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The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
(officiaI Who Has Ended Graft" Rule
in San Francisco.)

grants by Mexico in Arizona were set
tied, and argued three leading cases
before the United States supreme
court. In 1S93-94 he was the attorney
general of the territory After the
close of his term he went back to
San Francisco, where he took up civil
cases until sought out to take charge
OF the Oregon land fraud prosecution.
he is known as a man who makes
good in whatever he undertakes.
IN 1901 he was the counsel for Judge
Arthur Moves, of the United States
court, who was mixed up in the home
ring scandal. II was his argument for
Noyes in the United States supreme
court which attracted the attention of
Attorney General Knox, TO whom ne
was opposed When Mr.. Knox was
ready to proceed with the cases
against the men implicated in the land
frauds in Oregon, he offered Nj
heney an appointment as assistant
United States district attorney and
put him in charge of the prosecution.
The understanding was that he shouid
receive a special fee for the WORK,
which would take him away from his
private practice for a considerable
time With the aid Of w. J. Burns
the secret service agent assigned to
work up the evidence, AIr. HeIey soon
made his case so strong that there
was no chance for the guilty to escape
When Mr. Heney went against
these men he also went against popu-
lar local prejudice. Everything was
against him Even the district attor-
ney whose assistant he was appointed
to be he discovered TO be a tool Of the
land grabbers. Yet he secured the re
moval of this attorney and went ahead
with his work, until out of the 10 men
of prominence whom he brought to
trial, IS were found guilty and made
to carry cut sentences imposed upon
them by the law Of the IS one who
was sentenced TO prison was a United
States senator; two were members Of
the national house of representatives
others were the president aEd two
members of the Oregon senate, q re
ceiver of a government land office. the
mayor Of ALBANY, Ore. TWO United
States land cJUui iEsi0ners. a surveyor
general, a forestry Superintendent, a
special agent OF the general land Office
and a number CT men who had an
uexed so much Of the public domain
that they had come 10 be regarded a.
land kings"
It was the success OF this work for
the government that turned all eyes TO
him when the disclosures of municipal
corruption showed the people Of San
Francisco the need of Folk. a
Hughes or a Jerome TO push the pros
ecution of the evildoers. Heney was
selected for the work and how he has
succeeded is we'll known.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22

April ., 1861, for $4,000 rneu the name
OF Charles F. Rand was enrolled as a
soldier.
Among the war records at Washing
ton there is none of an earlier enlist
ment than that of Dr.. Rand. and the
honor has therefore been given him
by common consent.
Not only was DR.. Rand the first vol
unteer for the civil war, but he was
also the first soldier to win the con
gressional medal of honor for dis
tinguished gallantry in action.
This event occurred at BIackburn's
Ford, Va, in less than three months
after his enlistment. His command
was ordered to retreat, and every man
obeyed save young Rand, at the time
but IS years Of age. The rest Of the
battalion of 500 men was swept in dis
order from the field but Rand held
his ground, despite the fact that the
field was plowed by shot and shell all
about him. The enemy finally abso-
lutely refused to fire at the boy
standing bTavely alone and firing at
them as coolly as if he had a regiment
at his back. Rand then crept across
the field and a deep ravine and joined
the command of Gen. A. H. Barnum.
remaining with it until the end of the
engagement
DR.. Rand's patriotism and gallantry
have been recognized by two govern
Ors of the state of New York and nv
three presidents. He was twice per
sOnally honored by President Lincoln;
New York state remembered him with
a gold medal appropriately inscribed,
and the United States government has
presented him with a plot in the most
beautiful part OF Arlington cemetery,
where, at the proper time. the state
of New York Will erect a monument
worthy of the first man to offer his
services as a volunteer during the
great civil war
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22

Lavenburg she was known for her
graces and charities.
For many years after her marriage,
Mrs. Straus devoted her entire atten-
tion TO the care and education Of her
daughters. and it was not until Presi-
dent Cleveland sent her husband as
minister to Turkey that she found a
field for her broader sense of dfplo.
macy. Oscar S-raus and his brother,
Nathan. fought hard for the election
OF Cleveland, and it is a strange coin,
cideuce that oscar StraUs should have
accepted a cabinet position under a
Republican president though a Dem
ocrat, while his brother declined one
under the president they both helped
TO elect.
Washington Is the most cosmopoi-
ton city u America and Mrs. Straus
will not fnd thorns in the path of
social success Her own flank and
open manner viii win her friends. and
her fine inU iIigence viii lead her un-
erringly though the maze OF dipIo-
matte amenities, obligations and in
tricacies, il which she is already a
skillful and exceptional sailor.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
AN ODD STOREHOUSE.
Half of a Canoe Set on End Which
Makes Novel Shelter.

New Eork.-A new use has been
found for a canoe, or rather for half
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
cured by Imitation Storm.

Cleveland, O.-James Benham has
cured his wife of nervousness and in
somnia by an Improvement on the
rain on the tin roof treatment Seeing
in a medical journal that the patter
of raindrops on the roof would cure
sleaplessuess, the idea came to him
that stage methods might give relief
to his wife Getting a theater en-
pl0ve 10 help him, he rigged I'D a
thunder and lightning machine on the
lin roof of his house near his bed
room. When darkness came he sent
his wife TO so 10 bed, saying it looked
like rain. Soon there was the rumble
of thunder and flashes Of lightning.
followed by the patter of raindrops on
The roof. and in a few minutes Mrs.
BenLam was asleep. Benha-2 says the
trick has worked a completa cure.
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TO ERECT LARGE TURBINE.
Philadelphia to Have Biggest Water
Wheel in the World.

PhiIadeIphia.-Wha is claimed to
be the largest water turbine ever con
sUrUcted has been made in Philadel-
phia for use at Niagara Falls. The
machine is one of four similar units,
two of which are now in operation,
while the other two are being rapidly
erected. Each turbine will develop
13, 3,500-hOTsepOwer when operating IN
der a head of 135 feet Of water. and
when running at a speed of $50 revo-
lutions per minute. This turbine is a
double unit of the vertical type, the
water flowing down onto the upper
wheel and from below up through the
lower wheel. The thrust Of the two
wheels is thus balanced, and the
thrust bearing has to carry only the
weight of the wheels and shafting.
The waste water is discharged
through a draft tube nine feet in
diameter. The water enters through
two elbows by a penstOck, II feet in
diameter. The wheel easing was cast
in eight seconds, four of which weigh
about 10000 pounds, and the other
four 10000 pounds The two ell
bows weigh approximately 100000
pounds. The revolving portions, in
cluding the turbine runners and the
shaft, weigh about 10000 pounds
Each unit will drive a 1O000-kilowatt
three-phase, 25-cycle generator.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
CURIOUS CHINESE CUSTOM.
Ceremony Of First Cutting of a Boys
Hair Observed in Oakland.

Oakland, Cal.-One of the most an
cient curious customs among the Chi
nese, and one rarely comnemOgate6
in this country, was observed With
great pomp and circumstance in Chi
natOwn recently, when FOng Hook, g
leading merchant, who for years has
had the supervision of the Chinese
discounts in the Anglo-CaIifornian
bank, of San Francisco, entertained
his relatives to remote degree with
a magnificent banquet in honor of the
first cutting of the hair of his only
son.
The banquet took place at an
Eighth street restaurant. and there
were $50 guests. A notable feature
was the fact that the wives and chill
dren of the guests sat down at the
same table with the heads of families.
A most elaborate menu, comprising
birds-nest soup, steam-stuffed duck,
FOOn YOn Ha, sharks fins and other
rare and costly Celestial dishes were
served.
The banquet cost the happy ia
ther $1,S0O. During the evening quite
number Of prominent members Of
the San Francisco clearing house
called at the restaurant to offer their
Fluctuations TO him. The hair-cutting
ceremony, which was observed with
picturesque rites, symbolizes that
FOng Hooks heir is now a factor in
the family. The guests brought pres
ents for the little son worth thou
sands of dollars.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
OLD HOME IN ST. LOUIS.
Cottage Cnoe Occupied by Great Sol
der and Traded for a Farm.

st. Louis.-While modern brick
dwellings have sprung up on all sides
in the vicinity of Teeth AID Barton
streets, there remains standing twa
doors west of the corner an antiquated
little wooden cottage, guarded by
memories so sacred that the hand OF
the despoiler has never dared to raise
against it.
The humble structure was the abode
of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, soldier,
statesman and president of the United
States, and, it is believed, was the
birthplace of Gen. Frederick Grant, the
revered soldiers son.
The fact that the cottage was once
owned by Gen. Grant was brought to
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
FIRST VOLUNTEER OF WAR.
Or. c. F. Rsr5, "fen Minute Man" Of
(iViI Conflict

New York-The first volunteer for
the civil war is sUl living He is Dr..
Charles F. Rand Of Washington, re-
tired from active rracuce by reason
Of troublesome wounds received more
than 40 years ago.
A certificate IN the capitol at Al
bany attests the priority OF Cr. Rand's
tender Of his services. This certif.
cate is signed by The mayor and two
prominent citizens OF Batavia, n. Y,
and also by the county clerk and the
sheriff Of Genesee county, stating that
in less than ten minutes after the
call for troops by President Lincoln.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
EXTINCT BIRD FOUND
SKELETON OF CAHAW is LOCAT.
ED I'M DEEP CAVE.
Bermuda Man Makes DiscoVery-Has
Beak Similar To a Hawk-WiIl
Be Sent to Smithsonian
institute.

New YOrk.-LOuis L. MawbTay,
curator of the Bermuda Museum of
Natural History, recently visited the
Smithsonian institution, in Washing
ton, for the purpose of exhibiting to
the experts there several skeletons of
an extinct bird, which he had the
good fortune to find in recently dis
covered cave in Bermuda.
This bird, that has failed to get a
place in the Who's Who" of feath-
cred folk of modern times, was many
hundred years ago known as the
cahaw, from the peculiar noise ii
made and, while it was web-footed,
it had a beak very similar to that
of the hawk 1t was supposed to be
cave dweller and had the habits of an
owl, inasmuch as it was never seen
or heard except at night.
When white men first set foot on
Bermuda there were traditions among
the natives of the cahaw, that had
disappeared many generations before
the time of the hoariest inhabitant,
and for more than 100 years scientists
have been disputing among them
selves as to whether such a bird ever
existed. Mr.. Mawbray believes he
has settled the question.
To all except expert OrnitholOgists
there is quite as much interest in the
cave where the skeletons were found
as in the bones themselves. The
cave was discovered last January by
some negro boys. who by means Of
ropes let themselves down into a hole
they found in spot of waste land
and came upon a great chamber with
cleaning white walls and a lane Of
ice water. They were in search Of
sCalacGte crystals and reported that
they had found them in great abund-
ance.
Mr. Mawbray became interested in
the stories OF the wonderful cave and
explored it himselfs He was obliged
10 swim across the lake, and on the
crystal shore on one side he found
several skeletons OF the long lost
bird. In one spot he found several
feathers completely encased in cal
cite. which, so far as he knows, are
the only specimens of the kind in the
world. Many of the bones were en-
Crusted in the calcite and all were in
a good state of preservation. The
bird. according to the feathers found,
was white below and its back
and wings were of russet color.
These cOloTs, he says, correspond per-
fectly with the best descriptions OBJ
tainable of the ancient bird The
cahaw was about the size of E
pigeon.
The cave. which is midway be-
tween Hamilton and St. George and in
the east end of old Bermuda, IS about
three miles from the ocean, but it is
the belief of Mr. Nawbray that in
the time of the CahaW il had an open
ing to the sea. and that the birds
came in that way. He said the pres
ent entrance TO the cave is a jagged
J almost perpendicular hole down
through the rock. and that the i'm
mense chamber and lake We're $50
feet below the surface. He was sure
/ that the birds never entered the cave
through that hole. The lake is about
/ $50 feet long by I51 vide, and the
/ cavern is dome shaped and a place
/ of dazzling beauty when the crystal
/ walls are revealed by a strong light.
/ An entrance is being made TO the
! cave. and it is 10 be one of the show
/ places OF the island.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
RESIDENT HAS FUN .
-,vEe INFORMAL JAUNT IN
col.NTRY WITH FAIRBANKS.
,.-.z Ball with 5oys and Tells Wife
-f Farmer Thomas her Butter
milk Is Finest He'd
Ever Tasted.

,-.- O.-While Vice President
~......s sat on a fence and drank
,..-.-t. President Roosevelt
C.. .uuut in Farmer Frank Thorn
....r.-a his coat and hat OF, and
-. -..as rolled up, and batted out
-.r. ..r the awa-stricken children of
RI. farmer.
Then. when the Thomas boys had
..-.-. run their -ags of chasing his
--- drives. the resident of the
r... States clim.ed up on the fence
,..r. the vice president, said he'd
..... bulls --e." and Joined him in
....... e.ass of Farmer Thomas but
..--. and when he handed back
... glass President Roosevelt made
v.- Thomas the proudest woman in
.. -.... a. Ohio by saying: That's
.. .... ....r I've tasted in years
-. isn't O fairy story. It's posi-
... ...- This is how it happened
.-. leaving Canton the other day,
..... I. had attended the funeral of
vr- Mckinley. President Roosevelt
banned -E.. his train would have to
r. over of Akron for four hours be-
.-. connections could be made for
..r....s The president did not
-#n n. prospect of kicking his
..... around Akron for four hours
am. lad II. private car dropped
...- -ra miles outside of the city,
r..-. rna country roads thereabouts
I....I cool ..l inviting.
Then with Er Fairbanks, who an
r...... . -.-t stroll and nothing
r... -ra -fHout started off along
-ra most .-..ue Of the roads. One
....- ..a man uailed behind
Tia. .-.-fa.a. who had been oramped
r. ..r au day. set a pretty lively
r..a ... -aa lengthy vice president
and before The. had gone much more
Than mile Wr Fairbanks was hot
thirsty and -an.ng.
JUST about then the farmhouse of
Fars Thomas hove in sight, and the
4 r-.sf.n. ser aut for it across country.
Thomas was working on a haystack
bur Do threw down his rake mighty
quick when the .r-sident introduced
himself Could the vice president and
himself have O GLASS of milk? Thorn
as is O Republican They could have
all the milk and everything else in
the farmhouse. After they had one
glass of the farmers buttermilk the
. president prowIad OUT into the yard,
who're the children of the farmer were
PLAYING ball. The boys were scared
white when they knew who it was
who wanted to- take a hand in the
game
From Franks the president and
Ir Fairbanks went over to the farm
house of David Thomas, where he
asked Mrs. Thomas how many chill
Eea she lad.
Eight the woman modestly re-
Piled
"A1." he exclaimed, when I return
20 Washington I shall have to tell
! llrs Roosevelt that I have found one
Toman who has a larger family than
hers"
The president then dropped in to
visit Mrs. Rose Hansen. who could
-0t speak English. and he had to talB
& German
Then he dropped in on John Wuch
E. That proud old farmer said that
4 he had only known that Mr.. Roose
-a.r was coming he would have had
--s- Wuchter prepare a spring chick
z supper. The president said he was
--Gry sorry TO miss that.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22

oi one When cut in two crOsswise
and placed on end w-,b the bow rising
o the air tais Ea- of boat makes a
-gltical and picturesque JenJGke
.helter. Such . tent has been utilized
~. some persons at Port Jefferson for
2 carpenters storehouse. TWO doors
ere cut in that part of the canoe
which was formerly the deck, and the
partition in JLe hold now serves as a
second floor, or garrett, to this novel
rouse. The canoe house is roomier
nan it appears TO be AT first sight
It suggests an Ird:an tapee. A win
Tow has been cut IN the deck, giving
something Of a civilized and modern
air
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
--.as Lis Pr =. q co--e-e.

a." .HsE-Guy E.. Lavi.anI E-~
.. Millionaire china manufacturer,
forgiven by his parents for
a secret marriage and viii
...-ala of 2200o0000, as
. intended The youth is still
and IL is understood ke hes
"..are his college coGcs.
.-.." e.. q to live with hin
p" while they b0Jh con
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
SECRETARY sTRAUs' WIFE.
Only Jewess Among Cabinet Ladies is
Beautiful ard Cultured Woman.

Washius,ol.-The wife of the new
secretary Cf commerce and labor is
many years younger than her hus-
band Mrs SUaus was one of the
beauties Of New York Jewish circles,
and her 20 years Of married life have
left her stu queenly and beautiful
woman. She possesses rare culture
and shares with her husband the
genius Of diplomacy. AS Miss Sarah
The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
'EMARKABLE VITALITY OF CAT
aood Current of 1920 Electric Volts
for Three Weeks.

Panadelphia-That a cat has nine
lives was demonstrated when a black
feline was taken .Cut of a brick conduit
az tae power station of the Philadel-
--.a Rapid Transit company, after be-
-- subjected for three weeks to a
CONSTANT shock of 1920 volts of cleo
-e.-r.
A-holgh 1000 volts will kill the
aTe.a-. man, l2.G00 volts and over did
-o- -.Ha rhe cat more than singing
.s cans and feat Just a little. Dur
l- ... three w-ass he had nothing to
lea. drink.
|... .ar got into the conduit through
-. f.o- that had been left open.
.. ..au.sa of the conduit is in
...a 1ay and night The other
--- .- was determined TO get the ami
. The power was shut of for
hours. the trolley cars being fed
.Her station until the feline
.~ ...r.red
..-. o.. course. was very weak,
." quickly revived when given
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16

We sell Mr.. Cooper's celebrated preps
rations..
Hanson @ Emerson
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
Gathred Fish From Fence.

Fish stories are always in order.
Since the recent flood along the Ohio
and Wabash and their southern In
diana tributaries there has been a
good crop of this sort of fiction
With the receding of the water it
is said that luckless specimens of the
finny tribe are being plucked from
fence pickets, bushes and trees, and
barn lofts A basket is all that is
necessary to get good mess of fish
if one follows up the places vacated
by the flood tide.
One farmer, Thomas Gognat, near
HazeltOn, pulled a choice assortment
of buffalo and perch from the meshes
of the wire fence surrounding his
chicken lot. The fish weighed from
two pounds upward, and he obtained
boatload He feels more than COM
pensated for the >ss of his fowls.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16

FOR SALF-SeVeral good second
hand refrigerators. Inquire of Alfred
Salmon of Peoples Ice Co. If
The teachers and pupils of the pub
lie schools are busy preparing a pro-
gram to be given in the different
rooms On the Friday preceding Me
mortal Day. Something entertaining
may be looked for by the friends and
patrons Of the schools.
Wood has been very scarce COM
modify in Sauk Centre recently on
account of the late Spring and ex-
ecrable weather. Owners of prop
erty who have to burn things to keep
warm aver that they've been run
ming stoves and furnaces on pretty
nearly winter basis the past six
weeks.
Next Sunday evening at s o'clock
the Epworth League of the Methodist
Episcopal church will celebrate the
anniversary Of the Epworth League
Society of Young People. After a
short address to the young people
the pastor will conduct the installa-
tion and conservation of the officers
for the coming year. Everybody
welcome.
On Saturday, May II, Chas.
Houghton, secretary of the Yeoman
lodge. received draft for Mary
DAWN in payment of the benefit GER
tificate of $1,000 which she carried
in the B. A. Y. on her nephew the
late Michael Connolly, who was
killed near :Akeley, Mimi, April Sth.
by an avalanche of earth and rock
while working on a railroad grade.
Last Saturday the base ball team
of the Sauk Centre High school went
down to St. Johns College for a
game with the team of that institu-
ton. The two mines clashed on the
diamond and when the dust blew
away at the close of the game it was
discovered that the collegians had done
several things to the Sauk Centreites,
chief among which was score of 18
to 1 against them. The High school
boys now figure that they're on a
William Jennings Bryan basis.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
STEWART THE
ELOQUENT
The Famous Orator Will Appear
at the Methodist Church FRI
day Evening

There is probably no man ON the
reform platfarm today who is better
known than OLIVER w. STEWART
of Chicago, who speaks in the M. E.
church on Friday, May II.
He is one of the very few men who
present a great and unpopular cause
who is continually sought after to
speak on his favorite theme by
Chautauqua and Liceum courses.
Talent, of Philadelphia a maya
zine devoted entirely to the discussion
of public entertainment aside from the
stage, gave Mr.. Stewart an excep-
tional editorial compliment in say
ing. But Oliver W. Stewart is
different. He had been speaking
only a few minutes before the audi
ence was changed over from frank
indifference to genuine interest in the
theme. He discusses the question on
the broadcast economic lines, and con-
vinces his audience because his pre-
sentation is logically coherent, clear,
forceful and eloquent.
Listening to him l felt that here
is a great speaker who has studied
his great question in all it's bearings,
and came with a great message; and
that he would not cheaper himself
nor weaken his cause by tricking his
audience He did not overawe them
with flood of statistics, nor appeal
to their emotions by stories of
drunkards; he held to his economic
questions, and by direct argument
and refutation secured from the peo-
pie before him manifest approval
of his conclusions. This is oratory
at it's best"
In addition to his platform prestige,
Mr.. Stewart also enjoys the diStinc-
tion of being the only man ever
elected to the state legislature Of
Illinois from Chicago on the prohi-
bition ticket. He made fair, square,
straight-away fight against the liquor
traffic and won. out.