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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
Killed While Catching Ride.

KlIIed WHNe VASentnp Htoe.
vyempealeau, Wis, April 11.--While
attempting to catch ride on freight
train near here, Harry Comerford
missed his footing and fell beneath
tho wheels. His head was severed
from his body.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
Domestic.

Detroit ice companies have reduced
the prices for ice for the coming sea
son about AZ per cent.
Kansas City has inaugurated cam
pa;gn to secure the national Republic.
an convention in 1908.
Two young men of Iowa Falls. Iowa
are preparing to go to the jamestown
exposition on horseback.
The Illinois legislature has passed
bill raising the salary of the mem.
bers of the legislature to $4,000.
hrs. Grace Redpath, widow Of Pc.
ter Redpath of Montreal, who died re-
Gently, left $150,O0o to McGill univer.
sity, Montreal.
The interstate commerce commits.
sion has held that express companies
cannot give franks to railroad Off.
Gals.
Another advance of 1 cent a gallon
on common grades of gasoline has
been announced by the Standard OH
company.
The Akron Printing and Paper com
pany of Akron, Ohio. has gone into
bankruptcy, with liabilities amounting
to $4,000 and assets the same.
Gov. Campbell of Texas has signed
bill making it felony for corpora.
lions to contribute to campaign funds
or in any way aid candidates in elec-
ton.
The Standard Oil company has put
up the price of all grades Of refined
oils half cent gallon. Quotations
on naphtha and gasoline are I'M,
| changed.
The Bank of Conception at Clyde.
| Mo-, has closed its doors by order OF
the secretary Of state. Its liabilities
are given at $4,000. with assets al.
most equal to that amount.
Engineer r. E. Peary, U. s. N, has
| applied for an extension of leave of
| absence in order to resume his effort
to reach the north pole. The dash to
the pole will he attempted in 1908.
The recently chosen executive com
mittee of the simplihed spelling board
organized in New York. Prof. Calvin
Thomas of Columbia university was
elected chairman, succeeding Brander
Matthews.
When George AIDE was last in Pasa
dena. CAL, he wrote to Dayton
(Ohio) nursery ordering a car load of
fruit trees, but failed to specify that
they were to be shipped to his Indiana
farm. The nursery people sent them
to Pasadena. and now there is 3
freight bill of $1,000 to be met.
Hereafter all employees of the Pitts.
burg Railway company who drink in.
toxicating drinks. smoke cigarettes or
gamble will do so at the risk Of being
discharged The management an
nounces that it will employ only such
men are refrain from the use of the
things mentioned.
Julius Lehman. one of the st
Louis boodlers yet doing time in the
peaitentiary, is preparing data for
book which he will publish shortly
after his release from prison, June Is.
TIE book will be a true and complete
account Of Thirty Years of BoodliEe
H. St. Louis
Second Lieutenant f. r. w. Nc.
Cabe Of the Sixth cavalry, has been
selected to make ride from Portland.
Or, 10 New York on an Arabian stall.
lion. The purpose Of this long ride is
to test the endurance of this breed OF
horses. with view to determining
their value as cavalry horses.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
WIND BLOWS WALL DOWN.
Ruins Endanser Patrons Of Saloon a,
Aberdeen,

Aberdeen, S. D., April 14.-During
a terrific wind storm last night part
Of the walls Of the Sherman hotel
ruins left by the recent fire tottered
and fell on the roof of the Sherman
saloon and crashed through, missing
several men by a few inches. Twelve
men were in the place at the time and
were panic stricken. The bartender
crawled into the vault. fearing the
building would collapse.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
Killed in a sawmIII.

Menomnee. Mich, April II. -
Charles Turk died as the result of in
iuries received while working in
sawmill. He was struck by heavy
stick of timber.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
MONUMENT TO TROUGH RIDERS
President Roosevelt Makes Speech a,
Dedication.

Dedication.
Washington, April IA. - Presidenf
Roosevelt made a speech in which he
touched mainly on patriotic and good
citizenship at the dedication yester
day of the monument erected to the
memory of the First cavalry, United
States volunteers-the trough riders
of the Spanish-American war, in the
National cemetery at Arlington. Mrs
Allyn X. Capron, widow Of Capt. Ca
prom of the rough riders regiment.
who fell at Las Guasimas, pulled the
cord holding the American flag tina,
covered the monument.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
cauuht in Machinery.

Caught N Machinery.
Holcombe Wis, April 11.--Wilfred
Loisellc, while working in sawmill,
got his hand caught in the machinery.
1t was necessary to amputate the arm
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
siuice Boxes Robbed !.

0JOtCo 0VNS0 tSVUVCOs
Lewiston, Mont, April IA. - Johr
Anderson is under arrest here, charg
ed with robbing the sluice boxes OF
the American Sapphire company al
Yogo.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18

Killed by Falling Boulder.
Akeley, Mimi. April l4.-Mike Con
ley was instantly killed by being nv
by a falling boulder.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
eoreiqn.

Edgar Combcs, son Of the EXPIRE
at Versailles.
Ignaz 1gnauer, the we'll known So.
cialist member OF the reichstag, is
dead at Berlin.
Seven men who participated in the
mutiny OF a sapper regiment at Wilma,
Russia. were sentenced to various
terms Of imprisonment or to death.
The German cruiser Room. which Is
to be one of the warships to repre-
sent Germany at the jamestown expo.
sition. sailed Monday fore Hampton
Roads.
George Towne, the Australian oars
man, has forfeited his claim to the
worlds sculling championship to his
brother, Charles Towne, who has been
challenged by Webb of New Zealand.
Grand Duke Michael, brother of Elm.
peror Nicholas, has accepted the in~i'
tatiOn of Prince Ferdinand to attend
the maneuvers Of the Bulgarian
troops, which will be held in August.
The corporation of Glasgow has &C
cepted an invitation of the American
consul there to send a deputation tc
Chicago for the purpose Of inspecting
the sanitary conditions of the packing
houses and stock yards.
The Russian holy synod is prepar
ing project for the revision of the df.
vorce laws, enlarging the basis for d.
vorce, which is now granted on limit
cd grounds and has resulted in consid.
cradle decrease i'll marriages.
A Christiania newspaper announces
that President Roosevelt. who was
awarded the Nobel peace prize last
year, will have to deliver lecture IL
March. 1863, in order to comply with
the rules affecting the holding of the
Nobel prizes.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
Crimes and Criminals.

Charles f. Newberry, a contractor,
was shot to death and d. NJ. Curry
and w. Mckinley, employees Of the
Cltico Furnace company. were fatally
shot as the result of a quarrel at ci''
co. Tenn.
! Anthony Comstock made three raids
IN New York in which he seized $4,000
picture postal cards which he claims
are obscene. Four men were arrested
charged with having the cards in their
possession.
Joseph McKulecky and Josef Salaya
were poisoned by a stranger at Fort
Scott, evidently for the purpose OF
robbery. Both men died few min.
utes after they had been found in a
dark side street.
Emil Benoist, we'll known banker
Of Paris, was shot in the Office of a
financial newspaper of which he was
the editor. The assassin, customer
named CARROT, fired ten shots point
blank at NJ. Benoist.
Confessing to the embezzlement OF
more than $1,000 from the Wells-Far-
go Express company, of which he for
merly was an employe, Rudolph Crow.
ell of Little Rock, Ark, gave himself
up to the Indianapolis police.
During the noon hour a sneak thief
stole $1,000 from the paying telier's
cage Of the State National bank in st.
Louis, and escaped. The loss OF the
money was not discovered until the
cash was checked up for the day.
Burglars entered the house OF James
Carroll at Billings. Mont, and secured
about $40 from the pockets Of Mr.. Car.
rolls trousers. They also took a
purse belonging to Mrs. Carroll, which
contained a small amount of money
There is no clue to the thieves iden.
tity.
The business section of Sandborn
Ind, was damaged by dynamite ex'
plosion. The supposition is that per
sons enraged ut David Bruner, a drug
gist, who is alleged to have operated
his store as q "blind pig" did the
work. The estimated property loss is
100000.
Howard Nicholas and Leonard Leo
pold were convicted of the murder Of
Mrs. Margaret Leslie, the actress, al
Chicago. Nicholas was sentenced te
life Imprisonment, while Leopold was
given q fourteen.year term in prison
Robbery is said to have been the mo
tive for the crime.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
NEWS Of TIE WEEK IN fP|TOMf
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
Washington.

President Roosevelt will be unable
10 comply with the invitation Of the
general memorial committee of the
Grand Army 10 speak at Indianapolis
:Iay 80
The postoiiice department has mott
fed postmaSters throughout the cOun-
Try tha, the special series of stamps
Ia commemorate The founding OF
Jamestown will he issued beginning
April Ii
President Roosevelt has appointed
Oscar +. Hundleyo OF huntsville, Ala,
to lie tinted States district judge for
the Northern district of Alabama
This action ends a long contest for
this Office
Complete rural delivery service i'll
Big Stone and Stevens counties, in
Minnesota. has been ordered, effective
May IL. The total number OF routes
in Stc.ens county will he thirteen, OF
which one is New The total number
in Big Stone county will I've thirteen,
of which Two arc new.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-04-18
PERSONAL.

Gen. L.. s. Baker. aged scventy.sev-
Ell years. who commanded Il North
Carolina brigade in the Confederate
army, is dead ut Suffolk, Va.
John Davis, hes. known in America,
is Owen Hall, author OF "Florodora,"
The Girl from Hays" and The Sill.
Yer Slipper died at Harrowga,e, Eng.
land, from ACME easlritis.
George Granville Benedict, editor OF
the Burlington tVt.l Free Press, died
at Camden, n. &. Mr. Benedict has
been i'll for six weeks from q general
break down, due 10 old age.
Judge Joshiah Turner for twenty.
four years Judge of the Seventh judi.
cial circnit Of Michigan and a mem.
her of the state supreme bench for
time in 1867. died at Owosso Mich,
aged ninety-siX years.
Frederick r. Sibley, Il prominent
Detroit capitalist. is dead. aged eigh-
1y.three years. In his youth he was
an Indian trader in Michigan, Wiscon-
sIu anu Ahlillcsota' AAiS WI otLcA, AASA>
ny H. Sibley, was the first governor of
the State OF Minnesota.
BY the death recently of the widow
of William l.. McLanc Of the class of
1869 OF Yale the college comes into
possession of a fund amounting to
about $4,000. Mr.. AlcLanc was a
business man who resided in New
York city and died in 1903
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06

One Of the most curious transconti'
mental trips within the memory OF the
present generation came TO a spectacu'
lar close here this week when Ezra
Meeker reached this city in q regular
old fashioned prairie schooner drawn by
pair Of plodding oven. More than a
year ago Mr.. Meeker set out from the
Pacific coast with the outfit which Is
seen nowadays in these parts only in
Wild West Shows, TO follow back the
old Oregon Trail by which he reached
the west with prairie schooner and a
pair Of oxen exactly hall century ago.
His progress naturally has not been rapid
as the oxen is not built for speed, but
II has been steady and the pair OF ami
mails have pulled the schooner about
2.s000 miles OF the ong journey. Traf'
fc was practically tied up as Mr.. Meek
ct, VINO IL etHl hais anu he"'Ny ~
seyenty.six "geed" and "hawed" his
strange team among the automobiles
and cabs. The police had considerable
trouble in keeping things moving and
were called upon to stop numerous
fight between street urchins who were
attempting TO prove by battle that th'
strange animals were buifaloes. Mr.
Meekers long ride was undertaken
neither as an election bet nor as n move
health cure, but to arouse interest II
his project for a national transconti
mental highway to follow the route o
the old Oregon Trail--a project that he
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06
A Most Worthy Article.

When an article has been on the
market for years and gains friends every
year, it is safe to call this medicine a
worthy one. Such is Ballard's Hore'
hound Syrup. 1t positively cures coughs
and all Pulmonary diseases. One Of the
best known merchants in Mobile, Ala,
says:
"For five years my family has not
been troubled with the winter coughs,
We owe this to Billiards. Horehound
Syrup. know it has saved my emil
dren from many sick spells.'
Sold by Hart's Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06
How to Cure q Cold.

The question Of how to cure o cold
without unnecessary loss Of time Is one
in which we are all more or less inter-
ested, for the quicker o cold is gotten
rid Of the less the danger Of pneumonia
and other serious diseases. Mr.. B. W.
L. Hall, Of Wayerly, Va, has used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for years and
says: Il firmly believe chamberlain's
Cough Remedy to be absolutely the best
preparation on the market for colds.
have recommended It to my friends and
they all agree with me-" For sale by
Frank Hart AMI Leading Drnggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06

What local physicians look upon as
the most remarkable case In medical
history was revealed this week BY the
autopsy following the death Of Mr.
Stevens, who has lived for months with
q hole In her heart through which the
blood leaked out. According to all the
laws Of science, this trouble, the first
Of It's kind to be recorded, ought to have
caused death as soon az 1t began. Mrs.
Stevens was literally the sickcst per-
son on record, suffering, in addition TO
the heart trouble which carried her OIL,
for which name has not been chosen,
from at least six other deadly diseases
to say nothing Of many minor ones
How she lived at all IL mystery. Al
though but thirty.three years Of age,
the list Of her troubles sounds like a
medical dictionary. At the time OF her
death she was suffering from Brights
disease, chirrosis Of the liver, tubercu-
losis, pachymeningitis, dropsy Of the
whole body and general edema Or puff
ness Of the brain. In addition to these
any of which should have caused death,
, were a list of minor complaints, making
her literally museum Of maladies.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06
Remedy Provided for Lonely
Old Maids.
PAID ATTENDANTS IN VOGUE
New York Gossip Has Them Clum Over
Prosecutions---Tidal Wave Fails to
Materialize--Lusitana Proves Better
Harbor Facilities Are Needed.

NEW YORK. Oct. 5.--New York "
TO have something new In the line Of
business which will at the same time
prove a boon TO lone females and aid
college students who do not have their
education paid for out Of Il parental
purse. The idea Is for bureau Of es-
corts. who will act as guides. philoso.
piers and friends to any women In New
York who happens to be without pro.
tecting man. The idea has been sug.
gested before and even tried In ten.
tative way by one theatre which offered
10 furnish Its ushers to accompany 10
their homes such women as came to the
theatre alone. The plan did not 70 well.
however partly because Of the person
ality Of the escorts and partly for the
reason that has kept messenger boys
out OF this field-tbe uniform. The new
escort bureau, however, promises to fur
ish young men, preferably college stu.
dents OF the best manners, education
and character generally. All these
points will be most carefully investi.
gated. and in addition his wardrobe must
bc equal to any social demands. That
there Is room for some such plan, pro.
yIded the escorts furnished can meet
the women thew are TO look after on
basis Of equality " shown by the fact
that many cafes and hotel dining rooms
exclude women unaccompanied by man
just how spinstcrhood will take to the
new idea. however, remains to be seen.
An investigator with bent for facts
OF curious interest has discovered that
while the sky.scrapers OF Manhattan are
pushing to greater and greater heights
the city underground has ben growing
even more rapidly. According to his
computation, over a hundred thousand
carry on their daily occupation below
the streets and beneath the waters Of
greater New York. Some OF these are
caisson workers laying the foundations
OF huge buildings, employees Of the var
ious tunnels pushing their way under
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06

the North and East rivers and work
men on the subways. In addition TO
this specialized line Of underground &C.
tiyity, there are certain industries that
are carried on almost entirely beneath
the surface. One OF these II baking,
and II IL stated that nearly all the
bread and pastry eaten by New Workers
Is prejared in the city below ground.
There are Thousands OF small shops on
the East Side that occupy cellars with
no light or ventilation except as comes
from the single entrance reached by q
steep flight Of stairs from the street.
Devotccs Of the most fashionable life
also are taking to the underground city
since some Of the big new hotels and
department stores have utilized the
space below the surface Of their various
sites with doors leading TO and from
the subways. " is pointed out that q
man can come from Chicago to New
York, put up at hotel, visit several
stores, transact business at down town
office and return home without once set.
ting foot out OF doors. This state OF
affairs undoubtedly presages the time
when there viii be underground city
extending over the whole lower part OF
Manhattan Island with its own streets,
shops and systems Of transportation.
Perhaps In time race Of real human
moles will develope in the Metropolis
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06

hlbWADhEE, Oct. 0.-lO DC ietb
half million by person whom one
never seen sounds like fairy tale. but
it has been realized IN Milwaukee, ac-
cording to Miss Lydia Paeschke, 1921
Claybourn street. She has been LETT
100000 BY rich Mexican whose name
she does not know and who knew OF her
only by means OF photograph taken
to Mexico and shown TO him by friend
OF Miss Paeschke. G. e. Jones, who left
Milwaukee for Mexico the latter part
Of May.
Miss paeschke received letter from
attorneys in Mexico yesterday ac.
quainting her of the fortune left her
and she Immediately placed the matter
in the hands of her attorneys, Baker &
zimmers, who will take charge of the
transferrence Of papers.
1T sounds like a fairy tale, doesn't
it?" said Miss Paescnke last night
"Yet it is true. 1t is hard for me tt
realize it myself; if it had been $4,000
| wouldn't have thought so much about
it, but 0OO-why I cannot realize
it myself.
"When c. Z. Jones was about to leav'
for Mexico the latter part of May, h'
asked me for one OF my pictures to TAX
along with him. When he got there h
happened to show the picture to tn
Mexican, whose name ! think was Man
da. or something like that.
"a short time ago / received aalette
from Mr.. Jones and he then told me tina
my picture had made a great impres
ion upon the Mexican. He said tina
when he showed the photograph to MI
Manda the latter said, II could learn t,
love that girl
"Of course, l thought he was jus
fattering me at the time and paid NJ
attention to it. Shortly after that
received letter from the Mexican him
self, but / was unable to read it an
threw it away, being afraid that some
body else would get hold OF it. Jus
fancy throwing away letter that wa
written by man who was going +
leave me 100000!
"From that time on / heard no NOR
about the matter until yesterday, whel
/ received word from attorneys in Mex
leo telling me that l had been left tn
money by Mr.. Manda, who died jus
recently, and asking me what the.
should do in the matter. I turned tn,
matter over to my attorneys.
"The queerest coincidence is visi
| made a fortune teller last summer.
went down and had my fortune told ant
she said that at some time not ia
distant | would be left vast fortune
but of course I didn's believe it. The.
always tell you something like that ant
| had heard the same thing so Otter
that l paid no further attention to it
l guess, after all, that she did know
something about it.
Il wish I had one of the pictures tha
I gave Mr.. Jones when he went away
Since this morning l have been hunt
ing high and low for it, but / haven
been able to find it. 1t would be |
great treasure to me after what ha
happened, but perhaps ! shall com
across it after the shock and excite
ment has worn off. You can MT imag
inc my surprise this morning.
"I'll bet he wouldn't have left me tina
money if he had known that I had bee
married. MOO
Miss Paeschke was formerly Mr.
Paul Rosenthal and resided at Yves
Bend. She was married three year
ago, but on August 81 she obtained
divorce. Their child is nearly 2 yeal
old. The heiress was born in this cit.
her parents being Mr.. and Mrs. Henma
Paeschke.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06
gets BIG FORTUNE
Mexican Leaves Estate to Girl
Of Photograph.
HAD NOT SEEN EACH OTHER

Girls Friend Takes Picture Of Her to
Mexico and Mexican Falls in Love
With it--Leaves Her About Half a
Million.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06

II half OF what Agostino Guissepi
Crosse, an Italian chemist now visiting
here, claims he can do turns out to be
true, sculptors and makers OF animal
statues generally might as well quit
work and begin to look for some other
means OF Livelihood. Crosse in short,
claims to have perfected process which
he has demonstrated before various or
ganizations abroad, by which he can
turn living or dead animals, human or
otherwise, into stone. Instead Of chip
ping on equestrian statue out OF block
of marble in the future, all that will
be necessary vii be to secure horse.
put man on his back and presto; a
statue true to life in every detail. The
dog which has guarded the house during
his life time, can after death occupy the
front lawn as statue, while the man
who finds his affinity can be sure OF
keeping her always by applying the new
process Immediately. So far Mr.. Crosse
has confined his experiments to bugs
snakes or smaller animals, even though
there does not seem to be any demand
for petrifed reptiles. But his process
vii work just as well on human beings
cows. horses or even elephants whether
alive or dead, he asserts, cheerfullf of
fering to petrify any ones pet ele-
phant for nothing. The chemicals by
which these results are achieved re-
mains secret, but it is easy to see
what a complete monopoly of the statue
making business Crosse might obtain If
he wanted to.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06

Il going to lay before President Roose'
yclt just as soon as his OK team can get
him TO Oyster Bay.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06

Nos 2e an Catsop Beach via Fl Stevens No
runs from Astoria and Catsop Beach direct No "a ro
Astoria to Catp Beach direct
Nos Stevens No. 20 from Cop Beach to
Astoria and Portland Additional win be from Astoria to f.
stevens return Sundays leaving arrive F Stevens
ls:a5 M Returning Stevens 900 arrives Astoria 245
marked run daily; eegohions.
Portland with all lines At Gohe
Astoria with steamers for San Franchises
and Tamook and Railway Navigation Co.'s boat and railway
Through tickets all points the FG
further naTtculars to R. a. saa46
Cen 1T. Pasngr Agt.
Astoria Or