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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1908-03-20

Jury shall remain inyioIate as long as we
have jury trials; that all questions of fact
in common law actions shall be submitted
to the jury, and the jury's decision thereon
unless clearly against the weight of the
testimony, shall be final He does not be-
lieve that non suits should be granted or
challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence
sustained in common law actions tried be-
fore Jury if there is any testimony to sup
port the questions of fact to be passed upon
by the jury and that if the jury make
mistake in the verdict that the remedy for
the correction of the mistake is motion
for new trial as provided by statute He
thinks that it is violation of the cOnstl-
tuition and the statues for the courts to set
up their judgment of the facts in common
law actions in opposition of the verdict of
the jury, and that for excessive damages
new trials should be granted as provided
by the statute.
The Seattle Bar Association has move
ment on foot for its members and the
members of a similar organization of the
county to hold primary of their own and
decide among themselves what six attorneys
will be the candidates for superior court
judges at the coming state election, and the
theory is advanced that the lawyers know
more about who ought to be judges than
the ordinary citizen, which is quite correct
as far as the points Of law go, but 1t the
lawyers are permitted to set that precedent
then why not permit the bankers of the
county to select the county treasurer, as
they know more about who would make
competent financier than the ordinary lay
men, Of course with equal propriety the
physicians could say they knew more of
hot oo1T ho
oner than the ordinary layman and should
demand the right to name the coroner.
The clerks and accountants would make
the same demand to name the clerk of the
court and the county auditor, and finally
the real estate men would demand the right
to name the county assessor. Thus every
office in the county might be parcelled out
to a different set of men and the spirit and
letter of the primary law would be as COM
pletely destroyed as if it had never been
passed. Twenty thousand voters made the
most of the men now on the bench mem
bers thereof and it would seem like long
step backward if hundred men would be
permitted to relieve them of that right, and
of that hundred men ten at least, would be
the leading spirits, and thus the voters
WOule not be heard at all on the subject of
electing superior court judges. Is it right?
Among those who will aspire to be superior
court judges in King county will be found
Judge w. H. White, who is an old resident
of this county having lived here and prac-
ticed law for the past fifty years. He was
appointed to the supreme court by Governor
Rogers, who filled a place created by the
legislature, and he was elected for the two
months short term occurring between the
election day and the time of the new judges
being installed into Office He is one of
the ablest lawyers in the state and has the
absolute confidence of the entire commun-
ity. That he will make strong candidate
clusion.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1908-03-20

THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN, 3O7 Ep-
Ter Block. Phone Main 3O5.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
EIRSHIPS MEET ACCIDENT.
One Giant Craft Wrecked at Berkeley
and Another at Toledo.

CEe Giant Craft Wrecked at Berkeley
and Another at Toledo.
Three hundred feet above a crowd Of
10000 souls, gay one moment. dumb
with horror the next and then scream
ing in panic, the huge MOrrell airship
tipped, split and exploded at Berkeley,
Cal. Saturday morning, tumbling from
its fight like a bullet-stricken bird and
dashing its human freight TO the earth
In the sickening plunge downward one
of the miracles that sometimes shape
mems destinies occurred and no one
was killed outright. All of the six
teen bold passengers, however, includ-
ing the inventor, John Morrell, We're
seriously crushed and mangled.
The torpedo-shaped hydrogen bag was
450 feet long and thirty-six feet il. Ill
ameter. Below this hung six stripped
automobile engines which are tended
from a running board. Aeroplanes
were also expected to add to the ships
dirigibility
The machine rose eascily to its great
est height and then suddenly the giant
gas bag, containing $4,000 cubic feet of
Illuminating gas, burst. The machine
began to settle slowly as the gas es-
capped, and it appeared that it would
settle to the ground without injuring
the occupants of the car. When it had
reached within seventy-fiye feet of the
ground the remaining gas was let out
with a rush, and the whole machine,
thousands of pounds in weight, dashed
to the ground with a terrific force. The
occupants of the car were caught under
the heavy machine and all seriously
injured. Among the thousands watch
ing the ascent were many women, and
as the big machine collapsed and
dashed to the ground scores Of them
tainted.
Captain Morrell, the inventor of the
airship, was picked up and rushed to
the hospital. His leg was broken and
he was thought to have sustained inter-
nal injuries. The inventor of the air
ship had made claims for the dirigi-
bility and lifting power of his air mon
ster and had advertised it's adaptability
for commercial use.
Falling in their disabled airship
distance of more than 1000 feet into
the center field bleachers of Armory
Park, A. Roy Knabenshue and his two
assistants, Hess and Hamilton, barely
escaped death at Toledo, o., Saturday
afternoon because the powerful engine
that drives the ship suddenly stopped
and refused to start again.
Seeing that the drop was inevitable,
Knabenshue threw out all ballast,
tossed over the drag ropes, and, resum-
| ing his seat in his basket, awaited the
| crash he knew must come
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
mo, not wonders. Only I'd have q

mo, not wonders. Only I'd have a
little common sense, and 1 would marry
her if 1 cared for her."
Pendleton blew ring Of smoke into
the pleasant June air, and remarked
after a pause: "ScotchIrish, which
accounts for your overweening assur-
ance and impudence."
shall | tell you something you
ought to known" resumed Perry placid
ly. you never would be in your pres
ent predicament if you had a little Of
that same blood in your veins. And,
what's more, you ought to go out and
find her"
By the time they sauntered to the
front door of the club. Pendleton had
made up his mind to go for a months
wandering in the Blue Ridge ranges.
1t was an intense relief to get away
from the city and to speed away toward
the mountains, and to find himself final
ly among the peaks and crags and for
ests of the vast rolling ranges, where
the majestic mountains smile at the
fret and heartbreak of humanity.
The days slipped by for Pendleton in
his rural retreat, where life was I'M
eventful. But it is a mistake to suppose
that the specter of recollection and the
torment of unfulfilled desires can be as
suaged by aloofness from others.
Pendleton found that Vera, with her
changing moods, mellow laughter and
infinite fascinations, was much more his
companion when he sauntered through
the forests, sat on the porch Of the pref
ty cottage he had rented, at dusk or
when he went at dawn to fish in some
dark lake in the heart of the mount
aims, than when they were together in
gay meetings and in crowded drawing
rooms.
Pendleton saw Vera always any
everywhere, at dawn and at nighfall.
That explained why he watched with
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04

Very smart colored effects are this
year obtained in the dotted swisses.
The heavy fiIet laces gain constant
ly in popularity and have quite super
seeded the Irish and Venise.
Chenille tassels are run through
crystal rings and fastened TO the han
die of the gay parasol. Of course,
tassels and cover match.
Odd little animals are seen on the
handle of the light wood parasols.
Some of the patterns are artistic,
though rather odd looking.
The Madame Butterfly costumes of
tussore are displacing cretonne jacket
Innings and a touch of cretonne on the
trimming, with picturesque buttons to
match.
Many or the striped walking suits
are trimmed with pompadour ribbon
on the collar, narrow reyers, cuffs and
belt. the ribbon matching the stripe Of
the material.
White dresses are finished in the
tunic style, with an overskirt Of lace
that ends in a point at the front and
back. sometimes with bordure of
lace beneath.
Black and white is still immensely
popular. but if one wishes to be lin
grand chic" one must get the white
and chaudron or copper plaid skirt,
with the cutaway empire jacket Of
solid chaudron.
A rather startling color scheme for
a hat, which seems to be gaining in
popularity, is a straw Of dark bronze,
with a mass of quilts in natter blue,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Health and Beauty Hints.

Turpentine applied to open wounds
is painful, but successfully kills any
germs which might happen 10 be there.
An inexpensive and excellent tooth
powder is made of equal parts of pow
dered CASTLE soap, powdered orris root
and precipitated chalk.
Powdered charcoal will sweeten the
breath. After eating onions if little
is taken into the mouth the offensive
odor will be taken from the breath.
Honey is excellent in nearly all
throat and lung affections. For sharp
tickling throat cough. teaspoonful
taken every few moments will quickly
allay the irritation.
Ink and other stains may be remov-
ed from. the hands by a solution of
rose water and acetic acid in the pro-
portions of eighteen parts rose water
to one of acetic acid.
Never sleep in a room with closed
windows; lower the upper sash an inch
and raise the lower sash slightly; this
will give free circulation Of air with
out creating a draft.
To drop medicine easily cut groove
along the side of the cork Of medi-
cine bottle; put back in the bottle and
it will be easy to count the drops one
by one, without pouring too fast.
The habit of biting the nails may be
conquered by will power in an older
person. but with children cut the nails
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04

said to the hostler. blouse full Of sill.
yer and handsome things, and the ladies
just go out driving and won't see no
callers, l hear"
Something wrong, I guess the hos
tier answered, throwing a bucket of wa
ter on the wheel of the trap he was
cleaning and spinning it around.
Sam acquitted himself without enthu-
siasm Of the commission to renew the
rent for another month Why stay up
in these solitary mountains, the near
est town being small place q mile
away? Why not go to Bar Harbor
or some civilized place?
But Pendleton fingered, and the
charm of the mountains grew on him,
and the girl across the way became in
of Vera, until nc grew amazed and irri-
tably anxious to see her face to face
and get rid of the absurd illusion.
1t was in vain he scanned his volumi-
nous mail each morning No letter ad-
dressed in the firm, delicate handwrit-
ing he knew so we'll ever came, and he
still carried in his inner pocket that lit
tie note, Goodbye, 1 am gone"
Yes, the days seem to vanish like q
dream in the fastness Of the Blue
Ridge.
The time drew near when he would
go back to life's tumultuous cares and
pleasures, and Pendleton was no nearer
an acquaintance with his neighbors. He
could not force himself upon them, and
she was as elusive as some water sprite
or wood nymph.
The world had done its days work,
the sun had set behind the SUBMITS of
the ranges in all its accustomed pomp
and glory, and faint mists were yelling
the peaks and valleys. Pendleton sat,
absorbed in distracting thought, by the
side of still lake Swallowed by tower
ing hemlocks, when somebody came
slowly toward him through the forest
path.
Hers was a beautiful face, laughing
and proud and tender, and the only
word Pendleton could say as she
paused before him while he sat motion
less, was: Vera ="
"Why, I've been your neighbor all
summer! How did you happen to come
to this wild and beautiful placer she
asked little while later, as she sat by
his side, when some very broken and
breathless words had been spoken
Pendleton took out his letter and I'D
folded it.
How could you be so cruel? So in.
humanity cruel? To write goodbye to
me! Why, child, through all eter-
nifty -"
you don't mean to say you
thought 1 meant it?" Vera asked in
amazement.-New Orleans Times-D Dem.
ocrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04

startled pleasure and a strange thrill
a tall, graceful young woman who oc-
cupied with an elderly relative cot
tage a short distance away, as she
passed leisurely down her little gar
den path and out in the winding public
road, going evidently for a tramp, a
book in one hand, her face completely
hidden by a sunshade.
who rents the cottage over the
way, Sam?" Pendleton asked at break
fast the next day.
"A Miss Cullom, 1 hear, sir Very
wealthy people, I'm told, sir. No, sir
/ can't find out where they are from.
Big establishment, but they live very
retired, SIR Sam supplemented. Just
been here ten days"
Cullom? Pendleton knew no one of
that name. Since he had taken posses
sion Of the pleasant bungalow on the
side Of the cliff he had seen no one in
the gray stone cottage but the graceful
girl, so wonderfully like Vera in her
supple movements. The elderly lady
must be a recluse.
The days slid one into the other, and
Pendleton grew to watch for the girl
who so reminded him of beautiful alb
sent woman. She and her companion
had handsome traps and horses, and
they often went out driving, but Pen.
dleton could never catch sight of the
young girls face. Through Sam he
learned that his all but invisible neigh.
bors were going to prolong their stay
in the mountains.
go and see the owner and renew the
rent for another mouth, SAM" Pendle
ton directed, as he strolled from the
house down into the valley.
Queer folks across the way" San
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
THAW TO STAY IN ASYLUM.
Justice Mcrschauser Denies Appli-
cation to Release Whites Slayer.

Justice Mcrschauser Denies Appli-
cation to Release Whites Slayer.
Harry X. Thaw, the slayer of STAN
ford White, will not be released from
the lunatic asylum. This is the decis-
ion reached by Justice Morschauser OF
the New York Supreme Court, in a de-
cision filed on Thaw's application for
release on a writ of habeas corpus.
Both points brought up by Thaw's at
torneys are decided against him. The
justice declares that Thaw is now in
sane and should not be allowed at large
and he further declares that the com
mitment to the lunatic asylum by JUS
tice Bowling after the last trial Of
the case was entirely legal.
l am satisfied from the evidence adduc-
ed before me, says the justice, that the
mental condition of Harry X. Thaw has
not changed and l find that he is now
insane and that it is so manifest as to
make it unsafe for him to be at liberty.
To review the voluminous evidence adj
duced on the hearing would unnecessarily
lengthen this opinion. Thaw was commit
ted pursuant of section 454 of the code
of criminal procedure, which reads as
follows:
when the defense is insanity of the
defendant the jury must be instructed, if
they acquit him on that ground to state
the fact with their verdict. The court
must, therefore, if the defendant be in
custody, and they deem his discharge dan
gerous to the public peace or safety, order
him to be committed to the State lunatic
asylum until he becomes sane
The question of the constitutionality
of this law is assaulted by the relator in
that he claims there was no notice given
to Thaw of a hearing upon the question
of insanity, that no hearing was accorded
to him, that he has been deprived of his
liberty without due process of law, and
that the statute under which he was COM
mitted does not provide a method by
which his mental condition, as then ex-
listing. could be legally ascertained, or
any method by which his sanity could be
shown.
The court holds that these conten-
lions are not borne out and that Thaw
was properly committed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Chinese Faith in Ginseng.

Many Of the Chinese believe that
when all other remedies fail, and
death is at hand, ginseng has the
power to bring back health and lon
gevity; hence, when they feel the need
of it they will pay fabulous prices for
certain kinds of roots. A root to be
really valuable as a commodity must
come from the mountains of Kirin or
be reputed to have come from there.
1t must be bifurcated, so as to resem-
BILE as much as possible the human
form, and be semi-transparent, dry,
and fiinty. OF course, the larger the
root the better, and as it Is sold by
weight it is not very uncommon for
good specimen TO bring as much as
500 an ounce. The value of such a
root is in its shape, its texture, the
manner in which it has been cured,
and the region whence it came.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
NUBBINS OF FARM NEWS.

The drouth in the Rio Grande valley
of Texas has been broken and people are
rejoicing.
Several farmers in Oklahoma are losing
cattle from a new disease and the State
veterinarian has been asked to investi-
gate.
The condition of winter wheat on April
1 indicated a final yield of 1913 S9S, 900
bushels, according to the government crop
report.
At Shorthorn cattle sale in Wiscon-
sin recently forty-seven head sold at an
average of SAT-. The top price of the
sale was $3.50, paid for a 10-months-old
bull calf.
In order to protect the water sheds in
the irrigation countries of the West the
government will restrict grazing on the
banks of streams supplying water for
irrigation purposes.
The Kansas Agricultural college has
sent nine samples of seed corn to Ino4a,
an assortment of grain to Russia, besides
smaller lots of seeds to Australia and
South America.
Around American Fork, Utah, sheep
shearing is on and sheepmen claim that
the clip will be an average one. Con-
trary to other years, good share of the
wool is still unsold.
According to the latest reports from
northwestern farms, the acreage of fax
is lesst than last year by 20 per cent.
The acreage of durum wheat in Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota, is less
than last year by 20 per cent. Spring
wheat will show an increase of to 10
per cent. In the coarse grains corn will
increase 10 per cent, barely 10 per cent,
and there will be an increase of 10 per
cent in the acreage of oats.
Eastern fruit buyers returning from
trips through the Yakima, Wenatchee,
Prosser, Spokane and Columbia river and
Snake river valleys, declare that unless
the unusual happens the Spokane country
should produce the best crop of diversified
fruit from orchards to berries in its his
tory.
Reports from crop observers along the
line of the Northwestern road state that
with the exception of corn and fax, seed
ing was practically all done before the
| recent storm occurred and the prospects
are fine. There is an increase of 10
per cent in wheat acreage over last year,
10 per cent in barley and % per cent
each in oats and speltz.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04

1539-De Soto landed in Florida in
search of gold
1I20-The plague made its appearance at
Marseilles resulting in the death of
$4,000 persons in few months
1755-Tench Coke, the father of the cot
ton industry in the United States,
born in Philadelphia.
1S02-Martha Washington, wife of
George Washington, died at Mount
Vernon.
1SO5-INapoleon crowned himself king of
Italy at Milan.
1S13-Marshal Duroc one of Napoleon's
most celebrated officers, killed at
Reichenbach. go. Fort George taken
by Americans.
1S3O-PreSident Jackson vetoed the Mays
vile road bill.
1S3S-Gov. Durham arrived at Quebec.
1S39-British merchants left Canton,
China, because of the opium riots.
1S45-Sir John Franklin sailed on his
last expedition to the Arctic region.
1S46-Louis Napoleon escaped from the
fortress of Ham.
1S4S-French government decreed the
perpetual Punishment of Louis Phil
ippe and his family.
1S54-French squadron arrived at Cuba
under Admiral Duquesne. Build
ings in Boston draped on the return
of fugitive slave to the South.
1S56-Britsh envoy to the United States
ordered to quit Washington.
1S57-British troops under Gen. Arson
advanced on Delhi, India.
1S64-Gen. Richard Oglesby nominated
for Governor of Illinois.
1S67-Princess of Wales born. Queen
Victoria issued proclamation for
uniting the provinces of Canada,
Nova Scotia and New Brunswicb
into one dominion.
1S71-Fall of the Paris Commune. -.
Bank Holiday act passed by the Brit
ish Parliament.
1S74ENational civil rights bill passed by
the United States Senate.
1S77-Don Carlos, pretender to the Span
ish throne, expelled from France.
1S94-Illinois militia called out to sup
press riots of striking coal miners at
Minonk.
1S96-Emperor Nicholas III. of Russia
crowned at Moscow.
1S9S-William L. Gladstone buried in
Westminster Abbey. q. Edward Bel
lamy, author of Looking Backward"
died.
1S99-Rosa Bonheur, celebrated French
painter, died.
l905-C. G. Magoon inaugurated as gov
ernor of the Panama canal zone. 49,.
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild died
-. Mary A. Livermore, American
author lecturer and advocate of wom-
an suffrage, died.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
Give Your Wife a Square Deal.

Give Your Wife q Square Deal.
Are you sure that you are giving
your wife square deal: Perhaps she,
have either great energy or executive
ability. She may not want any occupa
ton outside your home. She may not
be strong enough for anything else. In
that case she must get her experience
of life second hand. She can, perhaps,
get much from her reading, from her
friends. She must, however, depend
mainly upon you. You must be her
point of contact with the larger life
outside your home. If you surround
your dOings with an air of mystery
make the patronizing assumption that
she can't understand the affairs which
interest and occupy you, you deliber-
ately narrow her life. you deliberately
lessen her chances for efficiency and
happiness. No matter how good a pro-
wider you may be. no matter how kind
and considerable, you are not giving her
a square deal. This does not mean
that you should heap your business
cares and troubles upon your wife's
head. That would be as wrong as for
her to shift her domestic troubles to
your shoulders.
Perhaps you are so unfortunate as
to be discontinued with your wife. She
is frivolous, eXtravagant. impractical.
You feel that her beauty does not coun-
teract these deficiencies? Probably that
is true, but who is to blame? Did
You marry her because she was eco
nomical, practical, a good housekeeper,
a good prospective mother? You were
fascinated by her because she was pref
ty, irresponsible, illogical and whimsi-
cal. You are now disconnected with
her because she is irresponsible, illogi-
cal and whimsical.
Did you think that q wedding ring
and husband would change her ma
ture? Would you buy a horse because
he could travel in 40. and then be-
come disguised with him because he
couldn't haul bricks?l Strange as it
may seem, the wife with whom you
are disconnected was once the pretty