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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
Frosts in Middle West.

Omaha.-A heavy frost was genera
throughout this part of Nebraska Sat
urday night.
Lincoln, Neb.-A heavy frost was re
ported throughout southern Nebraska
South Bend, Iud-A snowstorm pre-
vailed throughout Indiana and southern
Michigan.
Burlington, Iowa.-There was q
heavy frost here.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
when You shave Yourself.

Grinding his teeth, he mutterad q
low oath.
II don't know what's gotten into tb,,
razor" he exclaimed. @Tt-won't cut At
ALL"
She gave a little cry of amazement
why" she said, "when onenod
that can Of potted ham with # tbIs
morning. 1t was so sharp it nearly took
my finger on"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
CHICAGO STREETS FLOODED.
Bursted Main Submerges Half Mile in
Fashionable District.

Fashionable District.
Chicago, May A half square mile
of territory in the fashionable district
of the North Side was submerged re-
Gently when a 36-inch water main
burst and poured water into the dis
trict for two hours before it could be
cut off The easements and the yards
of all establishments of the rich for
quarter of mile on each side of
the Palmer residence on Lake Shore
drive were flooded
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
Ford Not Guilty.

San Francisco, May AFTER being
out but six minutes the jury in the
case Of TREY L. Ford, charged with
bribery Of supervisors to secure an
overhead trolley franchise, was found
not guilty. This is Ford's third trial
on this charge.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
viii Lose Saloons.

Gary, Ind, the s25,OeOOOO United
States steel town. is threatened with
the loss of its ITO saloons, Enough
signatures have been recently OBJ
tanned to a petition to legislate them
out of existence temporarily.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
National League.
American League.
Shoots Policeman al Denver.

Denver, May 5.-Making the last
rounds of his watch, Charles M. Beck
a policeman, was shot through the
heart and instantly killed in the store
of the Denver Photograph Supply com
pany, into which store he had crawled
in pursuit of a burglar.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
NeIson, 3. G, Papers congoIIdate.

The Daily Canadian will be consoli-
dated with the News, and hereafter but
one daily paper will be published in
Nelson The News is taken over by a
syndicate Of conservative citizens.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
Stolen Money Is Reeovered.

Pittsburg, Pa.-The Adams Express
company vouchsafes the bulk of the
plumber stolen recently by the two
masked men who robbed the st. Louis
limited was recovered.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE.

Antpolo Blaze Starts From Flash Of
Lightning.
Manila, May 6.-The town of Anti
polo, in the province OF. Morong, has
been practically destroyed by fire.
Four hundred homes were burned
and hundreds of people are homeless
The famous shrine was saved.
The fire was caused by lightning
Antipolo is town of $500 inhabitants
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
The Land Parade.

On Thursday, $4,000 men, 5000 from
the fleet, $500 from the Preside, 10
companies of national guards, G. A. R
and Spanish War Veterans, were in
parade.
On Friday, Secretary of the Navy
Metealf. on board the Yorktown, re
viewed the combined Atlantic fleet and
the Pacific fleet in the harbor.
The Washington times., 1908-04-16

The pride we take in these Hats precludes bey'
III possibility inferior qualities They are notably
elIent and possess charming newness, originality
exclusive styles features Consider the styles the gu
ties OF the materials. the quantity OF materials,
mount Of work and the refined novei effects ana 70
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The Washington times., 1908-04-16
G. v. j. MINSTRELS
ENTERTAIN CROWD
First Performance of College
Boys Gets Deserved
Applause.

In a performance that in the main
would have done credit TO professionals,
the students OF the George Washington
University last night, presented at the
National Theater their first annual min
strel show The audience was large and
generous, but generosity was not need
ed. as the performance went on smooth
Iy and the only thing required was
applause. This was forthcoming in
large quantities and then some.
The first part opened with a medley
Of popular songs by the company. I'm
which the six end men joined Justify
with tambO and bones. The individual
artists were then given a chance, and
the audience became thoroughly alive
TO the merits OF the performance when
Roy F. Carly, one of the '.syncopated
coon shouters'' sang who? Me? Not
Me. I'm Not the Man" Mr.. Carly re-
spOnded to encores until he ran out
Of verses. Another big hit was Mr..
W. r. Peace's That's Music to Me-"
an old favOrite sung in college boy
style. J. c. Merckling and Charles Den
hart also made good with the audience
in a couple Of coon songs
Sentimental songs were fnterspersed
by Philip l. scantling. Henry W. Jae-
ger. II. H. Campbell. and c. w. Gar
lock. ". T. Coburn in Captain Willie
Brown concluded the first part Mr..
Coburn had a novel George Cohanesque
dance and a catchy way that caught the
crowd
The G. W. L. Mandolin Club under
Walter T. Holt, opened the oIio. Harry
Sisco, referred to as the little Missis-
sippi bubble with educated feet was
''all to the good in college parlance
and danced himself weary. Pozen and
Myers were then given a show, by spe-
cial arrangement with Charles FOeman
and David TabascO. and turned loose
an original Dutch mOnologue. They took
a dig at several Washington officials
and Inconvenience and departed to the
accompaniment OF hearty applause.
The performance closed with a bur
lesQue on the Police Court. wherein
there wss much merriment big
Annie one Of the prisoners imper-
sOnated by G. Y. Graham, captivated
court and audience by her coauettlsh
ways Dorsey TpI.ltz was on hand 20
worry Major VestersyI and Commits
Eioner AICNearland played by Fred
Birckhead and Arthur Cash. Clerk Of
Court Charles Denhart, billed as Judge
shimball. played the Irish Judge to
perfection.
Other prominent characSers were
Waldo r. Pearce as elephant Caring
ton. attorney for defense and Robson
De s. Brown as District Attorney Ba-
kerry
The Washington times., 1908-04-16
UNIONS IN CLEVELAND
ORGANIZE LABOR PARTY

CLEVELAND Ohio. April 16.-Actlve
work for the organization or a new
labor party was begun today by the
committee Of seven, in whose hands the
new movement was placed locally last
night by the United Trades and Labor
Council, the central labor body Of Cleve-
land
Forty-three locals voted for the move
ment, and only nine against It. Most OF
the unions which voted no have strong
soc!alistic membership which favOrs the
merging OF the new movement in the
sOciahstic party
The new Cleveland labor party will
conduct an active campaign for the
election OF county and State candidates
who are pledged 70 union labor
The Washington times., 1908-04-16
Borah viii Lock Horns
With Foraker on Troops

has practiced IL continuously ever since
lie was an attorney. specially retained
~ the State OF Idaho. 10 try the men
charged with Il murder Of Governor
SJeunOnberg.
Those who attenL ID the trial sag he
made great record 'n that case. aud
showed himself a law 'Sr OF consplcu-
GUS ability. Having con. 10 the Senate
with a reputation, there is considerable
wonderment as 10 how he Will I4le6surs
up alongside Foraker. Should he prove
his capacity 10 hold his own sgainsr
the Ohio man. he will be placed ih
conspicuous position.
Administration Needs Cham piOn.
Ever since senator Spooner left the
Senate. the Administration has been
been anxious TO have a chanpi9n who
could be depended upon 10 nee. ali
Corners This is .Ot an easy task 10
set before q man, but il is certain that
tho Idaho Senator will be puzzled 10
the front as rapidly as the Presidents
friends can arrange It, II he makes
speech that pleases the President. The
speech will probably be made in the
course OF a week. II IS understood Ser
ator BOrah has made 4 careful study
Of the evidence, and that his cOnclu-
sions are that this evidence unQues-
tionably supports the administration.
from AnOlner viewpoint, IN case BEN
ator BOrah speaks, his remarks will be
interesting 1t IS not long since one
of the young members or the Senate.
Senator BuTkett, took Senator Hale to
task. That event was l0Cked on as
marking the signs OF an uprising among
the younger Senators against the old
cOterie that has 50 long I'D sway over
the upper house. II Senator Borah fol-
lows VI Senator Bur<ett b. pitching
hammer and tongs into Foraker, the re-
volt OF the younger element will be fair
ly on, and will be regarded as a symp-
tom that the regime or the venerable
nestOrs who have reigned so long is
more than ever in peril.
The Washington times., 1908-04-16
Don't Let Your
Piles Grow
Every HemOrrhOidal Ulcer is a Fer.
tile Field for Cancer and
Other Deadly Diseases.
TRIAL PACKAGE FREE.

Constipation unchecked brings infiarn-
nation, Inflammation begets piles ana
piles too often superinduce tumors OF
malignant nature.
piles Cor hemorrhoids) rarely xiii, but
they cause more agony IN a few minutes
than much more serious troubles
They are easy 10 cure II you 90 at II
right.
An operation with the knife is danger
Gus, agonizing, and rarely permanent
success.
There Is Just one way 20 be cured-one
sure way. painlessly and privately-and
that IS with Pyramid Pile Cure
We mail a free trial package TO al
who write
II viii give you instant relief. and
start you well on the way 70 a perfect
cure
Then you can get full-sized box from
any druggist for 30 cents, and often one
box cures.
Insist on having what you cali FOR
Just send your name and address 70
Pyramid Drug Co, 81 Pyramid Building,
Marshall. Mich. and receive free BY re-
turn mail the trial package IN a plain
All druggists. 80 cents. Write today
for a free package.
The Washington times., 1908-04-16
GROCERS CELEBRATE
SIXTH ANNIVERSARY

More than 100 members Of the Retail
Grocers Protective Association ceie-
brated the sixth anniversary OF the or
ganization last night with dinner at
s33 d street northwest. Addresses were
made by President II. /. Meader and
others.
President Meader and \. II. Gregory
were elected delegates to represent the
Washington association at the annual
convention of retail grocers, to be held
IN Boston May lila
II is expected that 500 members OF
Southern and Western associations VIII
stop in washington for several days en-
route TO Boston. Plans Will be made
by the Washington grOcers to entertain
the visitors.
The Washington times., 1908-04-16
AUTOMOBILE HITS CAB.

While driving an automobile at Penn
Eylvania avenue and Third street north
west early this morning. Raymond
Schroeder, Of SOS y street southeast.
cOllided with a cab in charge OF Her
bert Dunlop, cOlored. Schroeder was
thrown to the pavement. and injured
about the head. He was taken 10 the
Emergency Hospital The automobile
was damaged to the extent of $50
The Washington times., 1908-04-16

Before the debate on the Brownsville
case is closed one of the new men OF he
Senate will lock horns with Senator
Foraker. the champion OF the discharges
soldiers OF the Twenty-fifth Infantry,
and a veteran wearing the scars o.
many years Of Senatorial controversy.
He has given notice that he will speak
next Monday.
The new man Is Senator William Ed
gar Borah OF Idaho. He was first seen
IN the Senate at the opening OF this
session and he has not yet been heard
to any, extent IN Senate debate. He il
expected TO win his spurs in behalf
OF the Administra ton In the Brownsville
discussion and his admirers are promis-
ing some interesting developments when
he opens his batteries on Senator For
aker Not in all the Senate is there
a man whom the Senator from Chic
fears to encounter. and out in the North
west Senator Borah enjoys the same
reputation.
Began by Breaking Mules.
Senator Borah IS a youngster as they
go in the Senate. He Is but little over
forty, vigorous, combative, and a trained
lawyer. lie was born on a farm down
in Wayne county. Ill, and was brought
up there. in the land oe Egypt. He got
a training I'm his early days that prob
ably tended TO develop any latent pug
nacity he might have by breaking rnules.
Anyone who has INDUCED in this pas
time knows It is not one for mollycOd-
dies TO engage IN. Young Borah was
thrown so often he got used to IL and
broke the mules at the repeated risk
o. his own neck.
With this experience with the mules
as a foundation. he went 10 college.
studied law, was admitted In $780, and
The Washington times., 1908-04-16
The BANKING Advantages Oaered

bv Union Trust Co, 18th & II SITS. in
ciude payment OF interest on all &C
counts. Deposits subject to check Capt.
tai and surplus, s, POO, 900. Govt control
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-08
Famous Rival Pitchers.

The National pennant race has again
demonstrated that pitchers and bat
terry are the chief factors I'm the sue
cess Of team. pitchers taking pre-
emincnce. Men like Brown. Reulbnch
and Overall of Chicago. Mathcwson
and Wiltsc Of New York and Maddox.
Willis and Lecver Of pittsburg, practi.
cally the cream Of the National league
twirllng talent. draw thousands OF
spectators merely through the magic
Of their names and fill the youth Of the
land with fry ambition to some day
wax likewise heroic. Christy Mathew.
son. an eX-college student. and Morle-
cal Brown. once coal miner. have
long been rivals for the pitching su-
premacy. NathewSon on his work OF
this year must be ranked above Brown
and as the greatest pitcher of the day.
"Matty" gets about $4,000 a year
largely because of his famous drop"
This drop curve. or down shoot. Of his
IS one of the most disconcerting curves
ever faced by batsmen and may well
be termed Mathewson's "breadwin-
ner.' The ball breaks its course sharp.
~ directly in front of the plate ana
drops from twelve to twenty-five inch
Cs almost pcrpendicularly
Browns most effective curve Is his
inshoot His curves apparently do not
suffer from the serious handicap aris-
ing from his mangled pitching hand,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-08
Phenomenal Batter.

y man who is nearly as important to
his team as its best pitcher. as shown
by his work this year, is Hans Wag-
ner, the famous shortstop of the Pitts
burg team. Wagner is the greatest
all around player In the world. His
batting is not sensational; 1t is phenom-
email Experts consider a man who
makes one hit in every game he plays
to be an unusually good batsman To
Wagner the making OF three hits in
one contest is an event Of only or
dinary Importance. In two games
played against New York in July WaE-
ner made seven consecutive hits, three
of them being two baggers, constitut-
Ing new and novel worlds record
He scored five of the hits in one game
in five times at bat, making three CON
secutive hits Off the delivery of the
great Mathcwson. Strangely enough.
Wagner bats better against Mathew
son than against many pitchers readily
acknowledged to he vastly inferior in
ability. Like Three Finger" Brown.
Wagner was Il worker in coal mine
in his earlier days.
Tyrus Cobb of Detroit and Captain
Lajoie Of Cleveland are two Of the
widely talked of American league play
ers. Cobb, comparatively new big
league player, is a mighty batsman.
leading his league. Lajoie, once
hack driver in Worcester, Mass, now
earns $4,000 a year playing second
IN 60 md ruDDipp tho r1arnlopJ nI,,a
that recently forged to the top in the
pennant race
More baseball teams have made mon
ey this season than In any other an
undeniable evidence of the progress Of
the game. The attendance throughout
the country has broken records Club
statisticians agree that at National on
American league game $500 people
must pay admissions each day to meet
the club expenses. When paid attend
ance runs below this number the club
loses money
In the American league the pennant
race, while not SO continuously close
as the National, has afforded plenty of
excitement. Detroit, st. Louis, Clcvc-
land and Chicago have set the pace
most of the year.
The worlds series contests and
their probable outcome are leading
topics of the hour in baseballdom.
The worlds championship in the
worlds greatest game is a prize for
which millions of dollars are spent
each year, and the team that secures
It makes for itself and its members
shining place In baseball history for as
long as the game shall last, and that
means as long as the stars and stripes
dominate the western hemisphere
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-08
A National Success.

While for England cricket made a
success Of titanic war. In America a
titanic war made baseball a national
success. 1t was the soldiers of the
civil war who learned and played the
game in their camps, who, returning to
their homes, formed teams and thus
scattered baseball from ocean to ocean.
Baseball today. in the siXty-third
year of its career rs a regularly de-
fined pastime, has attained not only
national and international but world
wide sway. 1t is the worlds greatest
game played in this country alone by
Upward Of 100000 men and boys.
whose contests are viewed by over
100000 people yearly. In England
and Australia, to Japan, the Philip
pines and Cuba, the game has spread.
Yankee soldiers played the game in
the shadow of the great wall of China.
Every evening cables carry to the cor
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-08
Vast Business Enterprise.
nd how has this come about?

And how has this come about?
Because baseball is soundly organ
lied 1t is a vast business enterprise,
run on business principles. Business
men have made 1t worth the while OF
able. brainy men TO devote their lives
to studying and developing the art of
throwing n ball that curves, of hitting
curving balls with a bat and OF catch
ing thrown and batted balls. These
able, brainy men thus develop the sci
entiflc side of the game that almost
every full blooded American citizen
has learned to believe Is the greatest
sport medium on earth. The magic
spell, the growing fascination of base
ball, is explalnabe as arising from the
all important element of chance. the
opportunities for spectacular daring,
its competitive possibilities, its possi5il-
tiles In the development of special
skill and the ever pressing need OF
violent action and the exercise Of un-
erring quick wit Actual science In the
exposition of a game comprising these
elements must necessarily
attract the support of nation tenn
peramentally excitable, like the Amer
lean people. And keen business men
have not been slow to take advantage
of this
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-08
The Baseball Trust.

No one but an "insider" has any
clear idea of the practically fiawless
business system controlling baseball
The baseball trust is stronger in its
field than the Standard Oil company
or the beef trust or the tobacco com
bine. The baseball magnates control
ling the National league the American
league, the national commission Ghe
supreme professional baseball govern
ing body and the scores of minor pro-
fessional leagues exercise absolute
dominion over a business field where
the profits amount to millions of dol.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-08
Usinu the Fire EunleeSs

In many business offices fire buckets
are placed, filed with water, in readi-
ness for an emergency. 1t is seldom,
says the Scientific American, that in
structions for use are pinned near the
supply. The wrong way 10 tackle an
incipient fire is usually to hurl the
whole contents of bucket on the spot.
Most Of the water is wasted by this
means. A heavy sprinkling is more
effective. The water may be splashed
on the blaze by hand, but a more use
full sprinkler is long haired white
wash brush. One of these should hang
beside every nest of fire buckets.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-08
Baseball, the
Exciting Contests For Champion
ships In the Two Chief
Leagues.
BY FREDERICK r. roorfBs.

~ YHEN a wave of baseball fren-
AAI ~ sweeps over the United
w States, the most momentous
affairs of life and state speed
lily are thrust aside. Nothing must
stand In the way of the American citi-
zen who hungers to hear the rcsound
Ing crack of home run hit. A little
thing like presidential campaign in
this greatest of all baseball years Is
ridiculous to contemplate. Many n big
league game in this record breaking
year has been attended by upward of
$4,000 people. Who ever heard of n
presidential candidate dra wing such an
audience?
on the day John W. Kern was mott
fed of his nomination for the vice
presidency and Mr.. Bryan delivered Il
much heralded speech on trusts the
New York Nationals won both games
Of double header I'm Pittsburg. these
two clubs being associated with Chi.
cago in a sensational three cornered
race for the pennant.
What happened in the newspapers?
The big daillCs spread the baseball
story across the front page. and Mr..
Kern and Mr.. Bryan We're pushed back
among the advertisements. Mr. Taft
and Mr.. Sherman have suffered in
much the same way. Their lengthy
communications to the public are fire.
quently showed back In iuxtaposition
to the Help Wanted" column. and in
the choice spots of the papers appear
stories relating how the Chicago Cubs
will capture the National pennant pro-
vidcd they win enough games" or
"Pittsburg buys Hod Spinks. the Won
derful young pitcher Of the Gas House
league" or Larry Lajoie of Cleveland
almost has headache" Campaign
managers may fume and fret, but
baseball is necessity; politics Is
luxury.
In facT. whoever Is elected to the
presidency the defeated man win be
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-08

fully justified in laying his downfall to
the nerve racking races In the National
and American leagues.
A season like that now drawing to a
close has never occurred before. The
National league race, with three close
ly ranked flag chasers-New York, Chi
cago and Pittsburg-and the American,
with Detroit, Cleveland, st. Louis and
Chicago hacking at each others throat.
have carried the game to heights Of
popularity hitherto undreamed Of The
New York National team. for instance.
will close the season with almost $780,
coo IN profits
When the Duke of Wellington said
The battle of Waterloo was won on
the cricket fields of Eton," he CON
veyed an authoritative opinion of the
tremendous influence which may be
eXerted on nation. hemisphere or
world by form of sport. mere
pastime. Inferentlally one may vel!
say that, according to "the Iron Duke" "
had 1t not been for the strength giving
qualities of cricket Napoleon would
have won at Waterloo and become be.
yond question the arbitrary dictator Of
all Europe. Baseball In America holds
the position that cricket has in Eng
land, and the influence Of the game on
the American people is Of even greater
Importance and significance than ever
known Of cricket In Britain.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-08
Archery bY Mail.

Playing chess by cable is thorough
ly familiar feature Of that game III
the United States, but the playing a.,
active outdoor match games by NAL
is a new thing in the way of sporti:a
contests. Out in Atchison Kan, there
is an archery club that recently plaTel
a match game with the Chicago Ar
cry club by mail, each team shooting
on its own grounds and mailing the
scores TO their opponents on the fol
lowing day. And they found It excit-
ing at that.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-08

lars yearly. BY the terrible power Of
the blacklist" they force men to work
for any employer and in any city the
magnates choose. The only remedy
the player has yet found Is to stop
playing with the regularly organized
leagues and either go into business of
another kind or play with some team
not recognized by the regular leagues
In the latter event he is promptly
termed an OUTLAW" He becomes
baseball pariah.
Thousands Spent on the Game.
But this relentless system is the saw
ing grace" of baseball. for it has
brought order out of chaos. 1t has