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The Penn's Grove record., 1908-08-28
DEFICIT OF Sc, 600.
New York City Traction Receivers in
Charge Nine Months.

New York City.-Adrian H. Joline
and Douglas Robinson, receivers for
the New York City Railway Com
pany, submitted to Judge Lacombe a
September %, 1907, to June 80. 1t
appears that there has been a deficit
Of about $6,00O,00 in nine months.
The gross earnings were $11,547,147,
but the operating expenses were So
203,838, considered a heavy amount.
Taking into consideration other ex-
penses the deficit was about $780,
565, but for the nine months period
the company has defaulted s4,720,-
113 in rentals to lines leased or under
other agreements.
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DIR. j. d. PHELPS DIES A SUICIDE.
EUancial Secretaryo of Syracuse Shoots
Himself in Utica, N. Y.

Utica, N. Y.-The Rev. DR.. James
Duane Phelps, of Syracuse, financial
secretary of Syracuse University,
committed suicide in his room at the
Wurz Hotel by shooting. A revolver
and cartridges which he carried to
the hotel with him and a note writ
ten on the paper In which the wea-
pom had been wrapped gave conclu-
sive evidence that DR.. Phelps act was
deliberate.
The cartridge box was full save for
the six necessary to fill the chambers
OF the revolver. On the piece of
green wrapping paper which had en-
closed the revolver and the cartridges
when he brought them into the hotel
was written in a firm hand in four
lines this message:
My name is J. D. Phelps, of SYRIA
cuse. l have done this because l did
not dare to live. Still, l believe
Christ died for the uttermost man."
The Coroner took charge of the re-
volver, the Box of cartridg es, some
papers in the dead mans pockets, a
gold watch and a card case contain
ing three $40 bills and two 81 bills
and a number of visiting cards.
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Venice Too Wet For Her.

An Anthony woman who recently
returned from a trip to Europe says
wet weather hasn't bothered this
country at all in comparison with
what she saw abroad. She says that
they ran into a town named Venice
where the water covered every street
and you couldn't get anywhere except
in boats. She added: you bet we
only stayed one day in that slosh." "
Kansas City Star.
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ECZEMA FOR FIFTY-FIvE YEARS.
Suffered Torments from Birth-Il
Frightful Condition-Got No Help
Until Cuticura Cured Him.

Il had an itching, tormenting eczema
ever since l came into the world, and | am
now a man fifty-fve years old. / tried all
kinds of medicines I heard of, but found no
relief. | was truly in a frightful condition.
At last | broke out all over with red and
white boils, which kept growing until they
were as big as w%alnuts, causing great pain
and misery, but I kept from scratching as
well as l could. 1 was so run down that
! could hardly do my work. / used Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment, Resolvent, and Pills
for about eight months, and l can truth
fully say l am cured. Hale Bordwell, Tip
ton, Ia, Aug. II, 1907"
81 cheerfully endorse the above testi-
monial. 1t is the truth. I know Mr.. Bord-
well and know the condition he was IN.
Nelson R. Burnett, Upton, Ia"
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Stunning Pa.

Ethel Papa, if a lion should
swallow me should 1 die?"
Papa-"Of course, dear"
Ethel-"And 1 should go to heaY-
en?"
Papa-"Being such a good little
girl you certainly would"
Ethel-"And would the lion have
to go, too?"-New York Press.
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TYPHOID SPREADS RAPIDLY.
Disease Epidemic in Pennsylvania,
Especially Along Schuylkill.


Especially Along Schuylkin.
Philadelphia.-An epidemic of ty-
phoid fever, which is daily assuming
alarming proportions, is sweeping
the entire State of Pennsylvania. It's
ravages were worse in that section of
the State drained by the ~Schuylkill
River, and especially in the towns of
Royersford and Spring City. Hun
dreds of persons in Royersford and
Spring City are ill, and in the va
rious towns of Chester and Montgom-
sry counties the hospitals are filled
with victims.
Special safeguards are being placed
about this city to protect it from the
epidemic. Residents have been or
dered to boil the germ-laden water,
and bathers are urged to refrain from
swimming in the Schuylkill. In the
Phoenixville Hospital there are TWEEN
ty-three cases. In Carbonate, in the
heart of the coal regions, seven cases
develop as a daily average. In the
Morganza Reform School near Pitts
burg twenty-eight of the inmates are
afflicted.
Never has the disease spread so
extensively in this State, and there
are far more typhoid fever cases in
Pennsylvania now than in any other
State in the Union.
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BY CABLE.
No Action by France.

No Action by France.
Paris. - France is watching with
interest the developments of the
Dutch-Venezuelan situation, but it
can be said authoritatively that she
does not intend to take any part in
the present controversy.
Bride of a Week a Suicide.
Heringsdorf, Prussia.-The bride
of a week of Professor Rudolph Spit
ger, of Sternberg, Mecklenburg-
Schwerin, threw herself from the top
of the Bismarck Tower here, falling
1900 feet to the bottom of the cliffs.
Prior to their marriage the pair had
been engaged for ten years.
Foreign Advisers For Turkey.
Constantinople.-The Government
has decided to engage a British ad-
wiser for the reorganization of the
Turkish navy, and a French adviser
is to be employed for the rehabilita-
ton of the finances of the empire.
New President of Peru.
Lima. = Augusta B. Leguia was
proclaimed President of Peru by the
IGI uNldA Jung SSos l1S 6uCCOSuS LIZ
Pardo. All the members of the Con-
gress, except two, voted in the affir'
native.
The Queen of Spain in Paris.
Paris.-The Queen of Spain, ac.
companied by the Duchess of St.
Carlos and the Duchess of st. Maura.
arrived at the Hotel Meurice on the
way to England, and occupied her
usual suite of rooms. In the morn.
ing Her Majesty received a visit from
President Fallieres.
Suicide a Fugitive From Justice.
London.-John P. Reid, who com.
mitted suicide here, was a fugitive
from justice from Columbus, Ohio,
having been indicted for assault on
his own daughter. He was a wealthy
contractor, and fed the country af.
ter his indictment. Reid was out on
$4,000 bond.
Izzet Pasha in London.
London.-Izzet Pasha, the former
Turkish official and adviser of the
Sultan, who fed for his life after the
Constitution was proclaimed, arrived
here to make his home.
Another Failure to Swim Channel.
Dover, England.-T. w. Burgess.
the English swimmer, made his sixth
unsuccessful attempt to swim the
English Channel. He started from
Dover at 1 o'clock a. m. and was TAX.
en- out of the water at 11.45 O'Clock
d. M, having remained in the water
twenty-five hours and forty-five min.
utes, a new record for remaining in
the water.
Money Confreres Coming Back.
London. - The members of the
subcommittee of the United States
Monetary Commission completed theil
study of English finance and will re.
turn to America.
RevoIutionists Capture Troops.
st. Petersburg.-A special dispatch
from Teheran, Persia, says that Ain.
ed Dowleh, who arrived outside Ia
briz two days ago at the head of 1900
Government troops, has been cap
tured by the revolutionists.
Not Peace, But Pensions.
Berlin.-David Lloyd-George, Brit.
sh Chancellor of the Exchequer, EN-.
a~atically denies mat his visit to Ger.
any is connected with any matter
zcept an examination of Garmany's
sension scheme, which he says Is
x ..~-o@, - rArfoo& ~rrn
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Dividing Line at Cape Hatteras.

Cape Hatteras is the true dividing
line between the North and the
South. North of it there is not a
trace of the palmetto and other forms
of vegetation, which, sub-tropical in
character, cease there also.
Mason and Dixon's line is an imag-
mary sort of a thing in the North,
but Hatteras is the outer mark of the
real dividing line, and it affords a
fine opportunity for study.-Forest
and Stream.
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G TWO CADETS.
President Approves Final Decision in
West Point Hazing Case.

Washington, D. C.-First class
Cadets William T. Rossell, son of
Colonel Rossell, of the Engineering
Corps of the regular army, and Harry
G. Weaver, found guilty of hazing,
were dismissed from West Point Mill
tary Academy. The other six, all
members of the third class, are sus-
pended with loss of all pay and al
lowances until June Is, 1909, when
they will join the then third class.
The six members suspended are
George Washington Chase, of New
York; James Gillespie, of Pennsyl-
vania; Byron Quimby Jones, of New
York; William Male, of Virginia;
William Wellington Prude, of Ala
bama, and Isaac Spalding, of Okla
homa.
Secretary Wright recommended
that that action be taken, and Presi-
dent Roosevelt approved it.
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STAMPEDE FOR JOHNSON.
Renominated in Minnesota Despite
Repeated RefusaIs.

Minneapolis, MINI. = Governor
Johnson was renominated unani-
mously by the Democratic convention
after a demonstration of one hour
and five minutes, the most remark
able ever known in this State.
Governor Johnson was named, not
withstanding his positive and oft re-
peated declaration that he would not
be a candidate for denomination,
which declaration has lately been
coupled with the threat that if he
was named against his will the con-
vention would have to do it's work
over again.
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Jail For WouId-Be Lynchers.

Ten of the fourteen men charged
with participating in the attack made
on the county jail at Portsmouth,
Va, by a mob that sought to lynch
the negroes Henry Smith and Brack
King, charged with criminal assault
on aged Mrs. Powell, were each fined
500 and costs with sixty days in Jail.
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Japan is making an attempt at 10
connective construction. As an expert
ment, five engines are being built at
the Hyogo railway works. One is
completed and in use, giving satisfac-
ton. N.Y.-35
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Slayer of "Night Riders" Pardoned.

Governor Wilson, at Frankfort,
KY, granted a pardon to Walter Dun
can, convicted of shooting and killing
Newt" Hazlett, a night rider, at
Jacksonville in June, and a pardon
to Riley Harold, indicted as an &C.
cessory. Both men are prominent
farmers.
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NOVEL ATTACK ON PROHIBITION
Alleged That Georgia Statute Pre-
vents Use of Wine at Communion.

Atlanta, Ga.-Alleging that the
prohibition law of Georgia is uncon-
stitutional because it prevents the
public from worshiping according to
the dictates of it's conscience, the
Christian Moerlein Brewing Com
pany, of Cincinnati, has filed a bill
in the United States Court asking
that the law be declared null and
void.
1t is alleged that the prohibition
law restricts public worship in that
under the law it is a crime to pur-
chase wine in Georgia for Holy~eom-
munion use.
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REPRIEVE BEATS TRAIN.
Negro Was Waiting at Station to Be
Taken to the GaIIows.

Macon, Ga.-Neal Ryals, colored,
under sentence to be hanged at Bax-
ley, Ca, for attacking a woman and
held in Bibb County Jail for safety,
was reprieved on the day set for his
execution to September ~, while
waiting for the train to take him to
Bailey.
Sheriff Branch, who brought the
%reprieve here, left a mob waiting for
Ryals at Bailey, and he took the me-
gro to Bibb County Jail.
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Halifax Celebrates.

Halifax observed as a holiday, I'M
Yelling a tablet concentrating the
establishment $50 years g of the
Nova Scotia Parliament, the first
representative Government in the
British Empire.
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T. III. Ennis Killed.

t. H. Ennis, Assistant Under Sec
rotary for Ireland, was thrown from
a jaunting a in Dublin and killed
instantly.
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Son Born TO Senator Beyeridgt

Son Born to Senator Beveridge.
A son was born to Senator and
Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana,
who are stopping at Manchester,
Mass, for the summer. The child
weighed ten pounds, and hegand his
mother were reported as being in ex-
cellent condition.
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GAG AGED COUPLE FOR s1s.
Rose VIRTUES For Hours Before. He
Releases His Wife.

Releases His Wife.
Ithaca, N. Y.-Breaking into the
residence of William Rose, on the
Ellis Hollow road, near this city,
three masked men bound and gagged
the old couple, ~ransacked the house
and made away with $13, all the cash
they had.
Mrs. Rose was overcome by suffo.
cation and exhaustion and her hus.
band writhed for three hours in an
endeavor to release himself from the
ropes that bound him and rescue his
wife. Just as she was nearly dead he
broke the cord and released her.
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Attacks Public Gambling.

Governor Hughes, speaking at
Cairo, N. Y, said: 81 did not attack
sport; l attacked public gambling"
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Troops Fight Forest Fires.

MERGED, Cal.-Fire is sweeping the
forests around the Hetchy-Hetchy
Valley, in Tuolumne County, north
of the Yosemite National Park. Two
troops of cavalry and soldiers from
Yosemite Park are fighting the
flames.
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Bryan Opens Fire.
Des Moines, Iowa. = William J.
Bryan fired the opening gun of his
campaign in a speech On the tariff to
Is, 900 people in the baseball park in
this city. After this meeting he ad-
dressed al overflow meeting in the
Auditorium.
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MISS PARSONS SHOT DEAD.

Daughter of New York Railroad Pres.
ident Ends Her Life in Paris.
Paris.-Following closely on the
death of her f~iancee, Miss Winifred
Parsons, daughter of the late Charles
Parsons, president of the Rome, Wat.
ertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
was found dead in her apartments.
There was a bullet wound in the
side of her head and at her side lay
a revolver. She had been dead more
than an hour when a maid came upon
her body.
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Taft Talks TO Virginians.

HotSprings, Va.-Judge Taft made
answer to Bryan's query, "Shall the
people ruler" in a speech here by
pointing to the fact that in 1896,
1900 and 1904, by constantly in
creasing majorities the people reject
ed the Democratic candidates and re-
tanned the Republican party in power.
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BRITAIN PAID TO EAT.
f172,00O, 600 For Imported Food For
the Islanders in 1907.

London.-The report of the Board
OF Agriculture for 1907 shows that
the British Isles spent e172, OOG, 900
for imported food and well over
S2OO,000,0 600 for imported wool and
other produce, such as hay.
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LATEST NEWS
BY WIRE.
Bryan OPENS Fire.

Bryan Opens Fire.
Des Moines, Iowa. = William J.
Bryan fired the opening gun Of his
campaign in a speech on the tariff to
$4,000 people in the baseball park in
this city. After this meeting he ad-
dressed an overflow meeting in the
Auditorium.
Taft Talks TO Virginians.
HotSprings, Va.-Judge Taft made
answer to Bryan's query, "Shall the
people ruler" in a speech here by
pointing to the fact that in 1896,
1900 and 1904, by constantly in
creasing majorities the people reject
ed the Democratic candidates and re-
tanned the Republican party in power,
Troops Fight Forest Fires.
MERGED, Cal.-Fire is sweeping the
forests around the Hetchy-Hetchy
Valley, in Tuolumne County, north
of the Yosemite National Park. Two
troops of cavalry and soldiers from
Yosemite Park are fighting the
flames.
seven Billion TAX List.
New York City.-The Tax Depart
ment has sent its annual report to
tie Mayor. The total assessment of
real and personal property in this
city is $7,15S,190,400. The assessed
value of ordinary real estate, exclu-
sive of special franchises and real es-
tate of corporations, is $~6,141,5OO,-
119.
Big Loss in Earnings.
Boston.-A decrease in the gross
revenue from all sources amounting
to nearly 100000 is set forth in
the preliminary report of the Boston
and Maine Railroad for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1908.
Monument to Famous Debate.
Chicago.-The semi-centennial of
the debate between Abraham Lincoln
and Stephen A. Douglas was cele-
brated at Ottawa, ILL.,, a unique mon
ument being erected on the spot in
Washington Park, where the debate
took place.
Dropped Dead on Yacht.
IIIIlG SCQOOn6Ts
rugged yacht Juanita, Of Milwaukee,
with David Beebe and the body of his
companion, Philip Thompson, who
dropped dead on board, was picked
up in midlake by the steamer Hell
ena, and was towed to the harbor.
Knapp Nominated For Congress.
Oswego, N. Y.-After an eight
days session, in which 332 ballots
were taken, Charles L. Knapp was
nominated for Congress by the Twen-
ty-eighth District Republican Con-
vention.
Woman a Suicide in Cell.
New York City.-Despondent be-
cause of the disgrace attending her
arrest as a shoplifter, Miss Marion
Desmond, thirty-six years old, hanged
herself in the Jefferson Market Court
Prison by ripping a rope from her
cot, and, after attaching one end to
her cell door, jumping from her cot.
Giant Theatrical Combine.
New York City.-Theatrical man
ayers from all parts of the country,
who have been in session in this city
during the last three weeks for the
purpose of bringing together the va
rious branches of the amusement pro-
fession under a working agreement,
have formed their combination.
Better Ports For Mexico.
Mexico City.-It is announced that
the Mexican Government is preparing
to spend millions of dollars on port
works on the Pacific. The first work
will be done at Mazatlan.
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Seven Billion Tax List.

New York City.-The Tax Depart
ment has sent its annual report to
tie Mayor. The total assessment of
real and personal property in this
city is $7,15S,190,400. The assessed
value of ordinary real estate, exclu-
sive of special franchises and real es-
tate of corporations, is $6,141,5OO,-
119.
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Not Peace, But Pensions.

Berlin.-David Lloyd-George, Brit
sh Chancellor of the Exchequer, EN-.
natically denies that his visit to Ger.
any is connected with any matter
scept an examination of Garmany's
ension scheme, which he says Is Z
triumph Of perfect organization
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FIRE IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
Fifteen Hundred Houses and Shops in
STEAMBOAT Burn.

Constantinople, Turkey. - Fire
started in the Stamboul quarter, and
within a very short time a terrible
conflagration was raging.
A strong wind carried the flames
at great speed, and for six hours they
swept over the section, destroying
1900 houses and shops.
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RexoIutionists Capture Troons.

st. Petersburg.-A special dispatch
from Teheran, Persia, says that Ain.
ed Dowleh, who arrived outside Ia.
briz two days ago at the head of 1900
Government troops, has been cap
tured by the revolutionists.
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Big Loss in Earnings.

Boston.-A decrease in the gross
revenue from all sources amounting
to nearly 100000 is set forth in
the preliminary report of the Boston
and Maine Railroad for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1908.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-22
kills WOMAN
Then himself
MURDERER HAD FORMERLY
ROOMED WITH FAMILY AND
WAS ORDERED AWAY BY
HUSBAND.

VallejOJ, Cal, Sept. 22.-Mrs.
Henry Mangus, wife of an electri-
clan at Mare Island navy yard, was
shot and killed by Charles Fried
berg, who then blew OF the top OF
his head. Infatuation for the wom-
al and jealousy of the husband was
the motive.
Friedberg had roomed with the
Mangus family until two weeks ago,
when, for Objectionable conduct.
Mangus ordered him from the house.
Neighbors say he was visitor dur
ing the absence of Mangus. It is
said, however, that the woman has
recently been trying to get rid OF
Friedberg. and on Sunday he said she
had given him until o'clock Tues
day to get out of town. He went to
the house again this morning and II
is thought attempted to induce the
woman to leave town with him.
He was drinking heavily. and II is
thought that the tragedy followed
the woman's refusal to accompany
him.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-22
MANIAC KILLS
Two PEOPLE

Washington, Sept 22.-In a de-
moniacal fury, Andrew Lightfoot, y
mulattO inmate OF the st. Elizabeth
asylum for the insane, today killed
Patrick Maloney. overseer of the
grounds. and Millie Follin, a young
inmate OF the asylum, severely in
Turing Miss Robinson, another in-
mate. ..s
The asylum is q government instt-
tuition, and Lightfoot has been an
inmate for eight years and was re-
garded as harmless and for some time
has been assistant to Overseer Malo-
ney.
Lightfoot suddenly became vio-
lontly issane and grasping an iron
bar ne crushed Maloney's skull. He
then turned upon Miss Follin and
crushed her skull and in his flight
encountered Miss Robinson and tried
to kill her. His aim was bad and
she escaped with slight scalp
wound asd broken arm.
Lightfoot escaped to nearby
swamp and was surrounded by a
Score of police. He fed to the
grounds of the city poorhouse. where
he fought the police until II was
| found secessary to shoot him in both
legs, after which he was returned to
the asylum.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-22
HILL celebrates
HIS BIRTHDAY
WITH MEN WHO HAVE BEEN IN
HIS EMPLOY FOR. YEARS THE
RAILROAD MAGNATE ENJOYS
THE DAY.

st. Paul, Min. Sept. 22.-Sur-
rounded by 70 men who have been
his lifelong employees. James J.
Hill of St. Paul, the great railway
king, celebrated his 10th by enjoy
ing the most unique railway excur-
sion ever held in the. Northwest.
His special train was attached to
the old woodworking william
Crooks the first locomotive ever
used in Minnesota, and at the throt-
tbs was Albion H. Smith. the Oldest
engineer on the Great Northern
lines, who has been in Mr.. Hills
service since 1858. The quaint
oldfashioned engine was nred by a
white-haired veteran. John H.
Lynch, who since 1859 has been
continuously In Mr.. Hill's employ
With. but very few exceptions. the
guests aboard the train were all Of
them men who had been for at least
2S years continuously in the Hill
employ. .''' -
ut was the happiest afternoon
and evening ever spent In my
life" said Mr.. Hill afterwards. "It
was rare treat to meet with these
men again. for there was not a one
who did not seem almost like one ol
nv family, so long have they worked
with me-"
The special pulled out OF the st
Paul usin station, directly in front
OF the Hill headquarters, at 4 in
! the afternoon and trailing spark:
from the funnel-shaped stack Of the
cid Crooks" steamed noisily ava!
to the Lafayette club at Lake Min
| netonka, where in the evening the
veteran railroad builder sat at the
head of the table with Mrs. Hill
| who was the only woman present
and with his old-time employees en-
loved an excellent banquet follow
ed by an informal series Of address
es, during which many of the ole
men on the Hill lines spoke.
The locomotive which pulled th'
| special was brought up the. Misssiss
ippi to St. Paul from Keokuk II
1862, and was unloaded from
river steamer and placed in servio'
or the first section Of the st. Pau
& Pacific. now the Great Northern
The old engine has seen service sine
on nearly everv division of the Grea
Northern, and was long since re
tired. 1t was recently brought on
from the yards of the huge Grea
Northern shops in St. Paul, cleane'
and repaired and made readv 10
what will probably be its final run
James ]. Hill remembered the cl
relic we'll and with smile. exam
lined 1t thoroughly with his OIL
friends. as he told them stories
his early experiences.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-22
PLAN SEATTLE RECEPTION.
Excursion Will Reach the City Next
Thursday.

The excursion committee of the
Commercial club will meet tonight
at O'Clock at the club rooms to ar
range for the reception of the 100
Seattle business men who are sched-
uled to reach the city Thursday
evening by special train. The COM
mittee will also discuss the Sites ex-
cursion project. and because of the
important business to be TRANSACTED
a full attendance of the committee
is desired
The following is the personnel OF
the committee: NJ. A. Means, Storey
Buck. R. L. Spiker. Walter Mime
man, George f. Crum. c. w. Mount
]. T. Ray, P. r. Bevis. c. F. Osmers
o. A. Kjos, A. Topping. E. c.
Smith. ] E. Kincaid, w. J. Jordan
and William Bollinger.