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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-07

f. a. ROGERS -ArShitect and build
er. Estimates given on all kinds of
building and rebair work. office,
store and bankf fixtures, screen
and door work. office and shop at
South B street. Wenatchee.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.
State Officers.


GENERAL DIRECTORY.
y State Officers.
Governor ......... Albert e. Mead
L,eut.-Governor -. &C. Z. Coon
A.torney-General :. ]. D. Atkinson
Auditor &C. W. Clausen
Secretary of State ...S. H. Nichols
Treasurer George Mills
Land Commissioner e. w. Ross
School Superintendent. r.. B. Bryan
Supreme Judges
H. E. Hadley, R. o. Dunbar, W..
Mount, Mark A. Fullerton. F..
H. Rudkin, II. D. Crow.
M. A. Root. :.
City Engineer. ...... Roy Zahren
Health Officer "A. T. Kaupp
School Board
Jno. A. Gellatly. c. A. Battles,
Chas. Kyle.
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SO()1HS||)E
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
AT BADGER MOUNTAIN A Sue.
CESS.-MANY IN ATTENDANCE,
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST, .

The Fourth of July celebration
was decided success. Early in the
morning teams loaded with people
began TO arrive from the surround
ing country and not few from the
city of Wenatehee. The day was en-
joged by all who were fortunate
enough to attend. A patriotic pro-.
gram was rendered by local talent.
At the conclusion of the program
Joe Ladd took charge of the sports,
an1 conducted the ssnne in an ener-
getic and thorough manner. There.
was considerable wrestling done.
Cliff Yarmouth of Sonthside and Vir--
gil Wire of Wenatchee carried off
the prizes. In the tug OF war be-.
tween the married and the single.
men, tire married; men won east.
ly. The tug of war between the,
Beaver Creek ard. the Dry Flat.
schools resulted in victory for the
former. The reputation of the Dry
Flat district was retrieved when the.
directnrs of that district out-IMlled
the directors of the Beaver Greek
district in a latly contested mitch
Geo Longnecker met and overcame
all corners pulling on a stick The,
inevitable dance came as a concln7-
SIGN and was we'll attended.
The Dry Flat school closed for it's
Summer vacation July 3.
Deputy Road Supervisor A. P. XII
ser is worRing on The road that leafs
through rhe Betty place to the rev
bridge.
Annie, the ywung dau SITTER OF An
drew ,acobsols. was severely inquired
a week ago by falling on gang
pillow handle. She is now getting
along as weia as could be expected.
Several members CT the family of
Geoxge Overturf are reported 70 have
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CITY NEWS

j. l.. Corey returned today afte1
two weeks absence, during which
time he made a trip TO the middle
west. While there he visited with
the family Of W. j. Curriden, for
mer resident of this city.
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BIG ftO|jDS |f
MIDDLE WEST
LINCOLN, NEB., UNDER WATER.
GREAT WASHOUTS AS RE-
SUIT OF CLOUDBcRST.

Lincoln, July 6.-Nearly all sf
Lincoln is under water today, the re
suit of storm last night which last
ed for nine hours and assumed the
proportions of a cloudburst. The
flood not only caused an immense
loss to railroads and property own
ers. but has been attended by loss
of life, the extent of which is not
definitely known, At least one per-
son, a milkman named William Mel
son, is known to have been drowned,
and a woman and three children liv-
ing in the bottoms are MISSING
An area of twenty-five square
miles was covered with WAFER from
two to fifteen feet deep. The Bur-
lington and Northwestern passenger
passenger stations were two feet
deep III water, while the Rock Island
lines were washed out both north
and south of the city, making it iIll-
possible to bring to Lircoin any OF
the trains scheduled tc arrive dur
ing the day The Northwestern pas
senger station was just outside o.
the water line. but RS rOadbed is
said 10 be so far under water west OF
the city that it will not attempt to
move its AFTERNOON train scheduled
to leave t1s--il,yx 1850 O'Clock.
Big/ne OF fspS h s'fs'f',s':- j ! q
in-fowH\ 81 lens, tgAts. whites
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The ROYAL Highlanders will give
a box social, Thursday July 9, On
shotwell's lawn OF Okanogan street.
Boxes will be sold at auction. *#*
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Mrs. George H. Ellis left on the.
westbound today for Olympia, where,
she will visit for the next few weeks
at the home of her brother, Major
Frank NJ. Dallam.
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Judge Miles Poindexter, candidate
for Congress, is in Quincy today. He
will be through Wenatchee tomor-
row on his way to Leavenworth.
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E. s. Craig, member of the firm
of A. T. Legg & Company, real estate
agents Of Chicago, is in the city.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

He Could Sing "BeaUftfut-'
7 never would have thought rou guilty
Il such neanness. sam" she said with
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
MARSHALL FIELD Is ORATOR
Will Train Abroad and at Home
for Statecraft.
Brother Harry Wants to Enter the
Navy, and Wear Uncle
SANS Uniform.

Young Marshall Field has shown great
talent for oratory In his last term at
Eton. As this gift entirely coincides with
his mothers ambitions for him she has
decided that as soon as he finishes at
EtCn he shall enter Harvard and prepare
for the political arena
The bov viii come TO Washington this
autumn with his mother and each year
until his education is complete viii spend
two months IN the Capital seeing and
learning as much as possible Of the poll
teal life OF America
It is the opinion OF bis masters at Eton
that he gives brilliant promise, and would
do well in any branch Of life
His close friend at Eton IS young Sir
Herbert Naylor Leyland, the son Of an
American-born mother, Jennie Chamber
lain. Of Cleveland. Ohio Leyland is full
Of enthusiasm for his chosen profession
soldering He Is a godson Of King
Edward, and viii enter the Household
Brigade
Marshall Field was heard 10 declare
that if he were not an American he would
Join the British army. and he hoped his
cousin CyoUng Beattie) would make a
good soldier.
About FIVE or six years ago the Field
boys learned the names and notices of
every English regiment. had perfect min
I fature regiments Of each. and knew the
names Of their commanding officers.
| Harry Field. the younger son wants tc
20 IN for the navy. II he Is strong enough
but his mother is uncertain whether he
/ will maintain his taste for the sea She
thinks he would do better in the law
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
Retort Courteous.

Frd1 the Louisville Co-1-se--J0J--uaL
Mai ThrocknortOu. an innkeeper O.
Louisville IN ante-beIlUn days. was one
Of the most interesting characters that
ever helped 10 make life worth living
or history worth reading. says Harper's
Weekly.
His most notable feat was a retor5
which is here quoted from s contem-
porary chronicle
Get this mans horse said the ma
jor 10 his hostler (the man had fnsUIted
one Of the majors guests; that little
Arkansas pony"
I'll let you know shouted the big
man, that I an not from Arkansas.
and my horse is no Arkansas pony,
he called out III let you know THAI
am q gentleman
The major answered; And IL let
you know that an a gentleman"
And III let you know" yelled the
big man. that I am Col Wilson, OF
WoodviIle. Miss"
And I'll let you know" vOciferated
the major, that I am Major Aris
Throckmorton Of the Blue Licks. Ken
tucky."
And III let YOU know" screamed
the big man, that I run for the state
senate IN my deestrick last summer. and
that I was beat four vOtesr'
And I'll let you know" shrieked the
major. that I ran for the State sel5Ie
[ in this district last summer, and that
: was beat 80 votes
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
GOVERNMENT DEMANDS HONESTY
Neper Spares EXPENSE When a Man Goes Wrong.

who v-orId testify that his eyes were |
sore before the war. and that the same
weakness was q Characteristic OF the
other members Of the family The old /
peusioner had a well-tO-dO brother IN
Chicago. who came 10 his rescue Skilled
attorneys were hired. reliable witnesses
secured. and everything possible was done
10 save the blind man his pension but
the Pension Department agents had built
an fmpregnable case The action went
against the pensi0ner IN the Federal Cir-
cut Court and in the Appellate Court
and the government got its money back
70 the last farrhing- He is vet alive
totally blind. and subsistiug upon the
bounty OF relatives without which he
would be IN the pOOrhouse.
Returned Pension; Declared Insane
The Pension ONCE not long ago
had occasion 10 investigate a curious
case that developed UP in Schuyler Coun-
ty- Frederick Nyswander- a man whose
war record seemed straight had gone 70
a lawyer and asked him 20 draw Up a
viii providing for the return Of all his
pension money-at that time about $500
TO the government on his death The
LAWYER told the pensiOner that II he had
drawn the money illegally he ought to re-
turn Il and that II he had been fair IN
the recital Of his injuries there was no
Obligation to pay the money back But
The pensio0er was determined. and he got
another lawyer TO draw Up the VIII as he
wanted It. providing for the reimburse
krnent The department Investigated the
I case. but found the record Of service and
injury as straight as q die. However. the
/ heirs had no trouble in having the viii
set aside on the ground Of the testa-
tors mental incapacity- No man in his
l right mind would want TO return pension
/ money. the jury said by its verdict.
| United states Marshal W J Daugh-
1 errv had captured IN Missouri a negro
l who was wanted IN the Indian Territory
for murder The negro had been turn
ed up" by a chum for the reward. but
the prisoner. was as vehement IN denying
the identity as-the infOrmer was in try
ing to establish H. On the question o.
veracity one regrO's evidence was a
good as the others, and the attorney!
and state officers tried 70 help tn
marshal out BY asking all sorts OF Ques
tons OF the Suspect, but he held If
/ ground unshaken- He was not WI
Francis never killed a man IN his If
and didn't know there was such a tow
J as Injun Territory" Finally a gentle
man. who had been a planter and ha
owned slaves before the war. droppe
- in and observed the difficulty He search
ed around the Offices IN the building 70
a Bible. bu, the clerks were not devou'
In one room, however, the planter foun
d q bIack-bound coal mine report. whic
e he borrowed.
D Ny friend" he said to the prisonei
2 I do YOU know what VIII happen 10 20
D II you lie with your hand on this book
5 Amt gTine ter tech dat book" II
? turned the negro. stubbornly-
$ Lay your hand on this book and te
1 the officer you aren't the man and /
1 see that he lets you 60" said the plan
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

0----. another character. She was Prll-
CO.'S So7Hfe Won uud u Llechtenstein, I
MN a. heart. q woman OF intense pieIy. ]
who should have lived in the day OF
Catherine OF Sienna rather t1an amid l-le
turbulent worIdIineSs Of this century
They retired from the world and shut
themselves UP 10 one or another OF llelT
numerous castles.
OF the six children who were the fruit
Of this union one IS poor sister o. ClaF-
f-v Of St Francisco Of AaCheu, another
IS a RensdiCtiue nun at Ryde, IN the Isle
OF Wight. a third IS nun IN a lonelS
convent among the mountains CT Bone-
mia. and a fourth IS the prior OF Hun
r7-fsu convent Of the strictest rule
Ee- more than twenty years the man
who has now taken the VOWS Of the Do
minicans has not seen any OF these lo'lr
children He used 10 write 70 them on
their saints days and comfort them WIN
tia rhouxht that they would one oay
meet In paradise
Determined TO Leave World
In 1853 his saiuted wife passed away,
and from that time until he made MS
I e-s1 resolve TO enter a monastery he
was never seen 20 smile He immersed
himself in religious books. he studied the
| Fathers Thomas a Kempis and Chrysos-
ro-n and when the sun went down over
his woods he retired to his private chapel,
where he was in the habit OF remaining
half the night PROSTATE before the altar
4 baron, a count, prince, duke OF
the holy Roman empire, duke ana
prince Of Austria. a prince Of Germany;
his breast loaded with orders. including
the rnucb-coveted Golden Fleece; with
the right 10 sit in the parliaments Of SIX
t-frg,7o-1s- with s4O00.O0o IN gold n his
/ hanks and nearly S40.oCG000 in securities;
with hundreds Of thousands Of acres OF
~. fasrest lands fl Europe; with the
richest mines OF copper, coal, iron; with
vast forests IN dozen counJrlesi Win
six superb castles and other residences
! ifD7uroersbIe- with hosts OF friends and
, hundreds Of retainers ready TO do his BID
! dfhe-tlfs man has found i his duty &C
leave all this. 70 sweep Il al aside as
, though IL were dTOss and 10 give the resi-
, Of his worn Ifs 70 God There seems u
h In this stern mans resolve some ele
n7e,r Of medieval mysticism which puts
rs away hack into those romantic days
vbe, the Templars and the Knights OF
/, s.. John left camp and palace for III
clolster and cell
II Is said that the Dominican order haI
vastly urofted BY the arrival among m
3 brothers Of their new recruit Il IS sat
- that he has presented the monastery o
! Venlo with $4,000 for new refectory-
Be this as II may, Brother Rayrnuni
himself viii have no special treatulen
: / given to him. no favor TO which N
q hu-nbiest brother IS not equally entirieo
U His cell Is no larger than theirs, his naoi
Il ~ no finer texture, his simple diet Il
s more varied OF plenteous. the duties an
o Offices he imposes on himself no less ZIG
orous.
T When his friends demonstrated VII
II him. wishing him 10 remain IN the Wori'
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
sundar Id CharIes I.

Sunday may have been an easy Day IN
TIE reign Of Charles I. though there
we're stringent regulations as to the Sab
bath in the seventeenth century Il was
Illegal TO take & walk in England's thor
oughfares. but. Judging By the emptiness
OF London on a Sunday in this early
twentieth century, IL IS a custom that
still clings. The cause IS different. that's
all now everybody leaves London on
Saturday II he possibly can, for the Sab
bath over there Is the sad day OF the
week. through no better kept than when
the Puritans fought with cavaliers. I
never saw such q dreadful day as Sun
day IN London exclaimed a young
Western man Just returned from his first
visit there. Why, it's worse than a
Boston Sunday" Whe-eupon his listener
promptly called him down. and then
made him eat his words at q favorite
club not a thousand miles from Beacon
Hill
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

The Federal service Of the United
states in its myriad departments cevel-
ons 5sv by day a world Of character
and Of incident. L is easy 20 account tor
This The system is Ike locomotive
With a schedule run ahead Of IL Il keeps
s-going. Nothing snort OF absoi1le re-
suits are accepted a chase wne-e l-7
-,,,rz-a-s have the authority and facill-
ties 70 continue ro the death Is bound 10
be lnterescinE-and perhaps painful IHe
county sheriff Is always worried ABOUT
his fees when hunting a fugitive Il ne
takes a false scent he pays for the mis-
take cut Of his own pocket.
The government euissary IS not ham
,,ara5 that vyav- SAYS the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat Uncle sam Is behind him with
his strong chest: he demands Of his serv-
snts ceaseIess toll TIL his journey ENDS
with the shackles around the quarry and
when that is accomplished he coesn
ErowI over the expense
sToonshfner Went DE Functe-"
There's g story Of the service that a
revenue agent wired fyom q station IN
the Tennessee mountains that Bent Il
verson. a daring moOnshiner, had gone
De Fupcte." Whether the orthography
was that Of the agent or the operator
matters not. Washington looked up the
eeoEraphy, decided that Il was II GaNl
and instructed the sender 10 hold MS
ground and II would secure French eE-
tradition papers
In 1854 John r CasOn. an agent UnoeI
Dan McSweenev, chief OF the Washing
ton department. joined the Boss BucE
Gang Of counterfeiters. operating abol'
E5ensburE- pa and remained with them
nearly a year before he secured the eFl-
6ence necessary TO convict every one O,
The band. which was scattered over sew
eraI counties
a Lieutenant Of the boss was an infu
sntial member q the church ana hI
5aup1ter who did not dream her piou
80 so- the money for her gowns b.
making the "queer.' sung in the choir
The agent was a good barytone warbler
and ne was soon raising his voice along
side that Of Miss Daisy's, and laCer n
ba.sr7a engaged 70 her C2sOn Away
carried about him g letter purportng {
be from his sister. who begged him {
give I'D his wicked ways and become
isw-zbifinE man This saved his life o.
one occasion Three Of the counterfeiter
s-,busbsd him and with revOlvers at N
agents head demanded the privilege q
searching him They read that letter an
concluded he must be al right Whlc
through the laws eyes would mean q
wrong" When Cason and NcSWeene
finally made their debut IN court Wit
BOSS Buck and his clan. the defendant
were tremendously agSrieved at the cor
duct Of the recruit. but Miss Daisy, who's
mana. was there IN irons, took It IN
hardest
He Could Sing "BeaUtifuI.s
Z never would have thought you guili
Of such naeanness. sam" she said vii
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

er. e-aveIy. as he held out the fornid-
able looking volume OF bitumiE0Us IteTa-
ture-
"Ah don't hab ter do no sich thing.
an yer can't make me" said rhs negro
The planter smiled and glanced at the
marshal
Il guess IL take hin" said the Of
fcer.
Once n the territory the negro ad-
u7it-ed he was the man wanted
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
GERMAN PRINCE NOW 4 MONK
ner Joins Brotherhood and Is Called RayHHnd.

where his opportunities OF doing good
would be more numerous than in TIE
monastery. he answered them
7 would rather have peace than all the
world can give ne Il Is peace crave
peace Of the soul The simplest brother
in his cell VII be &c ne more than all tie
worlds accomplished men, and the cruci-
fix over M. pallet my sweetest contem-
plat5on-more than AL the beauty OF the
world
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

fearful eyes addressing her nance you
could sing 50 beautiful
= few years ago William J Reed. post
Office inspector. with headquarters al St
Louis. staIzed into the post-ofice of an
Arkansas hamlet unannouuced- Il was
his first visit 20 the place and when he
explained who he was the postmaster ex-
tended a warm hand
Glad 10 see you" he said Been
looking for you for some time Here's
the money and thar's the books Excuse
me for q minute while I 80 Out 70 get
a drink"
The inspector suggested II would be bet
ter II he would remain while he ran over
the books. He did this. figured how many
stamps had been ordered how many on
hand. and then estimated how much
money there ought 20 be
Its all thar-right IN that sack" said
the postmaster. nervously-
Great Scott he exclaimed. Where
the blazes did you get all them pennies?
Took 'em in, amt they gCod?" asked
the postmaster
There was nothing but pennies, over a
quart Of EN- The inspector began count
fng. not observing the postmaster edging
toward the door Next minute he heard
the door shut and the postmaster was
gone. The inspector took out after him,
and after q half a nile chase caught him.
/ What YOU running for2' demanded the
/ inspector.
you amt got no right to arrest ne TIL
YOU count up and find out whether In
short OF not said the postmaster.
Are you short2'
/ The man trembled a Bit and then broke
I down
/ Yes he said. I've been borrowing
a year. I got to specUlating, and wen
on deeper and deeper, always thinking
/ could pay back before you came At las
7 saw I couldn't DO it and I got then
pennies so as 10 skip out while you wa
: countin' en-
He Was SO short Iu His Accounts
How much are you behind?-'
We'll. sir" said the postmaster. miser
ably. the first OF last month It was 5;
and since then I've blowed in anothe
50. It's fully So
The inspector laughed. and yet he kne7
Il was a serious matter. and that the ma
would have 20 be reported the same a
II he had stolen 81. .00O He was remove
from Office and q small fine Imposed
BY chance one day Il reached the d
partment that q veteran OF the Forty
] second Missouri. drawing a large pensio
: for catarrhal opththslmia (sn Athletic
/ Of the eyes. had been suffering from II
malady before he entered the army Whe
, / the government turned It's hunters loo:
! on the case IN 1885 this man had draw
$4,000 in pension money The huntei
proceeded without pity. The pensions
was totally blind The Federal enaissari'
= discovered an army Of people who ia
! known the soldier before his service. al
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

In remote corners OF the German news
papers there appeared the other day a
notice that Prince Car I'll Lowenstei1
had taken the vows Of a monk az the Do
nairican monastery OF VenIo, on the
Dutch frontier.
A day OF two afterward the Catholic
journals mentioned that the Cardinal
Archbishop OF Cologne had received in
private audience a certain Dominican
monk named Brother Raymund and that
the prince Of the church and the poor
monk remained a long time IN private
prayer
Brother RaymUnd. bent double with
fasting and severe penRnCe, with enact
ated face ana transparent skin, and with
that far-away look Of other-wOrlduness
in his face which 50 many persons de-
tached from al terrestrial interests as
sumo. was none other than Prince Carl
u Lowenstein-
Most Exalted German
Who is this prince who has left the
world to devote the remainder Of his days
to the service Of hts 8Iaster7 He is prob
ably without exception the most exalted
person among the select nobility OF the
German Fatherlsud- It would not be far
out OF the way 10 say that he occupies a
position among them somewhat similar
to that occupied BY the Duke Of Norfolk
| in England
Of the loftiest birth, Of the widest pos
| sessions. Of unblemished character. with
| Crusading princes and kings among MS
| ancestors. owning vast lands and forests
and mines and palaces. with a life spent
| in deeds OF charity and friendliness q
] the poor. and needy. he has sought al tn,
end Of his days that peace which th'
world cannot give.
When he was in the world he va
known as Prince Carl Heinrich ~ 10
| vvenstein-W Werthein- -Rochefort He was
I duke and an exceTency, a serenity and
/ s~nigh-born. before whom men bowed Il
/ the greatest respect. He was born sev
enty-fOur years ago in the magnihcen
palace at Haid. in Bohemia. within cas-,
walking distance OF the place where N
famous Bohemian reformer, John Huss
first saw the light. Bis youth and ado
Iesceuce were spent IN the usual way IN
I'll the change came which made him
religious man and turned MS thoughts I
the church
First Wife Loved Society.
His father was q proud. worldly. gran
seiEneur. a soldier and a diplomat, in
; roersed in affairs OF state anG burdene
] with the care Of his tremendous posse:
siors scattered all over Europe, so he CT
posed his sons plan OF entering the churc
. land married him 70 Princess Adelheid Z
Isenburg. His wife Old not live long, bJ
= long enough to turn her husband
Thoughts away from the church and
Z interest him IN the world
[ Two years after he became a widow
he again married. this time a woman
The Washington herald., 1908-08-30
Not Looking for n Fee.

Oscar Hammerstein. at a theatrical din
ner in New York. told some "reminiscences
Of theatrical deadheads-
Then there was Blank" said Mr.
Hammerstein- Blanks impudence was
second only TO that Of a waiter heard
about the other day.
Look here. waiter said a guest; this
FISH is not cooked properly.
I know Il. sir said the waiter; but
you told me It was for your wife
Well. what Of that asked the sur
prised guest
'' Why said the waiter. I knew that
II the lady was your wife she oouldn't
be very particular