islands.
with turrctcd castle In the back.
ground. Between the two scenes IN n
coatofarms. The shield has either n
cross or lines to make four quarter.
ings.
The tradition that this chest. with
the tablccloth embroidered in the
tower and other valuable gifts. was
given by Queen Elizabeth to Lady
Margaret Willoughby is SO well au.
thcnticatcd as to seem beyond dispute.
At any rate the tablccloth came down
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VALE FREsHMGN INDULGE IN
HORSE PLAY At oLEe cLUs
ENTERTAINMENT.
"PROM" GIRLS ARE VICTIMS
Fowls and Confetti Released From
Gallery Until Police Threaten
to Stop Performance for
Fear Of . Panic.

New Haven. Conn.-Yaie freshmen
threw down live hens and no much
confetti nj the siec club concert the
other night at the Hyperion theatcr
that Chief fancher OF the fre de-
partmcnt and u squad Of police re-
fused to allow the curtain to go up
because OF tho danger from IRE and
panic.
II was the annual concert that open.
cd the festivities OF Yaic's prom
week. and the thcaicr was packed
with guests from New York. Boston.
Philadelphia. Washington. and the
west
Freshmen always break loose nj
this concert. and their antics have
immensely amused the fashionable
Yale audiences. This night they start.
cd In with the most vigorous kind
Of roushhousc nj the door of the thea
ter despite the public caution by the
faculty and the firc department ON.
cials against any unreasonable demon
strstion.
when the doors of the top gallery
opened nm hour before the concert
was TO have commenced there was a
stampede Of two or three hundred
frcshman. which paraiyxcd the thea
ter management and the squad oi
police on guard to preserve order.
During tho wild rush for seats. M 4
result Of the effort Of the police and
thcatcr attaches to strip the freshmen
of all hidden confetti. bisquc dolls.
pigeons. guinea pigs. Holsters. or any
other object that could be dropped
from the top gallery to the heads OF
tho prom" girls and guests In the
pit. half the freshmen got to their
seats minus half their clothing. The
cops and fircmcn heard the cackiinI
Of n flock Of hens as some OF the
freshmen dashed through the door
and then commenced TO search for
the hens long before the curtain went
up. The hens were not found.
The freshmen got into action right
after taking their seats. Down on the
heads Of the girls and their escorts
came showers OF confetti and paper
siSeamcrs. The thcatcr was filled
with these strcamcrs and confetti NO
the people reached their seats only
with the greatest Inconvenience.
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STUDENTS LOOSE
HENS AT. CONCERT

When II was time for the curtain tc
go up Chief Fancher notified the Yais
Glee and banjo club managers and the
theaisr manager that he would not al
low the concert TO 20 on until all the
confetti and streamers were removed
and the freshmen stopped from any
further demonstrations In this respect.
These threats put damper tsmporar'
lily on the enthusiasm of the lively
freshmen.
After the curtain went up down
came notes from the freshmen to the
prom" girls containing Yale under
graduate heart effusions. They wer,
lowered from the top gallery by
strings and the prom" Girls grabbed
them quickly. A large jointed doll
was lowered by some freshmen. One
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The wiIiouohby Chest.

over from Kent with other stewards
and 10 servants for the Company oi
i.aconia.'' formed to trade and fish on
the grant given to Capt. John Mason.
n London merchant. comprising part
OF what IL now New Hampshire. lie
came to Little Harbor tnow Ports
mouth. y. HI. In 1880. and remained
but short time.
The frSt real settler and head oi
one Of the most prolific branches oi
the family In New England was Rich
ard Raymond. who In 1886 received u
grant Of land on what IL now Winter
island In Salem harbor. Hc Is dcs
cribcd In the records ms mariner
and part owner Of the keteh Hopcwci
Of Salem. lie aftcrward removed ia
Norwich. Conn. and In 1864 TO Say
brook. where he was engaged In trade
with the English and Dutch settlers
on Manhattan.
The great chest. which had como
into the Raymond family by marriage
with the wiiIouyhbys. was brought
from Block Island to New London In
1904 by Mrs. Mercy Raymond. widow
Of Joshua. who was grandson oi
Richard. II was then known both as
the great wiiloughby chest" and ms
the elizabeth chest From genera
ton to generation Il was handed
down. and finally was bcqucathcd to
Theodore Raymond of Springfield. the
present owner. by his grandfather.
Theodore Raymond OF Norwich. Conn,
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policemen arrived and arrested Mur.
ply.
AwAkEs AFTER YEARS SLEEP.
James L. Cross at Last "sits Up and
Takes Notice" Of Things.

Newport News. Va.-Aftcr being In
n state OF semi.consciousness for more
than 12 months. James l.. Cross. a
young man who lives with his parents
in this city. has regained his memory
and Is able to sit up in bed and recog'
nize his parents. A successful opera
ton was performed upon the putient.
and he Is now fairly on the road TO
recovery.
About year ago young Cross.
while at work In the shipyard. fell and
fractured his skull. He lay at the
point OF death for some time, and as
days. weeks and months passed by he
improved very slowly. He never
seemed to be fully conscious. slept
most of the time. and often was
reused to take nourishment only with
great difficulty.
Recently the young mans case at.
tracted the attention OF several ply.
sicians, who came to the conclusion
that an operation was necessary to re.
store the patients memory and health.
II not to save his life. The boys par.
ents were unable to bear the expense
of hospital treatment, but he was
placed in hospital as a city patient.
and there the doctors performed tho
operation. A piece Of bone about
three.quarters of an inch square was
removed from the skull. relieving the
pressure upon the brain which had
caused the patients stupor.
After the operation Cross sat up in
bed and recognized his anxious -rela.
tives. His mind seems to be restored
to normal. and he is now able to tell
Just how the accident which robbed
him of his faculties occurred.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Briar Wood Pipe Material.

n period OF about IL hours and then
thoroughly dried.
This process completed. they are
sorted. Uthe imperfect pieces being
thrown aside). placed In large jute
bags. and are then ready for ship
ment. The waste pieces unsuitable for
pipes are sold for frewood. being an
excellent material for this purpose.
Expectations of briar wood from this
district to the United States have
shown a decided Increase during the.
past few years. In 1905. 11.904 bales
were shipped. with a value OF over
100000. while during the first nine
months of 1906 nearly 10000 bales.
with value OF over $125. 200. were ex.
ported from Leghorn.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-15
GETS A SMITHSONIAN POST.
Charles o. Walcott Elected Secretary
Of the lnstitution.

washington.-Charl D. Walcott'
director of the geological survey, has
been elected secretary Of the Smith
sonian institution by the board OF re-
gents. 1t is quite likely that DIR. wal
colt would have been elected to the
.ecretaryship of the Smithsonian insti'
tuition some time ago had 1t not been
.or the desire of President Roosevelt
hat he should continue as director OF
The geological survey.
DR.. Walcott is a geologist aud pale
ontologist of distinction an has won
for himself reputation among scient-
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PROVIDED FOR BY WILL OF AN
ECCENTRIC MILLIONAIRE.
Aim Of seybers Institution viii Be to
Train Poor Young and Develop
Thsm-is First Of Kind In
the World.

Phnadciphia.-Thc Scybcrt institn'
ton for poor children. with n $780,.
900 fund l.'st available under the will
of Henry Ssybcrt. who died In 1883.
will go Into the business OF relieving
poor children Mt the rate OF 1000 n
year. first by an arrangement with the
Chiidrcn's Aid society to open chill
drcn's bureau Mt 1906 Arch street on
February i5. next by creating model
village. unlike anything on earth. on
n 300-acrc farm at Mcadowbrook. with
cottages for 900 poor children and
school.tralning facilities: next by set.
ting up training school for child
savers.
Other branches OF child.savIng work
will be developed In the future rs need
arises under the Scybcrt institution.
created by the bachelor bcncfactor In
honor OF his father and mother. Adam
and Maria Sarah Seybcrt. The full
text OF the announcements has been
handed out by the trustees OF the Sey.
bert Institution. all wcll.known citi.
zcns OF Philadelphia.
The children's bureau. clearing
house In It's way. begins business
February 15 by going TO the relief OF
the juvenile court. II offered by let.
ter to Judge Bregy to provide Tor
destitute and neglected children and
those whose delinquencics. II any. are
not sufficiently serious to require com.
mitment to the house OF refuge"
The Children's Aid society. now hav.
ing LOO children under Its care. Is to
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prom Girl pulled OF orn leg. In \
few minutes the dolls arms WEIR gone
and finally her head was pulled on.
Just ms the audience was qgicting
down bit u large hen cam" cack.
ling down from the freshman gallery.
spread her wings and landed on ono
OF the prom" girls near the middle
aisle. Jus, as the bluccoats marched
from the thcatcr with the PlyInouth
rock another. but n black hen this
time. came from the gallery at tho
end OF n string. |; soon was caught
by one OF the young women. Tho
black hen made her escape In lively
time.
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Bible In New Language.

London.-A polyglot printing house
here which published the Lords pray
er In 400 languages has been asked
by n missionary In central Africa to
print the grammar OF n new language
he has discovered. The missionary
had to draw and send sketches of tho
letters. The grammar is on the OGen.
dorf system and the missionary In.
tends to teach the natives OF the Jun.
gle to read and write.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-15
MARK HOME OF STEPHENSON.

oils having interesting associations
with celebrities. will not bear the IA
miliar little round tablet.
Many Americans are likely to see
the latest building to be marked: the
house at ~ Gloucester square. Hyde
Park. In which Robert Stephenson. the
inventor of the locomotive, lived dur.
ing one OF the most active and impor.
tant periods Of his life. and In which
he died In 1859 Mt the age OF &c.
Stephenson moved into this house In
1S47. and In the ten years following
his engineering projects took him
nearly around the world. He built
the great Victoria bridge over the St
Lawrence at Montreal: he construct.
ed the Alexandria to Cairo railway. a
number Of big railway bridges In Eng.
land, and the Royal Border Viaduct
over the Tweed. and at the urgent re-
quest Of the Norwegian government
he supervised that stupendous piece
OF engineering which connects Chris.
tiania with Lake Miosen.
During most of these years Robert
Stephenson was member Of parlia.
ment for Whitby and a hard worker on
various commissions and committees.
The Gloucester square house. which
contains many interesting relics Of
him, has now passed out Of the hands
OF his descendants.
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lists not only of this country but also
of Europe. The degree of LII. D. has
been conferred on him by Hamilton
college. the University of Chicago and
Johns Hopkins university. He has
been director of the geological survey
since 1894 and secretary of the Car,
negie institution since 1902. He Is a
member of the National Academy OF
Sciences of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science and
is the author of important scientific
works. The salary of his new position
is $1,000 a year, while that of the dl.
rector of the geological survey is 49,.
900. DR.. Walcott is nearly 81 yeara
old and long has been resident OF
Washington.
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Always In Season.

There Is something wonderful
about the prune," remarked the thin
boarder.
And that is?" said the lady at
the head of the etabie.
ut seems to be always seasonable."
-Yonkers Statesman
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Elucid ated.

What does this report mean by
saying that the shorts were caught
In a corner and suueezed?'"
why. 1t means that they sold what
they didn't have to buyers whom they
had to get 1t back from at higher
price in order to deliver 1t to them."--
Judge.
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To Chloroform Bachelors.

Boston. - Unmarried women OF
Wakefield. Mass. have petitioned tho
legislature asking for a law taxing all
bachelors up to 40 years old and An
application of chloroform afte, thIr
age.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-02-15

London.-So rapidly is the London
county councils historical department
advancing with its work OF searching
out the authentic past residences OF
famous persons that within short
time hardly a building In the metrop'
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25
Hover Boat Adrift.

Saturday afternoon the Mata G
Hover, which was frozen fast in
the center of a large ice cake, start
ed down stream when the ice cake
did, broke her anchor cable ard
headed for Cello The movement
down stream loosened her from the
ice and about 5 miles below Hover
on the opposite side Of the river she
was brought to land aud tied Up.
The parties tying up the boa. are
now holding her for salvage and
legal proceedings will probably have
to be invoked to restore her to her
rightful owners, G. A. Lundy &
Co. Of this place. The Mata c. is
a trim craft costing $25oo and
would be a heavy loss to her owner
as she has b, Ell a money-maker
ever since she was launched The
Hover Ferry belonging to w. W.
Davis also started down stream at
the same time and has not been re-
covered set.
LATER
G.: A. Lundy & Co., tue owners OF
the Mata G.. Hover, recovered their
boat yesterday. The men who tied
her up about miles below Hover gave
up possession Oh payment of SlUO. The
boat Was not damaged in the least. no;
even the tools lying on the deck were
disturbed. The company were exceed.
ingly fortunate in this particular.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25
Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Ken
newick Fruit Growers Association
met Monday afternoon in Anon :
Hall. There was considerable in
formal discussion Of ways and
means Of managing the business
Some discussion cf reports frcm
the annual meetings at Everett and
Seattle which Mes>rs. Hax OIL and
Rose attended were liste, ed to.
The following board Of dire tors
was elected:
H. M. B .rtlet,, J. A. Rose, James
Johnston, A. Spence, Chas. Con,
way. w. S. Haxton and H. d
Sweet are the hold over members
of the directorate. The board of
directors will meet next Saturday
evening to organize for the year
Next Monday. Jan. 28, there will
be a meeting to discuss fruit grow
ing in the valley. All in;ere esled
are invited
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25
New CROSSING.

The private crossing at he end
of Columbia Avenue west of the
St. Paul ard should be made a
public thorofare by action of the
coun,i il. 1t is the most flequented
by avel of any of the three cross.
ings of the railway. tits TIE most
convenient for large number of
our people and le.ds directly to
Yakima street, one of The husi -ess
street. of the town. The rev
Council would do we'll to give This
matter earnest attention at a, early
meeting. In the North Coast fran
chise the righ, is reserved to desig-
nate the location of c ossing~, and
this matter should be given atten.
ton before the new freight house
i, located.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25
A PouItrymen's Association.

The poultry business is rapidly
increasing in the valley. Many
experienced poultrymen are settling
III the valley and beginning to lay
out and establish their poultry farms
All the standard breeds are repre-
,ented by men who are enthusiastic
in stating the particular advantages
possessed by the breed of which
MS flock is the shining example.
They should organize a local as
.ociation and hold regular meetings
to discuss the various problems and
difficulties, to give one the advan-
tage of the others experience
POSSIBLY this body could devise a
olan IF treatment or prescribe diet
f,r hens that would make them lay
Two eggs day when hen fruit is
10 cents dozen Organize Ken
lewick Poultrymen's Association.
It will increase your profits.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25
North Coast
Rushing Work
Buys Depot Site in North Yakima
Grading Contracts Let.

The North Coast Railway has
been buying in block c in the ware
house district in Yakima. Up to
this time the North coast ha; spent
$4,000 for property in North
Yakima.
Nearly half of the hirtv-tive
miles of grading for the North
Coast road between Kiona and
Granger has been completed, and
a contract for big piece of rock
work between Prosser and Kiona
has been let within the past few
days. -Four different contractors
are now at work on this stretch of
the road, which extends fir m the
Yakima at Granger to the junction
pein1 of the Spokane and W4lla
Walla lines, and something over
IS miles of ,igh,.of.way is now
ready for the rails.
Engineers a engaged in boring
for The foundation of the bridges
over the c C'lumhia, and as the bill
autho izing the construction of
thee structures has already passed
the house and is now before the
senate, it may be safely stated that
as soon as final locations are Sc
lected, the bridgewolk will BE- COM
menCed.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25
The Commercial Club.

The Commercial Club met in
special session Tuesday night. The
attend ,nce was small. The Club
voted $50 to assist in defrayirg
Prof Lyman S expenses incurred
ON his Open River Campaign tour.
Fhe house committee was author
lied to rent the Club rooms to other
societies for meetings when in the
judgement of the committee it Was
thought necessary.
Various resolutions were past
and adopted. The passage of the
Henderson Open Rive, Bill was
urged on the legislature. An out
line of the provisions of this meas
ure will be found in another column.
The correspondence and kilograms
passing between the President and
Sc retary of the Club and the
Washington delegation in Congress
III pressing the laim> of this mid
die seton for improvement, OF the
Columbia river The cores, ,ond-
ence' seems to show that Congress-
man Jones, q member of the Rivers
and Harbors Committee who SEEM
ed rather luke warm towa,d the
plan, is now very much in,ereste
A let er from Represe .tat,ve G "
Hamilton asking for "ur resolutions
on he Open River Bill was ordered
replied to and Mr.. Hamilton i, askt
to use utmost endeavor to secure
the enactment of the bill. A jovial
member also recommended that a
post script be added saying "We're
in favor Of hangin' but first catch
your man" A number of bills
were ordered paid and the Club ad-
j,urned to meet Tuesday evening,
Feb. IL in regular session.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25
Pr0sser.

Retiring Treasurer Kelso turned over
the counsy's cash t" the new. treasurer
last week. The amount WAS $l2 2,013.
Henry Olienste;d has just set ten
acres of his Euclid ranch out to Sniz-
enlIergs and Winesaps. He recently
signed for a government water right.
a. f.. Verify, deputy auditor, receiv-
ed the sad intelligence last week of the
death of his daughter. Miss Clara, aged
%, ut st. Paul, after short illness.
Owing to the condition of transrouti-
mental travel it was >useless for Mr..
Verify to attempt to reach St. Paul he
for the funeral. The young lady never
visited Prosser, resid ny in the east
with Il sister.
Little Helen Pratt. who was inj ured
10y the stove explosion a week ago last
Monday, is pronounced 10y DR.. Angus
TO he out of danger.
G. f. Lum of North Yakima, who
Las the contract to build two more
spans to the Prnsser bridge is getting
material here SD As to beg in work as
soon as the weather permits.
The high school debate hetw cen
ProSser and Coltax will take place at
the Opera House Saturday Jan. 26,
Gen. Thos. Cavanaugh has been at
Olympia the past week on business.
ID Fl. Harper and family have
moved to Auburn where lie has ell
gagged in business.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25
Hit By Train.

A. ]. Wright lost a horse and
has a badly damaged wagon as a
result of a switch engine backing
a box car into his rig as he was
crossing the track near the St. Paul
& Tacoma Lumber Co. S yard Sat-
urday. The car struck the back
half of the wagon and dragged the
wagon and team alorg down the
track for some distance before the
engine could be stopt The horse
was injured internally and died
within a few minnt.s. This. is a
heavy los to Mr.. Wright, wh1
makes his living by teaming.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25
Court Matters.

The suit of the Kennewick Fruit
Growers Association vs. G. b McCon-
mel dismist on motion Of c. y. Ander-
sou. attorney tor plaintiff.
The condemnation suit started 10y
the Columbia Basin Water, Light and
Power Co. against T.. r. Smith aud
wife. To s+cur. the reservoir size Was
disnl ist as the land had been acquired
by purchase.
The suit of the Exchange Bank
against Nesbit was defaulttd 10y the
defendant.
Ia the libel suit against r. S. eters
manager of the Republican, the motion
for u till of particulars was denied and
the case will 90 to trial.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-01-25
NOTICE

To Contractors, Builders, and All
Employers of Carpenters.
Notice is hereby given that on and
after March 1st, 1907, the Carpenters
of K-nnewick, Local No. 1897, kenne-
wick, WASH, will demand rate OF
IS cents per hour and 8 hours to con-
slitute day. -.
C.. ~ Ruckman,
A. L. Shook,
r.. Nj. Lamond,
+. Culp,
s. d. Peckenpaugh,
Executive Com.