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The sun., 1909-02-21
BiSHINGTON LIES AFFAIRS.
SUpt. HotchkIss TO Give 4 Hearing Mon.
day on the Recei,ership Question.

ALBANY. Feb. 2o,-Supt William A.
Hotchkiss of the State Insurance De-
partment to-day announced that he had
set Monday at noon as the time for con-
ference with interested parties in this city
on the affairs Of the Washington Life In
surance Company, 10 was in order TO
give time for the holding of this conference
TO inquire into the condition Of the COM
pany that Justice Erlanger yesterday
postponed the settlement Of the order
appointing receivers for the company in
the action brought for that purpose by
William Hepburn Russell as policyholder
The Attorney-General and the Insurance
Department have heretofore taken a po-
sition in opposition 10 the granting of the
application. for receivership
The sun., 1909-02-21
KING ALFONSO YEARNS TORLY
SEES WILBUR WRIGHT DO TT
BUT WON'T BREAK A PROMISE.

sits In Grounded Aereplsne st Pau an
Works the Levers, Then Hurrie
Awsy to Escape Tcmpta tion-Is Inter
ested In Maxim's Gun slieacer Aiss
Special Cable Ds,pa,eh 70 THE sun. .
PAU. Feb. 20.-King Alfonso OF Spail
arrived at Pau from San Sebastian a
6l5 o'clock last evening and later receive,
Hart o. Berg. the business agent Of tn,
Wright brothers. 70. D..
Immediately after his arrival the Kin,
received a telegram Of welcome from
President Fallieres, TO which he replied
this morning.
King Alfonso left Pau at 0 O'Clock thiI
morning bound for the aviation field
where he had arranged to witness nigh,
OF the Wright brothers aeroplane.
The King arrived at the aviation ground
at 9;20 o'clock and was received by
the Mayor of Pau. Hart o. Berg, Miss
Wright, Miss Lassenoe. the Mayors
daughter, and Wilbur and 0rville Wright
Wilbur Wright after being presented
to the King Immediately started on q
flight and few for thirty minutes, during
fifteen minutes OF which time he was
completely out OF sight.
The King expressed his intense regret
that he could not himself take a flight in
the aeroplane, saying that he did not
believe II was as dangerous as going at
high speed in an automobile. He inti-
mated, however. that he had given a
promise to the members Of his family
not to do so.
A second fight was made with Count
de Lambert. pupil Of Wright. mana gin z
the machine and Wilbur Wright as pas
senger. sitting with his hands in his lap.
This fight lasted twenty minutes.
On the conclusion Of Lam berts flight
in order TO fully grasp the explanations
that were given to him, the King installed
himself In the aeroplane while 1t was at
rest on the ground and maneuvred the
levers as il he were plotting il. After
witnessing Lambert's fight the King
expressed himself as astonished that
pilots could learn SO rapidly. Lambert
only having commenced taking lessons
within the last few weeks.
The King left the field at io:4o after
personally inviting Wilbur and Orville
Wright, Berg and the Mayor TO take
luncheon with him in Pau. The luncheon
took place in the public dining room Of
the hotel at which he is staying and the
King talked chiefly about aviation. He
said he had been sorely tempted TO take
a flight this morning. but as he was a
soldier he would never break a promise.
Still. he had been afraid to stay Ave min
utes longer on the field and 80 had left the
behind.
In the course Of conversations here Al
fonso told Mr.. Berg that he was immensely
interested in the Wrights' invention and
believed that aeroplanes were destined
to bring about great changes in modern
He said further that he had al
ways wished TO be the first monarch to
fly. but he regretted to have to say that
he had promised his advisers not to at
tempt any flight.
Tn King had seen accounts of Maxim's
gun silencer and he asked Mr.. Berg to
visit Madrid and show him how IL operated +.
In the afternoon the King visited
Tarbcs and Cauterets, returning
70 Pan in the evening. Tomorrow he
will be present at the ski match at Faux
3onnes. He will leave Pau on Monday.
The sun., 1909-02-21
GERMAN MUSICAL EVENTS.
Nienna's Tribute TO Godcwsky In Con.
tract Form-New American singer.

Special CdNe Despatch 10 The sun.
BaAnlN, Geb. 20.-A contract for the
appointment of Godowsky es director
and piano master of the School of the
imperial Academy OF Music and Acting
at Vienna has been signed by the SC hool,
which was formed out of the Conser-
Natoire and made a governmental in
sututon. The contract Is n striking
testimony Of the viennese authorities
appreciation Of Godowsky's talent.
The contract requires only 200 hours
instruction OF the master class for the
entire year. The arrangement os these
hours is left entirely to Godowsky. They
will not interfere with his activity as
concert pianist and his continental tours
VIII not be interrupted. He may leave
for two months during any teaching
season. while for transoceanio tours six
months is allowed. with the remarkable
concession that he Is not TO be replaced
by substitute during these periods,
but IL he chooses may take the master
class wherever he goes.
The Government will pay all the
travelling and boarding expenses Of the
class. which is limited to fifteen. Co
dowsky's salary is nearly $50 an hour. He
may take as many private pupils as he
pleases. He will commence his work in
September, with ten years service to his
credit with a view to a pension.
Americans are greatly pleased with
the success Of an American girl. Frances
Rose, whom Richard Strauss personally
praised for her rendering OF Chyvso,htmis
at the first performance Of -Elek ira
This opera had stormy success at the
Elberfeld Theater last night. There we're
thirty lone curtain calls. The conductor
was Hermann Hans wetzler. whose Now
York concerts in 1908 we're under the
musical leadership Of Strauss. Wet1ler.
who was in Berlin to-day, said he con-
sidered 'Elektra' a great advance over
SSalome.' The conducting of the opera,
he said, was a most fascinating work.
The sun., 1909-02-21
Suicide at Theodore Douglass Robinson.
summer Home.

WEST ORANGE. Feb. 2o.--Some time
last night John Carter so years old,
believed 70 be a resident Of New York
city. committed suicide on the front
porch. of the summer home Of Theodore
mountain. His body was found early
this afternoon by Robert Gillespie,
Mr.. Robinsons gardener. Carter, who
formerly was butler for the Robinsons
but lost his place in the fan when the
family removed to the city, had shot
himself With 80 calibre revolver. which
was found at his side
The sun., 1909-02-21
Heavy Rainfall Exposes Gold In Placer.
vile. Col.

SAN Francisco. Feb. CA special
despatch from Plsoerville, which Is in
the heart Of the district where gold was
first discovered In this State, says that
the excessive rainfall this winter has
washed out many pockets and exposed
nuggets running in value es high a. S725
They have been found on the top OF the
ground. where the surface dirt had beer
Washed away. Hang Town Creek !.
rushing food waters having deposited
the fine yellow dust In paying quantities.
The sun., 1909-02-21
LOST CHIPS. WOULDN'T PAY.
HUT French Court Rules That q. ID. Nor
gan, Wealthy American, Must Make Good

Special Cable Dsspateh 10 THE SUN.
PARIs, Feb. 20.-G. ID. Morgan, who
is described as a wealthy American,
was summoned to court recently because
he refused to pay a check for 5000 which
he had given to member Of the Partisan
Club for counters with which to gamble.
Morgan refused 10 make good because
he lost the whole amountt the same evening
The Court ordered Morgan to pay the
amount Of the check.
The sun., 1909-02-21
EDITOR ROUTS COLONELs.
Attempt OF Cuban Fire Eaters to CO
Square Falls 10 Operate.

P Special Cabe Dtspdioh 70 THE Sun.
HAVANA, Feb. 2o.-Three Cuban Colonels
Amanda. Canejo and Luna, visited the
Office Of the Poiiticd Comied. a weekly
illustrated sheet, to-day for the purpose
Of chsstising the editor. Ricardo Tor
riente. The editor drew a revolver
and fred several shots at the belligerent
colonies. who fed.
No one was hit by the bullets. but Col.
Amanda got a slight wound in the head
from a stick. Something was printed in
the paper that aroused the ire Of the
Colonies and they started out to get re-
venDs.
The sun., 1909-02-21
No NEW CARDINALS ~ 1909.
Church Can't Afford Any and the Pope
Thinks Fifty.four Enough.

Special tnNe Ufsp1fch 20 TBE Sun.
ROME, Feb. 2O.-The correspondent
Of The SUN is reliably informed that
the Pope has determined not to ap-
point any cardinals before the end
of the year. hence there will be
no consistory. at Easter. Piux \. is
reported 20 have said that the condi-
ton OF the Vatican finances would not
allow the cree ton Of any new cardinals.
Besides he considers that fifty -four car
dinals will suffice for the government
Of the Church
The sun., 1909-02-21
Lowest temperature E,. at 10 p. NJ
wAsBisoroS roRncAsr yoR TO-DAY AND
MORROW.

WARRINGTON FORECAST FOR TO. DAY AND TO-
MORROW.
FOR eastern NsU York, fdr today; parry eioudp
10 .norrop, nodtrdte rsueHv ufnds. becoming
rdrtdbe.
For New England. fair to day snd somewhat
colder In Maine; partly cloudy Tomorrow; dlmln
ishIng westerly winds. becoming variable.
For eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Del.
aware. fair TO-DAY: partly cloudy TO morrow.
light westerly winds. becoming variable.
For the District Of Columbia. Maryland aud
Virginia fair 10 day partly cloudy to morrow;
variable winds.
For western New York. partly cloudy to-day:
unsettled and possibly local SHOWS % morrow
For western Pennsyivsnia and Ohio partly
cloudy day and TOMORROW; possibly local
rains OF SHOWS 10 morrow.
The sun., 1909-02-21
IFFN HiRIi PA iILING.
""'hor ~ Murdered Portuguese Kins
Ne,nr Recovered From the Shock.

.'rstlal Cdbie Despatch 10 THR sun.
''s 'oS. Feb. 2).--Tne reports as 10
~ health Of Maria Pia. the Queen Dow
a9'- grow daily more disauieting. Her
'':.'h was terribly shaken by the murder
n aHr son, King Carlos, and her grandson,
re Crown Prince Luiz Philippe, and her
strength has never returned.
Her illness seems now 70 be gaining
f.ognd and complications are setting IN
nat give rise TO great anxiety.
The sun., 1909-02-21
A suicide Aner Her Husbands Death.

Mrs. Sadie Mayer Of i51 West Sixty.
sixth street. whose husband, Ernest Mayer.
died on Friday after long illness in st
Jos eph's Hospital in he Bronx. took h er
own life yesterday by shooting herself in
the right temple in her room.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
Hon. Miles POindexter for U.S.. Senator

Since the last issue of The Echo Mr..
Poindexter has definitely announced
that he will be candidate for the po-
sition now occupied by Mr.. S. H. Piles.
A popular expression of the choice of
the voters will be sought at the general
election to be held next November.
The Echo will give Mr.. Poindexter its
hearty and undivided support, and earn
estly hopes he may win out. His firm
stand on those questions for which the
insurgent representatives contended in
the last congress is quite we'll known.
If we have sized the situation up right
a majority of the republican voters of
the state stand just where Mr.. Poindex-
ter stands on some questions that are
growing in popularity every day and
that will prove to be very much alive
when congress meets. The methods
of Messrs. Aldrich and Cannon, if they
prevail, will lead to republican defeat
at the polls next November just so
surely as the rays of a candle lead to
the light.
Should the popular vote be so split
as not to indicate a popular choice the
election of United States senator would
be left to the legislature, practically
untrammeled by popular expression.
This is very likely to be the outcome.
Mr.. Poindexter will undoubtedly be
the choice of the republican voters Of
Chelan county.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
From Friend OF the Chambers
EAmiIY

From a Friend OF the Chambers
Family
The grievous affection that has fallen
on the family of Fax Chambers, of Pc
shastin, in the past three weeks only
those who have lost little children can
fully appreciate. Less than a month
ago the family consisted of Mr.. Cham
bers and wife and three children, aged
respectively one, three, and six years.
Not quite three weeks ago the babe
was taken sick with that dreaded mall
ady among children, scarlet fever, and
after a brief illness passed away. In a
short week after the little three-year-
old girl contracted the same disease
and died Wednesday, Nov. II. In
the short time that Mr.. Chambers has
lived in the Peshastin valley he and
his family have won many friends, who
in the hour of affection lent such as
sistance and aid as only friends can
give, for all OF which he has expressed
profound gratitude to the writer.
A Friend of the Family.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
The Approaching Town Election

So far as surface indications go very
little interest is being taken in the
election of four councilmen on the 7th
of December. The election is only
two weeks off and not a man, so far as
we have been able to learn, has an
nounced his determination of being a
candidate. The welfare of the town
will be in the hands of the four men to
be elected to the town council on the
7th of December, for the next year.
Every taxpayer is vitality interested
in the selection of four good men and
true. Men who will hold the interest
of the whole town above the interest of
self or friends. The development Of
this town has only just begun. There
is good reason for believing that the
development will be more rapid for the
next few years. The yearly revenue
of the town is approximately ten thou
sand dollars per year-rather above
than under that amount. This money
should be wisely, judiciously and hon
estly spent for the benefit of the tax
payers. The character of men elected
will determine whether it will be so
spent. 1t is the duty of every voter to
give this matter serious thought.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
The Sugar Steal Trust and .Other Trusts

A few months ago the American
Sugar Refinery returned some two
million dollars of stolen money to the
government for false weighing, under
valuation and other crooked methods
in evading the tariff tax which it asked
congress to put on sugar to protect the
American working man. The sugar
trust went before congress and asked
that a high duty be placed on sugar
and then proceeded to swindle the
government out of that same duty.
Oh, but this sugar trust has sweetened
the political path of many senator
and congressman. Eight years ago,
when sugar stocks went down from
five to ten points one week, only to go
up from ten to fifteen the following
week, fully one-third of the members
of both houses were specializing in
sugar stocks. By ground wire they
were kept informed when to buy and
when to sell. Senator Quay, he of
malodorous memory, boosted that he
bought sugar stock. Others admitted
to dabbling in sugar stock. Everyone
remembers the trail the sugar serpent
left in the two houses of congress.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

A bearing orchard of Wealthy apples
at an altitude of $3.50 feet is the sue
cess attending the efforts OF Manager
]. R. Wharton, OF the Columbia Gar
dens, three miles southeast of Butte,
Mont. This is probably the first crop
of the fruit ever grown at this height
above the sea level, according to the
Montana horticulturalists. The apples
are exceptionally fine.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1909

III oolhS NOlAuPblhB tloiA ASu " 'AA~
New York custom house where Mr..
Loeb has already fired out sixty, and
says he has another sixty under inves-
tigation. Of course the sugar trust
could not have carried out its stealing
without the aid of government en-
ployees. Does anyone doubt that the
sugar trust that paid its own employees
special salary to carry on the stealing
and paid the government employees
to help the steal along would hesitate
to buy senators, congressman, courts,
and prosecuting attorneys to aid it in
escaping the penalty Of its misdeeds?
Does anyone doubt that the sugar trust
bought its way thru congress? Surely
not, in the light of recent develop
ments. Again, will not a good many
voters reach the conclusion that the
steel trust, the wool trust, and in truth
all the other great trusts that appeared
before the Ways and Means COM
mittee during the last session of con-
gress begging for high protective
tariff, do just as the sugar steal trust
has done2 In other words, will not a
+r,,ct +bot oeLad for ,oora than - &c
justly entitled to employ the corrupt
ing use of money to get what it wants2
Can there be such thing as a good,
law-abiding trust2 A trust is an aggre-
cation of capitalists banded together
for the purpose of controlling the man
ufacture or production of some commo-
dity and thereby fix an arbitrary price
on such commodity. Such an organ
ization is unlawful. We have in this
country some dozens of such organiza-
tons which are daily called trusts by
the press and people and which in
effect are just such trusts as the law
is intended to prohibit, yet all Of these
so-called trusts have convinced the
courts that within the meaning of the
law they are not trusts. The Standard
Oil Co. commended that it was just a
benevolent organization formed for the
purpose of making oil cheaper to the
consumer. In 1901 the salt trust was
organized and in sixty days after the
organization was perfected the price of
salt advanced one hundred per cent.
Does any one doubt that this was a
trust in violation of law? And yet the
salt trust convinced the courts and the
people that it was benevolent organi-
cation formed for the purpose of help
ing the dear people. (The people
who owned the SALT
When one remembers the sly wink
that John D. Rockefeller gave the
newspaper reporter who asked him
about that twenty-nine million dollar
fine shortly after it was imposed, when
he said, 1T hasn't been collected
yet" and the ease with which Judge
Bighead Of Chicago wiped the whole
business from the court calendar,
leaves very little room for rejoicing
over the recent verdict of the U. S.
District Court of Missouri, in which
the Standard Oil Co. was dissolved. In
any event the attorneys for the COM
pany have already given out the in
formation that even tho the judgment
is upheld by the Supreme Court of the
United States the company will be
found doing business at the same old
stand in the same old way.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

A naturalist has made the following
observations as to the amount OF work
performed by pair of spanows in a
single day during the nesting season.
The mother bird left the nest at $3.50
a. m. to find worms, and the search
was continued by both parents through
out the Gay, one hundred and eighty
journeys to and from the nest having
been made up to 7:15 p. m.-Animal
World.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

E. L. Boyd Of Chelan is in the val
ley looking for an investment. 1t is
reported he has purchased a ranch
property up the west side. -Twisp
News.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

The manufacture OF glass bottles in
England was begun in 1853.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
Seattle.

Wheat Bluestem, $l080I.I0;
club, 98c@$l00.
Oats-New, SCOOPS per ton.
Barley-New, $50 50@27 per ton
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$1,000 per ton; Puget Sound hay,
$l3@14 per ton; alfalfa, $40 per ton.
Washington creamery SIC;
ranch, 20@21c.
Eggs-Selected local, 48c
Turkeys-Live. lS@loc ID; dressed
22@24c ID.
Potatoes, $l2@l5 per ton.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
Great Northern

Trains depart from Leavenworth:
Going East Going West
No. %, 1915 am. No. Is, 2:00a.m.
No. Q, lis am. No. 8, 3:45 am.
No. "A, 4:25 am. No. 43, 4:05 pm.
No. 4, 3:20p.m. No. l, 1:35p.m.
No. %, sos am. No. d, 11:40p.m.
Nos. 81 and % are fast mail trains.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26
THE MARKETS
Portland.

Wheat-New crop, track prices:
Club, 99c; bluestem, $1.09; red Rus
sian, o7c.
Barley-Feed, $28; brewing, $2s.
Oats-$30@31.
Hay-Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$15@l9 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
$1,000; alfalfa, SIS; clover, SIS.
Butter-Extra. Soc; fancy, 33@j6c,
Eggs-Ranch, candled, 34@35c.
Eggs-Ranch, candled, 43@45c
Turkeys-Live. 16@l8c ID; dressed
20@22c ID.
Hops-l9Oo crop, ls@22c; 1908
crop, nominal; 1907 crop, l2c
Wool-Eastern Oregon, l6R22c
per pound,
Mohair-24c
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-26

Your winters reading in The Echo. 81.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-29
G II E E r u p
TA44T

mere are Just as many good fish in the sea
rs ever were caught in a net
Nnd anglers al. over the world will agree
The best one Is swimming vet
50 do not repine
II the end of your line
Shows no sign that there's anything tugging:
ust stick 10 Your work
Don't weaken or shirk-
FOR nothing will come without plugging.
ih0ugh effort and struggle should fail To- coerce
l he end that YOU ann 10 achieve
ANA matters from bad grow steadily worse
Just cheer up and roll up your sleeve
For Success ALWAYS fits
From the fellow who quits.
nlle she welcomes the man who's a fighter
Though at first she be shv
She Will yield by and bv
10 the wooer whose merits invite her.
Copyright, 1909. by Hector Rosenfel,D
New-York tribune., 1909-08-29

KIND of dngy Fate, suppose. that had led ME
TO where this fat fair and gilt incrusted patron
was trying to back through the door of a tumble
down hack When Margarida finished her narra-
TIVE with little pathetic sigh.-a sigh. | couldn't
help but think much too small for her-I no longer
saw her three chns Her adiposity had become as
nothing, or AT any rate mere inConsequential de
tail, To me In fact, had anybody asked me- |
should have said that Margarida would look well
IN directoire dress | saw her through an enhanc-
ing, beautltylng vapor,-a vapOr forming a nimbus
about that which 10 be and T. O'FallOn in the
center of the nmbus Such is the binding effect
of prehgured glory
Our hack got penned momentarily in lam of
trucks IN narrow thoroughare leading into Third
ave. | noticed that the blockade caused Margaric'a
great perturbation. She had caught sight | oh
served OF a large gilded foot. resting on bracket
standing out from second floor window of a mean
little house the left hand side of the narrow street
caught her shuddering she gazed, if by a sort
OF irresistible fascination at the gded foot Solic-
tously L inquired the wherefore of her shudders
1t was nothing, merely hideous memory she
told me. The barbarOus insurgents who had en-
chained her beloved Costa Rica she said still
shuddering and continuing fearsomely TO regard the
gided foot, symbol of a chropodist S establishment
had way of severing the feet of soldiers who de
serted the Insurgent ranks The hateful foot had
reminded her of this, that was all She begged me
to see If ! could not do something to break the lam
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-12-01
asmhoe Shoots % Food.

The bamboo shoots that are eaten
are not yet brancbcd. ~ n conicni form
aud shcnthed IN nn envelope generally
covered by small. prickly brisilcs
These young shoots emerge very Wig
orously from the soil nj the foot of the
bamboo tufts. The Chinese and Jnpa.
ncse. II appears. consume large quaint.
ties ~ them. They use them ns sen.
soning with pork and chicken. Tho
first thing IN their preparation nntn'
rally IL To rid the sprouts 81 their dis.
agreeable sheath. They ARE then cut
either lcngihwisc or In slices nnd are
pinccd In boilinr water. The water IL
renewed once ar twice. and after add.
Ing sal, u vegetable Il obtained which
reminds one strongly 81 the root Of the
nriichokc. The japanese also eat them
preserved IN brine or vinegar. The
gathering of the young bamboo shoots.
during which one mus, bc careful Of
the prlckly envelope. takes place In
June aud November In Tonkln. The
November shoots are the better npprc-
ciai.d. New York lIerald's Paris Edi'
tiun