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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
NEVER HEARD OF ROOSEVELT
Recluse Miner Makes First Visit to
Civilization i'm Fifteen Years.

San Bernardino, Cal, April 10
Albert Courtney, 70 years old, and
for Is years a recluse miner, arrived
in this city Sunday from the wilds
of Southern Nevada. He said he had
seen very few persons during his
long isolation.
Upon his arrival here he learned
for the first time that Queen Vic
toria was dead and expressed sur
prise and would not believe it until
shown newspapers mentioning King
Edward of Great Britain.
Theodore Roosevelt he had never
heard of, he said. When newspaper
men asked if he knew Teddy" he
thought they were joking with him.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
Chicago Women Want to Vote.

Springfield, ILL.,, April 14.-Com-
ing to the state capital to convince
doubling legislators of their desire
to vote, a large delegation of Chi
cago suffragists are besieging sena-
tors and Representatives today with
pleas for the ballot. They have
come here to attend the hearing on
the Chicago municipal suffrage bill,
which gives women the right to vote
at municipal elections.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
Alfred w. Burrell Dead.

Missoula, Mont, April 12.-Alfred
w. Burrell, of Oakland, Cal, one of
the best-known general contractors
in the west, died here after a ten
days illness. Many of the most i'm
posing exhibition buildings of the
Lewis and Clark Exposition at Port
land were erected under contracts
held by Mr.. Burrell. He was also
building number for the Seattle
exposition.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
Mack to Issue Magazine.

Buffalo, N. Y, April 14.-Norman
E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, announces that
he has completed arrangements for
the publication, beginning May 1, of
a monthly magazine, to be known as
the National Monthly, and devoted
to advancing the Democratic party
in the nation. The contributors in
clude senators, representatives, gov
ernors and other prominent Demo-
Gratis.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
Persian Situation Serious.

London, April 12.-The Persian
situation is gradually developing in
the direction of Anglo-Russian inter-
vention. British bluejackets have
been landed from the cruiser Fox at
Bushre, after a British resident had
issued a proclamation holding forth
the necessity of this action because
the local authorities were unable to
protect foreigners. 1t is understood
that the landing was sanctioned by
Russia.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
THE MARKETS
Portland.


Wheat-Track prices; Club S1.10;
red Russian, $1.0S; bluestem, $1.2O
Valley, $1.10.
Barley-Feed, $33; rolled, $3.50
"a.
Oats-No. l white, $780, gray,
$3S.
Hay-Timothy, Willamette Valley,
fancy, SIG; do. ordinary, $13; East
ern Oregon, mixed, SIS; do fancy,
$40; alfalfa, SIG; clover, IA
Butter-Extra, 32@34c; fancy,
SAC; store, zoe.
Eggs-Choice, 20@21c.
Hops-19OS, choice, 1Oc; prime, 6
q &c; medium, SO &c; 1907, 2@2ac.
Wool-Valley, $50 16c ID; East
ern Oregon, 16@1Sc, as to shrink
age.
Mohair-Choice 220 23c.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
ZELAYA INSULTS THE U. S.
Nicaraguan Dictator said to Hold
American Diplomat Prisoner.

Mobile, Ala, April 13.-John H.
Gregory, Jr., until recently American
charge d'affairs at Managua, Mica
ragua, was virtually a prisoner there,
according to letters received here
from several persons of reputation
in the Nicaraguan capital.
These letters say that Gregory was
watched by spies day and night; that
soldiers were at every entrance of
his residence, the American legation;
that whenever he left the legation he
was Swallowed by minions of the
Nicaraguan dictator, and his official
dispatches were both intercepted and
confiscated.
1t is said this is only part of Ze-
laya's policy to drive out Americans
and that every occasion is taken to
impress upon them that they are I'M
welcome.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
Warship Again n Commission.

New York, April 15.-Thoroughly
overhauled so that she appears like
a new vessel, the old battleship
Massachusetts steamed away from
The Brooklyn navy yard today, after
having bean out of commission for
more than two years. The Massa
chusetts is a sister ship to the In
diana and Oregon and was built in
1898. She will have a complement
of about 500 men and officers.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
Army Full Strength.

New York, April 13.-For the first
time since the Spanish war the
United States Army is recruited up
to it's full strength. This fact was
made public here with the posting
of an order signed by the adjutant-
general of the army, in which all re-
cruiting is ordered temporarily dis
continued, except in the case of time
expired men, to whom the privilege
of re-enlistment is given.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
BERMUDA 800 YEARS OLD
Islands Begin Celebration of Tercen-
tenary of English Occupation.


Hamilton, Bermuda, April H.
For six days beginning today Bermu-
da will celebrate the three hun
dredth anniversary of its settlement
by Europeans. 1t was in 1909 that
Sir George Somers, on his way to
Virginia with company of settlers
in a small fleet, was wrecked here
and took possession of the islands
in the name of England.
Preparations have been made to
celebrate the tercentenary with fetes
and sports of all sorts, in which the
civil government and the naval and
military establishments will partici-
pate. AS usual at this time of the
year, there are many American visit
ors in Bermuda, and they are show
ing much interest in the celebration.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
Indians Delight London.

London, April IA contingent
of Indians and cowboys from the Da-
kota reservation, who will take part
in the exhibitions here this summer,
have arrived in London. The In
dams were in full war dress and de-
lighted with their war whoops the
great crowds which followed them.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
CALLS CHURCH MUSIC ROT
Professor I'm a Methodist College
Makes Startling Comment.

Tacoma, Wash, April 12.-At a
recent meeting of the class in jour
nalism at the University of Puget
Sound, the subject of criticism of
dramas and music was discussed and
resulted in Professor Glazier, who
has turned in his resignation because
of being reprimanded by the presi-
dent for attending theaters, clapping
his hands and declaring he also be-
lieved church music was mostly
rot" and largely copied from selec-
lions of well-known operas.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
AOKl PURCHASES COTTAGE
Prepare to Keep House in Suburb
of Seattle.

of Seattle.
Seattle, Wash, April 13.-Gunjiro
Aoki and bride have purchased a
cottage at Dunlap, suburb of this
city, and will make 1t their future
residence.
Mr.. Aoki will go into business
here as assistant manager of an
Oriental trading company Neither
he nor his bride has been out of the
city since their marriage several
weeks ago. They had planned to
take a honeymoon trip to Hoods
Canal, but this was abandoned and
the couple have been staying at a
Japanese lodging-house in the ORR
entail quarter
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
Seattle.

wluestem, SIPS.
Oats-$39.
Barley-$30@31
Hay-Eastern Washington timo-
thy, $2O@21 per ton; Puget Sound
hay, $12@14 per ton; wheat hay,
s15@17 per ton; alfalfa. $14Q15
per ton.
Butter - Washington creamery,
SSc per 10; ranch, 19c per ID.
Eggs-Selected local. 22c.
Potatoes-White River, $1,000
per ton; Yakima, $40 "a per ton.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16

The prospect for an appropriation
by congress to meet President Taft's
expenses on an extensive trip to the
West are improving. Senator Jones
of Washington, has stated that he
will endeavor to have $4,000 al
lowed in the urgent deficiency bill.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16

Ethan Allen Hitchcock, secretary
of the interior under Presidents Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt. died here last
week, aged IA years.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16

Kermit Roosevelt, second son Of the
ex-president, who accompanies his IA
ther on his African trip as official
photographer of the expedition. inter-
rupted his studies at Harvard to take
the trip. He is nineteen years old.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
COLOR WORDS.
Red Seems to Be the Favorite With
Most. of the Great Writers.

Red Seems to Be the Favorite With
Most. of the Great Writers.
Upon tabulating the words used by
Shakespeare referring to colors 1t Is
revealed that out of every hundred col
or words thirty may be classed as red.
Next follow twenty-one white, twenty
black, seventeen yellow, seven green
and only four blue. Thus Shake
speare's favorite color word was red,
and investigation will show that this
Is the characteristic color Of nearly all
great writer's. For instance, 1t Is the
color word most often employed by
Tennyson.
In all great works of human interest
red predominates, as it Is the color OF
the very strongest of our passions and
impulses-.the color of hot blood There
is no color so warm, so full Of JOY and
life, so overfiowing with vitality.
Red Is the color of glowing iron-of
heat and passion. In nature red has
tens the growth of trees, while at the
same time it quickens all rotting and
decay. Plants grown under red glass
will grow four times as quickly as un-
der white light, and grow to four times
their usual height.
Red in excess has an evil effect. For
example, an excess of red ligh' nakes
one irritable and nervous. In excess
red produces homicidal mania-the de-
sire to kill. The effect Of red upon
various animals is we'll known, 1t haV-
ing the power of enraging the bull, the
tiger and the turkey.-London Scraps.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
LOOKING BACKWARD.
Wives of Money Monarchs Live Morr
Luxuriously Than Queens.

Wives of Money Monarchs Live Morr
Luxuriously Than Queens.
Believe me-" said the woman who
thinks, I'm a little weary Of rhapso-
dies over the supposedly superior in
telligence Of the women Of bygone days.
Why don't those so generous Of praise
give modern women a chance? 1t is a
sort of mental fashion to assume that
George Eliot and George Sand and
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Lady
Blessington and others like them were
peculiar to themselves and their per-
iods; that no woman Of today can hold
a candle to them in any particular.
wonder if that's true. Seems to me
there are dozens Of women in America
alone who are every bit as clever as
those heroines Of the past. Lady Mon
tagu wrote delightful letters, but the
art of correspondence has not passed
from earth, and surely the cultured
woman of today can be as sprightly.
AS for novelists and essayists, they
flourish in abundance in this enlighten-
ened age. And when it comes to social
knowledge almost any up to date hos
tess is far ahead of those Of yore. Pict-
ure the wife of a twentieth century
millionaire obliged to live as queens did
in days long gone, and not so very long
gone at that! Queen Caroline and
Queen Anne and Queen Henrietta Of
England had a sad time Of it when one
compares their lot with that of today's
rich women. Marie Antoinette had M
such luxuries as thousands Of wealthy
matrOns enjoy. Her best state car
riage was a numbering affair swung on
great straps, that run.Sied over stones
rougher than the rocky road to Dublin
If she had known the solid comfort Of
a really fine touring car she would have
been much happier doubtless. The
state barge in which she was rowed la
boriously along the Seine would seem
q mere scOw alongside the swift motor
boat in which Nine. millionaire dashes
about in these days of useful inven-
tions Perhaps the society woman of
today sighs for royalty, but If she had
to have it in the days when royalty
was real she wouldn't like 1t half as
much as being the wife Of money
monarch"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
A TIGHT LITTLE ISLAND.
Manhattan Deserves That Title-Spaee
at Premium.

at a Premium.
Space on Manhattan Island, which l:
a sure enough tight little island, II evel
there was one, is distinctly at pre-
MUM. The record price for real estate
in New York, according to Alcolm, wa:
$3.50 a square foot, obtained four years
ago for the southeast corner Of Broad
way and Wall street.
On March 13 last the Fourth Nation
al Bank acquired the building adjoin'
ing its own home at the southeast cor
ner Of Cedar and Nassau streets, plo
measuring 1871 feet on the latter street
and 1872 on the former.
The average price a square foot was
close on $3O7, which figure has beer
beaten by only three other sales of rea
estate In the city-the corner already
mentioned, and two small plots at the
southwest corner and the southeast
corner of Broad and Wall streets, which
sold thirty years ago for 1880 and SS4s
square foot, respectively.
A fifty foot lot on Fifth avenue, al
sixty-n ninth street, is reported, as being
sold to E. H. Hartman, for million
dollars--and such price is by no means
rare in that section. Fifth avenue val
ues, indeed, have been bounding up
ward, and will be soon rivalling those
Of the financial section.-New York
Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11

A Mistake.-Bob and Jim were two
Jacks-o Of -all-trades, and whenever pos
sible worked together. One summers
morning Bob came round to Jim's house
at the early hour Of 3 o'clock, and
having managed to wake Jim, went in
side. Now, then" he cried. hurry
up; there's a big factory chimney
wants pulling down, about mile away
from here, and I got the tip from the
factory foreman that If We could knock
twenty feet off 1t before the authorities
were about it would save the factory
the expenses of scaffold, and it would
mean a s5 note apiece for you and
me-"
"What-ho!" cried Jim. Lets 60"
Their destination reached, they climb
ed to the top Of the chimney, and soon
masses of brick work were falling to
earth. A man who lived near was dis
turbed by the noise and started to make
a fuss.
Here, Bob" cried Jim, "you climb
down and quiet that fellow. Keep him
talking while finish this job up here.
So Bob climbed down and engaged
the indignant man in conversation
Suddenly Jim heard Bob calling to him
and, looking down, saw his friend ges-
ticulating wildly and beckoning him tC
come down. So down Jim came.
Whats the matter?" he asked.
Lets go home, Jim, laundering
quick. We've been pulling down the
wrong chimney."-Tit-Bi Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
READING of Scripture.

Here, says Harper's Weekly, is the
story of David and Goliath as 1t Is
said to have been recently told by the
Rev. Billy Sunday, with appropriate
gestures, to q rapt congregation of eight
thousand:
"And so Davids pa comes up to him
where he was working in the field and
says: Dave, better go up to the house
Your mas anxious about the other boys
fighting in the army, hasn't heard from
them by phone or anything. and shed
like you should look them up Sc
Dave hops on a trolley and hikes to
the front, and stays there with his
brother overnight.
in the morning old Goliath comes
out in front Of the Philistines and dares
the Israelites to fight him.
who's that big stiff making all the
big talk out there?' asked Dave.
why, that's the head cheese, the
big noise" says his brothers.
why don't some one soak him
one?' asks Dave.
"We've all got cold feet" SAYS the
Israelites.
"'You fellows make me tired says
Dave, and he pixies out to the brook
gets four pebbles in his shepherds
sack, slams one at Goliath, and soaks
him in the coco between the lamps
Goliath goes to the mat, takes the
count, and Dave pokes him in the
stats, chops off his block, and the whole
Philistine gang skidooed."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11

Biblical Teaching. - Prof. Charles
Zueblin Of the University Of Chicago
was discussing at a dinner the Easter
myths and legends of the world.
1.-The legends that are beautiful ana
immortal" he said, have in them
truths that we all, according to our
kind, take home. That is true likewise
of immortal works of art-pictures,
poems, songs. For different people
they have different messages"
For instance" said a young girl.
For instance" smiled Prof Zueblin,
"in my native Pendleton some Of the
mothers used to cut the children's hair.
They did it with shears and a bowl.
The operation was often painful, and
the result was never elegant.
I'm Sunday school Pendleton teach
er once told her pupils the tragic story
Of Samson and Delilah. Then she turn
ed to little boy.
what do you learn, joe she said,
from the Sampson story?'
1T don't never pay piped Joe. n
have a woman cut feller's hair -
Philadelphia Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
Aumurul.s 9spartment.

Poor Crop.-It was on lonely road
in the Tennessee mountains. A weary
rider was slowly making his way up
the steep mountain side, pausing now
and then to rise in his stirrups and
look about in search Of some sign OF
civilization. Suddenly turn OF the
road brought him face to face with
lank- sallow faced mountaineer, seated
upon the top rail of the snake fence,
which bounded poor little farm which
had found iodgment on the mountain
side.
The rider paused. Can you tell me
how far 1t Is to Big Stone Gap? ne
inquired.
The mountaineer's lips moved In an
swer, but no sound reached the riders
ears. He moved over nearer to the
fence and repeated the question. This
time he could barely distinguish a
whispered word or two in the farmers
answer.
What's the matter with you?" he
inquired, dismounting and walking
over to the fence where the old man
sat. Can't you talk?"
The old man looked pityingly at his
auestioner for a moment, and thens
climbing down from his seat on the
rail he walked up to the traveller and
putting his grizzled face close to his
ear, whispered hoarsely:
"Yis, / kin talk; but the fact Is,
stranger, land is so poor in these parts
that I KANT even raise my voice.
Tit-Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
TRICK SHOOTING.
The Way Some of the Stage Feats Are
Accomplished.


When a champion rifle shot fires
blindfolded at a wedding ring on a
penny held between his wife's thumb
and finger or seated back to her shoots,
by means Of mirror, at an apple upon
her head or on fork held in her teeth,
the danger Of using bullet Is obvious.
None, Of course, is needed. The explo-
sion is enough. The apple is already
prepared, having been cut into pieces
and stuck together with an adhesive
substance, and a thread with knot at
the end, pulled through it from the
wings" so that it flies to bits when
the gun is fired, is "how 1t Is DONE"
Generally the more dangerous a feat
appears the more carefully is all dan
ger guarded against. In the William
Tell" act the thread Is often tied to the
assistants foot. When, again, the ash
Is shot of a cigar which the assistant
is smoking piece Of wire Is pushed by
his tongue through a hollow passage
In the cigar, thus thrusting off the ash
at the moment Of firing.
A favorite but simple trick Is the
shooting from some distance at an
orange held in a lady's hand. Great
applause is invariably forthcoming
when the bullet drops out on her cut
ting open the fruit. 1t Is inserted by
hand earlier in the evening.
Another popular trick Is that Of snuff
fing out lighted candles. Half dozen
are placed In front of a screen, In which
as many small holes are bored, one
against each candle wick. At the mo-
ment Of firing a confederate behind the
screen sharply blows out each candle
with a pair of bellows.
In most instances where a ball or
other object has to be broken on a
living persons head blank cartridge is
used and the effect produced by other
means. A special wig with a spring
concealed in 1t worked by wire un-
der the clothes is generally used, the
confederate manipulating the spring
simultaneously with the firing Of the
rifle. AS the ball is Of extremely thin
glass, a mere touch suffices to scatter it.
In these exhibitions some Of the ri
fie experts" invite gentlemen from the
audience to testify that the weapon is
indeed loaded. The cartridge shown
looks very well, but It is shell Of thin
wax blackened to resemble leaden
bullet 1t would not hurt a fy.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11

lntrudina.-It was hardly dawn, and
the window was open. The intruder
had clambered up the front porch, and
the interior of the room looked invit-
ing. He could see that it was the abode
Of some person of wealth. There were
costly ornaments about the room, any
one of which would bring handsome
returns at a pawnbrokers. A gold
clock ticked on the mantel, and silver
service glistened on the table.
On the couch lay a man, sleeping
heavily. His face was red and his hair
less crown glistened in the first faint
glow of day.
This is fine" muttered the intruder
Here's a baldheaded man first thing
The season is opening in great shape
And the first fly crawled over the
window sill, and the season of torture
had begun.-Denver Republican.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11

fetal circles. Her nearest friend is
Miss Mabel Boardman. who. but for her
connection with the National Red
Cross, would occupy a position Of prom
inence only through her social affilia-
tions and wealth. Mrs. Winthrop Muir
ray Crane, wife Of Senator Crane Of
Massachusetts,, Is another close friend
of Mrs. Taft, not because she Is the
wife of Senator Crane, but because she
Is a sister Of Miss Boardman. Another
close friend of Mr&. Taft is Mrs. Clar-
ence Edwards, wi:c Of Gen. Edwards,
chief of the bureau of insular affairs,
who has absolutely no political connec-
tions, and still another Is Mrs. j.
Franklin Bell, wife Of the chief Of staff
of the army. Both of the latter were
associated with Mrs. Taft out In the
Philippines.
All this does not mean that Mrs.
Taft is not gathering about her the
wives Of men conspicuous in the politi-
cal game. Her dinner parties have
been given for little groups of senators
and representatives in congress and
their wives, for men who are playing
a prominent part in the politics OF the
day, and she is about to inaugurate a
series Of smart garden parties on the
south lawn of the White House to
which will be bidden members Of the
Diplomatic, official and residential cir
cles.
Mrs. Taft evidently has seen the
game Of politics played too long and
has noted the consequences of affiliat-
ing with one side or the other. If she
has any mind to align herself with one
Of the many factions so eager for such
distinction in Washington, she has not
vet given any intimation Of 1t. She Is
making all effort to bring all factions
of society together and manifestly be-
lieves the best way to do this is to keep
away from the interests Of each little
clique.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the youngest
daughter of the former president, Is
to come to Washington for a visit to
Mrs. Longworth, but as there are no
young people at the White House just
now, 1t Is possible that Miss Roosevelts
visits to the executive mansion, II she
makes any at all. will be merely calls
Of courtesy upon the wife Of her faith
er's successor