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BaHled Silently in Mid-Ar
QUer Furnace of Molten Metal
Polish Workingmen Fight Grimy TO !he Death While
Workmen Gaze Up Awe-Stricken- Victim
Falls Victor Calmly Surrenders.

CHICAGO, Aug. "a death strug-
gle. spectacular in IT'S details beyond
he unfettered dreams OF the producers
Of melodrama. which was waged be-
tween two frenzied men. on narrow
space. on the brink OF a raging blast
furnace. was given the seal OF tragedy
last night when one Of the cOmbatants
died at the South Chicago Hospital
The man succumbed rrom a blow inhict-
ed with an iron bar, bat only the
strange Intervention Of fate prevented
a horrible death 10 one or both OF the
men by the flames o. the furnace, after
plunging fail Of I5G feet Spectators
of the remarkable struggle, which oc-
CURED in the plant Of the IroqUoIs
Iron Company, fully expected this out
come as they watched the writing
figures, scarlet in the glare Of the fires.
Cause of the Fight.
Nicholas Y1deviem, twenty-five years
old, who lived at Eight. ninth street
and Greenbay avenue. was the man who
died Ivan Mealitch, a ffllOw-worker,
was his slayer Mealitch is now under
ara est. having calmly sur. endered him
self 10 the police after dcaling the fatal
blow A pretty Polish girl was the
cause Of the bitterness which led to
che Gendish battle. according to ac-
quaintances Of both of the men. The
feeling between thens had existed for
a long time. Mealitch told the police
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H0HBEIN FUNERAL
HELD TOMORROW
Aged Baker Claimed by Heart
Failure at Home of
Brother Law.

Funeral services for Christine Hob
beiu, father Of Frederick Hohbein q
telegraph operator at the White House.
who died suddenly yesterday morning
of heart failure, viii be held at the
residence of his son-in-law, r. c. I.erch.
CD Florida avenue northwest. at 3
@ clock tomorrow. me Rev. c. F.. Berg
rer. of the Zion Lutheran Church. viii
ohiciate. Interment viii be in Prospect
Hill Cemetery.
Mr. HOhbain was seventy years old
For the past three months he had been
in poor health. forcing him to give up
his work as baker at ST. Elizabeth s.
His death was sudden and entirely un-
expected. He was stricken early yes
terday morning and after treatment by
his son-in-law failed 10 reviv~ tFe ac-
ton of mis- heart, doctor Ecs liTried-
" summoned, but arrived 100 late
Mr.. HOhbein was born in Germany and
came 10 America many years ago. He
worked as baker at the Government
Hospital for the Insane many years
-Four daughters and two sons survive
him. They are Mrs. Catherine Lerch,
Mrs. Amelia KlOtz, of Washington and
Mrs Matilda Lees and Mrs. Elizabeth
Beach Of Philadelphia. and Frederick
and Edward Hohbein. both Of Washing
ton.
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I wholes and become interested IN some
game. another big Copp comes along and
has his sport by driving us out again
Where can we go2 Can anyone sug-
gest Some one says it would be a
good idea TO sit on our front porches
and suck our fingers until time TO go
TO bed.
Each and every week Captain Schny-
/ der of the seventh precinct, receives
! four OF five letters from these cranky
women and -pettie-COat men in our
! section Of the town.
Continually being chased from one
place TO another by first the cOpp and
then our friendly neighbors we decided
10 form a club and so somewhere so
we would NOT disturb these people who
came from place where boys are IN
known.
We formed the club and naming IT the
The Olive Pleasure Club was granted
the right 10 hold sessions in a wood
shed If good kind friend but we are
now seeking new name for our club
/ because II Is no more pleasure club on
account Of these people complaining and
we have no pleasure.
our club which is furnished with one
table a few benches and a library con-
sting Of few newspapers and maya
zines with which we entertain ourselves
in the evenings is located in a Wood
shed with the enterance on a back lot
near Thirtieth and Olive avenue George
town. II IS one square from the person
who does most Of the complaining he
living on y ST and thinks he is the
mayor of Georgetown.
One person who lives near our club
failing TO find fault with our conduct
and because they did not like the boys
writes a letter to the Health Depart
ment stating that we had dirt and gar
bage of all kinds IN our club room
Health Officer Woodlands inspector
comes over and looked over our club
and said if the persons home who wrote
the letter was as clean as our club IT
was all right
We are the Club, as follows Joseph
Reynolds. Paret White, Howard Wells
Leroy Bcarman, Raymond Reynolds
Clayton Cross. Warren GiFven Pierce
LeOnberger. Clarence Mills, Patton Belt
Andrew Harrison, William Stone, John
Powers, Charles Sommerville. Norman
Lipscomb.
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RETURNS
TO ARTIST EARLE
Beaten Soul Mate Said to
Have Become Recorded
to Her Husband.

MONROE, \. y, Aug. 29-That Ferdi-
nand Plnney Earle VIII be prosecuted
for beating and choking his soui.s Atm
by, julia Kuuner Earle. at the oc-
tober session Of che grand jury was
stated today by District Attorney Rog-
ers Mr. Rogers was at She county
seat. Goshen. when he made the dec
.sration ana talked over the telephone
with Monroe
If it Is possible TO subpoena Mrs.
tnez Barry who made the charges. she
VIII be called before the grand jury. II
il believed that while Mrs. Earle may
have forgiven her husband. her rela-
Ihiyes have not and that Mrs. Barry.
her aunt viii willingly testify
Mystery as to Whereabouts.
There is much mystery regarding the
whereabouts OF Earle and his wife 1t
Is animated by the lawyers for both
sides that they have decided that. after
all, they are really soul mates and have
made up their quarrel From the same
source comes the declaration that no
prosecution before the grand jury VIII
take place.
1t is positively stated today that nei-
Their Ferdinand Pinuey Earle nor his
wife Is at Monroe. nor have they been
there within the last forty-eight hours
IL is believed that a reconciliation has
taken place on the Young farm, near
Highland Fails, where Earle went after
his release from jail.
Counsel Hears Nothing.
Philip A. Rarity. Of the firm Of Bacon
& Merritt. which caused Earle's arrest.
and Charles c. ChappelIe counsel for
Earle both stated that they had heard
nothing from either Earle or his wife.
and both are confident that neither Of
them has as vet returned TO Monroe
There was excitement aplenty when
reporters discovered Earle at the home
OF his friend r J. Kelly, in the noun
tains back of Highland Fails. When
the reporters tried 10 interview him
Earle ran into the house and got a gun
and told them all 90 leave the grounds
Seeing that they were not frightened
by his threatening attitude ne reiterated
% a tent on The side of a hill not far
from the house lie then called a great
Dane dog and left the animal on guard.
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NOT EXORBITANT.

The summer resident looked sharply
at Mr. Jameson's guileless moon face
and then a. the mild and nOne-tOo-
sprightly horse he was Offering for
sale
Don't YOU think $50 is rather a
stiff price TO ask for horse like that?"
asked the summer resident. How old
Is hep"
Hes only just thutty" said Mr..
Jameson. calmly.
Thirty years old. and you expect TO
set $3.50 FOR him?"
I don't know as / expect 70 get II,
said Mr.. jameson. without rancor, "but
IL seems as if ia ought to have full as
much as that. II don't come TO but s.
a year. and he's cost me a good deal
more'n that most years. - Youths
Companion.
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today that Videvicm had threatened
his life repeatedly.
have lived ia dread OF an earthly
hell, declared Mealitch The man who
Is dead often threatened to push me
into the fire il I worked on the same
furnace platform with him Every mo-
ment I imagined / heard his footsteps
behind me, ready TO push me over into
the flames and report my death as an
accident Last night I turned around
suddenly and found him ready for the
unge. The time had come at LAST and
7 defended myself"
The Struggle.
The battle high ia the air, amid shog-
ers Of sparks and clouds Of binding
smoke, thrilled those who watched help
iessly below. AS the men struggled the
word went through the mill and all
work was dropped. while the puddlers
and the sto6ers gathered in tense groups
to watch the swaying figures on the ped
estal Of death. The men took sides IN
the battle 2nd shouted Instructions 10
their fav0fites before they realized the
seriousness of the affair Then they
watched in awe and IN silence.
The end OF the battle came when Mea-
hitch. hard pressed and near the brink
of the pit Of fire, picked up a heavy
crOWbaT and struck Nidevicm on the
head. The latter dropped, face forward.
Then Mealitch raimly descended the lad
der and submitted TO arrest by a pr
vate policeman
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possible that the aeroplane would sink
| TO the ground
! The motor has already been tuned up.
but was not put through any more PAGES
yesterday afternoon because of the lit
tie things that were not quite right.
An imperfect bearing was discovered
and 2 substitute had 10 be placed in
position
Up at the balloon tent, trings do not
look as if the aeroplane could be housed
there tomorrow. The Baldwin dirigible
is still trying TO burst through the can
vas roof of that structure and there Is
no indication that it IS b be Debated
now. Lieutenant Selridge. one OF the
signal officers engaged in the Fort
Myer tests, said yesterday that no or
ders had been received TO debate the big
gas bag and he does not know when
this viii be done
II is probable that the army officials
viii be compelled 10 build a board strue-
ture Of some kind IN which the aeroD-
plane can be lodged for tne lig canvas
house of the Baldwin air5hip is TO be
taken away to some other army post
when the latter ship Is debated.
The derrick used to assist in starting
the Wright machine Is now rcposing
peacefully in the balloon tent as is the
nifty or more feet or wooden ran along
which the acroplane giides before "a
leaves The ground in its fight through
the air.
Ever hing, therefore seems 10 be
ready Ger the FIRST hight except Mr.
Wright and q few details. and. AI-
Wright is gong after the details with
speed.
II has taken the Signal Corps Off
GERS at Fort Mycr nut few days in
which 10 learn 10 run the Baldwin
dirigible balloon and now they are al
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way in which it can be made to circle
about in thee air.
Probably most persons who read about
aeroplanes have seen some large 5ird,
hawk or eagle OF crows. high up in
the air, suddenly throw one wing high
above the other, and although soaring.
turn a complete circle
The Wright aerOplane turns IN Just
the same manner with the exception
that bird keeps both wings rigid when
performing this feat. seeming to twist
its whole body In The effort while the
machine cannot twist its body, but can
hold one wing straight and bend the
other up or down. But the result is
obtained and the effect, to use a COM
parison that probably isn't a bit tecanl-
cal, bat may be slightly Illuminating,
is just about that obtained 10y a bicycle
racer who is speeding over d banked
track, or high speed train on a curve
that is elevated for such speed.
The air acts on these wings just as
the track acts on the bicycle or the
train, and tends TO throw the machine
around the rudder meantime doing its
share To accomplish that end
The wing effect is the secret of the
'--7--N '----~Ae HeeNVSHs anu as close
resemblance 10 the wings of a soaring
bird, show where these inventors who
have startled the scientific world. frst
got their ideas of flying.
Twenty-six Miles an Hour.
To en- ordinary observer the machine
looked neavy; looks as il the main
planes with the motor and with their
own weight, could not be lifted from the
ground by its own power. II is not
hard TO believe, as Mr.. Wright has said,
that unless he can make "A speed of at
least tweHty-six miles an hour he can
not fly. Under that it would seem easily
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A SMILE OR TWO.

Te-Has your husband got used to
his motor carr
She-OE, yes He swears at IL au-
tOmaticaIly now.-Illustrated Bits.
He-I told your father 1 could OFFER
you an hOnOFed name
She eagerly and what did he
say2
IIe-He wanted 10 know what bank
II would be honored at and for how
much.-BostOn Transcript.
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INCORRIGIBLE

Every cloud has a silver lining. WIN
you admit that?"
Il Will" said the pessimist But
what good does that do me when there
are no really successful airships ?"-
Exchange.
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ROOM FOR DOUBT.

Il understand that your rich uncle is
m?"
Yes. however. we hope for the best"
Does that mean that you hope ne
viii get well or you hope he viii dep
Houston Post
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"MANANA" LAND.

Valparaiso Is only $3.50 miles from
New York, but 1t requires from seventy
to eighty days TO get a reply to a bust
ness letter
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Noon lunch. table 6'hote dinner. SER
vice a la carte. All varieties sea food
direct from the catchers and the finest
0btainable
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ABSURD.

should a man go to college after
ffty?"
We'll, he might pass muster al ten
MIS- ANS cred the expert But
man can't expect to do much in base
ball or football at that ge"-Louis-
vile COurier-JournaI
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LOCAL MENTION.
Holmes, Homemade Bread

reaches the very limit of dehciousness
and nutrition. sc a loaf. delivered fresh
from the bakery. Holmes Bakery, LIST
and i SITS. Phones Linen. 1910 and 49,
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Picnic Shoulders. al:

Dry Salt Shoulders, SIC; Small Hams
15c; Pure Lard, 12I5c; substitute. DC. J.
T. D. Pyles' u stores
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"De Gang" Forms a Social Club
To Escape Cranky Old Maids
Wage Earning UrchinS Ask to Be Permitted to Enjoy
Life in Wood Shed, Which Even Board
of Health Says Is Clean

Say, mister, amt it de limit? What,
/ you amt heard about de kid Not got
/ pinched fer dom not'in' at all but play
/ ing ball on de side lot and got sent to
/ de reform school cause he sassed a
/ copper wen de ball went in de street
an he couldn't make i'm give il back
TO him?
wen, that's w'ot happened. You
know we don't all live next door 10
these playground places an even if
they IS close by, we don't feel much
| like walkin a long ways after gettin'
up at 4 o'clock and sellin papers til
noon"
Forgot They Were Kids.
\ ragged, iH-kept. little "newsy'' was
doing the talking. and his complaint
seemed fairly a just one by the time he
finished delivering his argument His
most urgent plea was for the painless
suppression of 1.-THE cranky old maids
and the sissy petticoat men who for
get tina; they were once Just a couple
of kids" and show little tolerance for
the c~tbursts Of exhuberant childhood
which viii crop out after a youngster
has been busy earning a few pennies
to add to the family income.
I've couldn't do much kickin' 50 we
got together and formed a club, the
little urchin continued, but even then
they wouldn't let us alone. Some old
fogy who lived near the stable where
we had a big room complained that we
made him nervous, and now they've
chased US out on de streets again.
W'ots a fellow to do? Write a letter
to the papers? Well I guess we can do
that"
Here as the plea of childhood just as
it came irS7i he pen Of de main guy
@ de gang
The Boys Letter.
Dear MI. Editor:
IN hopes that the following article,
viii reach some good kind-bearted per-
son who will help US in some way we
beg you to spare the space in your pa
per 10 publish it.
We are an boys of the ages Of ten to
fifteen years, are growing up and try
ing TO become good citizens. Nearly all
of US are Newspaper boys, which has
been the making of many OF the high
honored men of our land to-day.
IN the evenings when We are Through
our daily tolls selling papers in ali kinds
of weather we don't like to 20 home
ana hang around the house, in the
kitchen or in the back yard. We like to
get out and have little pleasure to
PLAY and have little sport as Mr..
President Roosevelt dictated to the
hoys and girls CT Washington in one of
the evening papers not very long ago.
bat that we cannot enjoy. Why2 Jast
because we live in q ueighborhOOd
where the people were never children.
We cant so much as stop in front of
our own homes before here comes our
friend the copp (NitJ driving Us into
some back lot OF alley.
After-w We have been driven into these
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HoteI Iohnson GO

Choose most becoming tint: flesh. white.
pink or brunette. satin skin powder. z5c.
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Chicago Jewel Gas Ranges Are the
best. c. A. Muddiman & Co.. GIG 18th NV
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Shiny, oily, muddy skin made fair by Sati
skin cream and Satin skin 20 vder. 25c
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VII Dive at Sharp Angle,
In front of the main planes are the
two smaller planes which depress or
elevate the ship. These planes are not
large. but can be thrown at such an
angle that the aeroplane will dive or
soar ar a sharp angle.
Possibly the most wonderful thing
about the whole machine outside Of the
fact that it win fly-and there are prob
ably few people. except experts who
always have faith, who have seen it,
who believe that it can ever fulfill the
War Department requirements-is the
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
yFFICE8S BATTLE
WITH DESPERATE
-Four Men Killed by Negro and Ten
others Injured Before Black
Man is Killed.
occurrence In Oklahoma Leads to Be-
lief That Race War Is Imminent
and Governor Orders Out the
State Militia.

okmulgee, okla-F1ve persons
were killed and ten others wounded
Sunday afternoon in a fght between
Jim Deckard. negro desperate, and
local officers.
The disturbance began at the St.
Louis & San Francisco railroad sta
uon when Jim Deckard engaged In a
hight with an Indian boy. Steve Gray
son. and beat him into insensibility
with rock Friends OF Grayson no
tiled the police. and when Policeman
haber went to the station. Deckari
ned to his house nearby. barricaded
himself in. and. when Klaber ap
preached. Deckard shot and killed
him.
Sheriff Robinson gathered a posse
In few minutes and hurried to the
scene. Part of this posse was made
up OF a group OF negroes. whom the
sheriff commissioned as deputies. As
the posse approached the house Deck
ard opened fire with a rife. firing az
rapidly as he could load his weapon
N@NNAN ANOuiASOh lCil uTSts INSTANTLY
killed. Then the two Chapman
brothers, negro deputies. were slain
Deckards house was surrounded by
frenZied mob OF armed men. Fir,
was set to a house just north o
Deekard's, volleys we're poured int
Deckard's house and he was sho
down. He was seen to roll over oil
the floor. strike a match and set FIR
TO his own house, which vas soon
roaring furnace In which hfs body wa
baked. Deckard evidently had larg
quantity of ammunition stored in hi
house. for many cartridges explode
while the house was burning.
Governor Haskell, at Guthrie. wa
notified OF the battle and of the ba
feeling between whites and negroe
that had grown out of II and threa
ened a race riot. The governor q
once orderd the militia company a
Muskogee 10 prepare TO go to Okmu
| gee, and a special train was mad
ready to carry the troops, the GO
/ ernor remaining at his Office to kee
in touch with the situation News {
the preparation to send militia her
had a good effect on the disorder
element of both races. and at o'cloc
! Sunday night the crowd had dispense
and further trouble Is not expected.
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UPWARD START
After Changing from Coffee 70 Postum.

Many a talented person Is kept back
because Of he interference Of coffee
with the nonrishmeut Of The body
. This is especially so with hose
whose nerves are very. sensitive. a. is
often the case with talented persons.
There is a simple easy way to get nd
Of coffee evils and Tenn. lady "a.
perienee along these lines is worth
considering. She says:
Almost from The beginning 81 The
use Of coffee II hurt my stomach Hy
the time / was fifteen | was almost "a
nervous wreck. nerves all unsirune 30
strength TO endure the most trivial
thing. either work or fun.
There WAS scarcely anything
could cat that would agree with mc
The little ! did eat seemed 10 give me
more trouble than il was worth
finally quit coffee and drank bot
water. bat there was 80 ntile fuod 7
could digest. I was literally starving
was so weaa ! could not sIt up hHg
at a time.
"It was then a friend broaght us i
hot esp OF Postum. ] drank rarf
and after an hour I ielt o. lsoa4t
bad had some hing TO eat -
strengthened That was abgut Eve
year. ago. and after continuing Pes
I'm IN place a coffee and gradually
getting stronger. to-day ! can eaf and
digest aBything I want walk Ea 3eb
as want My nerves are steady
i believe ihe first thing that o.o tae
any good AID gave me an G~aFl
start. vas Postum. and I use ii alto
ge,ber nov instead OF coffee. Tbare.
a Reason
Name given by Postum Co, baif3e
/ Greek Mich Read The Road 20 Wen
Vile" Ia pkgs.
Ever read the above lrttrrf sew
one snp~ar~ fresh tiuae 10 time. ihrt
.re E-suIs-. true, aBd full OF hnmaF
Izterest.
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Tragedy Of Long Ago Unveiied.

Missoula. Mont-The bieached
skeleton OF an unknoVn man the de-
ravjng bones Of a monster bear ana
the twisted barrel Of an old-fashioned
gun-mute evidences Of a mortal com
bat between man and beast years ago
were discovered In remote section
Of the Flathead indian reservation
near Dixon few days ago by hunt
ing party. The skeleton Of the man
lay close beside that Of the bear as
though both had gone down together
in a terrific death struggle. The
tragedy must have occurred at least
thirty years ago.
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SEVERE HEMoRRHolps
Sores, and Itching Eexema-poeter
Thought an Operation Necessary
-cutieura's Efficacy Proven.

Il am now SO years old. and three
years ago ] was taken with an at
tack OF piles themorrhoidsl. bleeding
and protruding The doctor said the
only help for me was TO so 10 a
hospital and be operated on. tried
several remedies for months but did
not get much help During this time
sores appeared which changed to a
terrible itching eczema. Then | began
to use Cuticura Soap. Ointment. and
Pills. injecting quantity Of Cuacnra
Ointment with Cuticura Suppository
Syringe II took month OF this
treatment to get me In fairly healthy
state and then ! treated myself once
a day for three months and. after that
once or twice a week. The treatments
I tried took a lot OF money. and II IL
fortunate that ! used Cuticura. j. II
Henderson, Hopkinton. N. r.. Apr
26. 1907"
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Dispatcher Not Held Responsible for
Train Wreck

Plains. Mont.-Justice p. Bowman
on Saturday eevning discharged for
mer Chief Dispatcher E. NJ. Ringer,
who had his preliminary hearing DC
tober y. Ringer was charged with
involuntary manslaughter in connee.
ton with the Olive wreck on the
Northern Pacific. when Eve lives we're
lost The case had been under advise
ment since the hearing II. J. Kelley
the other dispatcher. and Operator
Mitchell will have their trials In the
district court November p, inf0rma-
tion being filed direct