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The Washington times., 1908-11-03
GOES OVER NIAGARA
FALLS TO HIS DEATH

NIAGARA FALLS. Nov. 3.-Charles
a. Hengerer. Of Buffalo. leaped into
the upper rapids He placed his over
coat on a bench before pIunging into
the river The swift current caught
his body, and the next instant the
Buffalo business man was being swept
toward the brink of the American fails.
so feet below.
Edward King. a tourist Of Maiden,
Mass, was not far away and saw the
man approach the river and make the
leap TO death. King watched the body
pass down the river and over the falls.
An examination of the pockets Of the
Overcoat gave a clue 70 the mans iden-
tity, for a business card of a Buffalo
house contained his name. Friends Of
the man were notified and they hurried
TO the office Of the reservation superin-
tendent 10 identify the garment left be
hind. Dependency is the cause sscrib-
ed for his death.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03

vsy the word of God 10 the gypsies
They have been outside Of your calcu-
lations. They have their sins. They
swear drink, and pilfer q little, bus
you never heard Of 2 gypsy rObbing
bank or reoUganizing one. And you
never heard of gypsy divorce, and We
nave no Bible"
The evangelist prefaced his address
by expressing his thanks to all who
have assisted him IN his services. men
tionipg the choir, under the leadership
OF Percy Foster the ministers and lay
men Of the city policemen, and hremen.
At tie close of his lecture Commission
or mcfarland said q few words eX-
pTessive Of well wishes of the people -
the District. Gypsy Smith will leave
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
REMIT FINE AS REWARD.

In view OF his services iE alresting
James Davis, Colored. charged with
highway robbery. housebreaIiit.g and
assault the Commissioners. upon recs
ommeudation Of the Superintendent of
Police, have RENTED S45 of a fine. i'm
posed upon Private =. I. Greer. of the
Ninth precinct Greer was fined $50 for
a violation OF the rules of the depart
ment.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
TICKET 80 YEARS OLD
HONORED By RAILROAD
Pennsylvania Conductor Accepts
PaSteboard Issued in
1869.
1869.

PITTSBURG, Nov. IA railroad
ticket issued in 1863 was rendered by
a passenger TO the conductor Of a
Pennsylvania railroad train leaving
Pittsburg for the East last night. The
ticket was issued by the Louisville and
Lexington Tor Mexican) railroad, and
read: Good for one hrst-class passage
between Cincinnati and Washington,
u. c." It was 50 worn with age that
difficulty was experienced in deciphering
the name Of the railroad.
The conductor telegraphed 70 the su-
perlntendent Of passenger transpOrta-
ton at Philadelphia for Instructions
and was advised TO honor the ticket,
which when turned over to the COM
pany will be placed as a relic
Don't forget MAIN 74OO-The Times
election service phone number.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
FLAMES THREATEN
HOTEL GUESTS LIVES
Famous Old Monongahela
House in PjttSburg En-
dangered by a Fire.

PITTSBURG, Nov. 3.-The lives Of 800
guests Of the famous old Monongahela
house We're threatened, and several
business houses were badly damaged in
a hre here early today, entaiIlng a loss
estimated at $4,000.
The FIRE started in the junk ware
house and spread rapidly to the busi-
ness houses of w. II. Holmes q Co,
wholesale liquor dealers: Somers. Filler.
and Todd Company. machinery sup
piles. and G. h. Hotting and Sons,
grain and feed. AT The first alarm the
guests rushed hurriedly from cheir
rooms scantily clad. after an hour S
work the hremen succeeded In getting
the flames under control.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
EXHIBITS GREAT NERVE.

SELINSGROVE. Pa. Nov. S.-De-
iirious, his skull fractured and pene-
trated by the pointed butt of a heavy
limb of the tree which he was alone
TO fell, Noah Brous, seventy
three years old. of RrotzevilIe Snyder
county, today exhibited remarkable
nerve by staggering from the mountain
70 his home, two miles distant
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25
MODERN ENOCH ARDEN
HAS WIFE ARRESTED

Akron ,O.-John c. Morris. until
four years ago a resident of Akron
returned to the city two months age
as a modern EnOch Arden and later
had his former wife, Carrie B. Nor
ris, locked up on a charge of bigamy
He alleges that she is the wife also
Of Arvid Segerlund, a workman in
the cereal mills here.
Morris, who is a farmer, was mar
ried at Philadelphia, March 81, 1898,
to Carrie B. Swartzel, and moved to
this city not long afterward. Their
married life was not the happiest.
Four years ago he went to Wilton,
North Dakota. firing after a while
of his western home, he returned to
this city and hunted for his wife Be-
fore he had gone far he found that
his wife had been granted a license
as Carrie B. Swartzel to marry Arvid
1t was claimed in the IL
cence that she had never been mar
ried before.
Mrs. Morris pleaded not guilty to
the bigamy charge and was bound
over to the grand jury. She spent the
day in the city prison.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25
MARS WILL DISAPPEAR
WHEN MILLENNIUM COMES

Baltimore.-Major General J..
Franklin Bell, chief of staff, United
States army, who was the principal
speaker at the annual banquet of the
North Carolina society, declared that
the millennium and the substitution
OF arbitration for war would be coin
cident. and that the latter would put
a block upon the wheels of human
progress
He said that since the war with
Spain this had ceased to be an isolated
nation, and he urged American states
men to give due consideration to our
external affairs and to see to it that
future generations shall find them
selves we'll protected in the matter Of
national defense and prepared for the
war to trade that he asserted is in
evitable in the future of this country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25
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The first days in the streets o. Lon
don bring so many impressions that
1t is as confusing to remember them
as to recall, in their proper order, the
changes of a kaleidoscope. It is ap-
parent that the men are heavier here
than with us, apparent too. that this
is land of men, ruled by men, obe-
dent TO the ways and comforts and
prejudices Of men. not women. Here
the male bird has the brilliant plum
age. The best of them, as one sees
them in Piccadilly, in Bond street, in
ST. James street, in the clubs. in the
park Of a Sunday after church, are
fine looking fellows, we'll set up, and
scrupulously we'll groomed and turn
ed out. But the womeni What hats,
what clothes. what shoes, what col
ors. what amorphous figures! One
hears Of English economies; evident
ly they begin with the dressmaker's
bill Who permits that nice-looking
girl to wear a white flannel skirt,
purple jacket, and a fur hat with
bunch Of small feathers sticking out
OF It at right angles, Here Is an
other with an embroidered linen coat,
and a bit Of ermine fur, and a straw
hat with flowers on It! The grotesque
costumes of the women would make
one stop to stare were it not that they
are so common one ceases at last to
notice them. But their taste in dress
i3 nothing new. When Queen Vic
toria came to the throne their taste
less vagaries Of custom were notice.
able. A well-dressed lady is de-
scribed as wearing, in those days, "a
blue satin robe, black-violet mantlet
lined with blue satin, and trimmed
with black lace, and an emerald
green hat trimmed with blonde and
roses, as well as ribbon and feathers'
The compilations Of the English |
have often been exploited for our
benefit The damp climate and the
exercise out-of-doors produce the red, !
they say But on examination 1t |
proves 10 be not the red Of the rose, |
but the red of raw beef, and often
streaky and fibrous at that. The
features are large and the face high
colored, but 1t is not a delicate pink.
& Is a coarse red. At a distance, the
effect is charming. bright refresh
ing, but close to, often rather un-
pleas. Here the features Of the
women, even the features Of the
beautiful women, are nodded; while
the features Of our beautiful Ameri-
can women are chlseled.-From
England and the English from an
American Point Of View-First I'm
pressions," in the January Scribner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 22.-Young
ladies. If you would be happy though
married, wed bashful man. II he
acquires case of suffering tongue
and cold feet when in your presence.
so much the better. If he bushes. it
is almost certain that he will make n
desirable worser half. 1t may be diff
ficult to lead to the point where he
will blurt out the fatal question. but
! the game is well worth the candle.
| The bashful man is the first prize in
the matrimonial lottery He is al
most certainly innocent and unso-
phisticated, and easily trained in the
way husbands should go.
Beware of the forward. brazen man
1t is cinch that he knows a lot that
he shouldn't know, and it will be al,
most impossible to make him over
into a domesticated, faithful animal
who will eat from your hand. So de-
clares in effect the Rev. ]. L. Thomp-
son, pastor of the Forest Avenue
Christian church, who has lust been
marriage. Says the Rev. Mr. Thomp-
son:
The bashful man Is to be preferred
above all others for matrimony. He
Is not girl-spoiled. Next to being a
bad man or fool, to be a girl-spoiled I
man is most detestable Bashfulness !
is a proof of simplicity of character. /.
a thing most desirable in a husband. .
DO not marry featherhead man
nor a man who cannot support a fam
ily. As to the question of how much +.
money a man should be earning, it
depends on individual circumstances.
but unless you are sure your husband II
can support you comfortably, it is
better to remain in single blessedness. Il
Il pray for an age of utility and Il
sense when we can think |
seriously about these things and act |
visely-for an age when young
women will demand the same integ-
rity and virtue from men that is de-
manded of them"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering It through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from repu-
table physicians, as the damage they will
do is ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co, To
ledo, o., contains no mercury, and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken internally and
made In Toledo, Ohio, by f. ]. Cheney l.
Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by all druggists. Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa
ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25
FINDS PEARL IN OYSTER:
BYSTANDER STEALS 1T

Philadelphia. Pat is certainly
little satisfaction to find a pearl valu-
ed at 5000 in ones oysters on the
half shell and then, while ones
friends are admiring it, 70 nave it
snatched by cOlored man and see It
vanish. Charles Hartman, Of 174S
Van Pelt street, says that he would
rather never have found the pearl
than 10 have It disappear in that way.
Hartman had been eating some
oysters in the restaurant Of his friend,
William Schaeffer, near Fifteenth
street and Ridge avenue, when he dis
covered the pearl He called 10
schaeffer the restaurant keeper en-
Unused over H. Everybody else drew
near. and II was generally agreed that
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25
ALLEGES STOLEN KISS
GAVE HER DYSPEPSIA

Huntington, w. Va.-Miss Eulia
Johnson. a stenographer, brought suit
against C. c. Ricketts,, a wealthy mer-
chant, for $4,000 because the latter,
so she alleges, slipped his arm about
her waist and stole a kiss. At the
trial the woman alleged that she had
nervous dyspepsia for eight months
as a result. She was awarded a YER
dict Of 1850.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25

the pearl was worth $500. Then
colored man on the outskirts of the
little group thrust his hand over an
other mans shoulder and grabbed the
pearl. He went out of the restaurant
on a rum
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25
Good Business Opportunity.

For Sale-Hotel and Millinery Store
at Helix, Ore. Hotel has just been
renovated throughout. Doing good
business. Good reasons for selling.
Inquire of Mrs. Frank Myers, Helix,
Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25

You may know how much man is
really worth by seeing how much he
puts in after singing, Here, Lord, 1
give myself away"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25
BASHFUL MAN
BEST HUSBAND
PREACHER TELLS GIRLS
WHAT MAN TO TAKE

Tells Them "IIow 10 BE Happy
Though MaITied''-Hard to Train n
Forward Brazen Man So That He
Will BE Domesticated and Eat from
the Hand-Tells Them TO Beware of
tho Girl-Spoiled Man.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25
SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR
JOB GOES A-BEGGING

Philadelphia.-There is no light for
Paulsboro. The gas plant is complet-
ed, but the council, which has under
taken the task Of finding a man to
take charge of the plant at a salary
Of $500 year. has been unsuccessful.
The place has been offered to every
man in the village, with no takers.
Besides taking full charge of the
plant, the new superintendent must
keep six miles of street lights in re-
pair.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25

No religion has much power over
us that does not make some great ap-
peal to us.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-23
foReERIEs ExCEED $500, ooc
Van VlIssInsen Didn't Tell Of Hal
His Crimes.

Chicago, Nov. 2i.-After an examina
ton of the various documents in the
Office of Peter Van Vlissingen, con
victed forger of mortgages, notes ant
trust deeds, William C. Nlblack, vice
president of the Chicago Title ant
Tmlst Co., receiver for the Van Vlissin
gen properties, declared Friday thai
the forgeries amount to 81 ,539,423.
Only a thorough examination of al
the papers, which include loan mum
bers 2,016 to 3,244 inclusive, will dis
close to the receiver and the creditors
how many have been taken up by Var
Vlissingen, who Is now a convict ir
the broom shop in the Joliet peniten
tiary '' Ft agigf,
Since Van Vllssingen's confession o.
guilt which startled the business worlc
and preceded his sentence only few
hours. Van Vlissingen has repeatedly
asserted that $750,000 would cover the
forged paper which he sold. hur
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-23
JUDGE GRANTS
AN INJUNCTION
IT ls CHARGED THE BELL CON-
PANY is BUYING INDEPeN.
DENT EXCHANGES.
CONTROL MANY COMPANIES
A Complete History Of the Bell Organ.
lzation, Including Financial
Transactions and Issue
Of Stock is Given.

Toledo, O., Nov. 23.-United States
Judge Taylor Saturday granted an in.
junction against the American Tele.
phone q Telegraph Co, BELL long.
distance system) and the Central
Union Telephone Co., BELL company
operating in Ohio, Indiana and iii
nois) restraining them from interfer-
ing with the business of the indepen-
dent companies operating those and
adjoining states.
The injunction was granted at
Cleveland upon the application OF
Clarence Brown, general counsel, and
James S. Bailey jr., president OF the
United States Telephone Co., which is
the independent long distance tele.
phone company operating in Ohio and
adjoining states, IN a suit brought by
that company.
II Is charged the Bell Is pursuing the
policy of buying Independent ex-
changes or selling Bell exchanges,
where there are competing companies
and In some instances absorbing indie
pendent companies, by merger and
consolidation, or division of territory
so as to eliminate competition and es.
tablish a complete Bell control. This
Is said to be in violation not only OF
the Sherman antitrust law. but also of
the laws of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
other states in which the companies
operate, This policy is said TO be
shown by the official reports Of the of.
flcers and directors of the Bell com.
pany, to their stockholders.
The bill also charges that instead of
using their enormous profits to de.
velop the business, they used them in
paying exorbitant dividends, and in ac.
quiring control of competitive proper.
ties In order to suppress competition.
They are charged with issuing many
times the original cost of the stock I'm
stock dividends, and paying at times
lS per cent. year In dividends H
A complete history of the Bell or,
ganization, from 1878 down to the
present, including their financial trans.
actions and issue of stock, is given. II
appears, from the bill. that the original
value placed upon the Bell patents In
1878, was 100000. In 1879 this was
increased to s65OOOO. A year later,
the value OF the same property, as rep.
resented by the capital stock, was In.
creased from SS5O,OOO to SO, $50 900, or
nearly 500 for /.
In 1900 the capital stock had been
increased to S25,OOO,OOO and in April
OF that year the present American
Telephone g. Telegraph Co. took over
the Bell patents from the old company
and Issued two shares of its stock for
each share Of the old stock.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-23
TELEeRAPHIc BREWTlES.

W. ]. Bryan and wife arrived In
Monterey Sunday They have already
been the recipients of much attention
and several entertainments have been
arranged in their honor.
White Plains, called the birthplace
Of New York state and rich with his
toric lore and surroundings, celebrated
the 225th anniversary of its purchase
from the Indians Saturday with elabor-
ate exercises.
An invitation was Saturday extend.
ed President-elect Taft to visit New
Orleans in the event of his making a
trip to Cuba next February to witness
the Inauguration of the islands new
government.
At the final session OF the national
grange, patrons Of husbandry, held at
Washington, a resolution was adopted
by the delegates lauding Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson for his services In
the department
Col Patterson, the author OF Man
Eaters of Tsayo," Is a guest at the
White House lie has related to the
president some OF the experiences told
in the book OF his own adventures in
Mombassa, Africa, which the presi.
dent will visit during his hunting trip.
One hundred residents OF Chicago
who are lineal descendants of the
small band of pilgrims who came to
America ON the Mayiower in 1920,
gathered Saturday night at the Union
league for their 18th annual reunion.
II was the 2SSth anniversary of the
signing of the compact on board the
Maytiower
In obse ryance of the 20Oth ami
versary of the granting by Queen
Anne of England of the first charter Of
Annapolis, Nd, three days celebra,
tion was begun here Saturday with
historical exercises at the state house.
The chief event will take place to-day
when the cornerstone of memorial
fountain will be laid
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-23
viii Convene at Denver.

Denver, Nov. 23.-Two national la.
Dor bodies, adjuncts to the American
Federation OF Labor, which closed Its
annual convention Saturday, will con.
yene In Denver to-day. These two or
ganizations represent more than mil.
lion men, the building trades and the
railroad employees departments, the
latter an organization of 100000 men
formed In Denver last Saturday. The
building trades department will repre-
sent 100000 men, and the first session
VIII be called to order by President
Kirby OF Chicago, leader in the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-23
BUSINESS BULLETIN.
Gains are Almost Universal, Each
Week Surprising Its Predecessor. q

New York, Nov. 2l.--R. G. Dun
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Gains are now almost universal, eact
week surprising its predecessor II
volume OF trade. while manufacturing
plants increase active capacity, anc
confidence is finding expression in ex
tensiye plans for the future. At many
points seasonable weather has stim
ulated demand for winter goods, anc
there is a gratifying change for the
better In regard to the promptness o.
collections. Some sections are back
ward, however, either because the TEN
perature continues too high, or on ac
count of the failure to market crops
promptly. Frequent evidences of de
pleted stocks In the hands of dealer,
are noted, especially when shipping de
partments work overtime In order tt
make sufficiently prompt deliveries.
Moderate advances In prices of pis
iron and coke indicate the trend 0.
conditions In the steel industry. Besse
mer pig has risen to SIG at. vale,
furnaces. which is still $4 below TIL,
position at this time last year. One o.
the best features is the disposition Il
contract for requirements up to July
1909. ft no.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-23
cows DISCOVERED AFFECTED
Cattle and sheep Ordered Killed by
state Health Inspectors.

Philadelphia, Nov. 23.--The first cat
tie in this city found to be suffering
from aphthous fever. or hoof and
mouth disease, were located Saturday
through the department Of health and
charities Inspectors learned that four
cattle had been shipped from an IN
fected district near Norristown. Mont
gomery county, to Jacob Haesler, a
dairyman in the northern section Of
the city. When an investigation was
made II was found that cows were suf-
ferlng from the fever. They were in a
pen with Is others and as matter of
precaution the department killed the
entire herd, confscated a large guam.
tity OF milk and disinfected the barns,
pen and milk house and quarantlned'
the place.
A report that reached DR.. Leonard
Pearson. the state veterinarian, in
which II was stated that eight cattle
had been shipped from an infected
district to a slaughter house in the
lower section of the city, caused the
inspectors to also quarantine that
place and ordered the destruction OF
the eight cows which had been re.
ceived and also 1876 sheep which were
in the yards with them. The animals
will be slaughtered to-day.
DR.. Herbert Fox chief of the labra-
tory of the state department of health,
was sent to Danville last week to
examine seven children who were sup
posed to have contracted the cattle
disease, said Sunday at his home In
this city that there need be little fear
OF the fever becoming epidemic
among humans. or the seven cases he
examined he said but one was severe,
and that while II may have been a
case Of aphthous fever, there was moth.
ing to prove conclusively that such
was the case
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-23
Claims Mrs. GUINNESS is Alive.

Laporte, Ind, Nov. 2S.Attorney
Worden, who is defending Ray Lam.
phere now on trial for the murder of
Mrs. Guinness and her three children,
Sunday night made public a letter
which was received from Chicago Sun
day by his law partner, Mayor Lemuel
Darrow. The writer, whose full name
and address are withheld by Mr.. Wor.
den, says he knows that Mrs. Guinness
is alive. as he had a letter from her
five days ago, and says that he was
the man who accompanied her to the
Guinness farm on July 8, the date on
which d, NJ. Hutson and his daugh.
ters say they saw Mrs. Guinness and a
man drive away in q buggy The let.
ter says that Mrs. Guinness set fire to
the house with slow match after the
house was saturated with coal oil She
poisoned the children beforehand, the
writer says. 'oa
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-23
ONO postmasters to oraanIze.

Columbus, o., Nov. 2S.--It is prob.
able that within a few weeks a pre-.
liminary meeting of the assistant post
masters of Ohio will be called In this
city by Frank Leonard, assistant post
master at the Columbus office. The
national convention OF the assistant
postmasters was held at Washington
last week and Ohio was not repre-
sented. An effort was made several
weeks ago, in anticipation OF the con-
vention, to get assistants together and
to form an association, but on account
of circumstances which prevented sew
eral from being present, the meeting
was postponed