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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08
Loss in Indianapolis 8, ooo M,

war nIt'anapons, Jan. 31.-Fire in tha
t "arenouse OF Henry Coburn q ~ aa sne
i iusay caused loss Of 81 900 600 , w;t5
a.sa OF 1915, 900. Over one t WIN
wareborss s s goods stored in the
had stored are s,o losers aas Marion county
msch; ;o,eo 100000 worth OF vot,ns
an aun'nes' on which there was No i ;us,
'e Blk hrsmen were slightly " b ,n,ai
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08

The regents Of the university Of Ida
no are widening the courses In mining
engineering, to allow specialization
along three lines, assaying, or mineral
ogy and geology, or construction engi-
neering. The course in shop work will
also be heightened from the present,
and will fit the graduates as skilled
mechanics and give degree for their
work
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08

San Francisco, Feb. 4.-Otto Wer.
ner. Charles Bradley, J. II. Van Horn.
L. Myers and Walter E Rudolph, en-
gineers who were in charge of the dry
DOCK Dewey ON its trip from the Al
lant,c coast to the Philippine islands.
reached here today on the transport
Cook and will proceed East tomorrow.
me Dewey left the Atlantic coast ON
December 20, 1905, and arrived at
Ulong apo' Philippine islands, on July
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08
GOES TO ASYLUM.
Jury Acquits Thaw But Declares Him
Insane.

New York, Feb. 8. -Adjudged not
guilty OF the murder of Stanford White
by reason of insanity at the time the
fatal shots we're fred, Harry Kendall
Thaw Saturday was held by the cout to
be dungeons lunatic and was whirled
away to the state hospital for the Grim
inal insane at Mattea avian.
The verdict came after rs hours Of
waiting. and when every one connected
with the case had abandoned all hope
OF an agreement ever being reached in
this or any other trial. Four hours
after the foreman's lips had framed
the words "not guilty." with the &C.
companying insanity clause, Thaw,
protesting he was zane, was on his way
to Matteawan. A little after nightfail
ne had been received in the institution
under commitment papers which d.
rected his detention until DISCHARGED
by due course OF law"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08

The second game In the Washington
state college va. idaho university series
was won BY w. &. y. on a score OF 23
to ~. The freshman and sophomore
classes of these two schools will meet
Feb. Sth in double header basket ball
game at the university gymnasium,
Moscow.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08
"orkmen Begging for Eos

su, buffalo, Feb. THE of,,os .
SUPERINTENDENT SUP. Of poor at w vasee OF the
for food od''sg T today by so men be og1oa
steel i00o "a The partial suspension e ~ IN
caussd ana iron industry there "a s sne
eign laborers. among the for
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08

Che steel framework Of the new uni
versity administration building Is rap
idly rising, with a large force on the
work, and the construction engines and
machinery al In place. The building
will be complete within the present
year.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS DOlNGS
0ensral Review Vt Important Hap
psnlnGs Presented IN = Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readsrs--v National, Political, He
tcricaI and Commercial.

Black Hand murders continue In
Chicago.
Japan il diyertina many emigrants
10 South America.
A rs~ cabinet opposed to franco has
taken Office In Portugal.
A plotter against Prince Nicholas al
Montenegro has been capsured.
The steamer 81. CuthbArt was burned
on the coast Of Nova Scott. and 1D Of
her crew drowned
The higher officers Of the bnttIeship
neet have been given banquet by Off
GERS OF the Chilean fleet.
Hsinxs has been sued for 3o7 800 on
account Of alleged Irregularities In the
management Of the Butte hank.
Japanese militsrists are raid 10 be
losing power, ~ the middle class In re-
Boiling IT the increased taxation.
Dynamite has been found In the coal
Of one Of the warships. II ID believed
to have been left there by the miners.
II IL claimed by officers Of the Ohio
National guard that inquiries have been
made regarding the number Of militia.
men that could be dispatched to the
Pacific coast on four hours' notice.
Bryan says Roosevelt IL an honest re-
former.
The entire middle West il suffering
from = blizzard.
The IIsinxe savings bank At Butte
Will be rsopsned.
Senator Foraker says Roosevelt 10 the |
champion mucknker.
The new bsttleship Mississippi has
been placed In commission.
The government has brought suit to |
dissolve tbs Hartman merger.
The English expect visit from
Roosevelt AZ soon an his term Ia ended.
Two Of the smaller street car systens
OF New York have gone into the hands
Of \ receiver.
A New York newspaper mat claims
William A. Rockefeller, father OF John
d., died In 1909.
Most French newspapers commend
The recent special message OF the presi-
dent 10 congress.
A Kansas City jury grand has lust
returned 300 indictments for violation
OF the Sunday closing law.
II Ia believed the talk OF war with
Japan will bring increased appropria-
lions for the defense of the Pacific ID
coast. IL
Hawaii fears fiood Of Japanese
'eoies.
Bryan praises the presidents special
message to congress.
The battIeshIp feet has started
through Magellan straits.
The house committee on census wants
census OF all standing timber In the =
United States.
President Ripley, of the Santa Fe, h
enies the charges OF Roosevelt that his p
Dad has granted rebates on oil. III
Senator Bourne says Roosevelt's spe- v
iAl message Ia bound to carry him to =
he White House for another term. =
A tornado just north of wesson, N
Hiss, laid waste a strip three quarters q
! mile wide and several miles long. Il
liz persons were killed and mum Der ii
Injured. u
ofhoials OF the Japanese government y
~ that they, like other nations, are p
Interested In the fleets trip from the !,
Atlantic to the Pacitic. as they want 30 ',
now how the ships stand the strain. o'
n~nw .x.w -
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08
a.nd of Women Thiess'

Lublin, Russian Poland s ''rsst
The police of this city have ' y"
a band of robbers composeo s e
women and the leaders have wv - b
into custody. The women - 's Il
be responsible for a long se''''
way robberies.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO
a Brief RevIew Of the News Of the
Past Weak Presented In Shape to
Appeal to AIl--0rowth and De-
vs'opmsnt, Mining, Commercial
and Farm.

A farmers institute will be held at
Moscow In connection with the short
course in dairying and horticulture on
Feb. and 8. with many successful ag-
riculturists az speakers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08

New York, Feb. 4.-The steamer
1hespis which arrived today from Rio
Janelro brought 20 sacks of mail from,
the American battleships.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08

Payette-The gas we'll at depth Of
$40 feet struck the same oil and GAS
formation that was found in we'll No.
1. The blowout sent mixture OF oil
and water and sand all over the yard.
The distu bance blew the cap off we'll
No. ! and 1t also made quite a display.
The gas was lighted in the oil well and
II blazed up 10 or 12 feet until the sand
packed in the pipe so tight that il
could not escape.
The company is more than pleased
with the showing and will redouble its
efforts TO case the gas and sand and 90
down to the next strata.
Quite volume of oil and sand was
thrown out by well No. 2 before the
sand inteifered. A specially construct
cd sand pump will be procured and
with II the casing can be lowered
the sand and gas strata.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-02-08

Boise--Two cases have peen filed in
the United States Circuit court. The
nrst is entitled "The United States of
America vs.. the Oregon Short Line
RAILROAD Company, for violation of the
safety appliance act
The complaint alleges that the de-
fendant ON or about July is hauled a
car OF cement from Pocatello in west.
eIly direction within the jurisdiction
OF this court, when the coupling and
uncoupiing apparatus ON the s'B'' end
oil the car was out Of repair and inon-
erative, the lock being broken, this ne
cessitaslng man going between the
ends of the cars to couple and uncouple
them. The plaintiff further alleges
that by reason OF the violation of ths
act. the defendant is liable to the plain.
TN In the sum of 800. Seven causes
OF action are stipulated in the com
plant, and the plaintiff prays for iud0-
ment in the sum of 5000 and the costs
Of the case.
The second case Is against the Idaho
Northern Railway company, and sets
lorth a similar complaint with two
causes for action, and asks judgment in
me sum Of 5000 for violation of the
aw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-30
HUGHES TO TAKE STUMP.
Will Speak for Republican Candi-
date for Senator.

ALBANY. April 3O-Gov. Hughes In
tends to visit the principal towns in Nj
agara and Orleans counties in a whiri-
wind campaign in the interest of the
election of william c. Wallace of Nj
agara Falls, the republican nominee for
the state senate in the forty seventh dis
trict to succeed the late Senator g. p
Franchot. Mr.. Wallace has come out in
favor Of anti-racetrack gambling. bills,
and IL elected would provide the governor
with the additional vote needed to pass
the bills at the extra session.
Gov. Hughes has placed himself en-
tireiy In the hands of the local commit
tee in the district. and that body is to
make all arrangements for the meetings.
which are to be held Friday and Satur-
day. May and 0. The special election
ordered by the governor is to be held on
the following Tuesday. May IL. While 1t
IL not definitely known where the COVER
nor will speak. 1t Is expected that he
may have q special car and that he will
Be heard in Niagara Falls. Lockport. Me-
dina. Albion. North Tonawanda and Hol-
ley Gov. Hughes does not expect to
make any speech in Elmira In the Fas-
sett country. at least not before the con-
vening of the extra session OF the legisla-
ture. as his time will be entirely taken
up with the speeches which have already
been arranged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-30

dispatch from Norfolk. Va. says:
Mrs. Bessie Wilson Tunis, wife of Mr.
Theophilus Tunis. died suddenly Tuesday
at her residence in this city. She was
the daughter of the late Harry ]. and
Georgiana Hussey Wilson, the grand
daughter OF Azel Hussey and great
Granddaughter OF William Strobel. both
OF Nantucket. Mass. and who were very
prominent in maritime history. Mrs.
Tunis was a prominent member of the
Daughters of the Confederacy. She is
survived by one daughter. Suzanne Hus-
sey Tunis. and one sister, Mrs. Daisy
Wilson.
The honorary pallbearers at the inter-
ment this morning were J. Crawford
Lyon. DIR. Trigant Burrow, Samuel p
Ryland. w. d. Jameson, A. Roszel Cath
cart. Gustavus Brown. Rudolph Sang
meister. Thornton Rollins, Edward L.
Tunis OF Baltimore and Walter II. Tunis
of Washington, d. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-30
Return of Commissioner Mcfarland

Commissioners Macfarland was back at
his desk at the District building TODAY
after making "a lightning trip" to Chi
cago. with a stopover at Fort Wayne. He
made two addresses in Chicago. one be-
fore the City Club on 1.-THE NaGRpnal
Capital and the other at the jubilee BAN
Quet Of the citizens of Chicago in cele-
bration of the fiftieth anniversary Of the
Chicago Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. The other speakers at the ban
quet were Gov. Deneen of Illinois. Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson Of Princeton and
Bishop Anderson Of Chicago.
The Commissioner stopped OF at Fort
Wayne to address the Commercial Club
on fThe Best Assets Of the National Capt.
tall" He said today he found among the
many representative men whom he met
great interest In the development of
Washington. and they desired to know
more about 1t, with . view to helpful
action
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-30
LARGE RESIDENCE SOLD.
Will Be the Home Of a Future
Conner to the CITY.

Stone & Fairfax, real estate corpora
ton. recently sold for the Robertson es-
tate the four-story and cellar bay-win-
dow brick fand stone residence 1880 10Th
street northwest This property fronts
81 feet with depth of 100 feet. and in ad-
dition has wide public paved alley on
the north side, affording side light and
advantages Of a corner. The house con-
tains fifteen rooms and thre baths, heat
ed by hot-water system. It was erected
from plans prepared by Clarence L. Hard
ing. architect. about ten years ago, for
the owner as his home, and since his
death it has been under lease. The pur-
chaser is a nonresident. who will move
to Washington and take possession of the
house next fall. The consideration in the
transaction Is reported to be So, OOO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-30
AS1ROLoGY UNDER the Ban
FRAUD ORDER ISSUED AGAINST
SOOTHSAYERS.
Mr.. Meyer Also Frowns on Economi-
cal System Of Butter
Making.

Astrology follows healing by absent
treatment as a suffering victim of the
Pest Office apartment fraud order This
money from the credulous has, it is charg.
+. Mcintyre at 43 West 9th street. Pew
York. mail being received under the a..
dresses of Prof. H. Spencer Lewis. Prof.
Lewis. the Lewis Company and E. Smith.
1t is charged that for horoscopes-which
were kept ready printed In stock-the men
asked the sum of 81, but were willing to
take 81 or even 81. if they could not get
the larger sum. They also. 1t is said, sold
charms and instructions for becoming ex-
pert hypnotists. a fraud order for a SINH
lar orfense was issued some time ago
against Mcintyre.
Another German lottery has come under
the ban. This time II is the Great HAM
burg Money Lottery. whose agent Is Hugo
WinterhOff. against whom fraud oroer
has been issued
Easy Butter Making.
A perfectly beautiful system for max
ing a pound of butter out of a pint OF
milk does not please the postal inspectors.
for a fraud order has been issued against
the Star Manufacturing Company Of
Covington. KY, operated by b. n.
Halves. Mr.. Halves charged s. for his
machine, which was little churn. He
told his patrons that IL they mixed
half pound Of perfectly good butter with
a pint of equally good cream. and agi-
tated the mixture with his machine,
pound Of butter would result
The defense of some of these persons
is, virtually, that If they do not take
the money of the people so anxious to
part with it somebody else will. and they
feel that they might as well get 1t while
1t Is in process of surrender.
A fraud order has been issued against
the Continental Distributing Company OF
Chicago and its agents and officers as
such. The company advertised that 1t
would furnish employment in lacking up
signs and posters about the country. but
merely mailed to patrons lists OF con-
Germs that might possibly need their serv-
ices. Fraud orders were issued fort
night ago against four similar schemes In
Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-30

street. The consideration was not given.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Ogden have re-
turned from their honeymoon and are re-
siding on North Columbus street.
Orders have been issued by the officials
of the Washington. Alexandria and Mount
Vernon Electric Railway Company for all
trains to make stops at the corner Of CO.
lumbus and Cameron streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-30

THE HAGUE. April 30-The committee
having in hand the building of the peace
palace given by Andrew Carnegie for de-
Eberations of The Hague tribunal. etc
has awarded the contract for the con.
struction OF the foundation and base
men;s. The contract price was $50 OOO.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-24
South Jersey News

Vineland truckers are selling the last
of their sweet potatoes at 1925 to 1915
per hamper, half barrel. They have
averaged So the winter thru. Sweet
potatoes had the rot so badly that but
few were stored in this region last fall.
Some OF the grape growers at Alliance
have contracted to sell the coming sea-
sons crop to grape-juice manufacturers
for $45 per ton.
Several residents of Paulsboro who are
employed by the dupont Powder Com
pany are arranging to move to Colorado
to work there.
Orders have been sent to the section
foremen OF West Jersey & Seashore Rail-
Road, allowing them to increase their
gangs from two to three men and to work
nine hours. The wages OF the new men
is to be 49, cents per hour and the old
men Is 7-10,
The large and wealthy city of Wood
bury has found their sewer system an
expensive luxury. The sewers originally
cost $104, 900. The laying of the pipes
caused sinking in the streets and repay
ing is another expensive cost.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-24
A Cent r Old

Ann Torbert who has resided the past
several years with her daughter, Mrs.
Rachel Pierport, in Salem, will celebrated
the II hundredth anniversary OF her
birth next Tuesday, April 18th. The
event will be made a most joyful one by
q family gathering of her children, grand
children, great grand children. and other
relatives, most OF whom live i'm or near
PENIS Grove.
Mrs. Iorbert is a native of Upper
Penn's Neck, where che resided most OF.
her life on the farm, where she was horn,
situate on the hill between the farms of
Josiah and Daniel V. Sumnuerill, now
occupied by their sons Albert and Edward
M. That farm with other adjoining lands,
belonged to her grand father Thomas
Webber an English immigrant, who
bought the tract in 1852 and it has re-
NAMED in the family ever since.
Mrs. Torbet has been very active in
life and attended Wilmington market
for over half a century where she sold
the produce off her farm until she was
80 years old. She is quite active for a
lady 100 years old and has the use of
all her faculties, altho her eyesight is
dim with age.
Mrs. Torbert being the nearest neigh
bor to the editor OF the Penn's Grove
Record from birth and having visited
her house more than to any neighbor
gave us an opportunity to know her well.
Her liking for children, her pleasing
conversations to learn what a child knows
and her little acts of kindness make
happy recoilections of childhood days.
A public reception will be held at Mrs.
Pierpont's Tuesday from Z to 9 p. m.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-24
Sunday School Workers

The Programs are ont for the Annual
Spring Conference of Sunday School
Workers, to be held at Paulsboro on
Thursday, April Both. A very interest.
ing and helpful program has been made
up OF the following subjects: Temperance
Teaching in. Sunday School; Our State
Association, New Ideals in Sunday School
Work, The Adult Bible Glass in the
Sunday School and The Spiritual side of
our Work, and many important subjects
for the Sunday School Workers. Some of
the principal speakers are Mrs. E. H..
Goodwin, State Secretary of the Y. ". C.
1. u, Rev. E. Morris Ferguson, State
Secretary, Rev. S. D Camden. Miss Rose
Scott, State Elementary supt., Rev. H.
i. Musselmen, Supt. of National Teachers
Training Institute and DR.. George w.
Bailey, Assistant Treasurer of Internation-
al Association and others. All Sunday
School Workers should be present.
Sunday May 10th, has beef set apart as
County Sunday School Day. All churches
and schools are requested to observe the
day, by sermon and prayer for the Bible
studying part OF the church.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-24
Macadam Road
Salem, N. j., March 18th, 19Ot

Salem, N. j., March 18th, 1908.
Sealed proposals for the construction of the
PENIS Grove and DanSer'S Mill Road, extend
ing from the corner of Main and Oak Street,
in the Borough of Penn'S Grove, to the bridge
over Game Creek, a distance of and 2-l0mi eS
will be received by a Committee of the Board
of Chosen FreehOlderS of Salem County, new
Jersey, and will be publicly opened at 2.30
O'Clock, p. M. on Saturday. May 9th, 1908, at
the Court House in the City of Salem, N. j.
Plans and Spe cificatiens may be examined
at the office of the State Commissioned OF pub
lie Roads, State House Trenton, N. j. or at the
office of Josiah Miller, Engineer, Head of
Market Street, Salem, Nd.
Each bidder must enclose with his bid a GER.
tilted check for one thousand dollars, payable
to the order of j. F.. AyreS, Director, as a
guarantee that if the said work is awarded to
him he will enter into a contract with the said
Board of FreeholderS for the due and faithful
performance of the work, which contract to-
gether with the bond of the successful bidder,
must be executed within ten days from the
time of the formal awarding of the contract
by said Board, the said bond to be conditioned
for the faithful performance of the work in
strict conformity with the plans and Specifica-
lions. and in the penal sum of at least the
total estimate cost of the road.
Both contract and bond must meet the ap-
prevail of the State Commissioner of Public
Roads, and the Director of the Board of Chosen
FreehOlderS of Salem County.
The board reserves the right to reject any or
J.F AYRES, Director.
Attest:
&C. FORD, Jr, Clerk. S-2l-St
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-24
Ordinance No. "a

An ordinance to provide for the licensing
of dogs and fixing the license fees to be paid
by the owners thereof in the Borough Of
Penn Grove.
Be it ordained by Mayor and Council of the
Borough of Penn's Grove:
u An annual license fee of one dollar for
each male dog and two dollars for each female
dog is hereby imposed upon all dogs in the
Borough of Penn's Grove, to be paid by the
owners thereof land the harboring of a dog or
dogs shall be evidence of ownership for the
purpose of such ~license) which said sum shall
be assessed and collected at the same time and
in the same manner as other taxes are assess
ed and collected: said license fees when col
lected shall be appropriated and applied to-
wards the payment of the general expenses of
the Borough, and shall be in addition to the
amount which the Council of said borough is
now, or may hereafter, be authorized to raise
by taxation for other purposes.
(2) This ordinance shall take effect the first
day of May, nineteen hundred and eight.
introduced, April Z, 1908,
Passed, April 81. 1908.
Approved, April q, 1908.
FRED. A. GENTIEU, Mayor
Attest:
ASA G. JUSTICE, Borough Clerk.
Published. April "a, May l, 1908.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-24
A Happy Birthday Surprise

Mrs. Kezia Reeves, mother of Jarvis
Reeves both of PENIS Grove, went to Sa-
lem last Saturday to visit her grand
daughter Mrs. Oscar smith, at 1873 Broad
way, and Mrs. Reeves was most j~oyfully
surprised on her arrival to see a house
full OF relatives who apprised her that it
was her 10Th birthday on Sunday. 1t also
being the birthday of Mrs. Smith made
the occasion doubly joyful.
Both received many useful presents
and post card showers, Mrs. Reeves
100 cards. Her youngest daughter pre-
sented her with a birthday cake with
the year of her birth and the present
year on it. The youngest grand child
presented her grand mother with a very
handsome basket of flowers.
All present had a very enjoyable time
and all tried to do justice to the boun-
teous feast of good things. Misses Bertha
Davis and Anna Howell presided at the
piano and did their part we'll in making
the birthday celebration one long to be
remembered.
Those present were Mrs. Keziah Reeves
and Mr.. Jarvis Reeves, of PENIS Grove,
Mr., and Mrs. Oscar Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. b. Reeves Mrs. Simon Smith, Miss
Clarissa Smith, Master Allen Smith, of
Salem; MIR. and Mrs. Isaac Elliott, of
Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph c.
Allen, Mr.. Joseph Allen, of Shiloh; Mrs.
William Jones, Miss Dorothy Jones Mas.
ter Samuel Jones, of Aldine; Mr.. Ed.
ward Howell, Miss Anna Howell, of
Q%ulnton; Mr.. VIM. VIM. Henry Davis.
koadstown; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Davis,
Hancock's Bridge; Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Ansink, Miss Anna Ansink, Deerield.