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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04

WASHINGTON. Feb f-Pfesl
deaf Roosevelt has seut 20 the
house 81 representatives the re-.
port 81 the special commission Of
investigation into the Goldfield la
bot troubles. "a reply 20 a recent
resolution requiring him 10 do SO.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
ANARCHISTS
IN CHICAGO

10y United Pressl
CHICAGO. Feb. Chief % fu.
lice shippy to-day held a confer
enee with Corporation Counsel
nfundago ON ways aud means To
stamp out the colony Of anarchists
now living In Chicago The chief
declared that the recent events In
Chicago almost duplicated tho
events that lead tap To the Hay
market riots a decade ago. Shinpy
declares that there are az least
SO anarchists here. including some
from the Patterson. y J.. colony,
and some from Germany aud
Kunaia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
OREGON DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SHIP.


PORTLAND. Feb s-~AecordirK
20 special dispatch received here
from Washington. the withdrawal
OF Christian Schuehei from the
contest for confirmation az federal
district attorney can be expected
within q few DAYS. aud the news
that Senator bourne has joined
With Senator Fulton and the bal.
anee % the Oregon delegation In
an attempt 10 select another man.
may 30 expected
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
Mlaon.. p.n.lan slli Passes.

WASHINGTON. Feb. THE
house has with only one vote In
opposition passed the Sullovay bill
granting a flat pension OF tiz
monthly t0 all widows OF honorably
discharged soldiers It's author
said " involved an additional ex.
pendlture 81 ti2.7.1. 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
Maj Subsidy Report.

WASHINGTON. Fob. t-eena
tor GslllnEsr has fayorabiY report.
eli from the committee on com.
meree a Dill increasing the mail
subsidies on steamship lines be
tween the rulted States aud ports
in South America. the Philippines
and Australasia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04

WASHINGTON. Feb. Com.
mander Peary has paid his respects
TO President Roosevelt. I shall
start for the North on another CT.
ploratlon trip the first Of next july.
said Commander resry as he left
the white House.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04

federal commission to investigate
the alleged breaches Of trust and
violations Of law on the part u
the commercial telegraph oumpa
MES during the recent strike u
the teiegraphers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04

In order that the relation be.
tween private industries and public
employment may not be unfricndly
the state should pay less than the
current rate of wages ny the
clearing of loKged.off lands. the ils
'tigatioh OF arid regions. the making
OF roads through areas that are
now inaccessible. the value of state
property would be immensely In.
creased. The value added TO the
state lands by the labor paid for
By the state would make the state
50 rich that taxes. which might
needs be increased for the first
two or three years. might there
after be wholly done away with
Would Bar lneapsbles.
Aliens and ineapahlea would not
be attracted To the state. because
aliens would not be employed. In.
capables could not perform the
supervised work. and only those
who we're unable TO secure employ
ment at higher wages would seek
work Rt the state Industrial posts.
state employment FOR the uncm,
pioycd would be for the moral. so
cisl and physical we'll being OF the
citizens OF the state OF Washing
ton Il would make u possible ia
withhold charity from Migrants,
trnmps and hoboa. and such With.
holding would diminish the number
OF these undesirable inhabitants
Of the state such as should 60.
main could be added 70 the chain.
Eang.
Would Minimize Charity,
The heavy work 81 the charity
organizations would be aimplifisd
by the elimination % the able
bodied unemployed ffum the cnd.
less list Of cases requiring inveHu.
CATION. Misfortune could easily be
met BY corrective and preventive
measures. aad the Generalization
81 the poor would be less immi.
ueut
Just as labor adds value 10 pft.
xato property. Il would add value
to state property aud the common.
wealth Of Washington would be
enormously enfiehed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
Senate Expresses Regrets.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. - The
senate today unanimously passed a
resolution expressing regret over
the assassination OF the King and
Grown Prince OF Portugal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
To Inxss,Iaa,e Wire Companies.

WASHINGTON. Feb. Repre-
sentative Carey. Of Wisconsin. has
Introduced a resolution IN the
house for the appointment Of a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04

fee demanded at the elts hall and
when the cnmptroiieF refused "a
enter the ticket. threatened
mandamah proceedings ia The
courts.
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prues Sui, plsrnlsssd.

LONDON. Feb Almost tho
last prop was knocked from under
the bruce myth when the master
in ehaueery dismissed G. II. Druces
civil suit for the possession Of the
estate II the late Duke Of Port.
land The attorney for bruce ap
peaied the case and the appeal was
allowed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04

Tho Washington Fire has already
paid out $500 900 In losses without
qnihble or delay. sss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
cHILpREn's CAPS, Zoe.

About 200 in all. Regular
prices 75c and see. You will
find these in the Millinery DE.
partment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
WALKING SKIRTS, osc.

Only rs to sell. The regular
prices have been $500. 81 30 and
1900 They won't last long
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
LACE CURTAINS.

$50 pairs White and Cream
Nottingham Lace Curtains re-
duced from soc 10 500 a pair.
and a fine Brass Extension Rod
for hanging them free Of charge
with each pair.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
SUITS REDUCED TWO
THIRDS.

In other words. you only pay
one-thlrd OF the regular price.
The regular prices we're tl2.5O.
1880. $500 and $3.50. last
years styles, but good solid ma.
terials that will give the best OF
satisfaction. Only 20 TO sell at
this price.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-02-04
HARDWARE ODDS AM -
Arr VIGOROUSLY gsH

Take a look absss u.
and see " these ihIna. \. =
ed. " 90, buy ns4' 49,. =
car save this way: :
&c Van Depsen 6aEs D..
70 ..,...+ 800. !.
Tie Scrub Brushes ID
back. cut 70
l5c Best Gray Easm.l.a'
Basins, cut 20
soc Best Gray Ensm.... !!
Pots. cut to y
a9c Best Gray Rnam.... 4
keitlea. cut 10
51e Best Gray Enamsles I.
Pudding Pans. cut o \,
Csc Gray Enamsles
Pans, cut 70 -.
Joe NeyersIiD Can 0v4. 4
20 trss+ss ..... NJ
Bssemsnt--Ths Ben s...
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

and silver and cakes. The cannibals
crowded round in the widest excite
ment. They were all unclothed, with
a. good deal of paint and feathers, and
had bows and spears and stone axes.
They seemed frightened at the tea
ceremonial, evidently thinking it was
some piece of magic, which they be-
lieve in greatly. We went back to
the ship quite peacefully and after
ward the governor Judge Murray
went ashore again and brought off the
bones Of Chalmers, the missionary.
When We were on shore, we asked
the people, through interpreters, how
they cooked their cannibal food, and
they said with native sage, and showed
us some in rolls. Told by the gov
ernor that they must give up these
practices, they said it would be hard
to do so, for human flesh tasted much
better than pork or dog.
II was down at Thursday Island last
week, and went down in a divers
dress among the pearl shell beds. The
place swarms with sharks and alli-
gators, but l was told they could be
scared of by loosening the wrist of
the dress so as to let some air out,
so CHANGED it, and came up all right,
after a good walk at the bottom of
a coral reef"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Dispenser Of Kisses.

A Frenchman, who apparently has
been amusing himself by reckoning
up the number of kisses he has given
his wife during the first 20 years Of
his married life.
He finds that in the first year hs
dispensed about 100 kisses a day, or
say, allowing for birthdays and legal
and church holidays, about $500 In
the year.
In the second year this number was
reduced by half, and in the third
year to ten day, while in the fifth
year his better half had to be content
with two day, one in the morning
and one in the evening.
What happened after the fifth year
is wrapped in mystery" but at the
same rate of progression" he prob
ably arrived eventually at one kiss on
the first Of January every leap year.
Chicago American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
TRUE COURAGE.
Dying Surgeon on Battlefield Minis
tiers to Wounded Soldier.

Persons who glorify military opera
tons do not always stop to think that
they could scarcely be undertaken
without the aid of the medical staff.
Here are men who must be consulted
at every turn: who constantly suffer
toll and anxiety in order to keep the
troops at their fighting best, and who,
in the day of action, risk their lives
as truly as if they were heading a COL
Gmn. Blackwoods tells the story Of
an English surgeon who was MORALLY
wounded at Majuba hill, and who yet
performed an act worthy to be mated
with that of Sir Philip Sidney on the
field of Zutphen.
The agony of death was closing in
upon him. He had succumbed to his
own hurt and weakness, but just at
that moment he heard a wounded man
shrieking in an extremity of pain.
That was enough, and he crawled to
the spot where the soldier lay, gave
him an injection of morphine and
died.
During the Ashanti war in 1874, the
English force was holly engaged at
Amoaful, and one regiment was gal
lantly making its way through the
bush. Several men had fallen and
every surgeon connected with the
fighting line was fully occupied, when
suddenly two Highlanders appeared,
bearing between them a gallant old
| officer who had been shot in the neck.
The arterial blood was squirting like a
fountain from the wound, and the
principal medical officer at once recog-
nized the danger of the case.
IF that man is not attended to-"
said he coolly, he will be dead in five
minutes"
And though they were at the mo-
merit In an open space exposed to al
most inevitable death, he stopped
short anu applied himself to his task.
He extemporiZed a support for the
poor fellows head and laid him down.
Then, while the ugly "phit! phit!" of
bullets sounded about them, he tied
the carotid artery with as steady a
hand and as mistaken nerve as if he
had been in an operating room.
One brave man had done his duty
with the simplicity of true heroism,
and another brave man had been saved
for the service of his country
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SPENDS NIGHT OF TERROR,
Aged and Thinly Clad Woman Wan.
ders Into Mountain Wilds.

Freeland, Pa.-A terrible experience
fell to the lot of Mrs. John Klinger, an
aged Freeland woman, who wandered
from her home during a driving rain
storm the other evening and spent the
night in the mountains
A rescuing party, headed by Burgess
Hartman, on horseback, followed the
footpaths and main roads, and two
members of the state constabulary
joined the search. The weather was
cold and wet, and when the woman
disappeared she wore only a light
shawl over her house dress. The
search was continued all night without
finding the woman, who, it was then
feared, had fallen into mine cave.
At eight o'clock in the morning the
ten-year-old grandson of Mrs. Klinger
left his home in Jeddo to attend Sun
day school at Freeland. He had no
knowledge of his relatives disappear.
ance and was astonished to find her
tottering on the railroad tracks near
Drifton. She was then so far ex-
hausted that a physician had to be
summoned and she was conveyed to
her home, where she now lies In a
critical condition.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
BRAVE IRISH Girl
VISITS cAhN|BALS
MISS BEATRICE GRIMSHAW, WHO
WRITES NOVELS, CALLS ON
NATIVES OF GOARI.BARI.
ARE FOND OF HUMAN FLESH
Declare It Tastes Much Better Than
Pork or Dog-Human Bodies
Left in Branches of Trees
to Decay.

London.-From letter just re-
ceived in this city from that adven-
ture-loving Irish girl, Beatrice Grim
shaw, who writes stories of the South
Seas, it appears that she has been
enjoying herself in her own peculiar
way in and around New Guinea, which
is to be the scene of the novel she is
dated from the Gulf of Papua is, in
part, as follows:
DAY before yesterday We called at
Goari-Bari, a notorious place, where
Chalmers, the famous missionary, was
eaten in 1902, and where a terrible
fracas with natives occurred in 1904,
resulting not long afterward In the
suicide of Gov. Robinson 1t is an
island close to the mainland. Few
white people have been there, and
most of them were eaten-no one has
ever stopped night, and no white
woman was ever there before myself.
| The governor, a friend of his, Col. An
till, two missionaries, the governors
secretary, myself and six armed police
from Port Moresby (natives) were the
landing party. The natives were ex-
tremely excited and jumpy; nervous,
| one would say. They received us quiet
ly enough, and accepted presents of
beads, etc., but when l and two 9th
ers were in one of the houses, they
came and held up a joint of cooked
human flesh before me, laughing 1t
looked horrid and smelt worse. I
think it was ribs.
There was also canoe full of
skulls in the river, and many skulls in
the houses. We were not attacked,
however, and we walked all through
the village, saw general family
sleeping house 100 yards long, divided
into numberless compartments (the
fiat system, evidently)-hu bodies
laid out in the branches Of trees to
decay, which Is their method of bur-
lal, and some strange images.
I'VE stayed all afternoon, and made
our boys make afternoon tea for us in
the middle of the village; nice china
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
In the Same Boat.

I'VE get some sad cases." said the
attendant at the Lumpton lunatio
asylum to the interested visitor, and
opened the door of the first cell.
Inside was man sitting on three
legged stool, gazing vacantly at the
wall.
His is an unhappy story" said tbs
attendant. HE was in love with q
girl, but she married another man.
and he lost his reason from grief"
They stole out softly, closing the
door behind them, and proceeded to
the next inmate.
This cell was thickly padded, and
the man within was stark. staring
mad
"Who is this?" inquired the visitor.
"This?" repeated the attendant.
This is the other man!"-Tatler.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

his enlisted men and associate of.
ficerS, are cited as the cause of the
displeasure of the war department Off
Gals and Of the president toward Col.
Stewart
The officials do not disguise their wish
to get him out of the army, yet they
admit that the end could not be at
tanned through court-martial. So
they have adopted the plan assigning
him to duty where there is no duty
and in the most unpleasant surround.
ings to be found
Col. Stewart is determined to serve
his full time in the active service, of
which he has three years remaining.
He, therefore, has avoided commit
ting any breach of regulations. When
ordered to the abandoned post at Fort
Grant, AriZ., he obeyed and immolat-
ed himself in the desert.
When ordered to the other aban-
doned post at St. Augustine, Fla.
thither he went. He was then ordered
back to Fort Grant.
Senator Rayner has looked up the
precedents and finds that the case
presents violations of American law
unparalleled in time of peace.
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to be left alone with the body for a
moment. He bent over his wife to
kiss her for the last time. The cheek
on which his lips rested was warm.
His wife was alive.
The man, dazed with joy and Won
der sent at once for a doctor, who
confirmed his hopes. The doctor or
dered her to be removed at once to
the hospital. Her condition rapidly
improved and she is now we'll on the
way to recovery.
The wOman's story of her expert
ence during the trance is extraordi-
nary.
Il knew everything which was 60
ing on around me-" she said, but I
could not move. l could not even
speak when 1 saw that they thought
was dead"
Even when she was put in her coffin
and it seemed almost certain that she
would be buried alive she was unable
to utter a word to save herself. She
could not even speak to her husband
as he bent over her.
Only the touch of his lips on her
cheek saved her.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Rats Attack Two Babies.

Philadelphia.-Rats attacked Mamie
and 1ssie Jafin, babies, as they lay
asleep at their home on South Second
street early the other morning and
bit them so badly that they were
taken to the hospital. NAMES foot
and hand were lacerated and Issie' s
nose was injured.
The children were in a back room
on the second floor of their house. Ma
ME was in a crib and Issie in a 60
cart. The rats got in through a pipe
hole.
Louis Jaffin, the father, was awak-
ened by the screams of the children.
He sprang out of bed and ran to their
room, expecting to find it ablaze. In
stead he saw several rats attacking
the little ones, who were doing their
best to fight them of. Jaffin picked
up the children and ran with them
to the hospital, where their wounds
were cauterized.
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preferred to limp, as he has done,
that leg for As years rather than
utilize a wooden limb. Another charm
in the book was a peep behind the
scenes which it gave to the reader. AS
commanding officer of the Yorktown
the author remained in CHILEAN waters
throughout the uncertain period fol-
lowing the Baltimore incident at VAL
paraisO. Here his role was diplomacy,
placating the Chilians, but permitting
them to see that the Yorktown meant
business if trouble came This was
successful service, and when the next
ticklish job came along, the Boring
sea sealing dispute, which also
brought a war cloud. Commander
Evans was senior officer present in
the North Pacific.
He did we'll. His reputation was
made and the path laid clear before
him for command of the crack ar
mored cruiser New York, which went
to Europe and gave him opportunity.
which he improved. to become the
friend of the emperor of Germany
After that he commanded the Indiana
and at Santiago the Iowa. A gift for
epigram had enabled "Fighting Bob"
to epitomize certain situations in a
manner which the public approved.
His remark that in a certain contin-
gency he would have made Spanish
the court language Of hades" brought
him no little popularity with the coun-
try at large.
Near the close of 1908, when the
secession of Panama had raised a
great rumpus in South America, Rear
Admiral Evans was ordered to pro-
coed to Honolulu, which he did at an
average of more than Is knots for the
battleships, the oldest Of which was
the Oregon
This was most creditable perform
ance. A year later Rear Admiral
Evans returned home. expecting duty
on the lighthouse board, but Presi.
dent Roosevelt personally requested
him to take command of the Atlantic
fleet. He did so in March, 1905. It
then consisted of six battleships. It
now has IS.
The Atlantic fleet had gone through
period of uncertain policy. Under
Rear Admiral Higginson there were
complaints that the men did not get
enough liberty or privileges, and it is
a fact that assertions were numerous
and re-enlistments few. Rear Admiral
Barker filled in between the Higgin.
son and Evans commands The latter
brought with him as chief of staff.
Capt. J. E. Pillsbury, and the two took
hold Of the fleet with firm grip. The
men were promptly given as much
liberty as possible, athletics of every
description were encouraged, baseball
and football leagues formed, regular
schedules for boxing championships
arranged in all classes, and rowing
races were regularly held.
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Bow Laid Low bv Roost.r

Pottsville, Pa.-Charles, the three.
year-old son of Lincoln Horn of Don
aldson, was attacked by game
rooster and so badly injured that he
lies in critical condition.
Little Charles was taken into the
chicken yard by an older brother,
while the latter fed the fowls.
The game bird attacked the boy with
his wings and beak and knocked him
down, inf1icting deep scalp wound,
and then the rooster repeatedly
plunged his spurs into the child's
cheeks and face so that the little
ones life is despaired of.
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EVANS GREAT WORK
ENVlABLE RECORD OF REAR A0
MiRAl. IN THE NAVY.
includes Service in Two Wars and
Two "Near Retirement
Due to Wound Received in
the Civil War.

San Francisco. - Rear Admiral
Evans two starred flag futtered down
from the main of the Connecticut in
the bay here recently. In three months
he will retire from the active list and
will then be able to look back on
record which includes service in two
wars, the civil and the Spanish-Ameri
can; two near wars" the Gillian i'm
broglio and the Bering sea sealing dis
pute; command of two fleets, the
Asiatic and Atlantic, and accomplish
ment of the transfer of the latter force
from the Atlantic to the Pacific via
Magellan in the longest cruise ever at
tempted by a command of such size.
AS flag officer he has had the most
important sea command during the
period that the new battleships were
organized into fleet and brought the
new system of target practice to its
present high stage of efficiency. He
brings his service ahoat to a close
now because OF i'll health, which is par
TALLY due to the wound with which he
began his conspicuous career at Fort
Fisher in the civil war.
His life at the naval academy was
an entertaining account of study, dis
cipline and occasional escapades, cut
short by the civil war, which called
the midshipmen into active service
Then came the landing party at Fort
Fisher, when Ensign Evans was shot
in the leg and lay for hours on the
sand dunes. He was sent to naval
hospital, where a surgeon determined
to amputate his leg, and was only dis
suaded by revolver in the hands Of
bis equally determined patient, Who
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
KISS SAVES WOMAN
FROM LIVING BURIAL
Is ABOUT TO BE INFERRED WHEN
LAST CARESs PREVENTS
TRAGEDY.

Lo1don-A woman named Mrs
Carton Of Tonbridge has been through
one of the mos. terrible ordeals ever
known.
She fell into a trance after a short
illness and was placed in a coffin in
the belief that she was dead.
She lay silent, unable to move or
speak, while preparations for her
funeral were going on all around her
Mrs. Cartons husband, who is an
engine cleaner, was distracted with
grief when, a few days ago, he found
her apparently dead after few days
Illness
All arrangements were made for the
funeral; a coffin was brought and the
woman was laid in it.
Then, just as the coffin was about
to be screwed down. Mr.. Carton asked
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Overdoino 4 Fad.

Mrs. Graham is an estimable lady
whose hobby is house decoration. One
day the lady was careless enough to
drink glass of red ink, believing it
to be claret. She was good deal
scared when she discovered her mis-.
take, but no harm came to her. The
doctor who was summoned. upon hear
ing what had happened, dryly re-.
marked to her: Mrs. Graham, there's
such thing as pushing this rage for
decorating interiors too far"