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Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
NORTHWEST NEWS.

Edith Wilson, a girl about II years
old, attempted suicide at Portland re.
Gently by swallowing several tablets
of poison. The cause of the act was
that the girl had been arrested for in.
corrigibility.
There is an influx of Hindus on
Grays Harbor.
North Yakima has just put in an
auto hose cart, which Is said to dc
satisfactory work. 1t is one of the few
in the Pacific northwest.
After two days session the state
association of master plumbers closed
its convention in Bellingham. James
Smyth of Spokane was elected presi
dent. The association will meet next
year in Spokane.
Sergeant w. A. Berg Of North va.
kima. Company E. N. G. w., won the
presidents match at the annual shoot
which is being held under the auspices
Of the National Rifle association at
Camp Perry, Ohio.
No smoking is allowed on the back
platforms of Tacoma railroad power
street cars within the city.
William Davis, who shot and killed
John MCGEE. a Seattle contractor, sew
eral months ago at Leavenworth, is
very low with heart trouble.
Rainier Beach and Dunlap, suburbs
on Lake Washington, with territory
two miles square and population Of
five to seven thousand, have voted to
annex to Greater Seattle.
The Washington Annex MOTEL, a six.
story steel building on double corn.
er in Seattle has been soil by James
A. Moore to c. J. Smith and A. s
Kerry of Seattle for 100000.
The state reformatory commission
has selected a tract Of land one and
one-half miles northwest Of Monroe
as site for the reformatory. The
price asked for the site is $4,000.
George c. Burton, now in solitary
confinement in the Seattle city jail
awaiting transportation to Illinois to
serve q term Of 20 years for burglary
Is one of the most skilful safe bur
glars the authorities in Illinois ever
had to deal with.
The banks of Seattle have come to
the aid of the state commission Of the
Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition and
by agreeing to cash all warrants drawn
ON the fund to be raised by sale OF
shore lands as provided for by the
state at the last session Of the legis
Iature have eliminated all obstacles
from the path Of the commission.
Work has begun on the installation
of the Gamewell fire alarm system In
Lewiston. force of linemen having
been brought here to string the ter
miles of wire which will carry the
alarms.
Montana has 37S5 full members and
46S probationers in Methodist church
There are SO churches and As parson
ages. The total value of church prop
erty Is $76,625, on which there is an
indebtedness of $14.115, which proba
bly, will be wiped out this year. as
during the last year the sum Of $12,622
WAS maid ON the debt,
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
PRINCES SHIP IS ROBBED.
Souvenir Hunters Take Away Many
Fine Relics.

Fne Relics.
Prince Wilhelm Of Sweden put in
his customary busy day in New York
in spite of the fact that 1t was Sun
day. He attended religious services
Oh board the Swedish cruiser Fylgia,
entertained a small party Of friends
at luncheon on board the ship, was
almost mobbed by the crowd when he
came ashore, motored through Central
park, and gave a small dinner at the
Hotel Astor.
Sunday was reception day aboard
the cruiser, and following the custom
established when the Duke of Abruzza,
Italian, visited New York. it seemed
that every visitor wanted to carry
away a souvenir. Glasses, dishes.
sailors caps and officers sword scab-
bards-in fact. practically everything
lying loose was taken. One enthusiasts
tic hunter even carried away the
breechblocK latch of the big gun in the
forward latch.
1t is estimated that 10000 people
visited the cruiser and while the
chief engineer believes his engines
are still intact. the weight Of articles
taken by relic hunters was almost
enough to make change in the re-
gistered displacement of the ship.
Answering knock at the back
door Of his cabin about midnight Sun
day night, Frank Todd, a well known
logger Of Hoquiam, was brutally muir
.lered by unknown thugs on his door
steps and then robbed of over 500.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
Land Thieves Are Sentenced.

San Francisco, Cal.-Sentences Of
one year in the county Jail and $1,000
fines each were imposed upon John A.
Benson and H. c. Perrin, convicted of
land frauds. Much heavier penalties
could have been imposed under the
law, but owing to the advanced age
and poor health of the prisoners, short
Jail terms were given. Many other
charges are pending against Benson.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
PLATFORM pRoPs-TEN KILLED.
Crowd Was Attending a Lottery Draw.
ing In Portugal.

Oporto, Portugal, Sept. IA plat
form erected by local newspaper on
the occasion Of a lottery drawing col
lapsed, hurting to the ground about
500 people, of whom 10 were killed
and so injured. Later 1t became
known that $50 persons were hurt.
many seriously. King Charles tele-
graphe1 his coincidence to the mayor.
The city Is in mourning.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
REBATE
CHARGES
CASES AGAINST RAIL-
ROADS DISCONTINUED
THE IMMUNITY BATH WILL BE
DISSIPATION OF ALL Evl.
DENcE GATHERED.

It is said in federal court circles of
d, Chicago that the Chicago & Alton will
receive the expected Immunity
bath" According to this information
the Investigation Of rebate charges in
connection with the Standard Oil case
will be dropped.
In spite of the demand of Judge
Lands for grand jury inquiry into
the acts Of the Alton. it is believed
that the grand jury will be discharged
without making the investigation.
The full effect of the immunity
bath will be the dissipation of all
the evidence which the department Of
justice has been gathering against the
principal railroads of the west and
south which are charged with having
given rebates to the Standard Oil
company.
Judge Lands judicial indignation,
. and his action in causing a special
grand jury to be impaneled to in
yestigate the entire matter, spread
CONSERVATION among the railway Of
ficials.
The courts plainly indicated deter
mination to send some of the mag
mates to Jail for criminal conspiracy"
created CONSERVATION among the rail
road men.
Judge Laniis' action seemingly
placed in danger Of Imprisonment at
least 80 railroad men of all degrees
from freight clerks to president. The
ruling of the department of justice has
treasured the objects of threatened
grand jury inquisition, and traffic
matters will proceed with undisturbed
tranquility after the decision is an
nounced.
Although it is certain the Alton and
its officials will get an immunity
BATH, : and almost equally certain that
. the other roads and st. Louis bridge
companies will receive the forgive
ness of the government for acts in
connection with the Standard Oil re.
-. bates, there is still slight fear that
adverse public criticism may cause
the government to select one more
victim rather than entirely wipe out
the result of its agents work.
In the collection Of data the gov
eminent employed 100 men, incluj-
ing a number Of high class lawyers
and expert accountants.
The estimated cost of gathering the
evidence which is to be rendered
valueless, except as against the
Standard Oil company. is $250,00O.
The appropriation for this purpose
was 100000. Despite the immunity
grant to the railroads, shippers
agents why may have entered "into
conspiracy to do an unlayful act"
can be prosecuted and sent to prison.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
FELL 400 FEET TO DEATH.
ealoonist at Lowell, Mass. Fell In
SIGHT Of 1000 People.

Lowell, Miscellany M. Maynard,
young aeronaut, fell 400 feet to his
death late Saturday afternoon at Lake
View, a pleasure resort near here,
while 1000 spectators held their breath
in sickening suspense. Maynard's
home is In Lynn. He was employed
to give an exhibition by the Stafford
Balloon club of Boston.
Maynard took two parachutes for
1000 feet in the air he cut loose from
the balloon. He shot earthward like
bullet more than half the distance.
Within 400 feet from the ground one
parachute opened. Maynard's employ
er, who had fred the shot telling the
aeronaut to cut loose, yelled, Hold
1t, hold it," meaning for Maynard to
use only one parachute. not to try to
cut loose from the frst, depending on
the second to open In the short dis
lance he had to drop.
Maynard either took the risk or
failed to hear, for he cut loose. The
other parachute did not open. and his
body shot down. falling on the roof OF
the bowling alley. The sound was
heard above the screams Of the thou
sands who had watched him fall. Every
bone in the mans body was broken.
Maynard was dead three minutes after
he struck.
6aIIoonlst 10 Lost.
Winsted, Conn.-Carried by brisk
Wind far ont Of her intended path, Miss
Carrie Meyers. a professional balloon
list, had a nerve-racking experience
Saturday night when she was dropped
in a half-submerged forest, inhabited
by wildcats, and was delayed for hours
in finding her way out Of the woods.
It was only by chance that she was
rescued this morning by a hunting
party, almost exhausted from exposure
and hunger.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
PARDON GIRL MooNsHlNeR.
Roosevelt Reduces kentucky Woman,
Sentance.

President Roosevelt has committed
by two months the sentence Of Mrs.
Adeline Rose, sent to the jail at Laur-
ell, KY. last June for six months for
Illicit distilling.
Mrs. Rose was girl of the noun
tains, the daughter Of a moonshiner,
and her husband was a moonshiner.
Two years ago he was killed in a
mountain brawl. With eight children
depending upon her she could find no
other employment than the making
of illicit whisky. No sooner had she
reopened the still than revenue oflc-
ials raided the place and carried her
of a prisoner.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
Farmers' Combine.

A meeting of the farmers has been
called for September to secure the
merging Of the 200 farmers elevators
in Minnesota into a central organize
ton. The object is to secure better
grading and marketing.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
Dead Taken to NATION.

'. Nation, Ill.-Eighteen dead bodies
have been brought here from the
wreck on the Nation & Charleston
electric railway. Nine have been
identified and nine are still unknown.
The injured number 60.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
Horse BaIks on the Track.

Atlanta. Ca, Sept. 2.-LOcked In
each others arms in death embrace.
Frederick Johnson, aged 65, and his
daughter, Mrs. Pullen. were taken
from the pilot of an Atlanta e West
point engine, after having been car
ried half a mile at terrific speed, as
the result of their horse baking on
the railroad track.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
Garfield Sells Club.

What the laws and reformers Of the
country failed to achieve has been ac-
complished by the blight which has
fallen on Wall street. Richard Can
field has decided to sell the Saratoga
club, "the most fashionable and ex-
elusive gambling house in the United
States" and shake the dust of this re-
sort from his feet forever and quit
gambling.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
Prominent Men Die.

st. Louis. Mo.-The Rev. DR.. John
Matthews, the Oldest minister in
point of service in the Methodist
Episcopal church, died Sunday, aged
81 years.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Samuel Marshall,
the Oldest banker in Milwaukee, died
Sunday, aged 81 years.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
Strong Evidence Of Trust.

Topeka, Kansas.-The state finished
taking testimony in the case Of the In
ternational Harvester company, ac-
cused Of violating the antitrust laws.
Attorney General jackson says the
evidence is stronger than he had ex-
pected to secure.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
Count WItte Is a Banker.

London, Aug. 29-Advices from st.
Petersburg say that Count White, once
the most prominent man in Russia, ex-
cepting the emperor, has -accepted the
dictatorship Of the Bank of Russia for
exterior commerce. thus severing him
self from the country's official life.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
Died Natural Death.

Death from natural cause" was the
verdict Of the corners jury in the in
quest over the body Of the earl Of Dun
more, the prominent Christian Scien-
fist In England, who died during the
night of August 26 at Trimley Manor.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
ola
Tauuritta

All Qaiet Along the Potomac.
All quiet along the Potomac" they say,
Except now and then 4 stray picket
IL shot, ~ he walks on his beat to and
fro,
By rineman hid in the thicket";
It's nothing-a private or two now and
VIII not count In the news Of tho
battle;
Not an officer lost-only one Of the men,
Moaning out, all alone, his death rattle.
All quiet along the Potomac tonight,
Where the soldiers lis peacefully
dreaming;
Their tents in the rays Of the clear au-
tumn moon,
Or the light of the watch fires are
cleaning.
A trsmulous sigh, ~ the gentle night
Through the forest leaves softly IL
creeping;
While stars up above. with their glitter
ing eyes,
Keep guard-for the army il sleeping.
There's only the sound Of the lone SEN
try's tread,
Al he tramps from the rock to the
fountain,
And he thinks Of the two In the low
trundle bed
Far away In the cot on the mountain.
His musket falls slack-his face, dark
and grim,
Grows gentle with memories tender,
A he mutters 4 prayer for the children
asleep,
For their mother-may heaven defend
The moon seems to shine Just as brightly
as then.
That night. when the love yet unspoken
Leaped up to his lips-when low-mur-
INJURED vows
Were pledged to be ever unbroken
Then drawing his sleeve roughly over bis
eyes,
He dashes off tears that are yelling.
And gathers his gun closer up to its place.
As IL to keep down the hsart-swelling.
He passes the fountain, the blasted pine
The footstep is tagging and weary;
Yet onward he goes through tho broad
belt Of light.
Toward the shades Of the forest 10
dreary.
Hark was 1t the night wind that rustled
the leaves?
Was It moonlight 10 suddenly 6ashing7
1t looked like rife "HA; Mary,
good-by!"
And the life-blood II ebbing and plash-
Ing.
All quiet along the Potomac tonight:
No sound save the rush Of the river;
While soft falls the dew on the face OF
the dead
The picket Is Of duty forever
Ethel Lynn Beers.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
Iroops for Casa Blanca.

Oran, Algeria, Sept. S.-The trans
port Nive sailed for Casa Blanca with
a battalion of the foreign legion. The
Shamrock left today with battalion.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04

Minister'S Wife-Wake up! There
are burglary In the house. John.
Minister-Well. what Of II? Let them
ind out their mistake Themselves
Christian Register.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
HE WARRINGTON IS FAs'
One Of the Best Second-ciass Ships
In the U. s. Navy.

In a recent test Of her. speed and
batteries the cruiser Washington,
named In honor of the Evergreen
state of the northwest. proved her
self, after being a year in commits
sion, still to be one of the crack
cruisers in the navy, outranking her
sister ship. the Tennessee, by more
than a knot on her speed trial.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
AFTER sULTAN's1 CROWN.
Europe Delivers UItImatum to Abdul
Aamid,

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES amounts to
an ultimatum has been served upon
Sultan Abdul Hamii by the German
ambassador here. While couched in
diplomatic language, the message,
alton by the c. P. r. and Gand Trunk
Montreal is said to be under consider
coming straight from Prince Won Bue-
low, the German chancellor. warns the
Sultan that he must Immediately de-
eide upon a program for reforms with
in his domain. Failure to do SO, 1t is
broadly intimated, will cost him the
throne.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04

The Merry Heart Goes All the way
When you come to q wearisome bit OF the
road,
Where the stones are thick and the
path 10 steep,
And the back 10 bowed with the heft OF
the load,
As tho narrowing way IL hard to keep,
Don't stop just then for q wasteful sigh.
But challenge the worst with steadfast
cheer;
II nowhere else, there IL help on high
Gods ANGELS will hasten, your pioneer.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04

Entirely too much attention Is paid
20 the affairs OF the heart and not
enough to the affairs Of the liver.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
EIGHTEEN DIE IN WRECK.

sixty OUTFITS oerIousIy IHJuTeo !" 0"e
Crash.
Charleston, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-Eighteen
people were killed and so more Be-
riously injured in collision between
a passenger car and express car on
the Nation & Charleston electric
lines. I Crews of both cars say they
had orders to 60 ahead, and the two
cars crashed into each other one mile
from here. The road is operated by
telephone signal system.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-09-08

scientiously and carefully as possible.
and the hundreds of answers which
received showed clearly that every one
had done his best. | shall eonhne my
report to 1.-THE first one hundred papers
taken up at random. At first | showed
them d large sheet of white cardboard
ON which fifty little black squares
were pasted In irregular order. l expos
ed 1t for Ave seconds and asked them
how many black spots were on the sheet
The answer varied between twenty-five
and two hundred. The answer, over one
hundred, was more frequent than that
of below fifty. Only three felt unable to
give 4 definite reply Then ] showed u
cardboard which contained only twenty
such spots. This time the replies ran
up to seventy and down to ten. We had
here highly trained. careful observers.
whose attention was concentrated on the
material, and who had full time for quiet
scrutiny. Yet, in both cases. there were
some who believe that they saw seven
or eight times more points than some
others saw; and yet we should be disin-
cllned to believe In the sincerity of two
witnesses, of whom one felt sure that he
saw two hundred persons in hall IN
which the other found only twenty
five
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-09-08
GIorify Beans and kraut

Webster City (Ia.) Cor. Chicago Record
Herald.
Two very significant days are on the
calendar of Central Iowa, and the an
nouncement each year of the dates of
Bean Day" and "Sauerkraut Day" is
watched with interest by thousands of
people who participate In the festivities
incident to these occasions.
Bean Day" come first this year, fall
ing on August IA. In addition to tn e
piece de resistance on the programme,
the big bean dinner, hosts of outdoor
amusements will be offered. The prin-
cipal address of the day will be made
by G. L. Mckay. professor of dairying
in the State Agricultural school at
Ames.
"Sauerkraut Day" will be held later
than usual this year, the date named
being September 26. This is the only
day Of its kind in the world" and is
celebrated with the use of hundreds of
quarts of sauerkraut, served at tables
laid all along the principal streets.
Bean Day" Is supported by the citi-
zens of Geneva, In Franklin county, and
the residents of Ackley. in Hardin
county. are responsible for the Teu-
tonic "Sauerkraut Day" both of which
grow in popularity each year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-09-08

Men may come and men may go, but
It looks as though the sale of Plant
Juice will go on for ever on the lot
opposite the Majestic theatre, where the
platform advertising the remedies is
located
Day after day, week after week,
month after month stream of people
have been seen constantly going down
Third avenue to the place where the
famous remedies are sold.
Tho twang of the banjo, the laugh of
the crowd, the strain of the guitar and
the jokes of the comedians have been
unending, and after sixteen weeks with
q persstency which is remarkable the
same thing Is going on every night
1t is the same old thing every day,
only that the programme is changed.
Tic casual observer sees at about
o'clock every night q crowd begins to
gather; first a few darkies hang around
the lot and gradually get closer to the
platform Then comes more, both white
and black. till at nearly o'clock the
lot is a surging mass of humanity in
which every phase of life Is represented.
There are the whites on the one side
and the colored on the other as though
by tacit agreement. The sick and the
well are there and there are those who
believe and those who do not. All, how
ever seem to enjoy the entire pro-
eramme, and what is the most remark
able thing of all is the fact that the
lecturer and his comedians seem to en-
Joy 1t as much as anyone else.
The entertainers seem to know their
crowd and the "nigger" is the joke
throughout the whole time.
He hits his colored brethren as only
a negro can, and what is more never
gives offense as the laugh from the
colored people is usually the heartiest
of all.
The principal part of the programme.
at least from the lecturers point OF
view, is the sale of the medicine, ana
the man who does that part OF the work
is an artist of the first water
He knows his crowd and one to
watch him might be pardoned If they
thought he also knew the size of their
pocketbooks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-09-08
"Nothino But the Truth"

Can anybody. be perfectly sure that
he is telling the truth-especlally on the
witness-stand? TO illustrate the tact
that two witnesses, testifyinG as to how
many people were in room, may diff
fer widely, yet honestly, in their opinion.
Professor Munsterberg. in an interesting
article in McClure,s for September,
relates the following experiment with
some of his students of psychology at
Harvard:
last winter, made an experiment
with the students of my regular psy-
chology course in Harvard. Several
hundred young men, mostly between
twenty and twenty-three. took part. II
was a test OF very trivial sort I ask
cd them simply without any theoretical
Introduction, at the beginning of an or
binary lecture. to write down careful
answers to a number of questions re
ferring to that which they would see
or hear ! urged them to do it as con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-09-08
How to Steam the Face.

Here are the rules for steaming the
face:
Take a basin of water softened with,
say, pinch of borax and place it where
it yill keep warm.
Have ready some long strips of cloth
and dip these in the hot water. Bind on
the face and leave on until the skin be-
gins to perspire freely. In a short time the
moisture will break out as though in a
Turkish bath. The face is being cleansed.
and this is the true method of steamng
the face.
And now for the massage A wide
mouthed jar of cold cream should be pre-
pared and standing near by and, when
the skin seems hot and perspiring, the
fingers should be dipped in the cold cream
and the cream spread upon the face. Tap
the skin very gently and massage 1t un-
til you have rubbed the cream in under
the skin. 1t may take some time to per-
spade 1t to soak in. particularly If the
skin is hard, and full of ugly open pores,
but perseVere