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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
Bailey Is Too Busy.

Ithaca. N Y. Aug. 14.-Liberty L.
Bailey, dean of the Cornell college of
agriculture, who was recently APP
pointed by Roosevelt to be chairman
of a commission of five to investigate
soil sanitation and economy conditions
on farms has sent a letter to President
Roosevelt declining the appointment
on the ground that he can not give the
subject the time he considers would
be necessary to such an Important mat
ter. When seen Dean Bailey express
ed his regret at being unable to under
take the work. saying he considered
the idea highly commendable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
-Four Persons Drowned.

Kilborn, Wis. Aug. 14.-By the cap
sizing Of a pleasure launch on the
Wisconsin river, four Chicago persons
were drowned as follows: Miss Mabel
Ward, Mrs. W. G. Heath and Ralph
and e. G. Pfeifer. The launch, con-
tanning nine persons, among them
Mrs. Pfeiffer and daughter, was re-
turning from a trip. through the Dells.
When near the dock the boat got into
the waves of passing steamer and
the launch capsfzed throwing all the
occupants into the water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
Nothing Too Good for America.

Rome, Aug. 14.-Cardinal Gibbons
had his farewell audience with the
pope today in the latter's private Ii
brary. The cardinal thanked the pom
tiff for having granted him all that
he asked for, both from the propagan-
da and the vatican, and the pope re-
piled that where the interest OF the
church in America was concerned
nothing ever would be denied. In con-
clusion the pope expressed the hope
that he wnnid see Cardinal Gibbons
soon again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
A Horses Kick Entail.

Newton, Kan, Aug. 14.-Arthur
Lettau, years old, was kicked by a
horse here and his skull was fractured
from the effects of which ne died a
short time afterward. :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

Regular prices range from
$1.75 to So. 00-the bulk Of them
being the $3.50 grade.
Tans, gunmetals, vici kids
and patent colts.
In sizes they range from 10 to
51-sizes for boys from z to Is
years old.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28

Plans for Pendleton's new depot,
costing $4,000, were announced re-
Gently by J. P. O'Brien, general man.
ager of the o. R. & N.
Joseph Shaughnessy was acquitted
at The Dalles for killing A. Wilcox Oc-
tober 1. The evidence showed that Will
cox died from three wounds inflicted
by Shaughnessy. The prisoner was dis
charged.
The jury at Portland, in the case of
Jack La Rose, who killed Hyman Neu-
man, a secondhand man, last spring
Saturday brought in a verdict of muir
der in the second degree
Portland IS four hundred was shocked
recently when it became known that
jewels belonging to Miss Hilda Jacobs
and valued at $1,000 had been stolen al
fashionable bridge party given at the
Portland hotel.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28
IDAHO NOTES

A K. of P. lodge at Mullan is soon
to be started.
Six hundred and fifty persons of
Moscow went to Pullman on the 18th
to the Idaho-W. S. c. football game.
Gymnastic work is required of all
students of the preparatory department
of the State University by recent
ruling of the faculty.
The annual military ball, one of the
principal social functions of the year
at the university, was given Saturday
evening, November 14th.
Building operations in the Lewiston
country are hindered by scarcity of
building material and in many cases
construction work has been delayed for
several weeks until lumber could be
manufactured.
The enrolment in the University of
Idaho in different lines of work is as
follows: College of Engineering, 1O3;
College of Agriculture, p; College of
Letters and Science, us; State Pre-
.paratOry school, 1913.
Steps will be taken the first of the
week TO raise the BOneta and North
Star steamers which were burned and
sunk several weeks ago in a fire at St.
Joe. The hull Of the North Star is en-
tirely destroyed. II is thought the
machinery Of both is fairly good.
The Idaho State Corn show viii be
held in the university at Moscow un-
der the direction Of Professor Hyslop,
agr0nOmist, December 2 10 4. Prizes
in all varieties and a valuable sweep
stakes prize viii be awarded, also
prizes for boys in corn judging con
test. The domestic science department
Of the university viii open special
demonstrations for the women who may
attend the show.
Wick Faubert Of Mace had a narrow
escape from a serious accident recently.
Faubert had been hauling giant powder
for local mine when be eareiessly al
lowed some Of ID 70 become mixed with
his tobacco After a day Of labor be
settled himself ia his easy chair, loaded
bis pipe 10 the brim and prepared 10
enjoy the weed. No sooner had be
lighted up than De and the entire house
were startled BY loud explosion.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28
FOUND HUSBAND BY CHANCE.
Her Son Saw AID in Paper and Traced
Father to Asylum.

A search lasting the greater part of
10 years and extending from one end
of the country to the other, ended a
few days ago when Professor Mark w.
Harrington, once chief of the United
States weather bureau, and one of the
best known scientific men in America,
was found, hopeless lunatic, in the
New Jersey asylum for the insane at
Morris Plains. Until last Monday a
week Professor Harrington was regis
tered as "John Doe, No. 81
Picked up in a park in Trenton is
months ago, unable to give his name
and with no papers on his person to
disclose his identity, Professor Har-
rington was sent to Morris Plains.
There he might have remained for the
rest of his life had not his son, Ray
mond Harrington, grown to manhood
since his fathers disappearance, and
now travelling through the west col
lecting curios for Columbia univer-
sity, read in a western newspaper three
weeks ago a description of the mys
terions patient in the Morris Plains
asylum.
Young Harrington s suspicious were
aroused and he communicated with his
mother, who lives at 521 West One
Hundred and Fifty-frst street. Mrs
Harrington, after a long and wearyine
search, did not put much faith in the
hope of her son that the mysterious
asylum patient was her husband. To
satisfy the young man she decided
however, to visit Morris Plains. When
"JOhn Doe No. 50 was led into hel
presence, she identified him as hei
long missing husband
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28
GOV. MEAD CALLS FOR THANKS
State of Washington Particularly
Qualified to Observe Thanksgiving.


Qualified TO Observe Thanksgiving.
Olympia, Wash.-GOvernor Mead has
issued the following proclamation: "a
beautiful and ennObling custom, made
sacred by the usage many years, pro
vides an occasion for universal offering
Of thanks TO the giver of all good. In
this richly endowed portion of our
country the march of progress has
been uninterrupted, and the common
wealth of Washington has been advanc-
ing steadily TO a position Of unrivaled
prosperity. In this kind Of opportunity,
where honest toll and earnest endeavor
to 20 unrequited, IL is well that we, at
this season, should pause in our indi-
vidual exertiOns for material better
ment and consider the many blessings
that have been conferred upon as.
Now, therefore, ], Albert Mead
governor Of the state of Washington,
IN conformity with the proclamation of
the president Of the United States, do
hereby designate and set apart Thurs
day, the 26th day of November, A. ID.
1905, as Thanksgiving day and do
recommend that it b. observed gener-
ally 30 q fitting manner throughout the
state.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28

Fresident-Elect TAFT Says ne wiz Can
n 10 Take Up Revision Of Tarh.

That special session 0f the olst
congress Will be called soon after the
40 VI March ~ take 40 the matter Of
the tariff revision became positively
known When william Az Tart presi.
dent elect, after spending Che day at'the
Nllte House AZ guest AZ President
Roosevelt, stated thai he Intended 10
eal fAe tpeeiaI session ~ meet as soon
~ bif ipaueuratIon as you'd be
fehfonabIe.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28
news OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
WASHINGTON and OREGON.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
Prom Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
P1ace-Fau Trade Good
WASHINGTON ITEMS


Pullman is soon to have a large new
general merchandise store.
Grain is moving from the Asotin
warehouses at the rate of 1000 bushels
a day.
1t has been decided to make the at
tempt to have Yakima entered as a
second class city.
T. Mosier sold his o. K. livery stable
at Tekoa to Samuel Shirley and W.
Graham for $4,000.
The wheat crop about Ephrata is as
sured, as the soil is in perfect eondi-
ton and fall sowing shows green.
Professor A. NJ. Whitaker, who ae-
eidentally shot himself while out hunt
ing near KlaberviIIe, died few hours
later.
While the PaIOuse country is enjoy
ing delightful weather, there is need
of more moisture and soaking rain
would be welcomed.
The PrOsser city council has passed
an ordinance to the second reading
raising the saloon License to $1,000 q
year and plans for taking a census.
The state of Washington viii carry
over from last season nearly 100000
grain bags, which did not find mar
ket in the state during the harvest
months.
Z. T. Smith, the is year old boy who
shot and killed Walter de COrdova in
the Hotel Calvert at TelzOa Wednesday
a week, was later released from Jail by
Sheriff Ratlif
Work has commenced on the main
ditch line Of the Mabton project, which
reaches from the outlet of the sipbOn
on this side Of the river to the reser-
walton line west Of town.
in cOmmemOratiOn Of the date Of
the admission Of Washington TO the
sisterhOOd Of states the members Of
the Whatcom County Bar association
held banquet Wednesday last.
Frank Campbell, q pioneer farmer Of
Latah county, sold his homestead Of
$40 acres, four miles east Of PalOuse,
IN Latah county, 10 Reuben Hill, q re-
cont arrival from Oregon, for $4,000,
or $50 an acre.
Twenty public-spirited citizens Of
Garfield have subscribed . fund Of $500
With which they will take an option
for the city on q tract Of land near
the o. b. g. N. depot, which IL Is their
intention shall be made public park.
Witt the possibility Of the construe-
lion Of q railroad from Dayton 10
Walla Walla and on 10 Wallula 10 con
noct with boats on The COlumDia river
c0mes the possibility Of az immense
electric plant Oh the JUkanop river,
some rs miles above Dayton.
a Wagon wheel, which Is belieyed 10
hage been started by boys, rao down q
stoop ball in Che south part VI Pullman
and crashed through Che house occupied
by A. aud Nfs. ~ HALL completely
arooidng tbe hiteheo and demolisbipg
che dining table Qiehen stove apd
othof fpruitun.
NORTH Yalsima "a NJ le 90 popef e'ty
NJ tAe fasima valley And sifbip fopl
monlhf plant el M Al operation
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milo AZ iengfi ~ az ma'r line apo
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28
Morris Haas, Assassin
Kills Himself In
The Jail.
HAD CONCEALED A PISTOL IN
HIS SHOE-GREAT CROWDS
HAD WANTED REVENGE.

him, Morris Haas, who shot down
Prosecutor Francis ]. Heney, committed
suicide by shooting himself.
The suicide of Haas was a climax
to a day crowded with sensational hap
penings and rumors growing out of the
dastardly attempt on Heney's life. 1t
also occurred while $500 citizens, work
ed up to a high pitch of excitement,
were assembled in mass meeting to
voice their anger at the attempt to
take the prosecutors life.
"Give us Haas and we III fix himi'
cried some of those gathered to hear
the speakers. "Give us Ruef and Wen
attend to the prosecution" shouted
others.
Crowds Ugly.
The widest kind of enthusiasm was
displayed on the streets where over
flow meetings were held. Speakers
went from meeting to meeting elo
giving Heney. Each mention of the
prosecutor s name brought forth deaf
ening cheers. At times the crowds be-
came ugly, but never failed to cheer
when some speaker referred TO Heney.
1t was while these exciting demon
strations were in progress in the vicin-
ity of Dreamland rink that Haas
snuffed out his life rather than suffer
the consequences.
Carried Pistol in Shoe.
Haas killed himself with deringer
pistol of the type that could be carried
in the vest pocket. He carried this
pistol in the top of his gaiter shoe, in
spite of the fact that he had been
thoroughly searched when he was taken
to his cell yesterday afternoon.
From what can be learned he carried
the pistol when he entered the jail and
successfully concealed il on his person,
presumably in his shoe, all the time
Family OF Haas Is Distracted.
There has been no rest in the little
home on McAllister street, where Mrs.
Haas and her four children live, since
the shocking news was taken to them.
Mrs. Haas said that her husband, who
was engaged ia the liquor business, has
been out of employment for some time
His funds were also low. Mrs. Haas
rs the saddest woman 10 an San Fran
cisco, although efforts are being made
by neighbors 10 console her.
Was Happy Family
" we were all very happy, myself
husband and children, she s0bbed. ~
did NOT ALLOW the startling news that
nay husband Was former convict 40
Interfere with our happiness. There waf
nothing in bis actions 10 indicate that
tho exposure worried him. bat now
know he appeared cheerful when in
reality he Has under great strain.
a. Naf nffer he NaF called "a conYiu
tAai ho begau 90 relate biz past oN.
porioneea to me and iho children Hut
ho never talked about Nr Honey or ihe
gfat prosecution
Ihe oldest Haas child if boy "a
teHn nld and tla youngest ~ Dos
q 5enu o|d
aepey Liable 10 Do
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28
SHOT TO KILL F. J. HENEY
Great Lawyer Hit In
Head by Pistol
Bullet.
MURDERER HAD BEEN RELIEVED
FROM JURY WORK ON AC-
COUNT OF RECORD.

The San Francisco bribery-gr
cases had a dramatic climax last Fri
day, when Assistant District Attorney
Francis j. Heney, who has been in
charge Of the prosecution during its
course of two years, was shot and seri-
ously wounded in the crowded court
room by Morris Haas. The shooting &C.
Cured during a brief recess in the
third trial of Abraham Ruef on the
charge of bribery, which is now in its
eleventh week.
The would-be assassin was a saloon
keeper, who was drawn upon the jury
panel in the second trial of Ruef, and,
after having been temporarily passed
by both sides, was exposed in dra-
matte manner by Mr.. Heney as an ex-
convict and discharged from the jury.
Haas declared after the shooting that
Heney had ruined his life by this ex-
posture and that he had determined to
kill him for that reason.
Struck Crowd With Horror.
For a moment everybody seemed
stunned and paralyzed The would be
assassin, whose revolver was within
foot and a half of Heney's head
when he pulled the trigger, stepped
back, his arms by his side, one hand
still clutching the smoking pistol, as
if hesitating what to do. In a frac-
ton of a second an impressive silence
followed the report, while the smoke
of the shooting leisurely hoated away.
Then followed a dramatic scene. Some
one shouted my Godl He has shot
Heney." Explanations of horror burst
from the crowd. Half Of the spectators,
evidently fearing further shooting,
made frantic rush for the doors.
Before the assassin could raise his
pistol again Foley and j.. J. Wiskot-
chill, a special policeman, were upon
him, had thrown him to the door and
wrested the weapon from his grasp.
AS the man who had fired the shot
stepped back from the assistant dis
trict attorney, with the weapon IN his
hand, he kept his eyes on Heney, as il
10 see how effective his aim had been
Mr. Heney arose out OF his chair, put
his hands 10 his head, the blood stream.
ing through his fingers and reddeninq
the table in front of him, leaned over q
momont, and was caught as he began
10 fall.
Heney Asked for HIS Wife.
lie was laid on the floor lie ther
said; "Send for my wife.
Mr.. Heney was perfectly composed
the peculiar smile for which be 4,
known still lowering oyer his lips. xvi
dontly Ae also believed that he VA
fatally wounded. Turning bis eyes q
AT John O'cara, bis assistant in th'
trial. he said
statement BY Honey
~ Waui 40 make p dying statement
! belieYe : am going to die was sit
ung at my table when ! frlf what
though Has blow 4 do not kuoY
WHO shot me. Nas doing pefhing q
any Qpo.'
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lY the fepor and started for tle count
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28

lie was laid on the floor. He then
said; send for my wife"
Mr.. heney was perfectly composed
the peculiar smile for which be Is
known still lowering over bis lips. xvi.
dontly he also believed that he vas
fatally wounded. Turning bis eyes 10
Mr. John O'Cara, his assistant in the
rial. hc said
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28

There has been no rest in the little
home on McAllister street, where Mrs.
Haas and her four children live, since
the shocking news was taken to them.
Mrs. Haas said that her husband, who
was engaged IN the liquor business, has
been out Of employment for some time.
His funds were also low. Mrs. Haas
is the saddest woman 10 an San Fran
cisco, although efforts are being made
by neighb0rs 10 console her.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-28

~ Waui 40 make dying statement
] belieye : am going to die ] was sit
ding M my table when 4 felt what
though Has % bloH 4 do not knoH
who shot me vas doing nathing ID
auy Qno'
lfuef aud hla $50 aitornegH. VIZ
Nere Qui pa the aiaeeal Nere startled
lY fhe import and started for the court
IQom, lui Nelo ioieod down iho stop
lJ ihe ef0nd luslIng QHi
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-12-17
Late Shopping Tragedies.

Just before last Christmas a writer
in The Independent, who spent a
week in the thick of the New York
holiday rush, said "I saw girls of
seventeen and eighteen weeping with
pain and WEAKNESS at IL o'clock at
night as with shaking fingers they
made their counters attractive
against the next days brutal rush. l
saw one young girl drop In a dead
faint after selling dolls to a fond
mother of children saw little boys
asleep in rubbish corners at the noon
hour, their untasted luncheon in their
tired hands. That night when went
to my supper 1 saw boy, small for
his sixteen years, sitting on a box
before the employees elevator, for
which we waited. He looked up at
me an with the craving for sympathy
innate in children he sighed softly
oh, my God, wish ] o'clock would
come People were buying groceries,
wines, flannels, dress goods, toys,
books, jewelry, hats, gloves, handker-
chiefs, automobiles-think of it at
half past IL o'clock at night, Oecem-
Der "a Is the world indeed heartless
and inhuman or is 1t only needless P"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-12-17
Alcohol as a Chief Cause Of Crime

According to DR.. Henry Smith Will
liams, who has an article in the
Christmas McClure's on "Alcohol and
the Individual" 40 95 per cent. of the
crimes in the country are traceable
to alcohol. he says:
"The famous investigation of the
Massac achusetts Bureau of Labor
Statistics revealed the fact that "a
per cent. of all the criminals under
conviction in the correctional institu-
tions of that State owed the condi-
tion which induced the crime to
intemperate habits. The investiga-
tion included the inmates of such
minor correctional institutions as
jails and warehouses, a very large
proportion of whom we're arrested for
being drunk and disorderly'; but If
these we're excluded, and attention
confined to charges other than drunk.
enness, alcohol could still be made
responsible for so 8S per cent, or more
than half, of all crimes. An almost
identical result was reached quite
independently by the investigators of
the Committee of Fifty, who very
carefully scrutinized the records of
l3,402 convicts in seventeen prisons
and reformatories scattered through
twelve States. The investigation did
not include ordinary jails, and there
fore took no account of persons con-
victed for mere misdemeauors, drunk
enness or violation of the liquor law
The average, however, was 40. .95 per
cent, percentage which the Com
mittee puts forward with much conf
dence as resenting AN approximate
ex preston of the truth"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-12-17
TITLE is QUIETED
For Farmer Baird and Banker MILL
or is Out OF Pocket Three
Thousand Dollars.

What will probably be the last
echo of the Fisher bunco case, which
occurred in this city last January,
was rehearsed In Common Pleas
court on Wednesday morning when
w. A. Baird had the title quieted to
his land. There was no opposition to
this action, the attorneys for George
Miller, who lost the $4,000, having de-
cided not to contest.
There was only one witness in the
case, and that was Mr.. Baird himself.
He told of his first meeting with
Fisher in South Salem and later talks
about the land in all of which he was
an innocent party. John P. Phillips
who acted as Mr.. Baird's attorney
cited a case from the Indiana Su-
preme court in which it was held
that the owner of the land was not
responsible for the loss of the other's
money. Strange to say the Indiana
case also arose out of one of Fishers
smart deals.
Notwithstanding all this notoriety,
Fisher continues on his way unmo-
Tested and very frequently turns a
trick. Only last week a swindle of
his kind was worked in Indianapolis
and he was suspected as being the
right party.
Judge Virgins granted Mr.. Baird
the relief prayed for and the title to
his land is once more cleared up,
and the fake mortgage which Fisher
gave Mr.. Miller was cancelled, Mr..
Miller was the loser in the transaction
to the extent of $4,000, and can never
get 1t back.-Chillicothe News Ad-
vertiser