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The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Replaced New with Old Dress.

Charged with having ordered a dress
sent t. her home. 1906 Sixth street north
west, for examination and then substi-
tutirg an old dress and sending It back
to the store. Mrs. Anna Fries was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Central
Office Detectives Hewlett and Pratt. The
woman left SIS collateral for her ap-
pearance in Police Court to-day. The
complainant was Henry Lansburgh.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Wilson Taken to New York.

Rupert V. Wilson, arrested Wednesday
for the New York authorities. was re-
turned to that city yesterday The ar
rest was made on request of Inspector
Boyle. OF the post-office. The man was
arrested just after an alleged confederate.
Roscoe c. Stebbins. a clerk in the Union
Dime Savings Bank, Of New York, was
arrested in that city. It is charged that
the men used the mails TO defraud.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
FIRE DRAWS BIG CROWD.
Blaze on C Street, Near Thirteenth,
Does hut Little Damage.

Fire which started in the Office Of the
Commercial supply Company, at 1920 G
street northwest. about 6:15 o'clock yes
terday evening. caused much excitement,
called out engines for some distance
around and damaged the building about
500 and the contents about 500
The changing Of the gongs and the
dense clouds OF smoke attracted large
crowd. which for some time thronged the
streets for blocks A dozen or more en-
gines, several trucks and hose carts added
to the excitement
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Bakers, Dozen OF RuIrr..

Vienna, May THE Kaiser and eleven
German kings and reigning princes
visited Sehoenbrunn Castle to-day to
congratulate the Emperor Francis
Joseph upon his golden jubilee. The
ceremony was private
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Local Temperature.

Midnight. So a. n, IS, a. m. is; a. n. 81:
a. n, So; 10 a. m. 81; z noon, g; p n. g;
p n. 50; p m. G p. m. IS; 10 D. H., So
Maximum a minimum a.
Relative humidity-s a. m. 81 p n. 81; p
n, 81. Rainfall 6 D m. to s p NJ. lM.
Temue-ature same date last year-Maximum, g.;
minimum, -
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
RUSSIANS TO JOIN JAPANESE.
Troops Going TO Port Arthur, Where
Japanese VIII Honor Russian Dead.

Japanese VIII Honor Russian Dead.
Harbin. May IA detachment of the To-
cal garrison will leave here on May IA
for Port Arthur, at the invitation OF the
japanese military authorities, to take
part in the dedication ceremonies OF a
japanese monument to the Russian dead
at Port Arthur.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Condition of the Vvater.

speaiai to The Washington Herald.
HarpeTS Perry W. Va, Mag Both rivers are
muddy; Potomac little high this evening.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08
Temperatures in other cities.

Temperatures in other cities, together with the
amount Of rainfall. for the twelve hours ended at
5 p N. yesterday are as follows:
The Washington herald., 1908-05-08

The long silk Gloves. usually sold at
S25; all sizes and all colors. Also the
ie-button English Milaness Silk Gloves.
Also the Is-button ChamOis-hnish Gloves.
All at 94c to-day.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
ADS.
NEW TODAY.

FOR SALE Majestic Malleable
Range and large oak bedstead
Both in very good condition. Call
on W f Smalley. at the MIS-. Close
place. l.1Otf
FOR RENT-Six room cottage burga.
low style-two acres of ground.
with plenty Of berries and small
fruit. Possession Fetruary I. Call
on W. E. Sma!ley at the Mrs. Close
place. l-lO #
FOR SALE It Robinson & Som. =
+ d, No. 81, Grants Pass. Breeders
and Sellers of Thoroughbred Short
horn Cattle, Poland-China Hogs
Brouze Turkeys and Brown Lfg,
horn ChicEens Fine Shcrtbcrp
Bull, which cannot be- used with
herd, for sale as Reasonable Prize
Will furnish pairs OF Hogs Boar and
Sow that are Of no kin Turke,
and Chicken Flock headed each
season by Imported Birds and Fsgs
Guaranteed Fertile and Just As
repre- scented. LILO r.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
NOTES AND COMMENTS
TROLLEY A CIVILIZER.
BY Old Man Smith
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TROLLEY A CIVILIZER.
Many people remember the old horse
car line on First Street. Portland.
when II was the only line in tho
city. Bye and bye came the steam
motor, the cable car and the trolley.
With the trolley comes city extension.
cheap homes for workingmen and
spacious country homes for business
mos. without special planning for
social. moral. or religious effect the
trolley Is a distinct gain TO civiliza.
tion. The crowded city is always a
fostering sore on the body polite.
Poverty. vice and crime are intimate
ly associated with narrow streets,
dark alleys, cheap boarding houses
and the beer saloon. But the trolley
Is thinning out the heart OF the city
and fitting up the suburbs. Working.
men own their own homes, 20 back
and forth TO their labor every day.
with honest pride and self respect that
count on the right side Of the social
ledger. Aud Il is helping to restrict
the saloon.
IL would be a great gain to civil.
Lation To have n network Of trolley
lines branching out fiom the centers
of population In all directions. No
greater opportunity exists for that
practical philanthropy which promises
to help others at the same time stimu.
latins others TO help themselves.
How would II work for our million.
aires TO turn their attention in a
measure from endowiug colleges to
endowing street car lines,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

! ir-NNh ,,,;-N; Observation-Disclosures.
H'ssion furniture made to order.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
COMING EVENTS.

Jan. 80, 81 and Feb 1. Thu. Fri and Sat
First Annual Show, Grants Pass
Poultry Keepers Associat on.
Jan. 80. 81 aud February 1, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, Horace X
Turner Art Exhibit, at High School
afternoons and evening.
Jan. II. Friday-Meeting in Grants
Pass TO organize the Rogue River
Cat Breeders Association,
Jan. 81, Fr.lsy-Cot and Fine Horse
Show In Grants Pass, under aus.
pices of Grants Pass and Kerby
Breeders Associations
Feb /, Saturday Fruit Grower.
Meeting in Grants Pass. Under Aus
pices of Grants Pass Fruit Growers
Association
when YOU wish an easy shave,
Al good as BARRIERS ever gave,
Call at The Josephine Tonsorial Par.
lor
We cut and dress the hair with grace,
To suit the contour Of the face
The place is nast, the towels are clean.
The scissors sharp, the razor keen
And every thing. think you II find
To ssuit the taste and please the
mind.
Ladies' aud Gents Shoe shining.
l.tO at A W SCOTT, Propr.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

II old Man Smith tresds on some
bodys corns he is sorry bat he's
mighty glad of It.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
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AMONG The LODGES

The advent of the New Year was
happily and fittingly celebrated at the
NJ. W. o. W. hall, when Gen. Logan
Post No. 80, g. A. 4. and its auxil.
iary, the Relief Corps held joint
installation at 2 p. IN. Mrs. Melliss
Spencer acted for the Relief Corps
and E. A. Wade for the Post. The
Posts new officers are: Commander
John Patrick. senior commander,
James Holman; junior vice comman.
der, Albert Morris; surgeon, H B AL
verson; chaplain, Noah Day; quarter
master, E, A Wade; officer of the day,
Theodore Mott; officer of the guard,
] III Moore; adjutant, J E Peterson
quarter master sergeant; W F Byrne !;
ssrgesnt major. John Niday.
The new Relief Corps officers are (:
President, Christiana Goodnow; sem
ior.vice, Helen Alverson; Junior.
vice, Sadie Anderson; secretary.
Mary Hildreth; treasurer, Estella
Howard chaplain, isabella Stevenson
conductor. ELLA Howard; guard; Css
sic Turner; assistant conductor, Min
ME Britton; assistant guard, Lucy
Moore; patriotic Instr uctor, Mary
Shrader musician, Carrie Watson (;
press correspondent, :Alice Mallory
color bearers, 1st, Susanna Ahlf; I'd.
Lena Hildreth Sd Hattie Lsmpbear
4th. Elizabeth Hammel. At the close
of the installation, Mrs. Mowers
was called back Ito the platform and
presented with q gold emblem pin by
Mrs. Goodnow as souvenir Of es-
teem and goodwill from the corps.
Most excellent and timely music was
glen by Mrs. Minnie Britton and
Chas. E. Mallory.
A dainty lunch had been prepared
and in..wsiting by the corps ladies as
3 closing incident of the day to which
all did ample justice. The retiring
president. Mrs Mowers has shown
herself faithful and efficient officer
by the large membership and good
financial standing OF the corps.
Mrs. Goodnow. the newly elected
president is competent and worthy Of
the office granted her by the unsni-
nous consent OF the corps. In plan
ming her years work she has special
lied each department toward the
corps advancement.
Gen. LoganNo. 26, w.R.C. wishes to
express thanks to congressman Hswley
for the interest he has taken in se-
curing pensions for so many Oregon
veterans. making Q total OF more than
e2?00 per month for pensions granted
to residents Of the First District Of
Oregon from December to December
80. 1907.
The names Of those residing in
Grants Pass are: william F. Kremer,
Lloyd h. Gehrett. James Holman, 8.
J Haviland. W Russell The regular
corps meetipgs are held st Modern
Woodman Hall every second and
fourth Saturday afternoons of each
month. The Post the first Wednesday
Of each month.
This hall has been the home Of
these orgsni zations for more than
II years. ALICE MALLORY,
Press correspondent. w. r. C.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
Many Will Be Helped By II.

To relieve the worst forms Of
Rheumatism. take q teaspoosful Of
tho follow v ing mixture after each meal
aud at bedtime:
Fluid Extract Dsndelion, one'half
ounce Compound Kargon, one ounce !;
Compound Syrup Sarsap.rilla, th.ree
ounces.
These harmless ingredients can be
obtained from our home druggists,
and are esaily mixed by shaking them
we'll in bottle. Relief is generally
felt from the first few doses
This prescription, states a we'll
known authority in Cleveland morn
ing paper forces the clogged mp, in
active kidneys to filter aud strain from
the blood the poisonous waste matter
and uric acid, which causes Rheuma-
tlsm.
As Rheumatism is net only the
most painful and torturous disease,
but dangerous to life, this simple re-
cipe will no doubt be greatly valued
by many sufferers here at home, who
should at once prepare the mixture to
get this relief
1t is said that person who would
take this prescription regularly, a
dose or two daily, or even few times
a week. would never have serious Kid
ney or Urinary disorders or Rheuma-
tism.
Cut this out and preserve it. Good
Rheumatims prescription which reslly
relieve are scarce, indeed whsn you
need it, you want it badly Our
druggists here say they will either
supply these Ingredients or make the
mixture ready TO take if any Of our
readers SO prefer. lilo IL
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
LITTLE NuGGErs.

What wealth OF meaning may be
found hidden away in single words
The sun was called the eye Of the
day The little flower we call the
daisy bore striking resemblance to
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

The world owes every man living
bot /; requires some lively rustling
to make her pay interest on the OBJ
legation. Better get in and dig,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

EAN WANTED-Anyone having
workable team, who wants il kent
.uIGugh winter months for light.
@ NotH, apply to Chas. Meserve for
f''- 'iN ula's' 1920 If
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

The next time any Of our business
men want to puzzle their customers
let them try the following: Two
boys went out to sell so apples, divid.
ing the number equally between them
and brought home 25 cents. The next
day one boy was sick and the other
took out the go apples selling first
three for one cent and then two for
a cent and brought. back only "a cents.
What became OF the ono cent?
Pig killing time suggests the odd
distinction peculiar to the English
language by which the animal changes
its name a. soon as the breath is out
of Its body. The OF becomes beef
the sheep becomes mutton and the hos
becomes pork. The old man will give
a brass button to the 6rst one who
will tell the reason why.
This Is the usual time for the church.
es TO make special effort to make
bad people good. good people better
and better people better still. Some
criticize revivals and some revivals
ars to be criticized but while man is
man tho sick will need healing, the
weak need Strengthening. the lazy
need stimulating and the dead either
a resurrection or a decent burial.
Appearances are deoeitful. A lady
riding ont in her buggy dressed In
silks and satins with gold watch
chain heavy enough to tie up the dog,
invited the old man TO tea and then
went 10 the nearest neighbor to Dor.
row the tea. The homo looked ~ II a
Wholesale borrowing was necessary to
make the house tally with the street
display
A boarding house matron is in the
habit Of putting on an expensive seal
skin sacque over her dirty greasy
cotton dress when she goes down street
to purchase her supplies. Hypocrisy
is not confined to religious shams.
The world owes every man living
bot /; requires some lively rustling
TO make her pay interest on the OBJ
legation. Better get in and dig,
II old Man Smith treads on some.
bodys corns he is sorry bat he's
mighty glad Of IT.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
WANTED.

" :, a,NNoIED-ss.asmen. ,No Many Make
slVO TO sl5O per month some even
more Stock clean; grown on Ressr.
walton, far from old orchards. Cash
advanced weekly. Choice of terri
t6ory' Address Washington Nursery
company Toppenish, Washington.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

A boarding house matron is in the
habit Of putting on an expensive seal
skin sacque over her dirty greasy
cotton dress when she goes down street
TO purchase her supplies. Hypocrisy
is not confined TO religious shams.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

On account Of the following
meetings at Portland tickets
will te sold at Grants Pass on the
certificate plan emitting holders to
return from Portland at ons third
fare, having paid full fare going
: January Il. 10 and l6, annual meet.
ing State Horticultural Society. -.
january sist and 29d, Retail Hard
ware aud Implement dealers AssociS.
january %, - aud %, Pacific FEEDER
alton Of Retail Hardware Dealers
JanaaTy 18th and i4th, n. W. Re
tail Harness and Sadlery Mauufsct.
ureTs Association.
january l6, Il, and Is scottish
Rite Reunion
january 81 and 20 Retail Grocers
State Convention. For further infor.
nation apply at the depot.
r. X. MONTGOMERY.
l.l02 Agent.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

the orb in the sky so it was called the
eye Of day or the days eye which in
time was shortened to daisy.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

Adysrsity has Its uses. The Hnan.
clal panic called down many high
flyer and taught many to seek safe
landing before getting entirely out
Of sight. Ballooning is always dan
gerous.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

fiist-class meals and good beds, 20
cents ar B. F. Banks Grants Pass
I'uV' 1920 At
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-10-29
KILLS FAMILY ON AUTO RIDE.
Man Shoots Wife, Two Children and
Self in Presence of Crowd.

Seattle, Oct. 27.-After taking his
wife and two children for an automo-
bile ride, a man whose name is said to
be John A. Potharst led them to an
~embankment at the foot of A street,
where he killed the and their
daughter Kathleen, two years of age;
wounded their infant son John, and
then fatally wounded himself, in the
presence of a Mortified crowd.
Papers found on the ground later in
dictate that the man was enraged be-
cause his wife was about to seek a
divorce.
Witnesses had just been attracted
by the quarTeling couple when Pot
harst suddenly fired, the bullet strik-
ing his wife in the neck. AS she rolled
down the embankment he fred again,
the bullet penetrating her brain.
He then seized the daughter, held
her at arms length and snuffed out
her life with a third bullet.
The fourth ball fired entered the
right cheek of the infant, John.
Potharst then fired a bullet into his
own head and is dying. Little hope
for the recovery of the infant is en-
tertained.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-10-29
MExIcANs ARE FOUND GUILTY
Charged With ~Fomentins Revolution
on United states Soil.

FL Paso, Txt., Oct. Is. - Charged
with %fomsnting a revolution on United
States soil against a friendly nation,
Preciliano ID. Silva and Lacardio Ire
vino were found guilty by a jury i n
the United States court for the West.
ern secion OF Texas yesterday. Ben
jCMin Silva and Jose Maria Ramirez
were acquitted on the same charge.
Treviro and Silvo will be sentenced
by Judge Maxey to-day. The penalty
prescribed is no less than one, nor
more than five years Imprisonment.
Five alleged revolutionary leaders
were arrested in Eel Paso last June, q
few days before insurrectionary out
breaks occurred in Mexico. Alleged
infammatofy literature, arms and am.
munition, explosives and maps were
seized by federal authorities at the
time.
A plot to dynamite the public build.
ings of Juarez, across the Rio Grande
from here, free the prisoners from Jail
and attack the garrison. was among
the plans discovered. A letter from
Flores Magen. written in cipher, urg-
ing his countrymen to rise against
President Diaz, denouncing Ameri-
cans as pigs and pleading for a Wig
orous attempt to set up a revolution
airy government in the Mexican repub-
lie was also found.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-10-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN tPTOMt
Important Events ut Homo and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
At the Capital.

A total Of 81, 1858 APO in new
money was printed and circulated by
the bureau Of engraving and printing
during the last fiscal year, according
to the annual report Of Director
Ralph.
Gypsy Smith. English evangelist, is
tanning the religious enthusiasm OF
washington into such frenzy that
thousands of the attendants at his
mass meetings follow him through the
streets, singing Rescue the Perish
ing"
President Roosevelt has directed
United States District Attorney Dun
kle of Pittsburg to take up at once the
prosecution of the case OF the deposit
tors against Cashier J. b. f. Rinehart,
charged with abstracting 81, 300, 900
from the funds OF the Farmers ard
Drovers' National bank of Waynes-
brig, Pa, two years ago.
J. II. Collins, said to be a former
employee of the isthmian canal com.
mission, left a statement with Secre-
tary Wright alleging that he had been
Disseminated against by the canal
commission and had been ~unjustly
treated by officers or employee OF
that body on the isthmus. His state
ment was sent to the commission for
report.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-10-29
MANY KILLED IN BLIZZARD.
At Least Six Men Lost and 10000
Sheep Perish in New Mexico.


Kansas City, Oct. q. - Blizzard
weather in the Southwest has caused
more than half a dozen deaths, one Of
them in Kansas City.
Hiding behind her umbrella to pro-
tect herself from the wet snow which
was falling, Mrs. Louise Olmstead,
aged fifty-seven, wife of a painter, was
run down and killed by an autOmo-
bile. The chauffeur asserts hat the
snow had so covered his glass front
that it was impossible for him to see
her.
Twenty thousand sheep grazing on
the Cumbers mountain range, in Rio
Arriba county, New Mexico, are re-
ported to have persisted in the biz
zard which has ragged in that section
during the last three days. The storm
is the worst in years, and snow is
from five to ten feet deep. Besides
the great loss of sheep, six herders
are missing and it is believed they
! were also frozen to death.
Medicine Hat, Sask., Oct. 26.-The
first trains since last Monday passed
through here last evening. Riders
just in from the south tell fearful
tales of hardships caused by the storm.
1t is feared that several sheep herders
persisted. A band Of 5000 sheep were
driven before the storm into Many ISL
and lake and only 800 were saved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-10-29
Activity in Investigation of
Night Riders Depredations
Is the Cause.
MORE TROOPS ARE CALLED Oh!
Arrest of Three Prominent Men Makes
Situation Acute-Congress.
man Warned.

Samburg. Tenn, Oct. 20. - Because
Of threats against the life of Gov. Pat
t~erson, who is personally directing
the Investigations OF night rider dep
relations in this vicinity, the detach-
ment Of troops assigned to safeguard
the governor has been increased, and
additional precautions taken to pre-
vent any attack on the military camp
here. Guard lines have been doubled
and achievements ordered to report.
Three Arrests Made.
r. C. Ward, proprietor of the hotel
at Walnut Log, from which Capt. Ran
kin and Judge Taylor were taken. by
a band of masked men Monday night,
and Knox Morgan and Elmer Tate,
merchants, were taken into custody
yesterday. With their arrest the sit
forth instructions from the governor
to the sheriff of Dyer county to re-
cruit additional posses of picked men
to work in conjunction with the mill
tary and the forces Of the sheriffs Of
this and Lake county, who are already
on the scene.
Yesterday Gov. Patterson visited
kin and proceeded from that point to
Union City to confer with state and
county officials and map out a plan for
future action.
Open Threats Against Governor.
While he was leaving camp for Wal
nut Log yesterday threats were made
openly against Gov. Patterson. AS he
passed a store the governor was met
by ieers and verbal assaults, several
of the crowds assembled on the porch
shouting that he would not live to
again u for Office. .
Col. Tatom stated last night that
the infor mutton now in possession Of
the governor and the officers of the
national guard viii lead to the capture
of every niSht rider implicated in the
asses nation Of Capt. Rankin.
Congressman Is Warned.
Several days ago Rice A. Pierce OF
Union City, congressman from the
Ninth Tennessee district, found under
the front door of his residence a warn
ing, purporting to come from Lake
county. The reception by him sof this
note was kept quiet until yesterday.
The full text of the note follows:
ITO Rice Pierce: You are hereby
warned not to defend the damned ras-
Gals who whipped Esquire MINIS in
Lake county.
Lake County Vigilance Commit
tee"