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The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
HORSE GETS LIFE PENSION.
Pete of Fairbanks First Horse in Tan
ana Valley, Alaska.

Seattle, Wash.-Pete of Fairbanks
is probably the first horse in Alaska
to be retired at the age Of - years on
a life pension. Pete is also the first
horse ever taken into the Tanana val
ley.
Pete arrived in the city from the
north the other day in charge of H.
z. Gardner, of Fairbanks, who brought
the horse down for his owner, Ed.
Rocker, of Cleary Creek. Pete was
one of the original discoyerers of
Pedro creek, the find which made
Fairbanks and helped 10 found Beck
eT's fortunes.
When the Pedro and Gilmore party
went into the Fairbanks country from
Circle City in the fall of 1901 Pete
was one Of the expedition, liOned as a
pack horse By Mr.. Becker. For this
consideration when the famous Pedro
creek was located a claim was staked
for Becker. This was the foundation
Of his fortunes Later he acquired a
fraction between II and II on Cleary
creek, and to-day Mr.. Becker is worth
$3.50, 600.
Everybody in Fairbanks knows Pete.
He is a fine horse and just in his
prime. He has been used for pack.
ing and C1l jobs about Becker's
claims. but now his master has de
cided the horse has earned enough
for both, and intends to give him a
good time for the rest of his days
Pete was tired from his last long
trip. Mr.. Gardner drove the horse
$40 miles. and arrived on the coast
just in time to catch the .Pennsyl,
vania.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09

enlisted men and horses. Capt. Koch
Ter requested an improvement in the
way of better quarters for his men,
and when Maj Scott paid no atten-
ton TO this Capt. Koehler sent a com
munication through military channels
charging him with neglect and with
not attending TO his duties as a com
manding officer
Maj. Gen. Wood ordered Capt
Koehler court-martialed for disre-
spect to Maj. Scott The court-martial
found Capt. KOehler's charges against
Scott were unnecessary and veXa-
itous, but did not say they were un-
true.
After the finding OF the court-mar-
tial had been approved Gen. Wood
reprimanded Capt KOehler, where
upon the captain appealed from the
reprimand to the secretary of war
and in doing so sent a strong letter
through the military channels, in
which he accused Gen. Wood of preju-
dice and of trying to shield Mai
Scott 1t is for this letter that Capt
KOehler underwent his second court
martial, which has just convicted him
He will lose several numbers in
grades.
Capt. Koehler is from Milwaukee
He began the practice of gymnastics
when he was nine years old. and was
the worlds all-around gymnast and
athlete when in 1885. President Ar
thur appointed him swOrdmaster at
the West Point military academy. He
for years was head coach of the foot
ball team at West Point, and is
known as the Father of Athletics in
the Army"
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
Stark House and Monument.

completion. There he lived, while car
rying on his sawmill, which was close
by, and it was while thus employed
that he received news of the fighting
at Concord and Lexington. Leaving
the saw in the cut he rallied his
neighbOTs and friends, as only John
Stark knew how TO do, and they left
their bloody imprint on the red coats
who moved to the assault against
them at Bunker Hill on that memora-
BILE day IN June more than a century
and a quarter ago
In this same house which his father
left to fight the battles of the infant
colonies. John Stark second lived. and
there his children were born, one Of
whom. Eliza Robie. died recently. at
the age of 81
The house faces the south, and it's
architecture is OF the pattern which
prevailed for dwellings at the time
that il was built 1t is low-posted,
containing five commodious rooms on
the ground floor and two unfinished
When the house was first built the
L contained a spinning room, and was
used by Molly" Stark for this pur-
pose In 1860 the L was converted
into livingroOm
The walls Of each room are paneled.
and the high oak mantels, the great
fireplaces, the primitive cupboards
and the warming seats are fit illus
tratiOns Of the value Of this little old
cottage as a relic of the eighteenth
century.
In the kitchen fireplace today hangs
the identical crane which was there In
place when John Stark occupied the
house $50 years ago.
Near the front door is a lilac bush
which is said TO have been set out by
John Stark second more than 100
years ago.
On Gen. Stark's return from the vic
tories at Bennington and Saratoga he
built him a house on the River road,
half a mile distant from the house,
where he had been living when the
news from Lexington aroused his mar
tial ardor and caused him TO respond
to the call to arms
The house is landmark of which
the city of Manchester may well be
proud, and it is the hope of many that
| some one of the numerous patriotic
societies may begin a movement
which will insure it being preserved
to pOsterity in the same form that it
is today.
Stark died May 8, 1920, and it is the
anticipation of Manchester people that
some day the national government will
erect an equestrian statue over his
remains.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
LONELY ONES ORGANIZE CLUB.
Unite to Drive Away Solitude Incl.
dent TO Life in Great City.

New YOrk.-There is no longer arv
excuse for men or women IN this
great city to suffer the pangs of lone.
hness. A club has been organized ex-
clusively for the lonely ones. Eighty
"lonlies," 40 men and 40 women. at
tended the second meeting of the or.
ganization the other afternoon.
Several young men, unknown to one
another, CHANGED, at about the same
time, to write letters to the newspa-
pers telling how lonely they were in
New York, especially on Sunday af-
ternoon. Next these young men be-
gan writing to one another. Then they
got acquainted and out of their ac-
quaintance came the idea of getting
the 'lonelies" organized. It is said
that Charles Knox. is really father of
the club idea, and it was he who hired
the hall and called the first meeting
At the first meeting appeared DR..
Elmer Lee, and he took to the idea
with a fervor that set it going with
Whirlwind momentum. DR.. Lee was
named as temporary president
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
Miss Lewis and Her Island

her household supplies, accompaBlss
by big dog, and the weather mus,
be severe indeed to keep her away
AS keeper OF the Lime island light
house. to which post she was appoint
ed, in recognition Of her bravery and
record as a life-saver, on the death Of
her father, Miss Lewis has shown hssI
self as careful and efficient as a mss
could be. She is one Of the few no
men in such a position
She cared for the light several
years before appointed keeper when
her father, because Of sickness. was
unable to perform his duties. At the
same time she helped keep house and
rOwed her younger sisters 10 Newport
daily to school.
She was appointed keeper Of ths
light in 1879 AT a salary Of $3.50
year. and has performed her duties
without a break ever since.
Although she will be 65 years Old
in February, Miss Lewis is a younger
looking woman, and is as active as
she was 25 years ago,
Ida Lewis first rescue was in 1883
when, a girl OF 16, she saved four
young men from an overturned boat
in Newport harbor on a windy night
In February, 1866, she saved three
drunken soldiers from the icy waters
of Newport harbor, into which they
had fallen from a skiff
In January, 1867, she rescued three
Irish labOrers who had swamped
boat while pursuing a frightened flock
Of sheep which had taken to the va
ter.
Two weeks later she rescued a man
from the masthead of a sunken boat
near Goat island, Newport harbor.
On March %, 1869, she rescued two
soldiers and a boy from an upturned
boat in biting cold. All were helpless
when she reached them. For this res,
cue congress awarded her a gold
medal and she received the thanks Of
the state of Rhode Island
This act made her name famous
and she was shOwered with attentions
from societies and individuals in all
parts OF the country.
These are but the chief of her res
cues.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
HOME OF CEN, STARK
HOUSE or FAMOUS INDIAN FIGHT.
ER STILL STAHDiNa.
Situated at Manchester, N. H., Where
His Remains and Those of His
Ancestors Rest-oYer $50
Years Old.

Manchester, \. H-This city is
proud Of the fact that within her soil
lies all that was mortal OF Gen. John
Stark, renowned as an Indian fighter,
hunter and major-general in the CONT
mental army, the man who led band
of volunteers from the vicinity of that
city, and with them fought the battle
Of Bennington.
Stark sleeps within a small inclos-
ure at Stark park, a small granite
shaft marking the spot, as shown in
the accompanying picture. Beside him
are many of his descendants, one of
whom, a granddaughter. was laid at
rest there not long ago
The city owns all the land surround
ing the burial place, and is converting
1t into an attractive park. The site is
one of the most beautiful in the entire
valley of the Merrimac.
The house in which John Stark once
lived is still standing in Manchester
1t was erected in l747, and occupies a
strip OF land which was given by the
governor of Massachusetts to the
soldiers who fought in the French and
Indian wars. II is situated in sunny,
quiet recess formed by the interlaced
branches Of a lofty and majestic elm,
directly at the east end of AmOskeag
bridge, and is known as the Paige"
house, because a family by the name
Of Paige occupied it during the last
half century.
The house is the oldest landmark OF
the days of pioneering in Manchester.
and was built by Alexander McMur-
ply, who settled near Amoskeag falls,
going TO that locality from LOndOnder-
ry At the time that the structure
was erected the present populous city
of Manchester was known as Harry
town." afterward as BerTyfield, and
then Manchester.
John Stark moved from Londonder-
~, his birthplace, to the vicinity Of
AmOskeag falls. and took up his abode
in this little old house soon after its
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
RECORDS EXPERIENCE IN DIARY.
One of Peary's Men Tells of Hardships
of Recent Dash to Pole"

New York.-Supplementing the re-
markable record contained in the little
thumbmarked diary with Vivid mar
ratiVes, Charles Henry Clark. one of
the men who accompanied Peary on
his trip which resulted in reaching
''farthest north" told of the trip and
his experiences in the Arctic regions.
AT one time the party wandered for
days over trackless fields of ice. Their
food gave out and they were forced to
eat their dogs to keep from starving.
Weakened by famine Clark wrote on
that day in his diary:
May 5, 1906, Saturday-We are lost
and must die on this trip. ! will make
peace with God.
CHARLES HENRY CLARK"
The diary, one of the most remark
able documents ever written, contains
accurate reflection Of the horrors
which assailed Clark and his men.
Clark, whose home is in Boston, be-
came a member of the Roosevelt,
which had been built for PeaTy's Arctic
dash, out of his love of adventure. He
was 3 mechanic and enlisted as fire
man. At the time the Arctic regions
were reached he had so proved his
worth to the commander that he was
chosen, with six other men, to accom-
pany PeaTy in the dash Tor the pole.
It was his duty to erect the caches
in advance of PeaTy's base of supplies.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
AFArHER OF Army ATHLETICS"
Capt. ksshier Convicted for Disrs.
speet to Supporters.

Washington.-Cap L. NJ. Koehler,
OF the Fourth United States cavalry
in the Philippines. seems TO have got
himself into trouble by his disregard
OF army etiquette in his zeal TO pro-
vide for the comfort of his men. He
has been found guilty by court-mar-
tials of making ''veNatious' charges
against Mai Hugh l. Scott and OF
using disrespectfuI language toward
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood
The trouble is the outgrOwth OF
dispute between Mai. Scott and Capt.
Koehler previous to the fight at
Mount Daio last March. Maj. Scott
was in command
When the Fourth cavalry troops
took their station at this place there
were poor accommodations for the
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
TO GET ALGER'S TOGA
". A. SMITH WILL BE NEW sENA-
TOR FROM MICHIGAN.
Interesting Story of His Rise from
NeWsbOy to Position of Wealth
and PromjnenSe-His Rec
ord so Congress.

Lansing. Mich Ia succession to
Russell A. Aigeg, native son OF the
Wolverine state - to represent Mich
igan in the United States senate.
After one Of the most exciting pOliti-
cal camI aiguS ever fought in the two
peninsula commonwealth. William Al
den Smith of Grand Rapids, congress
man, editor. banker, railway man,
merchant, millionaire and man of af-
fairs, has grasped the tOga. In so do
ing he has smashed the old Republi-
can machine OF the state, erected a
new organization and paved the way
for the retirement of Senator julius
Caesar Burrows, the statesman from
Kalamazoo. From now until a new
champion appears and cOnquers the
field Senator Smith and Gov. Warner
will control the political patronage of
the state and. according to present
indications. use it judiciously for the
purpose Of placing William c. McMil-
ian OF Detroit in the senatorial gar
ment upon which Burrows has a lien
until 1911.
Mr.. Smith is 4S years old and a ma
tive of Dowagiac, Mich. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools and went
with his family to Grand Rapids when
he was - years old.
In Grand Rapids he began his ca
reer Of seltreliance by selling pop
corn and newspapers and running er-
rands, for the family was poor. He
turned all his earnings over to his
parents for the family support.
The stepping stone OF his political
career was his appointment as a
page in the house OF representatives
Of the state
Finding that another boy had Sc
cured a position as messenger boy,
for which he had applied to his home
representative. he trudged the 25
miles from Grand Rapids to Ionia to
solicit in person from Lieutenant Gov
ernor Sessions a position as messen-
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09

regard Flower as the most colossal
mine swindIer of the age, and declare
that his embezzlements will amour.
to 100000. Flower has been chased
for four years, and he was found il
an Office building here promoting al
other swindle.
In 1903 Flower was arrested and u
leased on bail, the bond having Dssl
signed by the 74-year-old widow o-
Richard A. Storrs, which she had u
pay. In addition the widow had .o1-
ed up with 500 OO0 worth OF STOCK
that had no market value.
The amount Flower is said TO have
received from credulOus people Is o.
most beyond belief Through .-7
Spentazuma Mining company be 5D-
S35O,O00, through the Arizona q LAs.
ern company, $55O,OOO; through lls
Blue Ridge mine. $45O,O00i through
the Pan-American Mining c0mp@l''
$4,000, and smaller amounts -
many companies
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
ENORMOUS SALT DEPOSIT.
Bed is Miles Long and Eight Wide
Found in Utah.

Denver, Col-During 1906 wonder
ful progress was made on the con-
strucuon of the new Pacific coast line
of the Denver & Rio Grande. Thirty
nine tunnels are being bored through
the mountains. There is one 75-mile.
stretch of track that will cost 800 600
a mile to build The object of this
expenditure in construction is to obtain
a direct and low-grade route through
the mountains.
Track IS already laid from Salt
Lake City nearly to the Nevada state
line, distance of nearly 80 miles In
California the track is laid into Oak
land and Stockton. II is believed the
entire line through to the coast will
be in operation by January, 1909.
Among the curious things encOun-
tered IN the construction work is an
enormous deposit of pure salt, found
on the west side of the Utah desert,
not far from the Nevada state line.
This singular deposit is 10 miles long
and eight miles wide Excavations TO
a depth of more than six feet are still
in solid salt The salt that has been
found IS suitable for stock, and can
be readily refined for table use.
UnquestiOnably this section was
once the bed of the great Salt lake,
and even now may have a subteTran-
can connection with that mysterious
body OF water, more than a hundred
miles distant.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
FIFTY YEARS ON 4 ROCK
Ida Lewis Well Known a. Llohtbon..
Keeper in Newport haFbas

Newport, r. with the comI,.
new year Ida Lewis, known as tss
Grace Darling Of America, Celebrate
her ffueth year Ia the little rph,
house on Lime rock. Newport harhn.
OF which she is in charge as keen.
AS girl and woman Ida Lewis bs,
lived a remarkable life. Her brave
and skill in handling a boat ara wall
known, and her fame Is secure as tn
greatest woman life saver ia bs
world, for she has the credit Of bav
ing saved no less than IS lives mos,
OF her rescues having been effected +,
the face Of extreme danger and il,
wiEteF
Ida Lewis is known personally r,
half the residents of Newport. and h.
sight practically to all. In her cat
boat she comes daily to Newport fo.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
Stevenson Home Near Apis, Samoa.

Robert Louis Stevenson, near Apia,
for a government residence It would
puzzle an architect and his clerk to
draw the ground plan of this struc-
ture and it would be an equal problem
to draft any of its elevations. Il
seems to consist of two houses put to-
gether at the corners 'and held in
this association by porch. In such
a climate a porch on many accounts
is the most habitable. certainly the
most generally inhabited part Of a
house. The Nailima porch in every
particular is of the uncertain charac-
ter of the house or houses of which
it is a part. One stretch Of it is en-
tirely on the ground floor, another
stretch has two stories-in fact, there
is one stretch of this porch which
clings to the second story without any
ground support al all. Some of it is
oDen to breeze and sun, some is
shaded by Iattices and climbing vines,
still other parts are boarded over to
form odd rooms winch were hastily
run up to suit the needs of the ten
ants. The older section of the house
contains a large paTlor, so dark and
shaded as to seem cool. and overhead
are the living apartments. In like
manner the chief theme of the newer
part of the house is the dining-room,
with a library and a small writing
room overhead.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09

ger to the senate His ambitions in
this direction were dashed, for he was
told that there were no vacancies, but
he was undaunted. He made his way
20 Lansing on the opening day of the
session, and his persistence brought
him the appointment as page from
Speaker John T. Rich.
His first winter in the legislature
as a page gave him wide acquaint-
ance with men in the state. Il
strengthened a determination he had
formed to become a lawyer, and he
took up the reading OF law in the Of
fee Of Burch & Montgomery. and at
the age OF 24 was admitted to the bar
He soon became associated with Fred
" Stevens, and later the firm be-
came Smiley, Smith & Stevens.
He became general counsel for the
Chicago & West Michigan and for the
Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western rail
roads. and under Gov. Luce was ap-
pointed state game warden for his
work in the campaign, in which Luce
was elected.
Mr.. Smith built logging railroad
from Rapid City TO Kalkaska and
Stratford a distance of "A miles, ten
years ago. to tap tract of lumber on
the Upper Manistee river, which had
been left uncut because of its dis
lance from the railroads. Later he
built a line from Lowell to Hastings.
For this work he received 500, 600 in
stock which was considered worth
less. He held it until the Pere Mar
quette had use for the branch, then
sold it at par.
Mr.. Smith was first elected to con-
gress in 1894. He was reelected in
1896, and with increased majorities
each two years since, until in 1904
his majority was nearly $4,000 In
1906 the Democrats placed no candi-
date in the field against him.
In the years he has served in con-
gress he has developed into one of
the strong men of the house. He
voted for the employers liability bill.
voted for the absolute control of the
corporations by congress, and first
and foremost has at all times adyo-
Gated the amendment of the constitu-
Jion of the United States to provide
for the election of United States sen
atOrs by the people.
Besides being lawyer and a politi-
clan, the new senator is good busi-
ness man and a mOney-maker. He is
interested in enterprises in his home
city and elsewhere and is vice presi-
dent of the Peoples Savings bank of
Grand Rapids. He also owns the
Grand Rapids Herald, the paper
which he peddled when a boy. On
the intellectual side it may be men
toned that Dartmouth college gave
him the degree Of master of arts in
June. 1901.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09

NOse-bIeed is. frequently caused by
not minding your Cwn business. It
may be cured by calling the police and
diving into the nearest drug store.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
CHASED FOR FOUR YEARS.
Or. Flower, Embezzler Of S1,OOO.0O0
Captured.

Philadelphia.-Dr. Richard c. Flow
er, a fugitive from justice since 1903
has been arrested here. Detectives
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
TO BUY STEVENSON HOME.
German Government Orders Purchase
of Vailima in Samoa.

New YOrk-The governor of Ger
man Samoa has been authorized to
purchase Vailima, the home of the late
The Washington bee., 1907-02-09

If you IRE fat, get thin; If thin, get
fat. Nature never meant you 20 be
satisfied with your weight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
RATE FIGHT BEGINS.
The Railroads and Minnesota Meet in
Federal Court.

st. Paul, Sept. 3.-Judge William
Lochren in the United States district
court today began hearing the argu-
ment in the matter of application of the
stockholders of the railroads operating
in Minnesota for a temporary injunc-
ton restraining the state from attempt
ing to enforce the community rates
contained in a law passed by the legisla-
ture last winter and the two-cent pas
senger rate laws: also the merchandise
rates ordered by the railroad commits
sion last year.
The hearing today is an application
for temporary injunction pending the
final judgment. Sometime ago Attorney
General Young entered a motion for the
dismissal of the suit against him on the
ground that the suit was in fact against
the state and hence was in violation of
the constitutional provision exempting
the state from being sued without its
consent. This motion Judge Lochren
denied and the case comes up on the
question of issuance of the preliminary
injunction. On this hearing it devolves
upon the complainants to make out
prima facie case Aff1davits were pre-
scented for the purpose of showing the
court that the merits of the case are
such that they have reasonable proba-
bility of winning in the end.
The hearing now is on the sufhciency
of the prima facie showing to entitle
them to the preliminary injunction.
The question of the right of the state
to regulate rates on traffic purely with
in the state involved in these cases is
the same question which is now being
fought out in the courts in other states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03

To Be Constructed of 16-Inch Pipe and
Built From the Territory.

Independence, Kan, Sept. 3-Another
big gas line is to be laid in Kansas. 1t
will be constructed Of 16-inch pipe and
will extend from the Indian Territory to
lola.
The new line will be an Independent
affair and will be built by Independence,
Kansas Portland Cement and Kansas
Portland Cement interests. These are
the Nicholson mills at Table Mound
lola and Neodesha. The company owns
gas wells at Table Mound. Neodesha.
and lola, having recently drilled a num-
Der of 10000, 000-foot wells at lola but
the requirements of a cement plant are
something enormous, one factory con-
result is the company finds itself under
the necessity Of preparing wells for the
future.
Down in the territory there is some
fine gas properties. Up to this time
there has not been a very large demand
for gas production and the cement COM.
pany has figured 1t out that it is a mat
ter of business prudence to buy in a new
district before the price advances. As a
result the Nicholson interests have had
agents in the territory some time buy
ing leases and getting gas production to
pipe into Kansas.
Agents are now engaged in securing
the right of way for the line from the
Kansas boundary to lola. The con-
structfon of the line will be under the
direction of Captain Slower and the line
will be built of 16-inch pipe.