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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-11
Tired.

Fat ll:45)-Ah. Miss Crit
such a sweet, retiring dis
+ (yawningl You fiatter
fieigh: but I must confess
disposition to retire
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-11
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To each shipping eompany which
adopts the refrigerator system and
guarantees 10 make the voyage from
Busnos Ayres TO Lisbon or yigo in M,
teen and a half DAYS. the Argentine
government viii pay a monthly sub
sidv ~ s.. coo
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-11
He Felt Easier.

Passenger during thunder
I it dangerous to be on a
zen it's lightning so?
Senger-Not at all. Yon
forman is a nonconductor.
Pie nervous one felt easier.
fazine.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-11

And now Count Boni threatens TO
commit suicide. II is not necessary
to be cruel In disposition to face tina,
chance calmly.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-11

merely fallen eremy h.ss rise
acair. hu; the reeoneiled one is truly
yaaantshet.-- So f'srr
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-11

If you are not too large for The
place, you are too small for IT,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-11

Sirius is a sun s.7oo times siss.,
se&n ours.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-11

Thursday. And you
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
EXPERT SURGEON
MAKES REPORT

WASHINGTON. D. G.. August IT,
The first intimation of the plague at
San Francisco was received Thursday
by the Marine Hospital Service. The
telegram read: Three cases and death.
plague; San Francisco. Diagnosis
made clinically and bytstained smearss
from spleen and glands No reason-
able doubt as to certainty of dtagno-,
sis of cases seen and verified by long
conjunction with health officials. Cases
found within two blocks of old China
town."
On the receipt of this information.
Instructions We're sent to Surgeon AUS,
tin to confer with the State and local
authorities and make full report on
the measures adopted for eradication.
Surgeon Austin telegraphed that two
focci had been discovered; that the
local board had disinfected known in-.
fected buildings and proposed to in-1
stitute a campaign against rats. He
said deaths In the city had been veri-5
fed and that a general disinfection of
suspected districts would begin. He
asked for the assistance of two officers
as medical inspectors. and one as a
.bacteriologlst In the State laboratory.
1t is stated here that Passed As
sistant Surgeon Long is a trained
bacteriologist and thoroughly compe-s
tent to handle the situation that has
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
.BUBON|C PLAGUE
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Four of Five Cases Reported
Result in Death Of
Patients.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. August IT,
Five cases Of bubonic plague. four of
which have resulted in death. have
been reported to the Health Depart
ment within the last week, 1t trans
.pired to-day. The patients with one
exception. were of the poorer class Of
foreigners dwelling in the neighbor-
hood of Chinatown. The exception
was a foreign sailor from a coastwise
steamer. Prompt repressive measures
We're taken by city. State and Federal
officers. and spread of the disease is
not feared.
President Jules A. samon. of tho
City Health Board. and Health Officer
Watkins said that the situation was
we'll in hand. and no occasion existed
for alarm. The infected steamer was
ordered into quarantine with her pas
sengers. and will remain secluded UNI
til released by the Health Department.
The two shacks Inhabited by the other
patients We're furnigated. locked up
and sealed. The bodies OF the two
Mexicans, an Italian and Russian
Pole. who succumbed. were destroyed
in quicklime.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18

Sacred Heart Church will give a lawn
party on Monday and Tuesday nights
in the schooIyard at Fourteenth and
Perry Streets. This organization is
splendid one. and during the winter
months assists those in distress, re-
gardless of creed.
Mr.. D. P.sWalke.contih to hold
his gown. Tie physicians are now
more hopeful of his recovery.
In Central Methodist Episcopal
Church, the pastor. Rev. j. X. Jolliff.
will preach in the morning and evening.
In the morning the sg.lect Will be
Some Rules for Holy Living" In the
evening he will have for his theme
"The Value OF High Ideals"
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Miller left yes
terday morning for their home,
Shady, N. Y. after visiting relatives
here.
Mr.. Leo Mcdonald and his sister,
Miss Christine Mcdonald, of Chester
field. left yesterday morning on the
Pocahontas for OCEAN View. where
they will spend week at the Denver
Cottage, from which Place they will
visit the exposition.
Rev. Or. H. v. Quesenberry CT
Indianapolis. Ind. will preach at Balm
bridge Street Baptist Church to-day,
both morning and night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
SUDDEN DEATH OF
CONFEDERATE VET.
William H. spraggins Dies Of
Heart Disease, Passing Away
Without Warning.
PREDICTED SUDDEN DEATH
Fought From Manassas to Apo
mattox and Never Re-
ceived a Scratch.
PREDICTED SUDDEN DEATH

Mr.. william Fl. Spraggins. an aged
and well-known gentleman and Con-
federate soldier with an enviable rec
ord, died suddenly at his home, No. 14O1
East Main Street yesterday morning.
Mr.. Spraggins had suffered for Ions
time from heart trouble. ana ne FREE
quently told his friends that when
the summons came It would come sud
denly and he would pass away in the
twinkllng of ON eye. Fills prediction
came true and yesterday morning no
died without n moments warning.
Heart failure was given as the cause
of death.
Mr. spraggins was a mere youth
when the Civil War began and he
was one among the first of the Rich
mond boys to shoulder musket and
go to the front. He was In Pickett's
famous charge at Gettysburg, and
many other places OF carnage and
danger, but he fought on to Apo
mattox without receiving scratch.
Returning to Richmond, his native
city after the war. Mr.. Spraggins OBJ
tanned employment with the j. G. Dill
Tobacco Company and remained with
that company until the day OF his
death.
Mr.. spraggins was never married.
He Is survived by three sisters, Mrs.
Mary Mason. Of Fair Oaks: Mrs. Jane
Lucy. OF this city, and Mrs. Emma
Browning. of Gordonsville. and by one
brother, Richard spraggtns. of Rich
mond He is also survived by many
nieces and nephews.
The interment will be at Hollywood
this afternoon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
CROWD SEES
FINE EXHIBITION
Second Military Athletic Car
nival at Exposition Also
Pronounced Success.
-lsneelal tn The Tlmes.plspatch.l

Especial to The -Dlspatch.l
ia NJ T. ) TOY. n Il y OS1 7 o \
GROUNDS. VA. August ia military
athletic carnival on Lee Parade this
afternoon was witnessed by large
numbers OF spectators. The success of
former carnival was repeated. The
mounted wrestling match. a daring
feat. aroused great enthusiasm. sum
maries:
Blank cartridge race-Private Hoof-
en-, Company b. Twenty-third Infantry,
frst: Private Arnold. Company G. sec
ond:. Musician Kelly, Company T.
Low reaching race-Private Woodall.
Troop e. Twelfth Cavalry. first: Pri-
yate Haggarty, Troop B. second: Pri-
yate Burns. Battery ., Third Artillery.
third
Company B. first; Musician Kelly. Com
pany X. second: Private Weingarten,
Company A. third.
Relay race-4s0 yards-team of Sec
ond Battalion first; team of Company
C. second: team of Company A. third.
Time two minutes.
Mounted wrestling race.sergeant
Cameron. first; Sergeant Petrie. second.
Private, Brown, third.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
EXPECTING SMALL
IN NEW YORK NOW

NEW YORK. August 17.-The carly
arrival OF President Small and the con-
sequent shifting from Chicago to this
city OF executive direction OF the strike
1T awaited cxpectantiy by the IDLE teie-
graphers of the East. Just when Mr..
Small will reach here the union men
could not say tonight They expect
that he will be here within few days
They hope that he will be able to bring
about better situation from the
strikers standpoint. There We're few
Developments to-day. One Wall Street
brokerage firm refused demands made
by It's eight operators. and when the
latter quit. Immediately filled their
places with non-union men. The West
erna Union and the Postal Telegraph
Companies reiterated tonight that
they Were doing business wiuenut g
rious Inconvenience. The strikers for
their part still insisted that the situa-
ton was satisfactory. The press and
other leased wire service is fast reach
ing a normal basis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
ANOTHER MEMBER
OF DRUM |. CORPS DIES
comrade w. D. Smith Follows
But Few Hours Behind
Comrade Haynes.
BUT TWO NOW SURVIVE
These Four Veterans, at the Ex-
pense of Raleigh Citizens,
Attended Many Reunions.
BUT TWO NOW SURVIVE

RALEIGH, N. c.. August 17.-An-
other member OF the famous L. OBJ.
Branch Confederate Drum Corps, the
only one in all the South composed
exclusively of old veterans who did
drum corps service in the Civil War.
has answered the final roll-call and
passed into the great beyond. leaving
as the only surviving members Wiley
IT. Johnson and ]. j. Lewis. This time
1t is Comrade w. D. Smith. who, In
the language Of the heroic Stonewall
jackson, under whom he served faith
fully, has passed over the river to
rest under the shade of the trees.
1t was only on Thursday night that
Comrade A. III. Haynes, succumbed to
disease, and his remains We're IN
tered late in the afternoon of the
evening that the summons came to
Comrade Smith. Both were drummers
In the famous veteran drum corps that
is famed throughout the South as the
only Confederate drum corps, having
attended all the general reunions In
recent years. creating distinct sensa-
tions and winning ovations at each.
Deceased was sixty-four years old.
| He first entered the Confederate SER
vice as cavalryman. but later was
transferred to Company D, Forty-sec-
ond North Carolina. and was maze
drum major of the corps. AS members
of the L. OBJ. Branch Drum Corps both
he and Conarade Haynes, who pre-
ceded him to the great beyond"
only a few hours. We're kettle drum-
mers; and the two surviving. Wiley T.
! johnson and j. j. Lewis, are respec-
lively fifer and bass drummer. Com
rade Lewis Is now In very feeble
health.
Comrade Smith leaves widow and
three sons and two daughters-Eld-
ridge, VIZ d.. Jr.,a and dewitt Smith.
and Misses Mary and Callie Smith. His
brothers are r. B. and II. M. Smith. of
Durham. and Dewitt Smith, of Raj
eigh. His sisters are Mrs. Charlotte
Bonar, Atlanta. and Mrs. Will Wood
ard, OF Raleigh.
The funeral will take place Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock from the resi-
dence on South Fayetteville Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
Richmonllers at the Fair.

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION GROUNDS.
August 17-Richmond visitors to the Rich
sGurst, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey N. W!ngticld,
z. l.. Kidd A. C. Moody. Mr.. and Mrs C. A.
Rawson. Lille Rawson. Bessie Rawson. J.. S.
Waiaen, Miie anu son. w. q; ,. ae e ar.
b,otelli. z. ]. Palmer. Harriet Ross Fill,
Alhin Netherwood and family Mrs. T. F.
BOYLE Eulalia NJ. Boyle, Mary C. Boyle. Mr..
ara Mrs. Basil NJ. Gwathmey. II. c. Rueger,
p. b. Whitlock, A. McA. Parker. George A.
Traylor and wife, D. A. Lacy and family,
Mrs a. Wendlinger. Mrs. P. S. Crutchfeld,
Floyd Crutchfeld. Mrs. Everett Parkinson,
Harry Breitsteln, Miss Sadie Breitstein. Mrs.
"A ]. Byrne, Miss Deadly Henry H. Wilson,
Mre Lucy Gay Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. II. S.
Taylor. Miss Virginia Taylor. r. G. Watkins.
Miss Edith Saville. Jennie Rice. James Pres
ton Cason, A. u. Byrne. Oscar Purcell.
Clarence Mahoney. Bernard Mahoney. Will
man. Mary Is. Bowman. Miss b. j. Hopkins,
r. ". Afinson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
.ONE KILLED; OTHERS
HURT At CROSSING.
Special to Tho Ttmes-Dispatch

Especial to The Times Dispatch
NORFOLK. VA. August 17.-1n at
tempting to drive across the track OF
the Bay Shore Division of the Norfolk
and Portsmouth Traction Company at
Freitas Crossing, two miles from the
city. tonight, Robert Minfen. ne
gro was instantly killed, G.eKeis Cool
ored) had several ribs broken and was
injured internally, and an unknown
negro was also badly hurt.
The men were driving in wagon
parallel with the railway and attempt
ed to cross the track ten yards ahead
Of a car going at full speed. Minfen
was knocked twenty yards. The mule
attached to the wagon was killed and
the wagon demolished.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
WOULDN'T RUN FROM
BLUE-FACED PISTOL

Five mounted police last night sur
rounded and captured gambling den
in the rear of No. 1915 North Twentieth
Street and closing in on an even dozen
negroes throwing the bones, nabbed
them all. The negroes started to break
away and run, but the officers whipped
out their guns and brought the game
sters to their senses.
"'Taint no use pointin' dat blue-
faced pistol at me-" said one of them.
81 amt goner run nowhere. You Is
foolish
The negroes We're taken to the First
Station In the patrol wagon, but all
were bailed
The officers making the arrest We're
Sergeant Wright and Officers Matt, Ans.
Idrews, Bradley and Davidson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
'0LYMP|CGAMES
At JAMESTOWN
Annual Track and Field Cham
pionsl,ips Of Amateur Ath-
1etic Union September OF.
AWARD HANDSOME PRIZES
Gold Medal Will be Given Win
ncr in Each Event
Also Give Banners.

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION GROUNDS.
August l7.--'rhc annual track aud hed
cbempIonshIps oil the Amateur ATHLETIC
Union VIII he held on the athletic field of the
Jan,estown Exposition September 9Th and
7tf 1'iie contests VII consist Of senior aud
jttIor ovcnts--open to ALI registered ANA
teur athletics in good standing.
Following liz a list OF the Junior events.
ioo.yards run. 220-yards rim tto-yardS
run Sso-yards rum one-niie run. nve-mile
run pole vault for height. running high
1tmp. running bropd jump throwing hsty-
Hix.pound weight, throwing sixteen-ponnd
hammer, putting sixteen pound shot throw
ing the discus Gree style) throwing the
digtus Greek styie). 120-yards hurdle race
Gu hurdles 3 feet 6 inches In height. go
yards hurdle rave tiD hurdles. feet 9
1nckes IN height,
The Championship senior events VIII con-
Ioo-yards run urials1. 1oo-yards run
(scmi-nnalsJ, sso-yards run. 1o0-yards run
1arall. le0-yards hurdle ttrials. l2o-yards
hurdle (semi- nnalsl, tone-mile run iio-yards
run l2O-yards hurdle tinaD, 22o-yards run
dtIas, 220-yards run tsemi-hnals). 22o-
yards hurdle (trialsl, 22o-yhrds hurdle
tsemi-fnnls). Gye-niiie run, 22o-yards run
tfnal. 22U-yards hurdle ifnaD. pole vault
To- height. running high jump. running
bread jump. putting sixteen-pound hammer
throwing sixtcen-pound hammer, throwing
six-pound weight, throwing the discus
tGreek style).
Give Handsome Prizes.
4 gold medal emiematic OF the cham.
p,cnship of the United States. viii be given
u tho winner in each event: silver medal
to the second. and II bronx, media! 20 the
third a handsome banner VIII be awarded
to the team OF any athletic club or college
Eccring the highest number ri boints--hye
fos first. three for second, and enc for third
The chairman OF the championship COM
initiee. Barlow s. Weeks OF New York,
hai received the entry OF Dan j. Kelley. OF
the Mntnomah a. y. c.. and University OF
Oregon. for the senior 100 and 220-yards
dashes and tho running broad jump: also
the entries OF the Olympic Club. OF Call
fcrnia.
This team consists OF twelve OF the best
nthletes on the Pacific Coast. They are
Charley Parsons and T. c. Gehrardt, sprin-
tefs: Andrew Glnrre,. middie-distance run
ner. Herbert Check and Billy Powell. hurd-
Iers, ~ plaw. Ralph Rose and William
Gilmore. weight throwers; Claiming Hall
Jumper; Fred flanagan. pole vauter; Raleigh
Kelley, distance runner. and Ollie sneIdigar.
ui.-round men.
The latest entry received is that of the
Canadian Athletic Association. This team
will he comprised of the best talent In
Canada.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
STEAMER PICKS UP
DROWNING MAN

NEW YORK, Aug ust 17-Edward
Hugo Colell. a ell-l<nown real estate
dealer Of Brooklyn. disappeared from
his summer home at Rockaway Park
at midnight last Tuesday. He had
feared that he had been drowned. His
clothing was found on the beach next
morning. Aywireless message was re-
ceived by his family last night from
liner, that he was on board that
steamer.
CHAKLEsToN. s. c., August III
E g. Colell.&of. Brooklyn.'N. Y, who
tion while bathing on Rockaway Park,
near his residence, Tuesday, ana was
brought to Charleston on the Clyde
steamer Huron, said to-day that he
WAS CARRIED out by a current, against
was picked up by q fishing smack and
transferred toEthe Huron.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
GIRL FOUND DEAD
IN AUTO JAUNI
Mysterious Fate of One OF Gay
Party to be 1nvesti-
gated.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, August IL
An automobile containing two men. a
young woman and the body Of girl
who had been companion on round
Of visits to beach resorts. arrived at
the Park Hospital to-day. The three
Were arrested, and will be held until
the cause OF the girls death is fully
explained. The dead girl was Frances
Earl, No. 1411 Golden Gate Avenue.
San Francisco. Her companions were
George w. Ford, Harry AIcHenry and
Pearl Shelton. The men stated that
the girl had taken several drinks,
tainted and soon expired.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18

Miss Emelie A. Habcrkorn, 2251 Ora
vols Ave. st. Louis, Mo-. writes:
For over two years I was troubled
with catarrh OF the internal organs.
i heard OF DR.. Hartman's book, The
Ills of Life read 1t and wrote to the
doctor, who answered my letter prompt
ly / began taking treatment as soon
as possible.
Tongue cannot express how 1 suf-
fered with my stomach. and also was
troubled with catarrh OF the head.
didn't feel like myself for long time.
80 1 began taking Peruna. / have
taken four bottles, and now 1 cannot
praise 1t enough.
Any one who has chronic catarrh
should write DIR. Heftman. He will
help any one. ] fee! grateful for what
the doctor has done for me, and would
not do without Peruna. now enjoy
as good health as ever"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
WEEK AT IDLEWooD.
Another Good Bill Secured by Manage
rs Lewis 5l-ss lgi.1s.

Another Good Bill Secured by Manager
Lewis. tI ri
The growing attendance nightly at Idle.
wood has been one OF the most noticeable
amusement svants during the past few
weeks. Large crowds are flocKing to the
popular resort. and the open-air theatre
with It's greatly increased seating capacity
ha:. been playing to fine houses every night
Manager Fred Lewis has engaged as a
feature attraction this weak Anita, the
merry dancer. Introducing many OF the lat
eRt dances that have set New York and ParI,
ito talking. Bidding closely for the first
honcrs will be Inza and Lorella. In n funny
grotesque comedy acrobatlo act The Rinal.
dos will present an interesting number.
In the moving pictures for next week two
funny pictures will be SEEN "At the Seaside.
and "a Difficulty Problem"
Since taking charge of lakewood Park
Manager Lewis has been giving Richmond
era some of the best vaudeville productions
ever seen here at popular prices. The at
tendance In the open-air theatre has been
surprisingly large. ~
The combination tickets which have heen
placed on sale have been going freely many
persons who Visited the park last week In
parties buying them in hundred lots
The Saturday mattnees4 areBwell patronised
BIZ the ladies and children, the only adms.
sion fee being for reserved seat In the
thea MI 4is sie34,. s. t.35 l15. at ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
BROKERS FIRM
ENJ0|N STRIKERS

DENVER COL. August 17.-Judge
Riddle to-day granted restraining
order on the application OF the broker
age firm OF Otis & Hough forbidding
Fred Vessel, president OF the Telegra-
piers Union, and C. A. Adams, secre-
tary OF the same organization. to call
a strike OF operators in that office.
This order compelled the operators
IN the office of Logan & Bryan to fur
nish Otis & Housh with market re-
ports. The men employed by Logan &
Bryan thereupon resigned.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18

turned from their wedding tour and
have their apartments In the residence
Of Mr. w. M. Bickers. Jr., No. 4O4 North
Twenty-seventh Street. Mrs. Jones was
Miss Blanche Bickers.
Mr.. w. d. Gay, a prominent young
attorney, who has been sick at his
home. No. I'll North Twenty-sixth
Street, for several weeks, is conval-
escing.
Mrs B.. l. Morris and daughter, OF
of louisville, KY. are Visiting their
mother. Mrs.W. II. Cheatham, No. $500
Miss Virginia campbell and Miss
Annie Steger are, at the home Of Mr.:
visit Natural Bridge. Luray. Hot
Springs and Staunton before returning
home.
Gasps' HI \ th soy saabeae s1v' Hp
Line, left last night on a two weeks
pleasure trip to Colorado.
Mrs, Gill, OF tho Male orphan Asy-
lum, Is arranging for another Of her
popular excursions to Washington. The
excursion will be. run about tho middle
Of September. The date will he an
e. u b.
Mr.. B. S. campbell, wife and little
son have left for the exposition and
Virginia Beach. Before returning to
Richmond they will visit Mr.. Camp
bells parents at the old home In
King William,
Nlrs. II. w. Rayle, No. II West Mar
shall Street, is visiting her parents
in louisville, Ky. and will be absent
about six weeks.
Mrs. j, p. Davis Miss Kate Blake
and Mr.. Carter Davis. OF Richmond,
are the guests Of Miss Annie Flood, Of
mountain View" Buckingham coun-
ty, Before their return they will at
tend the exposition.
Or, Edward B. Pollard, Of Grocer
Theological Seminary, will preach at
Grove Avenue Baptist Church this
morning Mt II O'clock.
There, wlll he no service Tonight,
Miss Adele Clark, who has for the
past year attended the New York
School OF Art. has returned to Rich-
mond for q months vacation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
AMERICAN SHIP q d
REPORTED WRE e OK

CHARLESTON s. c. August IT,
The ship Shenandoah, with a cargo OF
coal, from Baltimore for Mare Island
Navy Yard Is reported wrecked at
Melbourne, Australia, duo to q heavy
storm encountered while rounding
Cape Horn.
For siXty-four days the men worked
at the pumps before reaching harbor.
Tho ship. X IS said. probably wall have
to bs destroyed. fi 5gst sAi ssi5s