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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21
HEAVY sUYINo KEEPS UP.

HEAVY 6UYINo KEEPS UP.
Yesterday was another record
breaker and az the present rate
everyone OF the remaining fine pi-
amos in this Railroad Damage Claim
Sale will be snapped up in the next
two days.
All those who intend to take ad-
vantage OF this extraordinary oppor.
tunity will do well 20 attend 90 II AZ
once, The chance 90 effect bona
fide saving Of anywhere from $3.50.
$3.50 and up to s226 on strictly high
est grade pianos may never come
again. Even though you're not
quite ready e viii pay you hand.
somely TO at least investigate right
away
You're protected in every way.
Money back II instrument is not ex.
aetly as represented and satisfac-
tow Come In and satisfy your.
self that this chance is all that We
claim. Many Of the mars and
scratches are only slight--most OF
them can be refnished so that
they'll hardly show Musically the
pianos are as good as ever-and
buying now means you get big
reduction from the regular estab-
lished retail price. The railroad
company stands the loss Remem-
Der. there's no time TO lose now.
Hurry in tomorrow morning II you
can. lest you be disappointed.
ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.
should YOU prefer a fine plano or
organ that has been used a little,
visit the Plano Exchange and Rar.
gain Room tdownstairsi the first
thing tomorrow morning. This new
department IL filled with big snaps
which viii be closed out at once,
regardless of actual cost or their
real value.
A largest size Cabinet Grand
Schaeffer. only $50: a medium sized
Hinze for an even s50. a mahogany
cascd Winthrop. sold everywhere
for $3.50 now only $40: another
Winthrop & Son now Sf2b; a
BARNES a Son. snap at $40. a nearly
new Bailey. case considerably mar
red. only Si10. a largest. fanoiest
style Fischer. only Sl65; a fine me.
dunn sized Weber only Sl95: an
other Weber. genuine rosewood
case. like new, only S2iS: a full size
Davis & Sons only $50, and a num-
hcr of others at prices that's virtu-
ally giving 'om away. Pay cash
or easy weekly or monthly pay
ments, as You choose.
A big assortment of Organs. both
church and parlor styles-pay 81
weekly
If You can afford 10 pay $50. S25
or Whereabouts. as the first pay
mont come the first thing in tho
morning and select your piano ere
it's too late Quickest action Is
necessary now ID. $. Johnston Co,
Oldest aud Largest Dealers. Third
and University, Johnston Co. build.
ing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21
PILES ON
REEF
Kosmos Liner Anubis Is
Total Loss Near Santa
Rosa.
tBy United pressl

SANTA BARBARA. Cal. July q.
The German steamer Anubis. OF
the Kosmoa line. bound from San
Francisco to MRzailan. Mex. and
Hamburg. lies on reef between
San Miguel and Santa Rosa islands,
in the Santa Barbara channel.
where she struck in a dense fog
early Monday morning.
News OF the wreck was received
from Point Conception. nc which
place the first aud second officers
~ the Anuhis arrived In liieboat
today. after rowing nearly so miles
from the scene Of the wreck. The
big liner had on board " persons,
OF whom 10 were passengers All
hands were saved According to the
officers. the Anubis will be- total
loss. and tugs have been requested
from San Francisco aud San Pedro
TO salvage as much Of the cargo
aa can be saved The cargo Is
mostly composed Of lumber and
hides. which was being ieitisoncd
as rapidly az possible when the Of
ficers left
The passengers were landed safe
Is on one OF the nearby islands.
presumably San Miguel
The Anubls was following the reg
ular channel course down the coast
but evidently became lost In the
FOG Sunday night and set a course
40 Tar westerly that she steered
into shallow water between the
islands,
The Anubis has been plying reg.
ulariy between Puget Sound ports
and San Francisco aud Hamburg
for several years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21

ST. PETERSBURG. July 2i.-Ths
dispatches telling OF the death Of
Admiral RoIessvensky At Bsdnau.
helm are accepted here az true. a
report from Berlin that u was .
mistake is receiving official inVestl
cation this evening.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21
Who'll Be the
Fortunate
Child?
PROMINENT CITIZEN SELECTS
Superb BABY GRAND FOR
TALENTED DAUGHTER.

Among the many. fine pianos Sc
cured by discriminating buyers at
the ID. s. Johnston Co. Railroad
Damage Claim Sale yesterday was
magnificent Chickering Baby
Grand. This instrument was select
ed by a wealthy local citizen. who
will present II TO his talented dangh-
ter as birthday gift. II is intended
as surprise. and what q pleasant
surprise i'm be.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21
100 Meter Run.

Three Engiishmen. one American
and one Freschman qualified for
the finals ia the 900 meter run In
the first SIX heats 81 the prelimi.
naries. heat two being declared
void. In heat one Montague of
England ran the distance in so Is
seconds. heat two WAS vOsded. heat
three was won b. Ryle OF England
IN a walkovsr. heat four was won
BY Taylor % America IN 50 IS sec.
onda. heat five vas won BY NichoI
of England In 50 as seconds. aud
heat SIX waA won By Malgeat OF
France In 50 seconds fiat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21
CLINE PIANO Co.
FIRE AND PIANOS.

tas Greatest Bargains IN RI
0Fg4as. Yloiins. Guitars
Sheet Music. Books
Goods q every descnp
lh il the greatest sale Of
s''al Goods ever offered In
vest Il Is Bona -Fide a
80 Of over $50 900 worth 81
'al goods damaged M our
.IFoon4 By FIRE This fire
Z. ~ ont b. chemicals. little
49, $50 vas used and almost the
a''fa stock saved Is In no va
a@aged BY water The In.
pis d all the inafrumenfs
q perfect as ever The
only show the DAMAGE
..'ae can now be bought aome
~ 0'eioafth, some for ono.
tsngs -''N7 were placed On the
So . or expert and skilled
-. .' and most of 90 n
=. j. lpok Ike new The saiv
| ~. 7. nave ordered them rold
Ii. must az 50 for whatever
| Nl,. ICY e. viii bring with a.
aslay a. possible.
" the Opportunity Of a
Lifetime.
| CLINE PIANO CO.,
e's.'So' ,1. 2nd Ave.
opposite Moore Theatre.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21
ADMIRAL DIED OF A
BROKEN HEART
10y United pres..)

10y UnIfed Press.1
BERLIN. July 2i.--A special re-
celved here today from Badnsu-
helm denies that Admiral Roiest.
vsnaky 10 dead. u says that a
statesman Of that name died there
two days ago. and the report WAS
sent TO ST. Petersburg that u was
the admiral
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21

Two Americans qualified fos tho
finals In the 100 meter dash IN the
semifinala. Rector. Of America.
made the distance In 10 IS sec.
0nds. which tied the Olympic rec.
ord. Cartmell Of America. quail.
fled BY winning bis heat in n Is
seconds Walker. Of South Africa.
won his heat in 10 IS seconds. also
tying the Olympic record Kerr. Of
Canada. won hts heat IN II sec.
ouds
In the semifiuals Of the 800
meter hurdles. Hillman. 81 Amer.
lea. won. making the race IN So Is
seconds beating the Olympic rec.
ord. Bacon. Of America, had a
walk0vnr ia his heat Burton. of
England. qualified by winning his
heat IN 50 as seconds. and Tremor.
OF England. won his heat In / min.
ute and 3.5 81 a second.
In heat seven Of the 900 meter
run Hobblna. 0f America. won in
so 25 seconds. In heat eight Prout
81 America. won IN 50 2.5 seconds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21
Here's a Snap

a. a. Herrlu 4 Co. so First
av. have for sale a block OF Raw.
hide Free Gold A snap. '''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21

LONDON. Iuly 81. In the Greco.
Roman heavyweight WRESTLING
matches today. Pefroff OF Ruaala
defeated Humphreys OF England
and Jensen OF Denmark was thrown
hy Weisse Of Hungary.
In the eh.as.catch.can wrest.
ling. Beck Of England defeated Mar.
gaanes Of America ClcmRn Of Eng.
land defeated Wallis % England in
the firEt round % the mlddlew eight
wrestling matches
Anderson Of sweden defeated
Craig OF America In the second pre-
ltminary match Of the middieweight
wrestling contest Full time OF the
Anderson Craig bout was rs min.
utes and the exhtoitioa proved one
OF the most interesting pulled off
since the Olympic games werc
opened.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21

the running high jump ureilml.
nary heats we're started with a tie.
Aonsen OF Norway and Leader OF
England each finishing with the
rod standing at the mark of five
feet 10 rs inches Gidnsy OF Amer.
lea took third place wifh a jump
Of five feet and u OF an Inch.
Sections three and four were
combined ia the running high Jump
and another tie for first place re-.
suited Lcahy % England and An.
DIRE Of france divided the leading
honors IN the heat. their mark BE-
ink Nix feet two inches
Latbers Of sweden won the third
heat Ia the high diving contest.
Proter OF America set a new
Olympic record In the running high
jump today. when he established a
mark Of six feet three inches. lie
made the record when he won sec.
ton i've Of the preliminarlem.
In the middieweight seml.flnai
wrestling matches Bacon Of Eng.
land defeated heck Of England and
Relwyskow % England defeated An.
derson Of Sweden.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21

The Anubis is one OF the large
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-21

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2i-The
Anubis Is owned by the kosmos
line. OF Hamburg She piled be
tween Puget Sound ports, San
Francisco aud Hamburg by way OF
Panama aud South American ports
She Is steel vessel OF 3,0Sa tons
net displacement The Annhis left
san Francisco the afternoon of July
IL under command OF Capt Won
salzen The Kosmos line announced
that a message had been received
from the captain of the Anubie say
ing that all on board we're safe
and there was no danger OF loss
of life
Their report says that all the
officers and crew were saved.
There were 60 men I'm the crew.
Capt. A. Won Salzen rs commended
for his bravery in standing by the
steamer being the last to leave
First officer Dorni and Second
officer Olsen were the men who
rowed 90 Point Conception and re-
ported the wreck to the government
watch there Third Officer Karl
Lowe stayed with the vessel The
Anubis carried a cargo of lumber
and barley for Europe She had
5000 tons of cargo. making a total
dead weight of 5000 tons The
vessel was valued at s11i,900
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22

fectly contented and refuses to be
interrupted in her feast. The strange
appetite of the woman was discovered
by Superintendent Alva Rockhill OF
the asylum, who, missing cotton
comforter, began an investigation
He demonstrated with her, but to no
effect, and he finally called the atten-
ton of the county physician, T. ].
Shackleford Of Warsaw, to the girls
strange actions. She showed no signs
Of illness, but the doctor refused to
take chances.
Medicine left by him was acceptable
to the girl at first, but after a few
days she refused longer to follow d.
rections. Finally she refused to touch
the victuals set before her and her
condition began to look alarming
Time after time the girl refused her
meals. This continued over a pc
riod of one week, nothing but cotton
passing to her stomach.
Suddenly the girl became hungry
for something more than cotton, and
she returned to her daily routine .os
three square meals. She ate regular
ly of the food provided by the au-
thorities and then as suddenly
switched back on the cotton diet. Fear
ing that he would be without comfort
ers for the winter, the superintendent
removed all such from the girls bed,
so her bed was stripped of all cover
ing but heavy sheeting.
Mary showed her disapproval of
this by refusing to eat. A few days
later she was discovered in the act OF
| ripping hole in the straw tick and
now taking one blade after another
| from the inside she chews them into
a cud after the fashion of COW. Hear.
ing of the story, Warsaw liveryman
has offered to donate bale Of hay
for Miss Tusig's benefit.
The girl was admitted to the coun
| ty asylum soon after birth because
she showed signs of poor mental fac
ulties. Provision for her support is
made by her parents. The girl spends
her time in rocking in a chair sent to
the poor farm by her parents. Hel
only other popularity is that for hours
she will purr like cat.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22
SOCIETY GIRL IN A SEWER.
Falls Into ManhoIe in Storm and 10
Almost Drowned.

Oakland, Cal-Suit may be brought
against the city of Oakland for heavy
damages by Miss Anna Coleman,
prominent young society woman and
musician, who fell into a sewer man.
hole during a recent storm and dislo-
Gated her shoulder and broke two lig-
aments in her arm.
Miss Coleman was on her way to a
friends house. Broadway, at Twenty
sixth street, was flooded, but Miss
Coleman made the best of her way
across and stepped upon some boards
that she thought lay upon the side
walk. i, Instantly she sank into the
waters of surging sewer outlet. Her
shoulder hit upon the curb and her
side was also injured by the fall.
Miss Coleman screamed for help, for
she was in imminent danger of be
ing drawn under the surface Of the
water by the suction, and then she
would have been drowned. She was
rescued by some men passing and
was conveyed to Fabiola hospital. She
will not be able to use her arm fol
many months.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22
GIRL EATS CONTENTS
OF BIG STRAW TICK
STRANGE APPETITE NOT DiScov.
Erred UNTIL TWO COMFORT
Frs ARE DEVOURED.

South Bend, Ind.-Mary Tusing.
aged q, and an inmate Of the county
poor house of Kosciusko county, is
engaged in eating the contents of a
large straw tick This feat, follow
ing that of eating the contents Of two
large cotton comforters, does not
seem to injure her digestion in the
least, and she maintains her normal
health. The young woman, who has
been an inmate of the institution since
infancy, is attracting the attention Of
scores of people since her strange
diet has been discovered.
Notwithstanding the frequency Of
her curious guests she appears per.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22
CROWS SAVAGEIY
ATTACK HUN TER
PAUL NILES NEARLY PICKED TO
DEATH BY BIRDS HE DE-
COYED WITH CALL.
THRILLING ENCOUNTER TOLD
Black Pests Answer Lure of Man in
SWarms and He Is Held Prisoner
Under Grapevines for
Hours.

Freeport, Ill.-Viciously attacked by
hundreds of crows the other after
noon, Paul Niles, a railroad fireman,
living in Freeport, was compelled to
exert all his efforts in protecting HIM
self from the Infatuated pests which
set upon him and threatened to tear
him to pieces. The battle waged for
more than an hour, Mr.. Niles finding
safety in fleeing to a tree around
which huge grapevine was wound,
and crawling under the vine he pro-
tected his face, while his rubber boots
and his clothing were literally picked
to pieces. He ventured forth once to
again give battle to his foes, but they
quickly drove him to cover, where he
remained until the kindly shades of
night settled down and he returned to
Freeport unmolested.
Paul's great love for sport caused
him to go on a hunting expedition,
and his direction was in the vicinity
of Dakota village. Coming upon three
or four crows, and wishing, if possible,
to attract more of them, he gave a
crow call. The answer was greater
than he had anticipated, for out of
the surrounding trees came such a
flock of crows that the sun was OBJ
scured from view and gave the ap-
pearance of an immense black cloud
passing overhead. The crows came
with their necks stretched and in a
straight line for the hunter, who in
stantly realized he had a battle on his
hands. He blazed away with his
doubled-barreled shotgun, and each
crack brought many crows to the
ground, the falling of the bodies max
ing a noise like the falling of hail on
a tin roof. The shooting had the eff
feet Of more thoroughly arousing the
crows which were not injured. They
commenced to attack Mr.. Niles face
and hands and had torn large holes
in his clothes when he realized he
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22

rope. Then he tied the rope to tele-
phone cable He placed the trained
ferret on the ground and released the
rat. The ferret, instead of springing
right on the rat, chased him about
bit, until the rat lodged into the end
of the conduit. Then, as the rat came
through the other end, one of the
workmen seized the string. pulled it
through, and then pulled through the
rope and the length OF cable. The
whole thing was done in about a third
of the time it ordinarily took to lay a
length. Uncle Billy was tickled all
the way through at the success of his
plan.
The beauty of your Uncle BilTy's
cable-laying combination said Uncle
Billy jubilantly. is that it will work as
easily through ten lengths of pipe as
through one
in the end Uncle Billy made a con-
tract with the telephone company that
brought him in more in a day than he
could earn in a month on his farm.
Things were pretty prosperous in In.
diana about that time. almost every
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22
sLAMsD ON THE RAILROAD.
First Thought in. Irishman's Mind A.
ter the Accident.

Railroad claim-agents have little
faith in their fellow creatures. One
said recently: Every time settle a
claim with one of these hard-headed
rural residents who wants the rail-
road to pay twice what he would
charge the butcher If he gets a sheep
killed, think of this story, illustra-
tive Of the way some people want to
hold the railroad responsible for
every accident, of whatever kind, that
happens. Two Irishmen were driving
home from town one night when their
buggy ran into a ditch, overturned,
and they were both stunned. When a
-escuer came along and revived them,
the first thing one of them said was:
Where's the train?' Why, there's no
train around he was told. Then
where's the railroad?' The nearest
railroad is three miles away he
learned Well, well,' he commented
I knew it hit us pretty hard, but
didn't suppose it knocked US three
miles from the track.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22
His Opinion of the Dinner.

The guests at large dinner party
did ample justice to the tempting
viands as course after course was
served. They were loud in their
praises of the Chinese cook, of whom
the hostess was justly proud. They
declared they never ate more deli
cious or appetizing delicacies. Final
ly the Chinaman brought in the last
course, a huge cake heavy with
frosting. He was converted Chi
naman, and desiring to honor his
religion he had put motto on the
cake that satisfied his conscience.
1t read, Prepare to Meet Thy God"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22
He Was Willing.

In the morning mail the busy editor
found the following written on a pos
tai card: Dear Sir-I have just grad
uated from a correspondence school
of journalism. Would you like to
have me write for your paper? j.
Alexander McNutt."
Selling his trusty pencil, the busy
editor dashed off the following reply:
Dear j. Alex.-Certainly we would
be pleased to have you write for our
paper Kindly address your letter to
the circulation manager and inclose
the regular subscription price"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22
They Commenced to Attack Mr.. Niles.

would be unable to cope with them
in an open fight, fearing that they
might pick his eyes out.
A tree few yards away and the
grapevines around it was his haven of
refuge, and hither he scurried with all
the 1eetness that he possessed. Climb
ing under the grapevine he was able
to protect his face and hands from
the crows, but they were not to be
easily baked. The crows attacked his
rubber boots, which were unprotect-
ed, and in few moments they had the
appearance of a sieve. Mr.. Niles lay
perfectly motionless, which caused
the birds to return to their roost. The
opportunity which the hunter was
and he slowly pulled himself from
the protecting embrace of the tree
and vine. He had vowed he would
take parting shot at his enemies
in return for their treatment, but while
his intentions were good his reckon
ing was wrong. He had no more than
raised up and got his gun in position
than he was sighted by the crows, and
they attacked him more fiercely, if
possible, than before, and back to the
tree and vine went Paul. This time
he did not venture forth until night
had settled down, when he slowly
wendell his way Freeportward, a sad
sight, bleeding from the wounds on
his neck and hands, and his clothing
slashed literally into shreds.
Had Mr.. Niles remained and gath.
cred the heads of the crows which
/ he slaughtered he would have re
! ceived sufficient bounty from the
county to buy new pair of boots and
have had some change left, but he
says he would not have stayed there
another minute for 500. The noise
made by the crows was the most un
| earthly sound he had ever heard.
Instances of similar experiences
while rare, are nevertheless recalled
one Freeport man saying that he haC
once seen number of crows attach
man who was carrying large piect
of meat weighing perhaps 40 or 5;
pounds. The man dropped the mea
in his fight and it was carried ava,
by the crows to their roost
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22
THE CABLE
FERRET
A Veracious
Nature Story
By
Edwin J. Webster
Copyright. BY w. G. Chapman

Uncle Billy Atkinson, who used to
live near my farm out in Indiana, had
the nucleus of a great industry in his
rat ferret. cable-laying combination"
said Squire Wilkins reminiscently.
"But the spitefulness of Pete Johnson
put an end to what promised to be
hourishing business.
One afternoon Uncle Billy strolled
down to the village, and, as he always
took heartfelt delight in seeing other
people work, he put in most of the
afternoon watching a gang of men lay
a cable through a telephone conduit.
They could lay the cable through only
one length of pipe at time, and this
was pretty slow work. By-and-by
Uncle Billy had an idea
1T would be easier if you could
put the cable through a whole row of
pipes at once, wouldn't it?' he in
quired.
ut certainly would answered the
foreman, sarcastic like. But that's
four-inch pipe, and the smallest man
in my gang is eight inches thick. It's
against the rules of the company to
send an eightinch man through four
inch pipe. 1t would be likely to strain
the pipe
Uncle Billy didn't say much, but it
was evident he was doing some steady
thinking. That afternoon l dropped
over to his barn. The rats had been
annoying him considerably, and Uncle
Billy was hunting them with the aid
of a ferret
"'There isn't another ferret in the
state of Indiana that has the intelli-
gence of this animal of mine said
Uncle Billy complacently. When your
Uncle Billy brings a few rats, that
ferret, and his own massive intellect
Into play, he's going to revolutionize
the telephone-cable-laying industry
THE next day Uncle Billy caught a
few big rats alive in a trap. After a
little difficulty he managed to tie a
long piece Of cord about the body of
each rat. Then he began training the
ferret
Zone afternoon Uncle Billy, accom-
panied by his trained ferret, and bear
Ing on his arm a covered basket con-
tanning a number of rats with strings
tied about their bodies, strolled down
TO where they were laying the tele-
phone conduits. 1t was pretty slow
work, and Uncle Billy looked on scorn-
ful-like.
Those eight-inch men of yours
are doing the best they can he finally
said to the foreman. But with the aid
of a little invention of my own and
this intelligent ferret, can lay cables
through a block of pipes at once
THE foreman allowed that as a
merry jester Uncle Billy was Il sue
cess, but that he wouldn't be able to
cash in heavily at the cable-laying
game.
" Go back to the farm, Uncle Billy,
said the foreman, raise butter anC
eggs, and listen to the merry song Of
the cows; but don't come down here
interfering with the mysteries of cleo
trical science
But, finally, as Uncle Billy wa!
sure he could make good. the foreman
agreed to give him a chance to TT.
his invention. Uncle Billy took tn
end of one of the strings that was tie
to a rat and fastened it to stou