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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-24
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Thirty-seven Waterville rooteTs are
registered at the Great Northern.
Miss Grace Parker will leave on
the night train for few days visit
in Spokane.
Mrs. T. ]. Walker, of North Yak
ina and Miss Lille Vaughn are ex-
pected to arrive tomorrow from the
southern orchard city.
Frank Dallam, Jr., of LOOMS, is
expected to arrive in Wenatchee tc.
morrow for a two weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Dill, former
residents OF this city, but now of
Seattle, are in Wenatchee this week
Mr.. Dill has just purchased some
fruit land in the vicinity of Malaga
which he will have put in trees
Mrs. Tillie Reuter- Sengpiel, form
erly a teacher in the schools of this
city, is now living at Highland, Wis.
The ladies of he w. c. T. U. will
hold pastry and apron sale at the
Reading Room Saturday, May 26.
5-24
Daniel Censinger reports the sale
of ten acres of East Wenatchee land
to Roy Frantz this week. Consider
alton $3.50 per acre.
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.paign should resign from the secre.

.paign should resign from the secre.
taryship.
mo person can begin to tell &C
curately which the wind will blow
until next December, when the first
delegates to the convention will be
elected in Louisiana, Oregon and
Alaska. Like the first states in the
roll call of convention, the selec-
ton of those delegates will foreshad-
)w sentiment and have an effect.
about that tine, too,s the national
committee will meet and decide upon
a place to hold the convention. This
morning | received an invitation
from Kansas City, bringing that city
into the race with st. Louis, Seattle
and Chicago. 1t seems TO me that
Chicago would be the better place,
because of its hotel and railroad ia
cilities, because it is the center of
the country, and because it is COM
paratively cool in summer.
by the time the convention meets
it will probably know positively
whether Mr.. Roosevelt would decline
the nomination if rendered to him.
In my opinion, he would; but any
how, the convention will be the most
interesting in twenty years. 1t will
be a seething, boiling political pot
and no one can forell the outcome. 3"
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DID NOT GET WHAT
WAS COMING 10 EN-
Four Ranchers Who Captured Ephra-
Ia Robbers Return PrOffeied
Reward of Paltry w.

neNdTu III
A more noble example Of good cit
izenship and unsalfish public spirit
than is embodied in the following
tale has perhaps never been known
in the great state of Washington.
The Ephrata bank robbery OF April
last will be remembered by all read
ers of the Daily World, in which pa
per the story was fist published. It
will be recalled that the daring cap
ture of these desperate thugs who are
now in durance vile at Weary
Walla," was made by four brave men
of Ephrata, who left their peaceful
ranch work to pursue the peoples
enemy. Chasing and capturing four
bad men, desperate enough to dyna-
mite bank safe and stand the fire of
/ a sheriff's posse for over an hour, is
no picnic. It is a form OF recreation
thai. does not appeal to the average
citizen of ordinary nerve.
But the four Ephrata ranchmen
went after the desperados, and
brought EN- baci-at the risk of
their own lives. And now comes the
generous auditor of Douglas county,
and draws a warrant of five dollars
for each of the brave men who made
the capture. They did their work in
half a day-so payment was offered
at the rate of ten dollars day. Feel
ing that they were overpaid CD the
four public spirited citizens rolled up
the warrants and returned them to
the county authorities.
The misery reward of five dollars
for the service rendered was spurned
by these men. They did not make
the capture for money alone-they
did it to rid the community Of a gang
of bad characters; but they were de-
serving Of money reward Of course,
and something like a thousand dol
lars is usually paid in cases like this.
1t is not known here if the Ephrata
bank is member of the Bankers
association; if it is, then there's a
substantial reward due the four
ran :hers from the Bankers associa-
ton, which always makes a payment
of prize money for the capture of
bank robbers.
The incident has created much
comment among police officials. They
say Their anchors who caughe the rob-
bers have been mistreated.
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4 SECRET OF
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CHANGES IN GREAT gTHERN
W. W. Broughton anG =. Ken
ney Have Been A.. ed.

Notice of two changes IL manage
nent was received at the local Offices
Of the Great Northern railroad yes
terday. w. w. Broughton, formerly
general freight manager at st. Paul,
has been advanced to the position of
general traffic manager.
w. P. kenney. who was formerly
assistant to BENJAMIN Campbell, 4th
vice-president of the road, will take
the position of assistant traffic man
ager. Mr.. Kenney passed through
here on his way to Seattle Tuesday.
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BURIED GOLD
Nine. Won Veltheim Has Chart of
Hiding Place-Will Await
Husbands Return.

NEW YORK, May 22.-The woman
who can keep a secret has been
found. The secret is one of millions
s4.000,0O0, to be precise. 1t con-
Germs the present whereabouts of
Kruger's gold.
She is Nine. Marie Won Veltheim,
wife-or maybe the widOw-of Lud-
wig Won Veltheim, the man who bur-
led crafty old Dom Paul's millions
when he fled from the Transvaal
just before Lord Roberts occupied
Pretoria.
She Has a Chart.
Nine. Won Veltheim had dupli-
cate chart on which was marked the
spots where the gold was buried.
1t was not sunk at sea in the
wreck of the Zululand, as some would
have it. Nor was it taken to Europe
as others insisted. Neither was it
let down beneath the waters of the
ocean in iron chests.
1t was carefully buried in the
dead of the night in the mountains
OF the Transvaal. 1t was not put
in one spot. The gold was carefully
divided into four parts. In all there
was about 100000, so each part
was from 100000 to $1,5OO,OOO.
Of this one part has been found by
John Kemp.
In speaking of the Boer war, Nine.
Won Veltheim says:
AS everybody knows. fight as
they might. little handful of Beers
couldn't hold out against the over
whelming numbers of the British,
Lord Roberts took Pretoria, and
Kruger and his friends had to fee
Before he went. he intrusted the
little capital of the repubuc-about
$5,00O,0O0-to my husband and
three other men. One of them was
Jan Potgieter. another Peter SHUTS
and the third l didn't know. These
four men took the money, put ii
into chests, loaded the chests into
carts, drove the carts up the mount
aims in the dead of the night and
buried them carefully, far from the
places where men might go.
He made a chart of all the land
about where the gold was hidden.
OF this he took a copy, sealed both,
and awaited developments.
Husband Deported.
In 1901 Lord Roberts deported
! Won Veltheim. He was too pro-Boer
to suit the British and they wanted
him out of the Transvaal forever.
So he went to London. When nv
husband arrived in London he four !.
no one to turn to but myself. The
hand of everyone else was again It
him-his reputation as pro-Boar
was too well known.
I'm going back to the Cape
again, he said to me one day. H,
gave me an exact copy of the chart.
which he made and told me not to
expect to hear anything from him
after he left Alexandria.
Now l am going to stay here I'M
I'll l get some definite clue, which
will lead to proof that my husband
is alive or dead. If he is alive the
secret belongs to us two. If he is
dead it is mine Alone
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SAYS IT'S TOO SOON TO
SPECULATE ON NOMINEE

WASHINGTON, May PA few
years ago Elmer Dover was report
er in the little city of Portsmouth,
Ohio. Formerly he had been a re-
porter in Akron, and there had made
the acquaintance of Charles w. F.
Dick, as the present junior senator
from Ohio then designated himself,
Neither had emerged from the safe
shelter of comparative obscurity.
McKinley's nomination for the
presidency started both to fame. Dick
was given charge Of the western
headquarters in Chicago, and Dover,
on the strength Of the Akron ac-
quaintance. was given a minor job.
He didn't keep the minor job long,
however; for Dover was made for
politics. The country is more or less
familiar with the story of how Mark
Hanna was persuaded reluctantly to
accept Dover as his private secretary
and how Hanna later came to regard
him as the most valuable young
man in America
A One-Sided Fight.
Dover, as secretary of the Repub-
lican National Committee, is a per-
sonage OF no little political conse-
quence, and when he comes to Wash
ington his views on pending matters
are eagerly sought He was here
the other day and was asked about
the presidential contest, which has
the Republican party by the ears.
cit is too early as yet to talk about
who the presidential nominee will
be-" said Mr.. Dover "A great deal
may happen between now and the
time for holding the convention, just
as much has happened to change sit
uation during the past year. A year
ago Secretary Shaw was considered
likely candidate, but today, because
he now lives in New York, and be-
cause it is doubtful whether his state
would support him in the convention,
he is considered out of the race.
IL months ago Secretary Root looked
like strong candidate. Today he is
not serious factor, though out of
the present conditions in New York
may come an Endorsement of him.
Just now it looks all Republican,
but none can tell how easy will be
the victory next year. In July 1895,
it lo5.-ed like Bryan. Both parties
were t1!'-ing about the tariff, Mr.
Hanna l2l trained mis- speakers and
sent out literature along that line.
Then came the swap over to the sill
yer issue, and a complete change in
the situation.
Just now everybody is looking to |
Ohio, and much depends upon who i
will win in that state. 1t is not true |
that | am on the fence. / am merely |
neutral. / think my position as sec
rotary of the national organization
demands that / take that attitude. If |
were manager Of Mr.. Taft's cam
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Ask for special folders regarding
Okanogan irrigation project and
Lake Chelan district.
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Camille Tonight.

Camille, the great society play in
which the Divine Sarah immortal
lied herself, will be staged at the
Wenatchee theater tonight At re-
hearsal this morning everything
moved smoothly, and tonight's show
should bring out an immense crowd.
Following is the cast of charac-
tprS.
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SCHEDULE
DOWN RIVER

Steamer leaves Wenatchee for
Bridgeport Monday, Wednesday and
F'r!daT "'orriacs. Returning leaves
Bridgeport same night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.

NEW YORK, August 31.-The bank
statement of clearing house banks for the
week shows that the banks hold $3.50. $50
more than the legal reserve requirements.
This Is decrease of S1.2199Jo as COM
pared with last week The statement fol-
lows:
Loans s1Os7. 9s5. 100; decrease, s1es. 600.
Deposits. S1.046 655, 500: decrease ST.
TIT 500
Circulation. $50. @0S. 800; increase, sl43 100.
Legal tenders. 500. 43o 800; increase. 1885,
100
Specie SEQ $50 500: decrease. s2l4T 300
Reserve. S2TO. 40 100; decrease, 81, 65i 800.
7 Reserve required. s26l ,G63 $50; decrease.
$431 $50.
Surplus. $S.756. $50: decrease. sl.2l995O
Ex-United States deposits, Sl5,I37,915; de-
crease. 81 1S9.4 7o.
Money on call. nominal. Time loans,
nominal. sixty days. 5A per cent and ninety
days q; six months. 6Iaa7
Eiose-Prime mercantile paper. 6a61s per
cent Sterling exchange. nominal. with
actual business in bankers bills at sS6.30
for demand and at 1920 for sixty-diy
bills Commercial bills, 4sl%. Bar silver,
~. Mexican dollars, 525s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
OFFICERS FOR BANK
STOCKHOLDERS OF DIME SAVINGS
INSTITUTION HOLD ELECTION.

The following officers and directors Of the
Dime Savings Bank soon to open in this
city were elected by a meeting OF the
stockholders in the office Of Leo P. Har-
low at Alexandria, Va, yesterday:
President. Maurice D. Rosenberg; first
vice president, John B. Harrell; second
vice president. D. W. Baker; secretary,
William Montgomery; auditor, John F.
Collins, and counsel Alexander Wolf; d.
rectors. Maurice D. Rosenberg. D. w.
Baker. John Il. Harrell, Timothy Ring,
Harry Friedlander, Harry King, John F..
Collins, Alexa nder Wolf, William A. En-
gel, Harry Standiford. Edward Swing, Will
liam Blum. William A. Hall, Max Cohen
Monroe Luchs, Ashley NJ. Gould, Joseph
Sanders, c. C. Wilson, r. P. Andrews, AL
bert S. Galley, Louis J. Jackson William
Montgomery, DR.. Clarence A. Weaver,
Richard j. Earnshaw and Floyd E. Davis.
1t was announced that the capital stock
of $4,000 was oversubscribed, in conse-
quence of which it will be necessary to re-
turn some of the subscriptions Almost
the entire capitalization was represented in
person or by proxy. fifty of the stockholders
being in attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
CHARGED WITH THEFT.
Frank Bear Accused Of Removing
Telephone Fixtures and Cash Box.

Telephone Fixtures ana Cash BOX.
With charge against him that he entered
the public pay telephone station of the Ma
tional Hotel yesterday afternoon and. after
unscrewing the telephone receiver and fix
lures, removed them and the money box
attached. containing about s., Frank Bear,
about twenty-six years of age was present.
ed in the Police Court today, When the
case was called it was found that several of
the witnesses from the hotel were unable to
be in attendance and a continuance was
granted by Judge Mullowny until Septem-
Der 3.
According to the statement made by the
prosecution the young man entered the tele-
phone booth and within a few moments de-
tached the instrument and after placing it
under his coat walked deliberately out
through the hotel corridor. Later, it is said,
he rif1ed the box of nickels attached to the
instrument and after going down to the
wharf threw the nickeled telephone fixtures
into the Potomac.
Shortly after the telephone was removed
the operator in the central Office noticed
that the signals were not working at the
pay station and communication over an
other wire disclosed the fact that the branch
telephone had been lifted" The police
Of the sixth precinct were notified imme-
diately and after short investigation De-
tective Armstrong placed Bear under arrest
and Charged him with larceny. When
searched it is stated he had 81 in one-dollar
bills in his possession.
Bear declares he Is innocent. The instru-
ment is valued at $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
CURB MARKET SPARED.
Lawyer Aliens Petition Thrown Out
of Court and He Is Rebuked,

NEW YORK, August 31.-James A. Allen,
the attorney who filed in the supreme court
petition for a writ directing Police Com
missioner Bingham to show cause why he
Should not suppress the curb market on
Broad street as public nuisance and dis
turber of traffic came in for rebuke yes
terday from Justice Guy. The justice threw
the case out of court and charged up $40
costs to Mr.. Allen. besides scoring the petit
toner as one whose object was dictated by
Interior motives.
After giving 1t as his opinion that at the
present time when lack of sufficient police
protection had raised a serious question for
interference with the curb market assumed
the proportions of triviality, Justice Guy
went on to characterize the attorneys Pc
tition more explicitly.
While the petitioners solicitude as to
the preservation of public morals and his
general desire to prevent all violation of
the constitutional provisions prohibiting
gambling would be commendable under
some circumstances, his disregard of more
serious offenses would seem to indicate OBJ
liquity of mental vision; but whatever his
motives may be. he has failed in this in
stance to make out case which should ap-
peal to any intelligent court"
Justice Guy remarked further that ION
all the facts presented it would seem that
the petitioner has either been led to make
this application from want Of more serious
occupation or that his motives are of a
character which do not commend them
selves to this court"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
ROOT RETURNS TO MuLDooN,s,
Looks Forward to Trip to Mexico With
Authorization.

UTICA. August 31.-Secretary Of State
Root. who was summoned to Clinton to at
tend the funeral Of his brother, Prof Oren
Root of Hamilton College, returned to Null
doon's training retreat on the Hudson yes
terday afternoon The Secretary appeared
to be feeling well and said he was looking
forward to his trip to Mexico the latter
part of next month with great anticipa-
ton.
While in Utica Secretary Root called
upon Representative Sherman. who took up
with him the matter of the removal to the
United States of the body of Ray Poole
prominent young resident of this city who
died in Honduras two weeks ago, and whose
body must remain inferred in that country
five years unless the State Department at
Washington Is able to have the Honduran
government suspend the stringent regula-
lions.
Mr.. Root was deeply impressed with the
circumstances of Poole's death and imme-
dlately forwarded the following telegram
to Acting Secretary of State Adee:
In reference to the removal of the body
of Ray Poole, who died in Honduras on
the 21st instant about which Representa-
tive Sherman has wired, desire every
effort made to procure the consent of the
Honduran government for the immediate
removal of the body to the United States"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
new LINE OF STEAMERS
OPPOSITION TO PRESENT NOR
FoLK-WAsHINaroN SERVICE.
Virginia Capitalists to Start With the
Steel Propeller Montauk Within
Ten Days.

Within the next ten days. 1t is stated,
capitalists OF Richmond and Norfolk, Va,
will put steamer on the day route from
this city to the jamestown exposition, Old
Point and Norfolk, to make tri-weekly
trips. and as soon as another steamer can
be secured the trips will be made daily. Mr..
w. w. s. Butler, general manager Of the
Newport News, Hampton and Old Point
Electric Railway Company, has been in the
city for the past two days making the final
arrangements for the starting Of the line.
and is today having an uptown office on G
street between 18th and 14th streets put
In shape to start business.
The steamer to be used on the route Is
the stee-hulled screw boat Montauk.
Riley's wharf, at the foot of 9Th street
southwest, has been secured as the Wash
ington terminus for the line. Mr.. Butler is
engaging his office force in this city, and
within the next week the office will be
opened.
The new enterprise is said to be backed
by the railway and electric company Of
which Mr.. Butler is manager, and Mr.. w.
]. Payne of the American National Bank
of Richmond is president.
The steamer Montauk. which will be
placed on the route. Is handsome vessel.
somewhat smaller than the steamers now
on the Norfolk run, but built for bay serv-
ice. She is new boat, having been built
at Baltimore in 1902 for the Queen Anne
Railway Company. She was then called the
Queen Caroline. but " hen sold about two
years ago to parties in New York her name
was changed to Montauk.
Speed of Eighteen Miles an Hour.
She is vessel of 841 gross and 48S net
tons, Is 1913 feet long, SOL feet beam and
Hop feet deep. Her engines have an indi-
Gated horsepower Of 1900 and she has a
speed Of about eighteen miles an hour.
The steamer is handsomely fitted up and
is well adapted, it IS said, to daylight serv-
ice on Chesapeake bay.
While nothing positive Is known regarding
the rates to be charged by the new COM
pany, 1t Is said that they will be somewhat
less than those now charged by the ex-
listing line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices from 1c to &c higher.
EGGS. - Nearby fresh Virginia, 22a23;
west Virginia and southwest Virginia.
%; Tennessee. %; North Carolina, 20.
BUTTER. - Creamery, fancy 25A a26
Process. fancy. 21k a22; fair to good. goa
II. Store packed. fresh, 1Sa19.
CHEESE. y New York state factory,
new. large. gals.
POULTRY. - Chickens, spring. per h.,
II; hens, per h.. 13; roosters, per h., Z;
keats. per H., 10.
DRESSED POULTRY. Hens. choice
per H.. Is; ROSTERS, per h. 9a10: chick
ems, per h., 1Sa19; ducks. per h.. 1Oa12.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES new per bbl
No. 1. 1.5Oa2.00: No. 2, 75a1o0; potatoes.
new, per bunch, 2; cucumbers, per basket.
25a40; onions, per bbl.. 2.50a3.5O; pep
pers. per hundred, 1.50: tomatoes, per
bushel box. 25a35; cabbage, per Dbl, goa
basket 25a35; per Dbl, 70; snap. beams
per bu,. 90; per Dbl, 75a1.5O; wax Beans
per bu.. 40; lima beans, per at, 15a20;
new beets.> per bunch. ha2: lettuce, per
corn, per doz., 10a15: okra. per carrier, so
a1.o0; celery. per bunch, 35a6O
GREEN FRUITS-Apples. new south
ern, per bbl. .50a3.5O: oranges, Cal, per
box, 3.50a4.75; grape fruit per box, 250a
400; pineapples, per crate, 25a4.50;
peaches, per crate, 2.00a3.00; cantaloupes,
per crate. 75a2.O0; watermelons. each,
15a35: plums, per crate, 1.25a2.50; black
berries, pre- quart. sails; huckleberries,
per quart box, 10a12k grapes. per crate
15a1.50.
HAY AND STRAW.-Timothy, choice
1000; No. 1, 19.00a2O.OO; No 3 1SOOa
1900; mixed hay, 15.O0a17 90; clover, Is 90
a1G.0O. Straw, rye, bundle, 11.o0a11 so;
rye machine thrash, S.0OaS.50; wheat, $50
a6.75; oat straw, per ton, 500
LIVE STOCK.-Cattle, extra. per cwt,
5.5Oa5.75; butcher per cwt., 4.75a5. co. ordi-
nary, per cwt., 2.5Oa3.00. Hogs, per cwt
gross, 6.50a6.75. Sheep, 3.O0a3.50; lambs.
spring. choice, TAI ". Calves. choice, per
h.. s; medium, per ID, 7a7h. Cows,
prime, fresh. each. 35.00a50.0O; common,
each, 2O.00a3O.0O; old and dry. each, 1000
a12.00.
BEEF CUTS-Ribs. No. 1. per h., 49,;
No. .. II; No. 8. 10. Rounds, No. 1. per
h.. 10; No. 2. o., No; 8, 8. Loins. No. Il.
per h.. IS: No. 2, u; No. 8. IL. Chucks,
No. /, per h., s; No. >, Z; No. 3, 6.
WOOL AND HIDES. Wool. washed,
free of burrs. per h.. 80; WOOL unwas shed
per lb., 22a24 Hides, green, per lb.. g.;
dry, per H.. 16a1S. Sheepskins, green,
each. 1.25a1.50; dry, each. 75a1.25. Calf
skins, green. each 1.35a1.50.
GRAIN.-Wheat. new southedn, 60a85.
Corn, SHIELDED white, 6Sa73; yellow, CSaT3;
ear, 3.65a3.85. Oats, western white, No 2,
64a86; mixed. 62a64. Bran, per ton, 24.OOa
$500. Middlings, per ton, 26.OOa2S.00.