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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-01-03
The President on Employers
Liability. |

We are thoroughly in sympathy
with that portion Of the Pbsident's s
message in which he recommends
the adoption of legislation provid-
ing for the compensation br acci-
dents to workmen. Than tie quest
ion is far-reaching and of iufficient
magnitude to call for Immediate
action, is shown by glanse at the
statistics of accidents published by
various commissions and boards
that take cogizance of thia matter.
Thus, the Public Utilities 6mmiss-
ion lately drew attention tt the fact
shat during twenty-six lays in
August of the present yer, $500
accidents occurred on thes surface
roads of New York city alon,, which
is at the rate of 211 a day d 1900
a year. The Department d Health
lot this city reports that durng 1906
Ithere were 3.7S1 fatal accidents in
New York, equivalent to an average
sof ten a day. That the feafuI fre-
euency Of these accidents is lot con-
fined to New York alone ID shown
oy the figures of the Intelsta e Com
lnerce Commission, which reports
mat IN the year ending June 80,
lso6' there were 1OS,22t nilway
accidents in the United States; an
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-01-03
Mail Order Houses Draw Cash
From Northwest

g. F. Neagle, president OF the Ger
mania Bank Of Minneapolis, declares
that the amount of money sent out
OF the Northwest by patrons of the
catalogue houses of Chicago and
other cities is sufficient to cut quite
a figure at this time when there is a
lack OF currency. He says:
According to their own state
ments two of the big mail order
houses Of Chicago do an aggregate
business OF over 100000, 900 a year.
This is 5000, 900 day for each of the
six business days of the week. The
bulk OF this is drawn from a section
OF the country within a radius of
900 miles from Chicago. 1t is stat
ed ON what consider to be author
ity that 90 per cent of the business OF
these two catalogue houses is drawn
from the farmers or from towns of
less than 5000.
retrospective OF the effect upon the
mercantile business of the smaller
towns fully believe that this drain
Is sufficient to be acutely felt. Clear
ing house certificates are helping the
cities very materially in this peculiar
situation when everybody is pres
porous and there is not enough cur
rency to go around, but what OF the
towns and villages that have no
clearing houses? The man who
sends his money away from home at
this time ia certainly unpatrio tic aud
|short-sighted. He can blame HIM
self In a measure II lie cannot get
money at the bank.
II note that the president of Chi
cago trust company that is named as
the depository of the funds of one of
the big catalogue houses announces
that his institution has accumulated
money to the amount that warrants
d return to the cash basis at once,
The receipts of one of these catalogue
houses would help quite a little in
putting any bank in a comfortable
position. understand that one OF
them receives an average of 100000
in money orders daily thrO the post
office alone, to say nothing OF remit
tances by bank drafts and express
money orders.
- Without making any special plea
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-01-03
December Weather,

The maximum temperature for
the month was SO degrees above zero
on the 23rd and the lowest recorded
was % above on the night of the 18th
The mean maximum for the
month was 1857 degrees and the
mean minimum was $500 degrees
above.
The average mean wae 3O.35 de-
grees above zero.
The total precipitation from rain
and snow was LOS inches.
About two inches of snow fell,
some Of it still being on the ground
at the close of the month.
The following is the daily record ::
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-01-03
Break Canal Record
Northern Pacific Engineers Move
Mote Material During October
TIN Government Workers
on lsthmus.

Much has been said recently as to
what Is being done by the Govern
ment on the Isthmus of Panama in
the construction of the canal, and
lin an article which appeareda a short
while ago in the literary Digest un-
der thq caption, "Outdoing Expect
atioss4ait Panama." the writer re-
ferred, with a good deal of proper
pride, to the faG that 1868, 72e
cubic yards of m\terial had been
moved during the d onth of October
This was, without 4ubt, a credit to
American engineering ability and
methods, and while they writer OF
the article looked upon it as re-
presenting stupendous task and
an unusual amount of excavation
it is not so if one stops to measure
the feat by similar feats performed
on some American railways in these
days of grade revision ahd general
reconstruction.
The reader need not go far from
home to learn that during exactly
The same period the Northern
Pacific railway moved 3,4S2, ,928
! cubic yards of material almost
double that moved by the Panama
| canal engineers, in new work now
! under way on that great syste I'M.
| While this work was going on the
usual heavy freight and passenger
traffic was moved without any seri-
Gus inconvenience from this cause.
The figures afford an extremely in
teresting comparison and show at a
single glance the tremendous volume
lof work being done by the Northern
Pacific in improving its facilities to
inject the new condition,. s..
| This work is not confined to any
lone state, but includes the entire
] Northern Pacific country in the
| states of Wisconsin, Minnesota,
| North Dakota, Montana, Idaho,
| Washington and Oregon, from the
Great Lakes to Puget Sound and the
Pacific ocean, and includes double
tracking, reconstruction of single
track to conform to new and easier
grades and curvatures, / replacing
old bridges with new andlmore sub
stantial ones of steel and concrete,
enlarging yards, new terminal
facilities, etc.
Another item of interest is the
fact that the Northern Picifc rail
way is carrying over portions of its
single track line as heavy a freight
tonnage as is handled bymany OF
|sthe railways east of Chiago over
their double track lines.-The
Minneapolis Tuibune.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-01-03
RlCRLAND.

Mrs T B Robins left Tuesday to WIS.,
it her sister at Seattle.
George Brookes returned Tuesday
from q short visit to Seattle.
Mrs L A Amsbury is on the sick
list.
H M Briethaupt and wife OF Dav-
export Wash are visiting their broth
er C F and family.
Miss Gertrude James very pleasant
ly entertained a dozen young ladies
last Friday afternoon at her
home on West Canal street.
The Richland Transfer Co. has been
busy this week haulingcoal from Re
lief, a supply having arrived the
first week.
Mrs. J. Kepl and SONS oe Kepl and
VIM Storky Of Spokane are visiting
Mrs. l.. S. Graham.
The Ladies Aid gave q social at
the hall Tuesday evening The anus
ic by the Cannon orchestra added
much to the pleasure Of the evening.
Miss Lea Long spent part OF the
holidays in Horse Heaven visiting
her sister Miss Laura.
J. NJ. Pratt of Relief was In town
Monday.
w 6 King aud wife visited friends
in Richland Sunday.
School was resumed Monday alter
a weeks vacation. II
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-01-03

in behalf Of home trade 1t seems that
when we are studying ways and
menas to keep money IN the west
that people who persist in the pat
ronage of foreign catalogue houses
had best keep their money or spend
It with local merchants until busi-
ness conditions become normal. - st.
Paul Trade journal.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-01-03

for holding the supply Of cakes and
the other dainues which were some
times added. Each house where milk
was left helped fill the bushel basket
At about 10 o'clock in the morning
the men began to make their calls aft
er making the most elaborate toilet Of
the year. A previous acquaintance
was not necessary for one to make
calls. 1t was the one day Of the year
when every home was open to every
body without regard to birth or posi-
ton. The last day Of the old year
was spent by the women of the family
in preparing dainty connections, solid.
rich cake, and in the morning the
choicest old wine was brought up from
the cellar, and hot rum toddy was
made, rum toddy being the official New
Years drink in the Mohawk valley.
The Dutch partook sparingly Of the
wine and toddy at each house. and. al
though nearly all the men were mel
low" by the time the festivities ended
at midnight. no one was drunk. There
was one exception to this rule. The
farm hands were usually dead to the
world by noon and so out Of the way
Of their betters.
But all this charming hospitality and
the delightful customs were made I'M
possible a generation or more ago by
the outsiders of other nationalities than
Dutch. who focked to the larger towns
cf tie valley and turned the day OF
hospitality into a day Of dI Inkenness.
Now York Times.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-01-03
WHY C(L0S ARE ] ANGEROUS

II YOU won d lie immune from dis
ease keep the system healthy Each
cold weakens the cOnstitu-
ton and renders infectious diseases
more liable Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy will cure yOurcold promptly
and restore the system to it's normal
For sale by Columbia
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-01-03
EOR SALE OR TRADE.

Cyphrrs Model Incubator. 240 egg
l Cyphers Model BrOOder, 100 chick
size. ! Sure Hatch Incubator $50
egg The above are newand Of the
atest pattern. VIII sell for cash or
trade for poultry. II. Fl. IRWIN,
Box S5 City.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-01-03

AGENT wANTED-WO Onderful Ore
Evergredn blackberry. enormous bear
er. one vine supplies family, large del
icious berries. Bonanza for agents
and growers. Write for Information.
Evergreen Berry Co..
l73 South Cottage Street.
s lem Oregon
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LOST - Sunday afternoon. gold
watch and fob. Watch bad mono
gram. Finder please return to this
office.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
KILLS MOTHER
As HER BABIES
CLING TO HER
Uncle Shoots Niece for Refusing
to Marry Him-She Was
a Widow.
FOLLOWED HER TO NEW
YORK FROM WEST INDIES
Draws Revolver When Ordered
Out of Room, Fires and
Makes Escape.
Especial to the Evening star.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-With her two
children by her side, Mrs. Elinor
Roach, IS years old. a widow of two
years. was shot and killed today In the
apartments of her sister at 40l West
Fffty-third street. Her uncle who had
annoyed her with his lovemaking for
two months was the murderer.
Mrs. Roach was in bed at the time.
Her uncle. Robert Francis Wood, fol-
lowed her here from the West
Indies. Early today he entered her
room as she was sleeping. He awak-
ened her and renewed his entreaties
she marry him.
= She ordered him from the room, and
Wood, In a rage, reviled her. Albert.
aged4 years, and Elinor, aged ~ years,
we're aroused by his angry words. Wood
drew a pistol and fired twice. One shot
struck the woman as her children
placed their arms around her neck.
He dashed from the building, and Is
now being hunted by detectives.
I'VE were in bed" said 4-year-old
Albert, when uncle came in and woke
us. He and mama talked and then
uncle pointed a pistol at mama. The
pistol went bang, bang and mama
fell down."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
SPEAKERS KEPT ON
TAP BY. BOTH THE
POLITICAL PARTIES
w. X. Devereaux Has Form of
Order for OratOry That Has
Been Adopted Generally.

Indications of activity are becoming
apparent at the headquarters of both
the Republican and Democratic State
committees. Both Edward w. Gray
secretary of the Republican committee,
and William X. Devereaux, of the
Democratic committee, are receiving
many requests for speakers to address
meetings in different parts of the
State.
Mr.. Devereaux's forms of request,
assignment and notification have been
commended by the national committee,
which wrote to him for copies of them
and after al examination adopted
them for use through the country.
The handling of speakers for the Re-
publican campaign has been put in
charge of a special committee, with
Judge Benjamin r. Jones, Of South
Orange. as chairman. His assistant is
Jerome l.. Schwerin.
The committees cover the entire
State and frequently are called on to
supply orators or only a few hours
notice.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
.gY 9Th POLICE
PRECINCT LINES
NOT YET SETTLED
Expected to Include Waverly
and Clinton Hill
Districts.

The new sixth police precinct, which
is to be created by the Board of Police
Commissioners in the near future, and
of which Sergeant Samuel Brown, who
will become captain on october l, will
be in charge. embraces a portion of
what is now the First and Fourth pre-
cincts. Although the boundaries of the
proposed precinct have not a. yet been
decided definitely. it is thought Clini
ton avenue will be the northern limit,
and hat the section embraced viii In
Guide the Wayerly and Clinton Hill dis
tricts and Weequahic park, with the
surrounding territory as far north as
Clinton avenue.
The formation of the new precinct
will greatly facilitate the policing of
that section of the city, and will afford
much greater protection to the resi-
dents. 1t will. the police say. be a
difficult precinct to handle. but the ex-
perisnce gained by Captain-elect Brown
during the many years he a spent in
the department has fitted him for his
new duties, and the police commission
ers express themselves as being conf
dent that he VIII c~reditably fill the po-
sition.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
PROTEST. AGAINST
EXTRACTION Of
REVOLUT|ON|S1
Sympathizers of Jan POuren
Hold an Enthusiastic Meet
ing in His Behalf.

Enthusiastic sympathizers of Jar
Pouren, the Russian revolutionist, who
is awaiting ~extradition to Russia under
charges of arson and murder, crowded
the Colosseum last night and adopt
ed resolutions protesting against
Pouren's e~xtradition.
DIR. Byron c. Matthews, of the High
School faculty, was the chairman of
the meeting. Those who spoke were the
Rev John Mcdowell, pastor of the Park
Presbyterian Church; Isaac A. Hour
wich, a New York lawyer. who was
formerly a member of the Second
Duma and formerly of the faculty of
Chicago University; Alden Freeman,
of East Orange, and solomon Field
Teann, a New York Socialist. Regrets
We're sent by Rabbi Solomon Foster,
Sheriff Frank H. Sommer, Mayor Jacob
Haussling and the Rev. e. A. WATSON.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the Pouren Defense Con-
ference. The attendance was about
$50.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
DREAM OF
SICK MOTHER MAY
SAVE HER LIFE
Intuitively Knew She Was III
and Hurried Home from
West.
ABANDONED HIS TRIP
TO THE PHILIPPINES
Mrs. Richards Had Not Seen
Boy for Ten Years and Prayed
for His Return.
Especial to the Evening start

MONTVILLE, Sept. 29.-The prayers
of a mother near deaths door for a
kiss from her wandering son brought
James Richards home again after she
had waited ten long years for tidings
from him. Today her joy at his re-
turn has given her new lease on life,
n her physician declares that she
has a good chance to recover.
Two weeks ago Mrs. Richards fell III
of fever and a longing intense not
to be denied for a sight of her boys
face seized her. The longing, say ply
~sicians. consumed her as rapidly as
the fever, which ragged with greater
intensity each succeeding day. She
prayed for her sons return that she
might die in peace; in her delirium
she called his name again and again,
and her feverish dreams were all of
him.
1.-Two weeks ago" said the son to-
day, Il thought of mother for the first
time in years. I was in San Fran
cisco then, preparing to go to the
Philippines. / had a dream in which
she beckoned to me. The next night,
and the next ] dreamed of her. She
was, in ach dream, calling or beckon-
Ing to me. So / Cancelled my engage-
ment n started home. I knew. by
intuition, that she was i'll, and T
feared that she might die before I
reached her.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
HARTMAN UNDER
SECRET TREATMENT
BY BOSTON DOCTOR
Suffers from Mysterious Disor-
der of Spine Which Causes
Stiffening of Back.

BOSTON, Sept. 29.-Secrecy is being
ady that Is troubling Edward H, Har-
imam. None of his intimate friends
here was aware Of his illness until
they learned he made a hurried trip
from New York in his private car over
the New Haven to consult DIR. r. w.
I.ovett, the orthopedic surgeon.
Mr. Hartman arrived in Boston at
2:45 p. m. and found DR.. Lovett's au-
tomoblle in waiting. He was quickly
taken to the doctors home. and there
an examination was made. Some time
later he emerged, was driven back to.
the station, boarded his car and start
ed back to New York.
Some of his friends began making in
curry, and it was ascertained thai it
was the second secret trip he had
made to consult DIR. Lovett within a
month, and that DR.. Lovett had made
several trips to New York to see the
magnate.
DIR. Lovett says that in plain Ian
guage Mr.. Harriman's back is getting
stiff, that the vertebrate are growing
to5othe4' ohu lhat MS only Hoie fH-
lief is treatment by plastic surgery.
There is no intimation that it is~stch
that he is in danger of having to give
Up his business and devote himself to
seeking permanent relief-at least for
scme time to come,
The report that he is i'll was denied
at Mr.. Harriman's residence. Mr.. Har-
riman. 1t was stated. had gone to Gro
ton to visit his son. who is at school
there, and on his return to New York
was delayed for a short time in Bos-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
WITH
BURGLAR AND
GETS REVOLVER
Answering Wonan's Cries for
Help, Neighbor Subdues Thief,
Holding Him for Police.
Especial to the Evening Start

MOUNT HOLLY, Sept. 2e.-Having
been caught in the act Of ransacking
the house Of Frank ~Simpkins. near
Medford, John Ellsworth, of 60S Mar
shall street, Philadelphia, is in the
county jail. Simeon Dubell. a neigh
Dor, heard Mrs. Sirnpkin's screams and
going to her assistance, he saw the
burglar, a pistol in hand, with ono les
out of a window ready to jump.
Dubell seized and disarmed the thief.
The pistol belonged to Simpkins. With
the weapon at his back Ellsworth was
taken to Medford, where he WAS trans
ferred TO an automobile and brought
to Mount Holly.
Simpkins found a sum of money
which had been taken from a bureau
and a revolver belonging to Ellsworth
in the yard of his property, where they
had been thrown by the prisoner.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
DR.. ". ]. ECKOFE,
EDUCATOR, DIES
AFTER OPERATION
Well-Kn0wn Principal of the
Oliver Street Public
School.

DIR. William julius Eckoff, for the
last Two years principal of the Oliver
Street School and we'll known as one
of the leading educators Of this city,
died today at the German Hospital as
the result of an operation for appen-
dicitis performed last Saturday.
DR.. Eckoff's death was entirely un-
expected. Last Friday he was appar-
emily in the best, of health and attended
to his duties in the school. FRIDAY
night, however, he began to suffer with
violent pain and medical assistance vas
nosed as appendicitis and an immediate
operation decided upon.
The patient was removed TO the Ger
mar Hospital, and the operation was
performed Saturday. The surgeons
found that DIR. Eckoff was suffering
from an aggravated attack OF appen-
dicitis, but he rallied ~splendidiy from
the operation. and it was confidently
expected hat he would recover. Last
night, however, he suddenly took a
turn for the worse and sank rapidly.
DIR. Eckoff was 55 years old. His
teaching experience, begun in Newark
in the old Green Street German and
EngISn ScnOOi, covered IL PERIOD VI
thirty years. He was known among
his associates rs n of the best
trained and most scholarly teachers in
the city schools.
DR.. Eckoff was a graduate of both
the Hamburg High School in Germany
and Columbia College. Later he
stndied in one of the German. univer-
stiles, receiving the degree Of PHI. d.
Following his first teaching experience
in the Green Street School, DR.. Eckorf
taught eight years in Jersey City
Heights. He later went west and occu-
pied the chair of philosophy and peda-
gogy in the University of Colorado and
the University of Illinois. Three years
ago he returned to Newark and taught
In the South Sixteenth Street School
for one year.
DR.. Eckoff is survived by a widow.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
Y. M. c. A. NOTES

The leaders corps OF the physical de-
hold its first meeting tomorrow evening
to receive instruction in regard to help
ing the teachers of physical culture
classes In teaching the great number
of boys coming into the membership.
Preparations are being made for the
social hour to be held Saturday eve
ming, October "a.
A large number of young men are
! studying three nights a week preparing
! themselves for the civil service exam
nations, which win take place No
vomber IS.
The first entertainment will be on
october 81, when Lyman III. Howe will
give a moving picture show.
Preparations are being made by a
special committee for the receiving of
election returns on November 3 at the
Y. M. c.. A. building. l.. II. Peal is the
chairman of the committee.
A regular meeting of the board OF
directors viii be held tomorrow after
noon at 4:30 o'clock, when Mr.. Harris
will preside, and the standing commit
tees will report on the work done dur
ing the summer. The meeting will be
held in the Gordon room.
David Takes tho Ark to Jerusalem
was the topic of a lesson taught by
the general secretary at the Sunday
school teachers class, held in. the Alling
room last night. Mr.. CozZens also spoke
on the Sunday School Teachers Quail
ifications."
The workers training class will meet
Sunday morning at 9:15 o'clock In the
TAlling room. Subject of the lesson will
be The Work We Are Facing"
L. w. Aigeltingef and II. T. Marsh
arc busily engaged in connection with
the free employment bureau conducted
10y the association.
The Rev. Charles r. Stanley. who
will soon cave the active passionate to
take up the work of an evangelist, will
speak at the meeting to be held next
Sunday afternoon in the Frelinghuysen
room. His daughters, the Misses Ruby
end Flossie. will sing gospel duets.
Tonight the High School Bible classes
will have their first sessions of the sea-
son. The election of officers will be
held at the regular meeting of the
youths social Bible class tomorrow
night at 1850 o'clock.
An Illustrated chemical talk Will be
given at the Moral Muscle League meet
ing on Friday afternoon, AIS O'Clock,
by Roland B. Moore, of Elizabeth.