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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-29
Johnson in Congressional Race.

Hon. Lee A. Johnson has decided
to enter the Congressional race in
the Third District. For many weeks
Mr.. johnson has been undecided as
to his candidacy, altho his friends
were urging him to run and he was
receiving favorable comment from
the newspapers of the state. While
turning the question Of his candi-
dacy over and over in his mind, Mr..
Johnson attended the Spokane State
convention as delegate from his
home county, Yakima. The unex-
pected action of that convention in
declaring for local option was ten
strike for him and placed him in
position of advantage among the six
or seven aspirants for the position.
For Mr.. Johnson has been recognize
ed throughout the state as the local
option champion, and in the last
two sessions of the legislature he
has lead the fight for the local OPP
tion measure being defeated by the
narrow margin of one vote. Altho
the local option plank came up for
discussion as the minority report,
unexpectedly to him he sprang for
ward to plead for his pet measure
and presented strong and eloquent
argument for its adoption. In part
he said:
I am in favor of the resolution
because 1 confidently believe that
its adoption would be another step
in the direction of the eradication
of the evils of the unrestricted sale
of intoxicants, and it will make me
prouder of the great republica n
party than I have ever been in my
life if | can 60 home tomorrow and
tell my friends and neighbors that
my party is willing to join in this
worldwide crusade for the purifca-
ton of home life, the commercial
life and the political life of the
nation" Because of his consistent
course in advocating the local option
plan both before this time in the
legislature and in the convention,
Mr.. Johnson's address disarmed the
suspicion Of the delegates and Sc
cured the adoption of the plank.
In the legislature the two terms
he has served he has been regarded
strong and progressive member of
the body. He favored the direct
primary law, the railroad commits
sion law and the congressional dis
trlctlng bill. In an interview he
has the following to say as to his
position and platform:
If shall be so fortunate as to
be elected to congress, | shall under
take to pursue much the same
course at Washington I have pursu-
ed at Olympia. The two important
matters of local importance this
district desires from the federal
government are the continued dcve-
lopement of irrigation enterprises
in Washington and the improve
ment of the Columbia river and its
navigable tributaries. But the
people of this state expect their re-
preventative to take a progressive
position on general legislation, as
we'll as look after matters of local
Importance and have come, through
the character of service rendered
,, them in the past, to expect high
degree of efficiency and ability of
their congressman in the future. "
ct.a,uho orr;ne cannnd u|:%h n,,<
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-29

The actual figures for the ship
ments from Finley have not been
secured. A. D. Parker is the largest
shipper from Hover.
Car load OF Yakilr Best Flour Just
arrived.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
Staggering Losses by Fire.

The totals of fire loss in this ooun-
try may signify little to the average
mind, but the comparative figures
should mean much. The figures is
sued by the national board of fire un-
derwriters show that the average fire
loss per capita in the United States
for the last five years was 1902,
against 80 cents for six European
countries, including France, Germany
and Austria. It may be objected per-
haps that it is unfair to select this
particular period for purposes Of COM
parison, since both the Baltimore fire
of 1904 and the San Francisco fire OF
1906 are included in it. And yet, says
the New York Globe, If these two fires,
representing about $3.50, 100000, were
deducted from the total fire loss Of the
country for the five years-which is es1
timated at $1,257,716,955-the total
would be reduced by but little over
a fourth. And the American per
capita loss would remain about 6h
times larger than the European. What
Is to blame for this great disparity?
Are we so much more careless than
Europeans? Are European building
codes, fire departments and water sup7
plies from 61a to 10 times better than
those found in the United States?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
NiQht SWeats & Couch.

E. w. Walton, Condr. 8. p. Ry., ~
Van Ness St., San Antonio, Tex,
writes: "During the summer and fall
Of 1902, my annoyance from catarrh
reached that stage where 1t was actual
misery and developed alarming symp-
toms, such as q very deep-seated cough,
night sweats, and pains in the head and
chest. experimental with several So
called remedies before finally decided
to take thorough course of Peruna.
"Two Of my friends had gone SO far as
to inform me that the thing for me to do
was to resign my position and seek
higher, more cong genial climate. Every
one thought I had consumption and I
was not expected to live very long.
"Having procured some Peruna, I de-
cided to give it thorough test and APP
piled myself assiduously to the task Of
taking it, as per instructions, in the
meantime.
"The effects were soon apparent, all
alarming symptoms disappeared and
nv general health became. fully as gooo
as it had ever been in my life.
II have resorted to the use OF Peruns
on two or three occasions since that
time to cure myself of bad colds"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
EYESIGHT WAS IN DANGER
From Terrible Eczema-Baby's Head
Mass Of itching Rash and Sores
disease Cured by Cuticura.

"Our little girl was two months old
when she got a rash on her face and
within five days her face and head
were all one sore. We used different
remedies but it got worse instead Of
better and we thought she would turn
blind aud that her ears would fall OF.
She suffered terribly, and would
scratch until the blood came. This
went on until she was five months old,
then had her under our family doc
tors care, but she continued to grow
worse. He said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old started
to use the Cuticura Remedies and in
two months our baby was different
girl. You could not see sign Of q
sore and she was as fair as a new
born baby. She has not had sign OF
the eczema since. Mrs. H. F. Budke,
LeSueur, Mimi, Apr. Is and May 2. OF"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
GENERAL NEWS,

The itinerary for Mr. Taft's first cam
paign tour through ten middle states
was announced.
A powder magazine near McAlester,
Okla, was struck by lightning, the ex-
plosion killing one miner and seriously
injuring eight others.
Police Commissioner Bingham of
New York publicly retracted his re-
cent statement in a magazine article
that half the criminals in New York
were Jews.
The New York stock exchange house
of E. r. Chapman & Co. was victim
lied to the extent of $4,000 by means
of fraudulent checks.
w. w. Reamer of East st. Louis
tried to burn his house and family and
then made two attempts at suicide.
Lured to lonely spot in Oklahoma
City, Okla, Mrs. Harry Pearson was
shot and killed by Harry Parker, a
grain inspector from Iola Kan, be-
cause she wouldn't elope with him.
DR.. George Morton Of New York
was arrested in Philadelphia on fu-
gitive warrant from New York, charg-
ing him with securing 100000 by
means of fraudulent notes.
The American battleships Maine and
Alabama, the vanguard Of the Ameri-
can fleet on it's round-theworld voy-
age, arrived at Naples.
Emperor William disappointed the
general expectation that he would set
eoot on French territory in the course
of sightseeing voyage along the
Vosges range.
The business section of Keosauqua,
Ia, was partly destroyed by fire, the
loss being $4,000.
Charles I. Van Zant, for several
years. a prominent baseball player.
committed suicide at his home in
Nashua, N. H.
Jessie and Willie Desmeulen, aged
% and 16, drowned In the river at
Sioux City, Ia, in sight of their father,
who was rowing to their assistance.
The national conservation commits.
sion has made public the first of its
schedules on which the inventory of
the country's natural resources is be.
ing conducted, and it indicates an in
tention to hunt down waste in all its
forms and to devise some means to
prevent it.
George Sands, 70 years old, was ar.
rested at his home in Kansas City
Kan, on a charge Of making counter.
felt money. Five glass fruit jars con
tanning 1913 spurious silver dollars
were dug up. in his back yard.
Harry X. Thaw was transferred tc
the Jail at White Plains. N. Y.
In a flight lasting one hour, ten min
utes and 26 seconds, Orville Wright
surpassed all his exploits for q time
and distance flight for heavier-than
air machine.
Twelve hundred employees Of the
Great Northern Paper Company o. Mi
iinocket. Me-. went on strike.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Various proposals are being made
for the celebration of the Lincoln CEN
tenary. Lincoln and Darwin were
hprn on the same day, and both In
England and in this country the sug.
gestion has been made Of an interna-
tional observance of the birthday.
Some visible memorial will, no doubt.
be erected to Lincoln in Washington,
and it has been proposed to construct
a centennial highway from Washing
ton to Gettysburg. Whatever the out
ward and visible observances may be,
there is one manifestation of interest
which the individual may make to him
self in private; he may read the writ.
ten works of the two great men who
were born on February II, 1909, and
discover the ideas that keep those
men alive.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

It is one of the perversities Of hu-
man nature that everybody Is "agin"
something. When the automobile was
rare and disobedient most of us were
Inclined to throw stones at it. Since
then there has been time for a class
IF pro-automobile outlaws to grow up,
who try to defeat the cunning hand
pf the law. The officers set traps for
~erspeeding cars, and the lawless
Turk outside the traps to warn the
drivers. Some of these warmers are
secret agents Of automobile associa-
lions, paid to give the warning, but
others are merely specimens Of
chronic opposition; they take pleasure
IN beating anybody, even a Jealous
Gown constable. Soon there will
arise another opposition of warmers to
warn the constables when the warmers
ne warning the automobiles.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
Absconder Brouuht Back.

New York, Sept. 1S.-A. F. Bonelli.
former banker of Cleveland, O., charg.
ed with the theft Of $4,000, arrived
here as a prisoner on the steamer
Afghan Prince from Brazil Bonelli
was a steamship ticket agent and
private banker dealing particularly in
foreign exchange, in Cleveland. He
disappeared June 10 last. Complaints
came soon after the failure of remit
tances to reach Italy where Bonelli
claimed to have correspondents
Cleveland authorities learned that he
was in Sac Paulo, Brazil, and at once
caused his arrest. The prisoner will
be taken at once to Cleveland.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
WRECKED.
GREAT AEROPLANE TURNS TUR-
TIE IN DESCENT.
LIEUT.. SELFR|DGE KILLED
Worlds Greatest Aeronaut Was
Barely Conscious When Help
Reaches the Men.

Washington, d. c., Sept. 1S.-After
having drawn the attention OF the
world to his aeroplane flights at Fort
Myer and having established new
worlds records for heavier than air
flying machines, Orville Wright met
with tragical mishap while making
a two man fight late yesterday The
aeroplanist was accompanied by Lieut..
Thomas E. Selfridge Of the signal
corps of the army. Lieutenant Self
ridge was fatally injured and died at
$40 o'clock last night. Mr.. Wright
was seriously injured, but is expected
to recover.
While the machine was enclrcling
the drill grounds propeller blade
snapped off and hitting some other
part of the intricate mechanism eau.
sed it to overturn in the air and fall
to the ground, enveloping the two oc.
cupants in the debris. Soldiers and
spectators ran across the field to
where the aeroplane had fallen, and
succeeded in lifting Mr.. Wright and
Lieutenant Selfridge from under the
tangled mass of machinery, rods
wires and shreds of muslin.
Mr.. Wright was conscious and said:
ooh, hurry and lift the motor" Lieu
tenant Selfridge was unconscious and
had apparently struck the ground
with great force. His head was
covered with blood and he was chok-
ing when the soldiers extricated him
from under the machine.
DR.. Waters, New York physician
was one of the first to reach the spot
and rendered first aid to the injured
men. When their wounds had been
bandaged Mr.. Wright and Lieutenant
Selfridge were taken to the fort hospi-
tai at the other end of the field. Mr..
Wright had lapsed into state Of
semi-consciousness by the time he
reached the hospital, while Lieutenant
Selfridge did not regain consciousness
at all. He was suffering from a frac-
ture at the base of the skull and was
in a critical condition.
After hurried surgical examina'
ton it was announced that Mr.. Virgin
was not dangerously injured. He is
suffering from fracture of his left
thigh and several ribs on the right
side are fractured.
Lieut.. Thomas E. Selfridge, U. S. A.
was son of E. A. Selfridge Of San
Francisco retired merchant. He
was 26 years old. He received his
appointment to West Point from Cali
fornia and had been stationed at the
Preside before being sent to Wash
ington, where he was assigned for
special duty with the signal corps.
He had for years devoted himself to
the study of aeronautics. While with
| the Fifth field artillery he became in
| terested in the work of Prof. AleXan.
| der Graham Bell, who was experiment
| ing with tetrahedral kites. He was
made secretary of the Aerial Expert
ment association, and went to Ham.
| mondsport, N. Y, to continue the
work in aeronautics. He supervised
the construction of the first aeropane
built by the experimental station, the
Red Wing, which made successful
flight at Hammondsport on March -
last. Lieutenant Selfridge made
| flights in this and the other two aero
| planes built by the association.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
PERSONAL,

Wilbur Wright broke the European
record for sustained flight with an
aeroplane, remaining in the air more
than SO minutes.
Senior Corea has resigned as Mica
raguan minister to Washington and
DR.. Rodolfo Espinoza has been named
to succeed him.
Wilson Collins, former cashier of a
bank at Elkhart, Ind, was released
from the federal prison at Leaven-
worth, Kan, after six-year sentence
for violation of the national banking
law.
Louis A. Gregori, who fired upon
Maj Dreyfus during the ceremonies
last June incident to the placing of the
body of Emile lola in the Pantheon,
the Dreyfus affair, was acquitted by a
jury.
John Mouton, leper, who escaped
from the Louisiana leper home IN
Iberville parish about a year ago, was
found selling tickets at nickel the
ater in New Orleans.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
BRIEF news Notes
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Complete Review 81 Happenings OF
Greatest Interest from All Parts OF
the Globe-Latest Home and For
eiqn Items.
POLITICAL.

Charles Evans Hughes was nominate
ed by the Republican state convention
on the first ballot to succeed himsell
as governor of the state of New YORK
He received 827 out of a possible l,oo9
votes, as against 151 for James W.
Wadsworth, Jr., of Livingston county
speaker of the state assembly, ana 81
for former Congressman John X. Stew
art Of Montgomery.
New York Democrats nominated a
state ticket headed by Lieut.. GOV.
Lewis s. Chanler for governor, ana
closed their convention with great
meeting which was addressed by Mr..
Bryan.
Judge A. Heaton Robertson OF New
Haven was nominated for governor or
Connecticut by the Democrats.
The Republican party was victorious
in the Maine state election, Bert M.
Fernald Of Poland being chosen gov
ernor over Obadiah Gardner, the DEM
ocratic nominee. The Republicans
also elected all four congressman end
maintained their majority in the legls-
lature, although the Democrats made
a good gain in their representation
The plurality received by the Republl-
cans was not much over 100, the
smallest received in any presidential
year in rs years.
The Republican state convention or
Utah nominated ticket headed by w.
e. Spry for governor.
Ex-Congressman John F. Lacey was
chosen by the standpatters of Iowa to
oppose Gov. Cummins as United
States senator to be voted upon at
the primary in November.
James A. Tawney James McCleary
and Clarence B. Miller were winners
for congressional nominations in the
three disputed districts of Minnesota.
Miller had landslide in the Eighth
district, defeating ]. Adam Bede by
three to one.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
turkeys New Railroad.

While Turkey is in the thrOes at
holitical commissions 1t may be well to
recall the fact that she also is getting
In condition to make material ad-
yancement. One OF the most impor,
tant contributions to the facilities
which promise we'll for the future Is
the Bagdad railroad, which penetrates
a section that offers great ind~ce-
ments for trade. The line will be wa
miles long and will open up an I'M
mense area, touching many prominent
points in that quarter, and a'ncng
other places making Damascus and
Mecca much easier Of access. amer
lean Consul Harris, writing from
Smyrna, gives interesting particulars
about the road, and in conclusion says:
.The difficult parts Of the undertaking
will be over after the Euphrates Is
crossed. 1t is estimated that the 81
miles of tunnel, viaducts and bruges
will average from $155,0O0 to $1S5,0o7
per mile. This heavy expense Will be
compensated by the relatively low
cost Of the level parts. The build
Ing of these four sections must be-
done in seven years. The cost OF the
SIS miles of railway will amount to
about $45,O00,000. The Bagdad rail-
way will help the commercial, indus
trial and agricultural development OF
the immense territories through which
Il will run, and will furnish outlets for
the mineral wealth Of the regions
sraversed." The road is built by for
eign capital, Of course, and will be
under foreign management. But 1t
means great deal in the way OF Inn
proving the advantages Of Turkey, nnd
should open the way to the traders
of the nations, including the United
States.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
He Saves $4,000 in Coal.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 1S.-Ad.
miral Sperry, commander of the At.
lantic fleet, according to estimates
made at the navy department, will
have saved $4,000 in coal consump.
ton by the Atlantic fleet by the time
the fleet reaches the east coast of the
United States from it's voyage around
the world. A cablegram received by
the navy department from Admiral
Sperry requires the department to re.
duce by $4,000 tons his original esti.
mate of coal for the use of his fleet
on the voyage from Hampton Roads
to New York.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
OBITUARY..

Capt. A. E. Maxwell, general agent
of the Seaboard Air Line, with head,
quarters in Jacksonville, Fla, and one
Of the best known railroad men in
the south, died suddenly at Gaines
vile, Ca, Of heart trouble. ..g q.
DR.. George w. Clark, who was the
oldest living graduate of Union col.
lege, and as q young teacher "whaled'
Roscoe Conkling, is dead at his home
In New York, aged 80 years.
Hugh Coyle, credited with 5eing the
original Of the modern press agent
died It the county hospital In CHICAGO.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
Neqroes HoIdup Italians

Kansas City, Sept. 1S.-Six ne.
groes surrounded freight car in
Muncie, Kan, near here, in which
eight Italian railway laborers were
sleeping, and robbed the foreigners
of 5000 in pay checks that they had
just received. Samuel Chudkeare, one
of the Italians, exchanged shots with
the negroes and was shot in the side
and dangerously wounded.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
Undaunted bv Blindness.

Prof. E. D. Campbell, direator Of the
chemical laboratories in the Univer-
sity of Michigan, lost his sight 1S
years ago through an accident. In
spite of his affection he has taken .
high place in education and has made
original researches of much value, es-
pecially in the chemistry OF iron and
cement
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Mr.. Haldane, the British war sec.
retary, has defined the qualifications
OF modern statesman as the patience
OF Job, the temper Of saint and the
skin OF q rhinoceros. These are the
modern form Of the virtues described
4 = old-fashioned biographies a. wis.
dom, unselfshness and courage.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
An Illinois Fraud CAUGHT,

Toronto Sept. 13.-A man who gave
the name Of ]. Bellamy of Chicago,
but whose real name is said to be
Mcfarland, was arrested here early
yesterday. 1t is stated by the police
that the prisoner admitted his iden.
tity as well as his connection with
an alleged swindle perpetrated on Mrs.
J. A. Patten of Evanston, III. Bell.
amy, it is alleged, represented to
Mrs. Patten that he had certain rare
books for sale, and she was induced
to pay over $4,000.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
Edward Shows FRIENDSHIP,

Constantinople, Sept. ia tele.
gram sent by King Edward to the
sultan of Turkey on the anniversary
Of the latter's accession to the throne
was made public and produced de.
cided sensation on account Of the
frienliness Of it's tone. The message
evidently was intended to Offset the
advances made to the sultan by En-.
5peror William. NJ. \! 4
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

A Waterbury Comm dispatch tells
of farmer near that place who haa
developed a potato that grows on
vines like gooseberries." II Connects
cut gooseberries grow on vines thej
would be as great a novelty as the po
tatoes out in this part of the country
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
DISTEMP PER

In all its forms among all ages of horses,
as well as dogs, cured and others in the
same stable prevented from having the
disease with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER
CURE. Every bottle guaranteed. Over
$1,000 bottles sold last year. $50 and
$l.0o. Any good druggist, or send to man
ufacturers. Agents wanted Write for
free book. Spohn Medical Co., Spec. Con.
tagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
IN THE OLD MILITIA DAYS.

Captain, you will appear on the
parade ground with your company Ut
ten o'clock for inspection"
Sorry, colonel, but you'll have to
postpone 1t till tomorrow! / prom
Used my wife that she could use the
cannon to-day for a churn!"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18
Starch. like everything else. is b.

Starch, like everything else, is be-
Ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market rs years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est Observation-Disclosures Starch-all In.
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch .
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

Some OF the farmers resent the eff
forts of the president to make their
homes brighter. They think that
more practical way would be to send
paint to them instead Of a commits
sion - e.. 49,.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-09-18

"A newly invented writing machine.
Il Ii claimed. will write 10000 words
,aa hour. At one dollar I word Pres.
tdent Roosevelt could aOon BANKRUPT
1 Ne puk fishers. Il, 83i VI 4.