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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-10

his daughter get some position or other
until l was compelled to ask him not to
come again to my Office. He claims that
he Is one of the few survivors of Mos
by's guerrillas and 1 advised him to seek
help In that quarter"
Hoping that he might be able to give
the name and address Of the thief, Col
Mosby was called up on the telephone
and asked il any of the guerrillas were
In town. When the situation was ex-
planned to him he replied:
That man never belonged to my COM
mand. It's an infamous lie II he had
been one Of my men he would not have
stopped with an overcoat. He'd have
stripped the entire room"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-10

The following table shows the imports
from the countries named into the United
States for the year 1855 compared with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-10

the year 1907, and the increase or de.
crease in twenty-five years:
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
MINING BUREAU.
favor anyway.

The creation of a national bureau of Mines after long
yeas of agitation fair way of speedy reaza-
tion the credit for which largely due the efforts of
gresham Englebrght of this district who is chairman of
the house committee mines and mining This committee
through its chairman has recommended the appointment of
subcommittee for the establishment of bureau of mines
and mining in the department. of the interior By the
of this bill the province of the bureau is foster pro-
and develop the mining industries of the United Staes
make dgent investigation of the methods of mining the
safety of the miners the possible improvement of the cond
ton under which mining operations carried the
treatment of the of explosives and electricity the
prevention of accidents the values of mineral products and
the markets for the same and of all other pertinent
said industries and from time time make such public
reports the secretary of the interior may direct of the
work. investigations and information obtained with the
concentrations of the bureau Under the secretary the
interior the bureau be governed by commissioner be
appointed by the president salary of $4,000 per year.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
klplloa g, Work.

81 have lounged IN Rudyard Kip
ling's den at Brattleboro, VT, before
he deserted America for England and
saw him at his work. He sat at his
table in q revolving chair. ] had n
book in my hand and said nothing I'M
less was spoken to. for was enjoy
ing a great privilege that was granted
to no one else but his wife. lie would
write for moment. perhaps for ten or
fifteen minutes at n time. IL he was
writing verses he would hum very
softly to himself an air which proba-
bly, kept the rhythm in his mind.
When writing prose. he was silent. but
often he would lay down his pen,
whlrl round in his chair and chat for
awhile 1t might be something reat-
ing to the subject he was treating or
bear no relation to 1t. Suddenly he
would wheel back again, and his pen
would fairly fly over the paper He
can easily concentrate his thoughts
and as easily descend from cloud land
to the commonplace of the day. though
In his mind and on his lips nothing is
ever commonplace. Some Of his poems
he has written when speeding In a
Pullman car at the rate of sixty miles
an hour."-Pacifc Monthly.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
The FEEDING of Doas.

mo dog kept indoors and indeed
very few outside should be fed on
meat nor should he be fed from the
table at mealtimes, as he will soon
become nuisance, especially when
there are visitors. If he is always fed
at the conclusion of a certain meal
dinner, for instance-he will wait pa
tiently until the prescribed time. 1t is
O good plan to feed after ones midday
meal, giving plenty of green vegeta-
bles, bread and potatoes. with Il very
few scraps Of finely gut meat, the
whole we'll mixed and some gravy
poured over it. If two meals are given,
one should be at breakfast time and
one in the evening. One should con-
sist of only a little oatmeal and milk
or piece Of dry dog biscuit.
"At no time should the dog have
more than he will eat. and if he leaves
anything on his plate except the pat
tern his allowance should be reduced
or a meal omitted. "-Suburban Life.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
The GhotIIder Stran.

II it were possible to compile such
data it would be extremely interesting
TO know to what extent women have
influenced the uniforms and equip
ment of their fighting states. A little
instance in point is the steel curb
shoulder strap of the British cavalry.
When Sir George Luck was setting
out for Kandahar daring the Afghan
operations Lady Luck. knowing prob
ably something of the fighting methods
of the tribesmen. whose four foot knife
can cut clean from shoulder to belt.
sewed a couple of steel curb Chains
under each of the shoulder straps on
her husbands tunic. AS a protection
from sword cuts these proved so eff
fective that at the end of the campaign
Sir George made report in relation
thereto with the result that they were
adopted as permanent feature of the
cavalry niform.-Harper's Weekly.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
Birds Shot With Water.

Shooting a humming bird with the
smallest bird shot made is out of the
question. for the tiniest seeds of lead
would destroy his coat. The only way
in which the bird can be captured for
commercial purposes is to shoot him
with drop of water from a blowgun
or a fine Jet from a small syringe.
Skillfuly directed. the water stuns
him. He falls into q sillken net and
before he RECEIVERS consciousness is
suspended over a cyanide jar. This
must be done quickly, for If he comes
to his senses before the cyanide Whit
snuffs out his life he is sure to ruin
his plumage in his struggles to escape.
Humming birds vary in size from spec
linens perhaps half as large as a spar
row to those scarcely bigger than a
bee. The quickest eye cannot follow
them in full fight. 1t is only when,
though still flying furiously. they are
practically motionless over flowers
that the best marksman can bring
them to earth.-New York Press.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
Seized Her Opportunity.

He was not very rapid wooer, and
she was getting bit anxious.
Again he called. and they sat togeth-
err in the paror. Just those two"
A loud rap came at the front door,
"Oh, botherw she said. "Who can be
calling"
"Say you're out" said the deceiver.
"Oh, no; that would be untrue" muir
INJURED the ingenious one.
"Then say you're engaged" he urged
ooh. may |. Charlie?" she cried as
she threw herself in his arms.
And the man kept on knocking at the
front ILLUSTRATED Bits.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
ENGLEBRIGHT FOR DENOMINATION.

The Ledger believes that present congressman WFEnge
bright should all rules of fairness be conceded the
nation for the position he has faithfully and ably filled One
term congress barely sufficient for the average member
to become with the routine and methods of
national legislation 1t is little better that schooling
after years of usefulness Mr. Englebright in session
has demonstrated his capacity to become of the most
efficient industrious members congress from
the Pacific He has fully justified the confidence of the
people the first congressional dsrrict in eecting him
their representative He understands the needs of the dis
trc and what equally important knows how with the
limited experience of eighteen months to shape his
get those affecting his constituents passed
The mining industry which the leading interest in
district be safely entrusted to his He halls from
the mining county Nevadathe heaviest goldproducer in
the state and professionally identified with the
mining world He has already taken in hand
of vital mining, and is pressing them forward
with energy that pleads earnestly in his behalf for pro-
tracted congress To entertain the idea of change
of candidates this would like base ngratitude
tried and faithful 1t would only be migrate
full but bad politics well thrust him aside in order
take up another from the sheer love Of change.
According to report congressional aspran has bobbed
up from Humboldt county. That the big northern county
entitled to much consideration admitted is the
popuous county the district and furnishes the heaviest
republican maorites. But from these facts
merit in the proposition displace representative Eng
bright by the man from Humboldt. Two yesrs ago. Hum
bodt voluntarily surrendered the position accept the
higher office of governor. To forward ask
all seriousness that the congressional nomination the
publican ticket shall again that section smacks of
hoggshness There may possibly be undercurrens work
in political circles prevent the nomination from 60
ing where logical belongs The ways of professional poll
tcians often past finding out and often dictated
by other motives than the public welfare. But
that the question referred to the popular
of republican electors under the direct primary method of
selecting candidates. congressman Engebrght would be the
nominee for another term by overwhelming majority,
And do believe that any Vaccinations of the poll
tcans likely the strong sentiment in his
favor anyway.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
No Thanks.

~ broke a record today. Had the
last word with a woman"
Didn't think it possible. How'd it
happenY"
"Why. said to a woman in the car.
Madam, have my seat "-Philadel-
phla Ledger,
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
A Rejection Slip.

"Sir," said the shivering beggar.
stopping the prosperous magazine ed
ttor on the street. 81 have a long sad
story
Sorry" briskly replied the maya
zine editor, passing on, but we are
only open for short. funny stories now;
full of the other kind."-Success Maya
zine.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

"Oh, my business is good" said the
trombone player. I'm fact, am al
ways blowing about it."
"Wen, Pm sooted with mine, too"
said the chimney sweep.
"And mine is out OF sight" said the
diver
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

DO one thing at a time and the bic
things frst.-Lincoln.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
People Talked About.

Adalfo Rossi, formerly inspector Of
italian immigration, has been appoint.
ed consul general of Italy at Denver.
Judge Eugene Il. White, special In,
dian agent for the Indian Territory
under President Cleveland, died at
Sulphur, Okla.
Walter r. j. Jones, a pioneer news
paper publisher, died OF paralysis at
his home in Oil City, Pa. aged eighty
three years.
Frederick c. Hewitt, a retired bank
er and a Yale graduate of the class of
1858, died from ~apoplexy at Oswego,
N. Y. He leaves an estate valued at
$40, 000,0 600.
Sylvester Sykes, aged sixty-fve
years, a pioneer conductor OF the Chi
cage e. Northwestern road, is dead
In Milwaukee. Death was due to
bronchial trouble.
Rev. DIR. Rainsford, rector of st.
Georges, IN New York, who is now
on a trip through Africa, will join the
Roosevelt hunting expedition. D..
Rainsford and the president are warm
friends.
Judge Thomas e. Bacon, who was a
boyhood friend of Mark Twain, is
dead at Hannibal, Mo-, aged sixty
nine. Judge Bacon had lived in Han
nital, the boyhood home OF Twain,
since 1S47.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
GAS IS FATAL TO
-FOUR IN ST. PAUL
Prominent Man, His Wife and
BrOther-in.law Found Dead
in Bed by Daughter.
ANOTHER GUEST IS DYING

st. Paul, Sept. 6. - Peter j. Schol-
lert, head of the Schollert company,
painters and decorators; Mrs. Schol'
lert. his wife, and Lewis Christianson,
a brother-in-law of Schollert, were as
phyxiated early yesterday at the
Schollert home.
Hans Hendrickson, cousin OF Mrs.
Schollert, is at the St. Paul city hos
pital, where physicians say he cannot
recover.
The dead and dying were discovered
by Mrs. G. Weber, a married daugh-
ter, living next door. Mrs. Weber,
| at the request of her brother Victor,
who arose early to go to work, went
to call her father and mother and
their country visitors. Failing to
arouse them from their slumbers and
detecting a
Strong Odor Of Gas,
| Mrs. Weber Immediately sought help
and Dr.. Wirth was summoned. He
found Mr.. and Mrs. Schollert and
Christianson were dead.
Hendrickson was fastened to the
city hospital with a hope OF saving his
life, although the hospital authorities
fear that the elderly man canno with
stand the battle for life, as his age
and physical condition are against
him.
A gas tube attached to a bath heat
err in the bathroom became disconnect-
ed by coming in contact with a chain,
When the bodies were discovered yes,
terday morning, gas was pouring
from a small stub TO which the tube
should have been attached Chris,
! Hanson, a brother-fn-law of Schollert,
and HendricksOn came on a visit to
view the state fair from their homes
at North Valley, Wis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Crimes.

In an alteration e a young WON
an, at Muscatine, Iowa, Noah Mutt,
aged se~venty-fve years, fatally stab.
bed Ben Johnson, aged twenty-one.
It is reported from Ekalaka, Mont.
that John Calkins, the ~fourteen-year'
old son of DR.. Calkins, committed sui
eide there by shooting himself through
the head.
William Saunders, who slashed An
drew Lundeen with a knife at Fort
Dodge, Iowa, waived preliminary hear
ing and was bound over to the grand
jury with a bond of 81 1000. Lundeen's
condition is still precarious.
The $50 claims against the Corwith
bank at Corwith, Iowa, have been
passed upon by Judge Clark and al
torneys representing creditors
Cashier Standings books are said to
show irregularities amounting To
about $4,000. %Standring is missing.
The jury in the Ease of Sherman w
Morris, alias Frank Shortcliffe, late
of Des Moines, charged with the Stay
ing of John w. Walsh, a Leadville
~saloonkeeper, in June, 1898, returned
n verdict of guilty of murder in the
second degree.
Daniel Walser, confectioner, was
fatally shot by burglars at his store in
Detroit. Neighbors hearing the shots
saw two men run away and found
Walser lying unconscious on the side
walk in front of his open door. Wal
ser died on the way to the Harper
hospital.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Otherwise.

Sam Langford of Boston and Joe
Jeanette Of New Jersey, two negro
fighters, fought a six-round bout in
New York. Langford had all the best
of the encounter.
Six hundred employees of the Mis-,
souri, Pacific shops at Sedalia, Mo-,
who have been working on part time
since the beginning Of the financial
stringency, have resumed on full
time.
Judge A. II. Huston of Guthrie,
Okla, has declared unconstitutional
the Oklahoma separate school law
providing for separate school boards
and separate schools for negroes in
the state.
After accepting the ~pastorate of the
Congregational church at Correction
vile, Iowa, Rev. Jesse Povey preached
one Sunday n then resigned because
a small congregation greeted him on
his first appearance.
A Carnegie silver medal has been
received by Marjorie Coast, the elev-
en-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
p. c. Coast of Iowa City, Ia, who
leaped into the Iowa river and saved
the life of Margaret Hayes.
1t is stated that John ID. Rockefeller,
through the general education board
of New York, has offered Richmond
college, Richmond. Va, s150,000 on
condition that the Baptists of the
state raise an additional $359,000.
United States Judge Thompson of
Cincinnati has denied the motion for
a rehearing of the case of the Union
Distilling company and others against
Collector of Internal Revenue Bett-
mann and others. This is the case in
which Judge Thompson held that arti-
icially colored spirits are not whisky
and must be branded as limitation
whisky"
Because residents of the park dis
tricts of st. Louis complained to the
police of the multiplicity of loving
couples in the parks. Rev. DIR. An
drews OF the Centenary Methodist
church has established what the young
people call a "~spooning parlor" at the
church. All girls and young men of
good repute are welcome TO use the
place for billing and cooling.
A shortage Of upward of $4,000 has
been discovered in the bureau of sup
plies In the general postoflce at Ha-
| vana, OF which Senior Rodriguez, is
chief. Rodriguez has not been seer
for several days. and the secret serv-
ice police have been unable to locate
him.
For the first time since the death of
Russell Sage, which occurred In July,
1906. 1t has become known that the
appraised valuation OF the estate left
by him amounts to the total sum of
$64,155.800. The Inheritance or trans
fer tax amounts to $667.53S.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
NEW LIGHT ON JORDAN CASE.
Woman First Struck on Head anc
Then Strangled to Death.

Boston, Sept. 6.-Evidence throwing
new light on the probable manner in
which Hanorah Jordan OF Somerville,
known on the stage as Irene Shannon,
was killed, was revealed yesterday by
the medical examiners who have been
performing an autopsy on the dismem.
bered body of the wife of Chester S.
Jordan.
Jordan, in his confession, said that
his wife was killed by being knocked
down stairs and that he then cut up
the body and placed it in the trunk In
which it was found by the police.
1t was learned tAat the examination
indicated that Mrs. Jordan met her
death by being struck on the head
with a blunt instrument, possibly a
f%atiron, causing a fracture sufficient
to cause death. Then, it is claimed
she was s~trangled.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
From Other shores.

The London Times states that the
two new steamships of the White Stal
line just laid down at Belfast will be
bigger, but not speedier, than the Lu
s.tania.
The Portuguese chamber Of depu
ties has passed the budget, which es
Inmates the deficit at s2,000,000. Emf
grafton and arbitration treaties with
the United States have been adopted
Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer
who In 1900 started from Chinese Tur
kestan on a journey of exploration to
Tibet, and who was last heard from
in the summer Of 1907, has sent a let
ter to his parents at Stockholm, stat
ing that he and his party are safe and
hat they will arrive at Simla early in
September.
The postponement until 1917 of the
Japanese international exposition
which was to have been held in 1912
has been officially announced. The
postponement is due to economic rea.
sons and to the lack of time to make
proper preparations for the exposi
ton. The date fixed is the fiftieth an
niversary of the accession of the EN-
Peror.
The last Issue of the London Throne
contains an article headed Lord AS
tor which discusses the probability
of William Waldorf Aston being raised
TO the peerage in the not distant fu'
ture. The writer regards the honor
as so imminent that he discusses the
probable title which Mr.. Astor will Sc
lect, suggesting Lord Aston of Give
den or Lord Heiver of Heiver castle,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Accidental Happenings.

In an explosion at the Burton Pow
der company's plant at Quaker Falls,
Pa, four men are reported to have
teen killed.
One nan was killed and three
others seriously hurt at the Bellaire
plant of the Carnegie Steel company
at Wheeling, w. Va.
Penned up alone with an Infatuated
5horthorn bull in a cattle car, William
Calder was gored to death by the
beast near Libertyville. Iowa.
Lucille, aged three years, daughter
as a result of burns received when her
dress became ignited while she vas
playing near the kitchen stove.
John O'Hare, a Rock Island fire.
man. was crushed under his engine at
Oasis, Iowa, and died a few hours
later in a hospital at Cedar Rapids.
He was twenty-eight years old and
single.
Mrs. Mary Wonderlich of Coalburg,
near Youngstown, Ohio, Is in a very
serious condition, resulting from the
explosion of a doughnut. Just what
caused the explosion has not yet been
determined.
Walker Hankins, aged six, was shot
and instantly killed by his ten-year-
old sister at Anderson, Ind. They
found a revolver in a closet and the
girl was toying with the gun when it
was discharged.
William Tate Of Memphis, Tenn,
reached into his pocket for a match to
light a cigar and was mcrtallv wound
ed when a revolver in his pocket was
discharged, the bullet entering his
abdomen.
Il. J.. O'Connor was crushed while
boarding a moving train at Waverly,
Iowa, and the scattered remains of
+. ID. Dobbins were discovered along
the Chicago Great Western track in
Waterloo.
One man was instantly killed, two
we're fatally hurt and six others seri-
pusly injured when a city-bound North
Western train ran down a gang of
workmen employed in track work on
the North side at Chicago.
Arthur Ramsdell. aged t~hirty-five
years, employed at the National Pa.
per Mills company at Tama, Iowa, was
fatally injured in falling from a scat.
fold while working on a building max
ing repairs. He will die.
Morgan Cunningham, fifteen years
old. while 1t bat in a baseball game
between teams organized by employees
Of two Chicago business houses. was
struck over the heart by a pitched
ball and instantly killed.
Apparently fascinated by the roar
of an oncoming train and bewildered
by the shouts OF switchmen and the
warning whistles Of many engines,
Mrs. Mabalina Rabjawitch. twenty-five
years old. stood in front OF a Burling'
ton passenger train at Chicago, and
was instantly killed.
The forest fires that have been
threatening the town Of Atlanta
Mich, are reported to be under con,
troll. A shift Of tho wind and a slight
rain saved the town. Rain has also
shocked the fires in Alpena, Presque
tale and Cheboygan counties.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
Digest Of the News Worth Telling Con-
densed for the Busy
Reader.
At the Capital.

The monthly coinage statement
shows that the total coinage executed
at the minis of the United States dur.
ing August, 1908. aggregated s2,117,.
eco.
The librarian of congress has an
nounced the appointment of Appleton
p. C. Griffin to the position of chief
assistant librarian, made vacant by
the death OF DR.. Ainsworth r. Spot.
ford.
Rear Admiral j. p. Merrell will be
retired on Sept. z on account of age.
He was recently a member of the
joint army and navy board and presi-
dent of the naval war college at New.
port.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
Falls to His Death.
Boiler eursts; One Dead.

New Rockford, N. d., Sept. 6. y
Charles Olmstall. an engineer employ
ed on a ~threshing rig belonging to w.
b. Whitam of New Rockford, was in.
stantly killed and five others were
more or less seriously injured yester-
day by the explosion of an engine
boiler.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
TWENTY POUNDS AT BIRTH.
Herman Babe Said to Be Heaviest
Born in Northwest.

Chippewa Falls, Wis. Sept. 6. -
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. August Bielke,
at Herman, a son which tipped the
beam at twenty pounds. An attempt
will be made to have the father and
mother and the babe exhibited at the
Northern Wisconsin state fair this
month, but whether the fond parents
will agree to such a proposition re.
mains to be seen. Residents of Her
man have raised a purse of 500 t.
support a challenge that the infant II
the heaviest born babe in the North
west.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-09-10
FIRE THREATENS DEADwoop.
Scores of Fir~efishters Pressed Int,
Service.

Deadwood, s. D., Sept. 6.-Withir
half a mile of this city a forest fire
that has all day threatened property
damage to the city has been raging
and has just broken out afresh
Scores of men have been fighting the
flames all day to keep them from
sweeping down the gulch into town
but the fire is spreading. as the coun
try is dry. Forest fires have been re
ported near here within the past few
days. Most of them were started by
carelessness.