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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15
COMPLAIN OF THIEVES

ThRwlng aside any buds or
plants that fail 10 moat with their
approval. flower thieves have been
operating In the broadway district
for several months until the resi-
denia have finally appealed To the
police Tor projection II Is claimed
that whole stalks N elnes are onr-
ried away aud that many smaller
plants aro futhisaiiy pulled 10 by
tho roots when The parties are In q
hurry.
we would gladly rive flowers 10
an who ask, said one aouowfnl
maiden, hut We hate 10 have the
bfuten spoil what plants they do
not take"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15
Excursions East

TIrhaiH Oh sale AnEuHt 7 anl "
by oregon Il. a. a Nav 20, chi
ago and return, 1880 II Louis,
sci 90. Omaha. kansAr city and
.issoufi river points, 10000 New
YORK. tl0sbO on August II. Den
yer and return. $4,000 also sept.
ia 10 Chicago and return. 1870
Final return limit October 81.
Tickets and information at Union
Ticket Office. COS Firat Ay y Z.
Eilin, Cen. ASt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15
SHOT BY POLICEMAN

Shot through the les AS he at
tempted 10 escape tho olniehaa u d
policeman. Anton Gonzales now Hos
At The city hospital with a bullet
lodged under his knee cap,
patrolman y W. Hacker claims
that the man had been ioaiins
around saloons for the last month,
and after warnings he arrested him
II vas while .ha officer was send
Ing In the call tof tho patrol auto
that Gonzales made His dash for
liberty that ended 90 diaaatlouHly
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15

Director If Special hyenih Duck
ley yesterday designated uest bun'
day a. awodohbofg bay q 10 ea'
position. and memhora VI lhnl aool
ETY. will have meeting "A TO "
Y r. Auditorium. with ltfnuA on
Emanuel swedcnborg" b llsf l..
q, lAndeuhurset
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15

STRIKERS IN 4 RIOT

PIrrsBuRG. Pa. July it-slI
wounded. two fatally. and fifteen
seriously injured BY flyinE bricks.
iron Stag and clubs. sums up the
result Of the first days surprise
strike by the men employed In the
Pressed Steel Car oompanys plant
at McKcss Rocks
The riotlng. starting shortly after
noon and continuing until late laat
night. came without much apparent
reason on cither side.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15

n H. Hartman. authorizing tho
placing Of ofdefa aaFroEntlng fla,.
100000 fof tho elooiHfloation N
tho sacramento division Of that
aYAlem.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15

cAicAoo.-claronca nuggiss, a
Denver teaohsr who was found sew
sral days ago suffering from hys-
tefia produced BY hunger and eH-
pasurs, died in a local hospital To-
day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15
MAY SPEND MILLIONS.

iny iultfd ffrssl
NEW YORK. July ih officials
Of the aouiheru Pacific railroad arc
today awaiting a eahlegram from
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15

found IA pltlahle Alnne In those
small gloomy quartofs suffering uns
told aHunleH day and nlEht and an
able 10 bear the weight NJ Anytime
hut a snft sheet aYet her poor burn.
I'd body. Alive Fasmidre. reduced
to living skeleton, was ready ana
anxious On die. but death only how
rrud near refusing 20 put an end Co
her mlnery
sunday many visitors were al
lowed 10 SEQ tho woman and she
WIS pcrcortihly brighter Manday
afternoon. but when those IN ehsrru
Of tho hospital office found thai
there were a number NJ people who
wanted 10 call each afternoon and
cheer Mrs raaanlige. they put a
stop 20 all visitera and would ALLOW
no one 10 SOC her yesterday They
also refused to accept any delluaeiea
that wrro brought Tor her stating
that ahc wga receiving sufficient
ears. and that she had always had
everything she wished
Yesterday Mira Charles Miller and
Mrs Gordon Newhlfier who had
called sunday, were refused admit
lance. and both expressed bitter rr-
Sret that thay were not allowed 90
spend few minutes cheering the
dying woman
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15

Mrs FassnidEe thcs stated could
not speak too highly vi tho kind
but busy NURSE, and said she told
them that the nafas save her alt tho
attention she could considering tho
many she had 10 eare Tor
Less than two years ase Mrs.
fassnidrc came here from England,
and because q this tho British col.
any has started 20 raise the fund
20 care Tor her They hops to sc.
cure 1900 To pay hospital expenses
and provide for her until a change
eanies one way OF another
Subscriptions should he made
to W. H. Murray, pro consul iQi
Lowman building
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15
HELP COMES
FOR WOMAN
IN HOSPITAL
English People As Soon As
They Read Story in The
Star Come to the Aid of
Mrs. Fassnidge.
ny BONNIE WHEELER.

Suffering always touches the
hearts Of the teal men and women
Of the world But We SEQ 20 much
trouble and misery on all sides Of
Us that We somehow grow a wec bit
hardened TO ~ Just BIRTHS tho aufs
fcring " some Individual plainly be-
fore as. however and our nuhlnst
Instincts arr aroused.
II that Individual Is a relative. or
perchanee claims the same mother
land as We DO. then cur interest
becomes a personal one
A a result Of the story published
IN The Star last week. the local
English colony has taken ny the
work Of providing for MIS- Alice
Fassnidse the yeunE woman who
was 50 friEhtniily burned last
August at tho Algonquin club. and
who, unable to move hand or foot
.. slowly dying In a small basement
room at the Seattle General hos
pital
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15

unul The Star took up the cause
Of the suffering woman. sho had
been fof the n months practically
without a friend. No one visited her
except her husband. who was a
work IN Victoria being unable 70
secure employment here. she was
alone with her terrible burns and
her agony
Everything Is different now. The
hls hearted women have responded
Many havr called on the little we=
man. and their visits have cheered
her.
Sunday night she slept a rcfreEh-
Ing sleep. because her mind had been
given a new channel and her burns
seemed less PAINFUL
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15

The gloomy basement room was
frightened by fragrant flowers. and
she seemed a nov woman
But tho women we're not Satiafied
with cheering her. and they played
her case before the English consul.
With tho result that a subscription
has bean started for fund 10 carr
for her during the remaining days
Of her life.
Mrs Fassnidss occupies a room
IN The basement u the Seattle gea-
sfal hospital In her poverty Il vas
all tina, could be given her.
Her nurse attends to many other
patients. and those who have visited
her say that only every three OF
four hours does the dying woman
receive even 30 much a. a drink Of
water. and only svory third day ars
her wounds dressed and washed
Her room say thu women. IL sadiy
IN need Of ventilation and sanitation.
The condition which these women
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15

educational work In the country dis
triota,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-15

Of has tkn
andas the xpeien
be sacrificed and sold REMEMBER
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
THE VAST COAL FIELDS
 IN EMPIRE OF JAPAN

There are not less than 1900 mill lion, tons of coal deposited in Japan. This coal Is now being mined at the rate of IA million tons a year. The coal seams usually vary from three to eight feet thick and are mostly so conveniently situated that they can be worked by incline, there be-
 ing very few shafts in operation yet. Some shafts are. however, being sunk to a depth of one thousand feet. and two 900-foot shafts have recently started working. In the north. on the island of Hokkaido. a coal field containing thirteen seams, of which the thinnest is three feet thick. has been discovered; in another part of the island twenty seams have been found. five at least being workable; while in still another district, there are three excellent seams, of which one is twenty-five feet thick and of great extent In the south, in the island of Kyushin. the coal measures are at least thirty miles long by from eight to sixteen miles wide. and are estimated to contain 500 million tons, or about half the entire quan- tity in sight in Japan. The Japanese coal mines now employ nearly sixty thousand hands. the annual per cap ita output being about two hundred and forty tons. The largest mine in Japan-the Manda-has a shaft for
 ty-one feet by twelve feet, ss6 feet deep and a daily output of HOO tons Nearly all of the cutting in Japanese mines is done by hand, but machinery is being introduced. and it is hoped that cost of pro- duction will be reduced. So far as coal is concerned the industrial fu ture of Japan seems well assured Coasters Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19

Three different ladies, at different times in one day made a remark like this in Hinckley's Postoffice Store: Il wish I had come here before I did so much of my shopping. l didn't know they had so many pretty things, and their prices are so much cheaper on many things" If customers talk like this there must be somethinge, in it. and there is-so why not be wise and see us first? We have animal books. A, B, c books, Wizard of Oz books, gift books of poetry. toy trains, dolls. drums, savings banks. leather pillow tops, center pieces. fancy calendars, water color pictures, postal card and Kodak albums. fountain pens Parker and Waterman). suit cases, photo view stationery. Mexican drawn work, orangewoOd articles, moccasins. Christi mast post cards, Christmas booklets bc, 1Oc and 15c, holly ribbon tissue paper. holly boxes. holly labels, tags and seals, holly coin holders for sending money, photo loose-leaf memorandum books. purses and coin sacks. Open evenings till from now till Christmas.
 Hinckley's Postoffice store.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
naturopah1e Instltul. and s,n,iorium Of California
(iNcoRPoaArEo.)

UNFORTUNATELY -
  
 
   Brooklyn Avenue Several other  
  sanitary modern and equipped with  ELECTRICITY. SUN. HERBAL. NEEDLE AND BATHS . t... Chirapractc all Hydropahc
  Trsasur PhonesM Main 73@s
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
ITO AND THE MARINES.
hTirst for Information of Japan's As
 sassinated Statesman.

The Marquis Ito. who was recently assassinated by a Corean. was always eager to acquire information about western civilization. During his four terms as prime minister of Japan his country residence at Oiso. near Tokio. was at all times open to the foreigner. and his ready command of six lan- guages gave him many opportunities of pumping his 'barbarian" visitors.
 Two American marines on shore leave several years ago were doing Tokio. and the course of walking trip took them into the suburbs. stop ping to rest under tree, they lighted their pipes and were surveying the passing coolies and rickshaws with lazy interest when an open carriage, with outriders and other evidences of Japanese opulence. came along the road.
 Seeing a jolly looking, bewhiskered Japanese sitting alone in the vehicle. they saluted in military fashion and smiled back at him. Suddenly the car riage stopped and the occupant beck oned the marines to approach.
 If you're travelling my way. there is room in my carriage for three," said the bewhiskered Japanese in English.
 The Americans shook the ashes from their pipes, stiffened into dignity. and marched into the seat offered them with all the aplomb of experienced globe trotters. Then followed cate chising such as they never underwent before In the language of one of them:
 "The old guy asked us all we knew about civilization down to who killed Billy Patterson. and he pumped us as dry as a battleship three months in dry dock. He was wise nut all right, and a good judge of cigar.
 He was especially interested in the service ard his questions upon the treatment of men and chances for pro- motion in the United States marine corps showed knowledge of foreign mil itary and naval affairs.
 Now he remarked as the carriage turned into a private driveway. this is where I live. and as I have an en- gagement on hand I will have to part company. You can have my carriage for the ride to Tokio. I've had an in- structfve half hour with you and I ap- preciate your forbearance in submit ting to so long cross-examinatioh- ood-by and good luck to you both.
 With these words the Japanese hand ed two cards to the marines. shook hands, got out of the vehicle and dis appeared behind a party of lowing servitors while the carriage started for Tokio
 Bet he was a big gun, all right. all right" observed one of the marines re- flectively. leaning back among the1 cushions and taking the card out.
 And he was In English script upon the card were two lines of print which read: Marquis Hirobumi Ito; c. C. B. Prime Minister of Japan"
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
ORIGIN OF BLANKETS

Bristol during the reign of Edward II, had three merchants living in the town whose name was Blanket They were woolen weavers and the first people to make the material which ever since has been called by their name Ii was first used Tor making peasants clothing.
 Christmas gift boxes Arizona oranges. Crump Hay & Grain Co.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-19
IHE FORTUNA GOLD AND COPPER
 COMPANY.

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Fortuna Gold and Cop per company will be held at the office of c. P BulIar' in the city of Phoe- nix, county of Maricopa and territory of Arizona, on Tuesday, the 11th day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
TRAFFIC IN TITLES.
le Philadelphia Ledger

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 It is said that a prominent manufac- turer in Germany was recently enabled to procure a patent of subordinate mo- bility upon the payment of s375OO, and that a baron's title has been obtained by the expenditure of s7500. Spanish mo- bility of lesser rank, it Is alleged, is procurable for 5000, which is likewise the price of a marquisate in Portugal. A Vatican patent of barony is known to have been purchased for $500, and a counts title for s12,5O0.
 'The Turkish "Chefakat" order may be bought for 5000, while the price of the Osmanje order is only half as much The title of Count Purveyor'' sells in Austria for $500; in Saxony for s750O. Spanish or Montenegrin consulate, with no responsibilities attached, may be bought for s750, while one may become a nominal consul general of Turkey for $3750, or of Persia for 5000.
 The French government has been com pelled. in self defense. to provide that titles of nobility must be registered. The number of dukes and counts. most of whom had merely a "squatter's right" to their high-soundings titles, was until recently almost beyond computation. The chief offenders were army officers, who thought their bogus titles would help them to contract marriages with heir esseS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
A FAMOUS STATUE,

Paris Letter to the London Telegraph.
 Charles Champoiseau, who has died at nearly 80 years of age, owed his fame to the find of single statue, but one of the two or three most beautiful in the world. It was he who, in 1863, discovered the Victory of Samothrace," which rivals the Venus di Milo" as the jewel of the Louvre sculpture galleries. M. Cham poiseau was French consul in the Le- want when he was sent to excavate in the Isle of Samothrace. The wonderful winged figure and the gallery prov on which she is poised were found in 12O fragments-not at once, but bit by bit. The excavations lasted several years and the pieces were brought in different lots to Franco. The reconstruction of the fragments was a long task, which was admirably done The head the arms and q great part of the wings are missing, and there is no hope now of recovering them, but the movement of the incom- plete figure is marvel, and Cham poiseau's find ranks with the greatest antiuues extant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
do love nothing in the world So well as you: is not that strange?
 Much Ado About Nothing.
Good LeeiSlatiYo Reading

The Alabama legislature meets to- day, and many important problems will be brought before the senators and rep resentatives who are to sit in it. With out attempting to name all of them it can safely be said that no two of them will exceed in general importance con- pulsory education and the fee system. The former relates to future citizens and the latter to the administration of the law today. It would be well indeed If last Sundays Age-Herald were placed on every desk in the two houses; for two better discussions of the fee system and compulsory educa- tion have not appeared than those of Senator Reynolds and MT. R. L. Will Hams. The former presents all the needful facts touching illiteracy in this state. and the latter strips the fee sys- tenn naked, exposing it's inhumanities and iniquities with the skill of an ex- pert. Let us," says MT. Williams, "get out of the business of manufactur- ing criminals to gratify the cupidity, avarice and greed of a few individu- als!"
 The Age-Herald simply desires this morning to call the attention of the members of the legislature to the two excellent communications, and to ask for both of them a careful, patient and thoughtful reading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
TANNING WASPS.

Maysie Black-Hawkins in National Re-
 view.
 Directly l catch wasps l give them honey from my hand and then place them in large glass jar, and leave them to themselves for several hours. By that time they are generally hungry again, so, uncovering the jar, l put my hand in with some honey on it. As soon as they are comfortably settled on it l withdraw my hand slowly from the jar, so that on flying off after their meal they find them selves in free space. The first things to be explored are the windows, and then, when they have quite satisfied them- selves that they cannot get through the glass, they fly about the room, alighting first on this object and then on that. un- til l catch them and replace them in their home. The easiest way to catch them to begin with is by inclosing them with ones hands as they are flying Later on they get so accustomed to this that they will dodge about in the cleverest manner and refuse to be caught in this way, but as by that time they are generally sufficient ly tanned to be picked up gently between the finger and thumb it does not matter. If they are never fed except from the hand they soon come to know their feeder, and all my wasps when loose in the room would fly on to my hand if they were hungry and refuse to go away from it until fed. As an example of these creatures intelligence l would quote the following instance: One wasp that I had for some time, and who was exceedingly tame, used to be loose in my room con- stantly, and she was so clever at lodging me when I tried to catch her to put her home that I resorted to the use of plac- ing a piece of blue stuff in front of her, so that when she unsuspectingly walked on it I could drop both it and her into her home.
 on no account get on to the stuff. Sup pose she was walking toward the north Directly I put the stuff in front of her she would wheel around to the south and had I altered the cloth than she was around again to the north. She knew that piece of blue stuff meant home, and so she would have nothing to do with it.. This same wasp would often creep down my neck inside my collar and then go to sleep there, and on several occasions nearly lost her in this way, for I would forget completely about her, and on one occasion actually went out of the house hAfOre I remembered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27

He is a daring aviator, and while he has been in many accidents he has thus far escaped serious injury.
 The aeroplane will remain for a year or two longer the device of the daring, but in the long run 1t will be- come a safe and feasible means of travelling. It is simply in it's tentative stage Daring men are leading the way to final conquest of the air, and Bleriots feat bids fair to become his torio. Waterships were brought to commercial stage slowly, and airships may have to pass through like period of development. The roadless air, like the roadless waters, will yet, however, become subject to man.
 Aerial navigation is full of problems. Motors adapted to it must be devised, and so must compasses to show the angle at which the aeroplane is tray cling. and something must be devised to maintain the equilibrium of the air ship under all circumstances. These and other similar problems are before the inventors of air-fying. The sue cess of Bleriot will revive the discus sion over the merits of monoplanes and biplanes. Both have advocates. The Wrights prefer biplanes, while the French avators lean to monoplanes. Let the two keep up the experiments and the discussion until the better of the two is conclusively selected. Sta bility and safety are sought by both, and we will soon know, perhaps, which affords the more of either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
THE MAID.

Theodore Roberts in the Pail Mall Maga- zine.
 Thunder of riotous hoofs over the quak-
 ing sod; Clash of reeking squadrons, steel-capped,
 iron-shod; The White Maid and the white horse and
 the Tapping banner of God Black hearts riding for money; red hearts
 riding for fame The Maid who rides for France and the
 King who rides for shame: Gentlemen, fools and a saint riding in
 Christ's high name "Dust to dust" it is written. wind-scat-
 tered are lance and bow. Dust the Cross of Saint George; dust the
 banner of snow. The bones of the King are crumbled, and
 routed the shafts of the foe. Forgotten the young knights valor; for
 gotten the captains skill; Forgotten the fear and the hate and the
 mailed hands raised to kill; Forgotten the shields that clashed and the
 arrows that cried so shrill Like story from some old book that
 battle of long ago; Shadows the poor French King and the
 might of his English foe; Shadows the charging nobles and the
 archers kneeling arrow But flame in my heart and my eyes. tha
 Maid with her banner of tnow,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-27
EDISON'S EARLY DAYS

announce the result of any ballot. however close as soon as the last tally flashed into position at the speakers elbow.
 l managed to interest capitalist in the venture, and together we journeyed to Washington to exhibit the machine to Congress. After the usual delay we se cured the privilege of a private exhibition before the usual committee. The machine worked to perfection. and I was building all sorts of castles in the air when the chairman turned to me with smile and said, Young man, you have a splendid thing here. It works all right-but that's the trouble. It works too well for us."
 stared at him in bewilderment
 Don't you know" he continued, pleas antly, that the only recourse which the minority now has is to delay the vote of an important issue? I presume you have heard of the deadlock Well, your little machine would make the deadlock inn possible. Neither political party would want 1t. because the one which is in power this year might fall to second place next year. Do you catch the point?"
 T did. Likewise learned a lesson. In future l never attempted an invention without first assuring myself that there was a read market for it when it was completed.
 As I have here reached my majority and have come of voting age, the chronicle of the boy properly ceases Those days were Al years ago, and I would like to add, for the benefit of men in general, that I am working as hard now as I did then. Work Is action, life. I am glad that I can work, that I love work. I owe all that am to hard work. It Is thought good to dwell upon.