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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Beavers Train Their Young.

Naturalists have placed the beaver a
long way down in the list Of verte-
brates, but it undoubtedly stands next
to man in the variety of occupations in
which it engages. All cats are hunt
ers, while foxes that are not thieves
may be included also among the MINI
rods. All canaries are prima donnas,
and monkeys make clever comedians,
but it is only the beaver parent that
educates it's children to take up several
trades. In a single colony among them
you will find civil and marine engi-
neers. woodchoppers, raftsmen, labor
ers, quarrymen, miners, plasterers,
masons, carpenters. hodcarriers and
fishermen. All beavers take contracts
for building dams, but when the work
is undertaken the task is so divided
that each member Of the colony has its
own particular work to look after. In
this way they make some wonderful
excavations and construct their dams
in an incredibly short time.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Marry and Part For a Year.

Among the many peculiar customs
prevalent among the people Of Central
America Is that Of parting for one year
after the marriage ceremony has been
solemnized. This custom has prevailed
among the Jarnos from time immemo-
rial. There is no courtship allowed to
be carried on between the parties prior
to the wedding. When man selects a
woman he obtains the consent Of the
parents on both sides. and if this is
given they are al once married. The
reason. however, for their not living
together as man and wife for one year
after marriage Is in order to permit of
the parties visiting and staying with
their respective friends In different
parts Of the country. which is a Gus
tonary thing and occupies the time
specified. Nfnety-nin out of hundred
Of these marriages turn out we'll.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Quaint Old Colonial Document.


New Amsterdam had been in British
hands four years when this quaint and
curious customs order the oldest in ex-
istence, was penned:
instructions for Mr.. Cornelius Van
Ruyven, Collector OF the Customes in
We City of New York by Order of Colo
nell Francis Lovelace, Governour, May
"a, 1868.
You or y'r clerk are to be dayly at
We Custome House from nine in We
morning until twelve at noone There
to receive We CustOmes both in and out,
as the Merchants shall come & enter,
We merchant is to make foure Bills and
signe them with his hand, writing his
name to them, & We same time, when
you have signed ye Warrant, or one OF
ye Bills, you are to demand We Gus
tome, either in kinde at 10 P Cent in
wards or double ye value of it's first
Cost in Holland, in Beaver. And like
wise outwards for Peltry you are to
receive 1912 P Cent according to We
value In Beaver, for Tobacco one half
penny Pr. pound Ster'g; which is noe
more than all Englishmen doe pay.
= =" You to tell We Merchant you are
not to give credit. If they doe
not like your propositions, you are not
to pass their Bills. -
And Lastly pray lett We Books be
kept all In English and all Factoryes
and Papers, that when l have occasion
to satisfy myself l may better under
stand them
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
A Chance to Spoon,

A young couple from the suburbs
went to Dublin the other day to see
the pantomime. Being early. they wis.,
tied tea room and had the place all to
themselves, The attending waitress
had omitted in serving them to supply
the necessary implement to effectually
assist in the proper and pala ia BILE ad-
mixture Of the tea, cream and sugar
Can we have a spoon?" inquired
the swain
certainly" replied the observant at
tendant. Il am just tidying up, and
you can have the whole room to your
selves in minute or two."-I.iverpool
Mercury.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Aoidinu His lob.

i think the man who works at that
place across the street Is the most
faithful and conscientious workman
ever saw. He never takes a holiday
and always Iabors away till it's too
dark to see any longer"
"Faithful workman. Great Scott!
He's the proprietor of the shopv-
Chicago Tribune.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
The fireside Diplomat

i don't want to be nagging at you"
Mrs. Marryat began, but it's the little
things that bother me most
All: Interrupted her husband sweet
~. i suppose you're going to tell me
you haven't decent pair of Shoes
Philadelphia Press
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department OF the Interior,
office at Spokane, WASH,

DeparLLuEuG
Land Office at Spokane, Wash:
Notice is hereby given. that Olive =; Joh na
son. Of Newport, Wash, who on June e s. ne Nc
. 300 for the sWL sEL of Section q, Township
s. Nor rfh Range ss has filed notice Of
make final p19Gfd 70 pefore sid
u on w ~ pn9ors United States Commissioner
for y the W. F Eastern District of Washington, at
Newnort Wash. on the 9th day OF September
1905 s T M John
so nia Raw nevine and W. c. Lawrence. OF New
poI,. ash' noi HAL J. COLE. REGISTER
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
A Wrong Guess

Botanical Youth lin park,-Can you
tell me if this plant httoags to the ar
ootos tamiiy: Garle.4>s, tturtIy)--No,
young man, ii don't. Il belongs to the
county council -ondo 1, Globe
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Homemade.

we are told to cast our bread upon
the waters said a young wife.
nut dont you do il" replied her
husband "A vessel might run against
II and get wrecked -Simplicissimus.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Yet Both Laughed.

Ted-Why Is that man laughing :
Ned-Because he bought horse CHEAP
And what's the ether chucklins
oYer?"
HE sold the horse"
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
ATTORNEY BYINGTON
HITS WITNESS IN JAW
w. A. Bolton and Lawyer Quar-
rel and the Former Is
Knocked Down

shut up or TIL smash you one" said
William Byington, q brother OF the
former district attorney. TO w A Boil
ton, a real estate dealer of 1856 Broad
way, yesterday morning outside Police
Judge Weller's courtroom in the hall
Of Justice. Bolton said something and
Byfngton struck him on the jaw.
knocking him down. Byington walked
away and Bolton obtained g. warrant
Tor his arrest from Judge Weller on a
charge OF battery.
Byington represents John Kelly of
1919 Bush street, who swore TO com
plant before Judge Weller yesterday
Charging John Powers with obtaining
$500 from him by falsely representing
on July p that he owned a restau-
rant at 301 Market street Powers
svas in court on his preliminary hear
ing on a charge Of burglary for en-
terfng the Office of Attorney Golden in
the Pacific building and steahng> some
papers in connection with the same
restaurant. and is being represented
bv Attorney Frank MCGOWAN. Bolton
Is witness for Powers and it was
after the complaint for obtaining
money by false pretenses had been
sworn TO that the trouble occurred be-
tween Byington and Bolton
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
TAG FOR CHARITY
ON ELECTION DAY
Each Voter to Be Taxed Ten
Cents to Aid Fund for
Children's Hospital
School Children of City to AS.
sist in Plan to Help Benevo-
lent Institution

The voters of San Francisco will
have two duties to perform on election
day, November 8. One is to vote and
the other is to indulge in that pastime
of youth, Tag" Nor is dodging to be
allowed irt this game, for the taggers
will be school children and it will cost
10 cents to be tagged. In return for
the dime you will get an ordinary ship
ping tag bearing the inscription. y
have been tagged for charity" The
dime goes to the Children's hospital OF
this city.
This method of raising funds for the
Children's hospital was decided upon al
meeting of the board of women man.
ayers of that institution held yester-
day. The committee on arrangements
is as follows Mrs. Helen Hecht, Mrs
Henry Payot, Mrs. Bertha Lilienthal
Mrs. Jennie Bothin, Mrs. I. N. Walter
Mrs. Silas Palmer, Mrs Latham Nc
Mullen, Miss Fannie Danforth.
The aid of the public school children
Of the city will be- enlisted to do the
tagging and it is expected that In ex-
cess of $4,000 will be realized for the
hospital. The scheme proved a decided
success in Seattle and Los Angeles and
the hospital board feels that the cfti-
zens of San Francisco are at least as
generous as those of any city on the
coast.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
WIFE ASSERTS SHE
WAS I'LL TREATED
Mrs. Sadie P. Smith Obtains
InterIocutory Decree of
Divorce
Jane II. WOIlenschIager Hits
Husband With Poker and Lat-
ter Gets a Separation

The I'll treatment OF which Mrs. Sadie
P. Smith chiefly complained in her suit
for divorce from Joseph II. Smith,
heard by Judge Graham yesterday, was
the fact that she heard a strange
woman address to her husband the
question, What is the matter, honey
boyg" Smith was at home in bed, suf-
fering from toothache and with his
head bandaged up, when the unknown
woman rushed in and put the endear-
ing query to him. She also called him
dear" and almost kissed him, accord
ing to Mrs. Smith Then the woman
noticed me and she Strengthened up and
looked foolish" testified the plaintiff.
In little while she went away" II
also was testified that Smith said he
was ashamed to take his wife on the
street. An interlocutory decree of di-
vorce was granted.
George ]. Wollenschlager was hit
on the head with a poker by Jane H.
Wollenschlager, he told Judge Sturte-
want yesterday during the trial of his
suit for divorce. This was because he
complained about his wife returning
home at q. m. Judge Sturtevant
granted Wollenschlager a divorce.
were: By Judge Graham-Frank
Rainey from Nellie A. Rainey. cruelty;
Grace Martin from William A Martin,
cruelty and habitual intemperance. BY
Judge Murasky-Hazel F. Burnett
from Osee F. Burnett, cruelty. By Judge
Troutt-paisy D. White from Frank NJ.
White, cruelty.
Suits for divorce were filed yesterday
by Carrie c. Lipman against Montefiore
Lipman. cruelty; Celia Cockrill against
Benjamin Cockrill. desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
WILLIAM PROLL IS
ELECTED FROM HOTEL
Forcibly Hustled From the ST
Francis While Guests-W Watch
His Discontinue

Williem Proll, bon vivant and story
teller, who gained notoriety by his
connection with the mysterious Cap
tain Darlington. whose dismissal from
the engineering corps, OF the army Gre
ated a stir in military circles, was
bodily elected from the St Francis
hotel last night by the house detective
and left in the wind and rain.
Ever since Captain Darlington has
been in Sonora, Mexico. Proll, accord
ing to the st. Francis authorities, has
been a constant visitor TO the hostelry,
and upon one occasion left a SIS check
in payment Of q small bill. This check,
the hotel people assert, was returned
by an Oakland bank, and on ProIls
next visit he was requested to make
good" and he did so by depositing a
gold watch with the clerk. The watch.
ii was also stated at the hotel. remains
in the safe. The house detective was
directed to politely request Proll to
leave the hostelry upon his next visit,
and with this order in mind the sleuth
elected Proll last night. After repeated
requests TO leave had been made by the
officer, Prol1 became indignant and was
finally bodily ousted. The affair Gre
ated considerable commotion. Guests
of the hotel flocked into the grill
whence Proll had taken his unpleasant
leave
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
FIRE CISTERNS TO FORM
SCHOOL SWIM MING POOL S
Playground Commissions Plan
Is Presented and Approved
by Fire Board

A scheme to provide swimming
tanks in the children's Fairgrounds
was presented to the fire commission
yesterday by Playground Commissioner
Estrada, and President, Mccarthy of the
fire board and Chief Snaughnessy were
empowered to act with Estrada in
carrying it out. The plan is to have
some of the fire cisterns of the hum
dred to be constructed as a part of
the auxiliary fire protection system To-
Gated in the Fairgrounds and built in
the form of shallow pools, cement
lined, instead of the underground jug
shape. The chief and the commission
saw no objection to this and the mat
ter will be taken UP with the board of
works and City Engineer Manson.
The commission, Chief Shaughnessy
and Secretary Mccarthy will visit San
Jose Sunday to inspect the ariel
truck built by the American-Lefran
company and in use by the department
there. Two bids for an ariel truck, one
of $500 by the. American -Lafrance
company and one for $6.975 by the Sea-
grave company were received yester-
day. The award will be made next
week.
The "arie1' trucks provide for the
automatic raising of ladders from the
truck frames to height of so feet
without shifting. None is in use by the
city now. One only will be purchased
at the present time
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
JEWISH WOMEN TO
FOUND GIRLS HOME
Council Holds Business Meeting
and Closes Session With
Musical Program
Civic Department of California
Club Advocates Voting for
Eighth Amendment

The first regular meeting of the
Council of Jewish Women took place
Yesterday afternoon at the California
club and was largely attended The
chief question discussed was the pro-
posed founding of a home for working
girls, plan which met with approval
and probably will be carried into effect
later. Mrs. Joseph Weissbein was ap-
pointed to aid in the work in connec-
tion with the immigration bureau; Mrs.
J. M Jacobi was appointed to visit
the juvenile court Friday morning of
each week TO attend to the particular
needs of the children in the detention
home. An appeal was made for cloth
ing to be given to these children, the
donations of which may be left at the
California club. Mrs. Meyer Friedman
was chosen to represent the council in
its work with the board of health and
the board of education.
Following the business talk a most
enjoyable program was given, opening
with three violin solos by Ed Singer A
short talk on The Artist, His Work
and How to Appreciate IT, was deliv-
cred by Alfred Henry Jacobs. Mrs.
Flora kark Heilbron played two piano
solos.
The civic department of the califor-
MIA club, which met yesterday morning.
advocated voting for the eighth amend
ment to the state constitution, which
would provide evening as well as day
public schools, so the boys and girls
who have to work will still have an op-
portunity of receiving an education.
They plan to place placards in the
streetcars and to issue leaflets to this
effect A motion was carried to appeal
to the United Railroads for more cars
between the hours of and Z. 1t was
proposed to have a civil service primer
in the grammar grades where civil
service Is studied, and an appeal for
aid with regard to the children In sthe
detention home of the juvenile court
was made. The meeting was presided
over by Mrs. Louis Hertz.
The reports of the sections were read
at the meeting of the sanitation COM
mittee yesterday morning at the Cali
fornia club. The next meeting will be
held October % when Nthe question of
the means of securing proper sanitation
in the new school buildings which are
being erected throughout the city will
be discussed
A lecture on the origin and purposes
of book plates, by the Rev. DIR. William
Brewer, was given yesterday at the
regular meeting of the Century club.
The exhibition of the collection of the
California Book Plate society, of which
DR.. Brewer is president, is being held
this week In the clubrooms and is the
| first OF It's kind ever held in San Fran
cisco.
Russian day yesterday at the Forum
club had very large attendance. The
Mistake of Vera Semyonovna Vonovkt''
was given by Mrs. Charles Cooper and
Mrs. Robert Mansfield This was fol-
lowed by several songs sung in the
Russian language by Mrs. Robert 4.
Whitcomb, with Miss Grace Haley as
accompanist. The members and their
guests then enjoyed tea in the club
rooms.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
WOMEN WILL GIVE
BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT
Auxiliary of Prison Commission
Will Raise Funds by Per-
fOrmance at the Valencia

The woman's auxiliary of the Cali
fornia prison commission will give an
elaborate entertainment at the valen-
cia theater on Monday night, Novem-
Der 9, for the purpose of raising funds
for the home for released prisoners to
be erected in San Francisco. The
woman's auxiliary was formed recently
to cooperate with the prison commits
sion in assisting ex-convicts and Sc
curing employment for them upon the
expiration of their terms. Although
the auxiliary has been in existence but
a short time, 1t has already assumed
foremost place among the charitable
organizations of the state..0
The bill at the Valencia theater will
include 'Glittering Gloria, by the
regular company, and a number of
special features. Mackenzie Gordon
will sing. a new danseuse will appear,
and many other attractions will be Of
fered Several boxes have already
been sold at s25 and $50 and large
blocks of seats have been spoken for.
The seats for the performance will sell
at 81. The women interested in the
a.11r
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
ENLISTED MEN TO APPEAR
FOR COURT MARITAL
Forty-three Offenders Will
Come Up for Trial at the
Presidio

The court martial to convene at the
Presidio today is to have the largest
number of enlisted men that have ever
appeared before one board. Forty
three offenders are to come up for trial.
Their offenses are not of a specially
serious nature. excepting those who are
to be tried for desertion.
Following is the detail of the court:
Major John w. Ruckman. Coast Artil-
lery corps; Captain James r. Pourie,
Coast Artillery corps; Captain Edwin
c. Long. Coast Artillery corps; Captain
Henry R. Casey. Coast Artillery corps
First Lieutenant William T. Carpenter.
Coast Artillery corps; First Lieutenant
Richard Furnival Coast Artillery
corps; First Lieutenant Harry A
Schwabe, Coast Artillery corps; First
Lieutenant Howard K. Loughry, Coast
Artillery corps; First Lieutenant
Thomas F. McNeill, Coast Artillery
corps; First Lieutenant Oscar A. Rus
sell. Coast Artillery corps, judge ad-
vocate.
Word came from Washington yester-
day 10 the Preside that Captain S. D.
McAlister has been retired.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
WILL CLEAN STREETS
IN RETAIL DISTRICT
Superintendent O'Shaughnessy
Addresses Members of Down.
town Improvement Club

Street Superintendent O'Shaughnessy
yesterday outlined plans for a general
clean up and repair of the streets in
the retail district. before more than so
members of the Permanent downtown
Improvement club, which met in the
banquet room of the Stewart hotel
Before the rains set in" declared
O'Shaughnessy, Il will have the streets
In the shopping district improved so
that the women of our city may be en-
abled to visit the big stores that are
rapidly coming down town"
W. ID. Fennimore, president of the
club, announced that work on the in
stallation of the cluster street lights
throughout the retail district has been
commenced and that $4,000 has been
donated by the retail merchants for
that purpose. The lights are now being
placed in Geary street.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
CONSERVATION LEAGUE
APPEALS TO CANDIDATES
Congressional Aspirants Asked
TO Declare Themselves on
National Resources

CHICAGO. Oct livery candidate
for congress IN the country was asked
today IN notices sent out by the Con-
servstion League OF America to declare
himself on the proposition made by the
league for The conservation of national
resources. II is the intention OF the
lesgue 70 make public the result of the
inquiry. The league, of which Presi-
dent Roosevelt IS honorary president
and both Taft and Bryan honorary
vice presidents, was organized to pro-
mote the conservation OF the forests,
irrigation OF arid lands, reclamation OF
eou and mineral waste.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
SIGNFRS
ASK AID OF COURT
Want Signatures on Plea for a
Special Street Railroad
Election Verified

A petition for writ of mandamus
against John E. Behan as clerk of the
board OF supervisors, Mayor Edward
r. Taylor and the supervisors to COM
pei them to examine and verify the
signatures to a petition purported to
be signed by 10 per cent of the electors
of the city and county, requesting a
call for special election to vote on
the acquisition of the street railroad
the supreme court yesterday by Daniel
OConnell, an attorney, on behalf of
himself and others interested.
In his petition O'Connell states that
the petitions were presented TO the
board of supervisors April s, 1908, and
that up to date the petitions have not
been examined and verified by Behan,
who, O'Connell states. has refused to do
so until compelled by the supreme
court.
O'Connell argues that the charter
provides that whenever petition
signed by Is per cent of the electors
of the city shall be presented to the
board of supervisors, setting forth that
the signers of such petition favor the
acquisition of the public utility or
utilities named, it shall be the duty of
the clerk of the board to Immediately
proceed to examine and verify the
signatures to the petition and to Ger
tify the result of such examination to
the boardsof supervisors.
OConnell further charges the mem
bers of the board with being opposed
TO the acquisition of the street rail-
ways and opposed to allowing the peo-
pie to vote on such proposition. In
his petition for writ of mandamus,
OConnell quotes the charter in several
instances, but in statement made at
the time he was filing the petition he
said that the charter was of no account;
that it was only piece of waste paper.
The writ has not yet been issued.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
FAvoR BANNING STOCK JoBBrNG

After considerable discussion Iast
night the Commonwealth club, which
met in the banquet room of the St
Francis, adopted resolutions indorsing
senate amendment "a, which provides
for a modification of article of the
state constitution concerning the limi-
tation of the sale of shares of capital
stock of corporations for future deliv-
cry. The resolution states that the
untrammeled operations of the stock
exchange are conducive to enterprise
and perform the function of determin-
ing true values. The proposed amend
ment provides that the legislature shall
pass laws to prohibit the fictitious buy
and selling of future shares of capital
stock The discussion was opened bv
John P. Young, who read a paper upon
Dealing in Futures
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
POLICE PREPARE FOR
ANNUAL INSPECTION
Event Will Take Place in
Golden Gate Park on
October ri

It has been definitely arranged that
the annual inspection of the police
department Will be held at the stadium
in Golden Gate park on Saturday, Octo-
Der 81. The time was originally set for
Monday, November 2. but the date was
changed, as Monday would be too close
to the elections the following day.
Chief Biggy has made arrangements
with superintendent McLaren to have
the use Of the stadium on the date de-
cfded upon
There will be no parade. Each com
pany will be taken to the stadium In
the cars of the United Railroads SO
that the men win be fresh for the in
in presence of the police5 commissioners
and invited guests.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
UNDEsTRABLEs DEPoRTED

immigration Inspector Gardner left
San Francisco last night on the over
land with two women and boy who
were ordered deported by the immigra-
ton officials. The women are Juliette
Souplet and Binma Sledeman, both 81 Of
fame in this city and Oakland. Max
vicinivich, 16 year old Austrian, was
ordered deported as public charge
They will be sent from New York The
two women are to be sent to France
and the boy to Austria. Martin Noon
and Mrs. Nobletz accompany Gardner as
guards
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
WILL DISMISS cANpInArns

Reports concerning the qualifications
of candidates for office at the coming
meeting of the Asiatic exclusion league
which will be held in Council hall. ais
Fourteenth street, Sunday at 2.3O o. m.
National as well as local Candidates
will be discussed and prominent work
ers in the movement will address the
meeting on the question of Japanese
land ownership In the state and on
other topics.