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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-06

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The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
TOWN NEEDS SPENDER
REVENUE OF SHAWNEE, OHIO,
SWAMPs ITS TRUSTEES.
Has More Money Than 1t Knows What
to Do With-Fine Opera House
Built and Cathedral May
Now Be Erected.

Lima, O.-What Shawnee township
Allen county, needs more than any.
thing else just now is a real live Brew
ster or some one else who can teach it
new ways to spend its money. Shaw
nee township has more money than it
knows what to do with, and now that
it has built a gorgeous opera house,
which it hasn't the least use for, it is
facing the prospect of being swamped
under the flood of revenue which it
cannot stop and cannot use.
The trustees of Shawnee township
have done all they can, even to build
ing the opera house, a magnificent
architectural monument to too much
prosperity, which was dedicated re-
Gently, and now they are il despair.
Shawnee township has everything
that the most fastidious community
could desire, because it has had so
much money the trustees simply have
had to keep on doing things all the
time. The townships streets are paved
with expensive brick, its roads are of
the finest macadam, the drainage sys-
TEN is work of art; it has more
handsome public buildings than there
are officials, and the children in its
schools sit at polished mahogany desks
and write with silver mounted pencils.
With everything that the trustees
have been able to think of done, even
to the opera house which nobody want
ed, and which was built just to keep
the revenue from piling up, there is
still bushels of money in Shawnee
townships treasury.
To use up some of this there is talk
now of building a grand cathedral,
something like that at Cologne, the
trustees say, but a little better.
The Standard Oil company has enor-
nous storage tanks, refineries, and car
works in Shawnee township. These
represent millions of dollars and are
properly taxed by the little township.
That is why it is wallowing in wealth
and crying for help.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15

f. Wright of Tennessee, who has
given notice to the department that
he wishes to leave the service at that
time.
Mr.. O'Brien is 65 years old and a
native of Jackson, Mich. At one time
he had the reputation of being the
ablest lawyer in Michigan, outside of
Detroit. For years he was chief coun-
sci of the Grand Rapids & Indiana
railroad, and a director in the road
as we'll He was never a candidate
for office except in 1883, when he was
nominated for supreme court justice
and went down 10 defeat with the
whole Republican ticket in the land
slide of that year. He led his ticket,
however, with a handsome vote. He
was a delegate to the national con-
gention of 1896 that nominated Nc
Kinley and was a member of the COM
mittee that officially notified McKin-
ley of his nomination.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15

only one of the naval branch of the
service to meet death in that war
This was Ensign Worth Bagley. to
whom death came in the Bay of
Cardenas, Cuba. The monument to
Shipp is at Charlotte. That to Bagley
adorns the Capitol square at Raleigh,
his native city.
Ensign Bagley was born in Raleigh,
April Z, 1874, his father, who had been
a major in the confederate service, be-
ing at that time grand master of the
North Carolina Odd Fellows. His
mother was a granddaughter of Gov
Jonathan Worth. On both sides the
families are thoroughly representa-
tive, and have so been from the
colonial days. On June 80, 1889, he
was appointed to the United States
Naval academy after a competitive
examination. He was made an ensign
July l, 1897. He served on the
cruiser Montgomery, on the battle
ship Texas and then on the Maine.
When Lieut.. Bernadu took COM
mand of the torpedo boat Winslow he
chose Bagley as his lieutenant, the
latter having been recommended by
many officers for fitness. He began
his duties on the Winslow December
%, 1897.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15

through pure grit. Moore came 10
Washington when a boy to visit his
brother, who was secretary of the
Spanish claims commission. While
playing ball on a scrub team, a senate
page told him he had resigned his
place. Young Moore Immediately
hustled down to the senate chamber,
and tackled Senator Morrill, of Maine
for the job. In 1876 President Grant
appointed him inspector of internal
revenue, and he had a lot to do with
the expose Of the whisky frauds.
After that he was appointed to a posi-
ton in the patent Office, and in 1900
was sent to the Paris exposition.
While absent he was made assistant
commissioner by President Mckinley,
and reappointed by President Roose.
velt.
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the gong rings on her days work. The
Spanish custom of never permitting
an unmarried woman above the age of
II years to leave the portals of her
casa unaccOmpanied, still prevails
with both Spaniards and FilipinOs of
the better class, and their employment
as telephone operators permit no re-
Taxation of the Watchful care
The fact that the field of labor,
aside from domestic service, for the
Filipino girl is so limited. makes en-
ployment in this line especially desir-
able and much sought after by the
daughters of the well-to-do Filipinos.
Hence, to be hello girl" in the Phil
ippines is an honor carrying with it
prestige and enters into the best So
ciety.
To serve as central in Manila, a
girl must speak and understand En-
glish, Spanish and Tagalog, and some
of them possess a working" knowl-
edge of Chinese, Japanese and other
oriental tongues.
The chief operatOr-an American
wOman-of the recently established
Manila line states that the Filipino
girls employed as operators are very
apt and intelligent and are rapidly
developing a most satisfactory serv-
ice. They receive. as beginners, a sal
ary of 20 pesos (S10) per month, which
is increased to twice that amount on
their becoming proficient
AS the word hurry" is an unknown
one in the far east, so likewise it is
often necessary for an impatient sub
scriber to curb his temper when teIe-
phoning. But the tones of the dulcet-
voiced operator, 'Dhe lyme ees beesee,
senior" sOOthes his soul to patience.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
TIMBER KING WALKER
uu-r,,lLLIONAIRE OF WHOM
LITTLE is KNOWN.
,,rs Bs5oms One of Worlds Richest
AZ, b. Forming Lumber Trust
yy-.-n He Opposes-Proud of
His Five Sons.

,r--...nIis. Mimi have no re-
.,ar- f -eu whose sole object is
YIN .ra ..utrol over other men for
'Esfr .rr PERSONAL aggrandizement
srcf "a -ur1se in life is false, and
--r-au-- .= Is just due. I shall, if
.,-s.rra make such an arrangement
- will forever prevent the lands which
---r ... rom passing into the con-
.--r -. ..ea who might abuse them
-. -ra ...-e who require their prod
l.-s ,
This ..a remarkable utterance of
man whose wealth is estimated at
;. least s.U00.000, and who, though
,-s,r-. r..s ranks among the ma
,i,-.- r.. hos. captains of industry. By
~ ---.. stroke of his pen, Thomas
ps-r-v Walker. who owns more tim
Esr land than any other man in the
e,rr-r n-hr stack his millions in
s7rs- numbers with those of John D.
RccEasau.. OF Andrew Carnegie.
like ali men of vast wealth esti-
mates .t Mr. Walkers wealth vary.
Some place il as high as $100, ,O0O,O 900,
brr s4900)010 is a very conservative
estimate
To- all interview at his home, in this
r-v. the timber king discussed the
great economic question of the day
and explained his own position. De-
s7ite his enormous wealth he is little
Known outside of his immediate
msiness and home circles.
10 lumber circles the unsolved ques-
t01 has been why a lumber trust was
not formed along the lines of other
biz industrial corporations. In an in
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
IRAN THE FIRST ENGINE
ENGINEER OF FAMOUS ROCKET"
is STILL ALIVE.
Edward EntwistIe, of Des Moines, Ia,
Has Unique Claim to Distinction
Recalls Building of Loco
motive and Trial Trip.

st. LOuis.-The engineer who ran
the famous Rocket of George Stephen
son, the first passenger locomotive to
draw a passenger train in the world,
is still alive, in good health, and cele-
brated his ninety-second birthday a
few weeks ago at his home in Des
MOines. la. Edward Entwistle is the
name of the man who has this unique
claim TO distinction.
Entwistle was "a lad not 16 years of
age when Stephenson completed his
plans, secured q charter for the rail-
road between Liverpool and Manches-
ter, laid his track and was ready to
run the train. EntwistIe was recon-
mended to Stephenson by no less
parsonage than the duke of Bridge
water, whose steward informed his
highness that Entwistle was the best
mechanic in the shops.
Mr.. Entwistle, in his humble home,
delights to live over the old days and
tell the story If the preparations and
the trial trip, the events of which are
fresh in his mind from frequent itera-
ton. His story is told in this man
ner:
Il was born at Tilsey's Bank, Ian
cashire, England, March "a, 1915.
When less than Is years old l was ap-
prenticed for seven years to the trade
of mechanical engineering in the
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
DOG HER ONLY FRIEND.
Woman Pleads for Death When Ami
mai is Slain.

Kansas City, Mono, no, no, Of
ficer, you must not kill my dog. Poor
little Nero. he is the only real friend
I have on earth. If you must kill
Nero, you must shoot me, too"
Thus pleaded Mrs. Mary Kaufman
of Kansas City, Kan, with Patrolman
Robert McGibben, who had been de-
tailed to kill Mrs. Kaufman's pet dog
under directions of the board of
health. Two fully developed cases of
smallpox have been taken out of the
Kaufman home within the past week.
Nero being a house dog was con-
stantly with the two patients until
they were removed to the pesthouse.
and the authorities decided that it
would be unsafe to permit the dog to
live for fear that it might be the cause
of spreading the contagion.
When officer McGibben told Mrs.
Kaufman that the fate of her pet dog
had been decreed and that he would
have to carry out the instructions
given him she burst into tears. In the
presence of the weeping woman the
officer drew his revolver, and directly
thereafter Nero was no more. Mrs,
Kaufman became all but hystericaI
and repeatedly requested Patrolman
McGibbOn to shoot her. She was final
ly led away by City Fumfgator Skin
ner.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
ROBBERY LEADS TO WEALTH.
Prospector Thrown Over Cliff Finds
Signs of Gold at Bottom.

Sturgis, S. D.-Arthur Brewer, a
hills eight or ten years ago, is in a
fair way to become rich as the result
Of an attempt made to murder him.
Recently it has come to light that
Brewer was on his way from his home
up in the hills west of here to White
wood with several hundred dollars
which he intended to deposit in the
bank, when he was held up by two
masked men heavily armed
The bandits stepped out in front
of Brewer at a lonely spot in the hills
and commanded him to throw up his
hands. Instead of throwing up his
hands Brewer pulled his own revolver
and opened fire on the robbers. They
returned the fire and Brewer was
wounded in the left arm.
The bandits finally OverpOwered
Brewer, took all his money from him
and then threw him over a perpendic-
ular cliff down into a canyon with
murderous intent. Brewer was rem
dered unconscious by the fall, but his
injuries were not serious and he was
soon able to pick himself up and look
around.
His practiced eye quickly discov-
cred signs of gold in the canyon and
the next day he set diligently to work,
with the result that he now has a lead
for which he has already been offered
several thousand dollars and which
bids fair to make him a rich man
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
Child Has Two Mothers.

Paris.-An amusing story comes
from Quimper, in Brittany, where the
wife of a man named lie Saux last
week gave birth to a boy The father
took the child and sold it for $40 to
the wife of a local butcher, Nine.
BOnan. The woman presented it to
her husband as her own newly born
infant and BOnan hastened to register
the child's birth.
lie Saux, fearing that he might get
into trouble with the police, next con.
suited the butcher. whom he supposed
to be a party to the fraud. The duped
husband threw LIE Saux out of the
house. The latter then registered the
birth of his own child. In the eye OF
the law, therefore, the infant has
claims on two separate families and
enjoys the unique distinction of being
the son of two mothers.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
Exporting Cats.

The export returns of the board of
trade for the current period will con-
tain a notable addition serving to still
further demonstrate the cosmopolitan
character of England's free trade. It
refers to a shipment of 100 cats to In
dia. which shipping Office in the city
was asked to arrange the other day.
The reason given for the novel con-
signment is that one of the plague
districts is overrun with rats and the
cats are wanted to effect the neces-
sary slaughter-London Tribune
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
large works of George Stephenson
and his son Robert. at Newcastle.

large works of George Stephenson
and his son Robert. at Newcastle.
In 1928 the Liverpool & Manchester
Railway company began building a
railroad across Chat Moss, an i'm
mense bog between the two cities.
Steam carriages had been in use for
some time carrying light merchandise
at slow speed over the ordinary roads.
The StephensOns believed the engines
could be made to run on iron rails at
high speed. The directors of the rail-
way company were decidedly skepti-
cal, but finally decided to offer a prize
of S2,500 for an engine, conditioned
that if of six tons weight it must con-
sumo its own smoke, draw, day by
day, 20 tons weight, including it's
own water tank and tender, at ten
miles per hour, with steam pressure
not exceeding 50 pounds per square
inch. and must be delivered at the
Liverpool end of the road before Oct.
l, 1929, the price not to exceed S2,750.
My employers, the Stephensons, de-
cided to compete for the prize, not
withstanding the opinion of the lead
ing engineers the country that not
only a high speed engine, but the
building of the road, would be a fail
ure. The elder Stephenson contract
ed to construct the railroad across the
bog, a huge undertaking.
THE locomotive was constructed in
the shops where l was employed, l
being engaged for some weeks on va
rious parts of its mechanism and as
sisting in putting it together at the
last. I was then but a mere lad, but
had good mechanical ingenuity and
understood machinery thoroughly, hav-
ing a special knack and fancy for it.
when our locomotive was COM
pleted it was named the Rocket, was
given a trial trip, and won the prize
against three competitors, settling the
question for all time whether horse
traction or steam traction was to be
used on railroads.
by the skill and inventive genius
of George and Robert Stephenson that
first engine took on the form in all
essentials maintained in the great en-
gines drawing transcOntinental flyers
to-day.
after the trial trip the Rocket was
put in service hauling material for
construction of the road. The gauge
was four feet eight and One-half inches,
or that Of the regular wagon road,
Stephenson intending that if his loco
motive failed on iron rails to run it
on dirt roads. It is a singular fact
that the gauge of the Rocket has been
the standard gauge of railroads all
over the world. Other widths have
been tried, but abandoned.
When the railroad was completed,
Sept. 13, 1880, was set for the date Of
the trial trip drawing passenger cars.
The train consisted of two double
decked carriages, each seating Is per-
sons-nine on the upper deck and nine
below. The weight of the train was
not quite ten tons. The average speed
was IA miles an hour, although at
times we got as high as 20 miles an
hour"
Mr.. EntwistIe has not seen the
Rocket since it was exhibited at Phil
adeIphia, and greatly regrets that he
was unable to go TO st. Louis two
summers ago and see his pet once
more before be dies.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
GROOM TOOK TIME TO SHAVE.
Former Lover Came While Sweetheart
Was Waiting and They Eloped.

Cleveland, O.-Because he was COM
PEELED to leave his intended bride to
get a shave Sherman Tweedy of the
west side lost the girl on whose finger
he had placed a diamond ring.
His fiancee, Miss Blanche Dewey,
whose sudden disappearance caused
widespread alarm and brought her ia
ther to the verge of insanity over her
safety, wrote to her father from Buf-
falO and stated that she had become
the wife of Claude McROwe.
please forgive me, mother" she
wrote, ''as l could not help running
away. l have married the man of my
choice and we are coming home to see
you in about three weeks
Tweedy, the forsaken lover, called
at the Dewey home and when apprised
of the news was overcome. When he
could control himself he stated that
this was the second time a girl to
whom he had given a diamond ring in
promise of marriage had run away and
left him.
Miss Dewey disappeared a few
nights ago. 1t all happened because
Tweedy needed a shave and told the
girl TO wait on Superior avenue.
She walked to the public square,
where she met McRowe, whom she
had not seen in five years.
After a moments chat they decided
to get married and went to the Union
station and took a train for Buffalo,
where they were married. 1t developed
McROwe five years ago was engaged
to wed Miss Dewey, but she Tilted him
and he disappeared.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
MYSTERIOUS Sounds in a Church

Strange sounds have been heard
coming from various parts of st.
James church, Exeter, for a consider
able time past and efforts to solve the
mystery have been fruitless. At times
the sounds are like the chanting of
psalms and the practicing of the
scales. They are usually noticed be-
fore the morning and evening serv-
ices.
The officials of the church admitted
the other day that they have been
heard for the past two or three years.
London Daily Mail
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
HELLO" GIRLS OF MANILA.
The Work Attracts Members of Aris-
tocratie Filipino Families.

Manila.-Manila telephone subscrib.
ers feel that, though living in what
the average American believes to be a
seml-harbarious land, the rest of the
world has no edge" on them in being
served by cOmely maidens as hello
girls. The Filipino telephone opera
tor comes from the best families Of
her land, and takes her work more Sc
riously than her fair-skinned sister of
the occident. She has her servant,
who is also her chaperon, to accom-
pany her to the office. carrying her
lunch, and who callyto chaperon her
back to the security of her home when
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
o'BRiEN TO BE TRANSFERRED.
Minister to Denmark Will Succeed
Ambassador Wright.

WashingtOn.-The state department
has formally announced that Thomas
J. O'Brien of Grand Rapids, Mich,
United States minister to Copenhagen,
will become ambassador to Japan in
September, on the retirement of Luke
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15

teTyiew Mr. Walker gave the answer,
Tor the first time publicly. He said:
As long as l live there will never
be a timber trust if can prevent it.
Il have been approached repeated
y to head a combination that would
c0lJro. practically all the lumber sup
Ply Of the United States and Canada.
have as often positively refused to
even consider the proposition"
Mr. Walker is the largest individual
owner Of timber beyond question.
When asked about his five sons and
leT association with his enterprises,
igeat pride shone in his eyes.
Yes, the boys run the business
Tow. As they returned home from
a1ool they entered into my business
nth me, and to-day they understand
so thoroughly that really believe
an no longer necessary to its con-
1ued success.
Each son manages departments
-at in themselves singly constitute
Fast business enterprises such as
1aly millioned men would view with
envy.
Fletcher L. has entire management
Of The great Minnesota timber tracts
aud lumber mills.
Clinton has absolute charge of the
california timber tract. Very little de-
'-oM.ut work has been done there
!5t and a Eerculean task confronts
him.
GL...r- NJ spent many years on
Minnesota timber tracts and finally
Ns.s... his father in an advantageous
sale d. competing concern.
Willis J. conducts his fathers per
solal .E-.rs and manages the finances.
Arch. Dean manages the Walker
TIA. estate interests. Millions of
'-a.s ire invested in Minneapolis
really .1le Archie had no fixed
---e -.i. at six he was allowed to
-yls. for himself.
Her. Is my favorite corner" he
.-- E.. .e passed through his library,
-~,a. q case in which the volumes
'z.r a worn than the rest.
"- is the general theme?"
800. ngy. l love the study of po-
-.@. si0us and industrial prob
--s .. "Jrld over. can never tell
-.,. .as me the greatesrpleasure
-- these old volumes or my
- . .ser opened his great gallery
..e several years ago. There
sea days and no admission
charged. Even catalogues
-.u. visitors free.
MS ..me built years ago, is sim
a .1paIaJ.vely small. Its as
.a...- are dearer TO him than a
-- ..ace. Many comfortable
-.l .. placed in the edge of the
w .a here the people are vel
5-. . come and sit beneath the
-1ce "alIe his charitable and phiI
work IS done quietly it is ex
-- he - the main supporter
Institutions in his city.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
STATUE TO ENSIGN eAeLEY.
Memorial to Yourg Naval Lieutenant
Erected by North Carolina.

Raleigh, n. C.-North Carolina now
has raised two monuments to her sol
der dead in the brief war with Spain.
The first was to Lieut. William E.
Shipp. of the Ninth cavalry. who was
shot and Instantly killed by a Mauser
bullet at the storming of San Juan
hill, in Cuba
few days ago the state erected
another memorial to an officer who
happened by Fate's decree to be the
The Washington bee., 1907-06-15
NEW HEAD FOR PATENT OFFICE.
Grit Makes Edward 3. Moore of Mich
igan Commissioner. d.

ashingtOn.-Edward B. Moore of
Michigan has been appointed by the
president to succeed Frederick l. AL
len as commissioner patents. Mr.
Moore, who is the present assistant
commissioner, won his appointment