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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-16

4 William A. Murray died at home
IN this city Wednesday evening at
8sS0 Of typhoid pneumonia after
an illness Of three weeks. His
death was a sudden shock to those
fho had been keeping close watch
d his Illness, for the fever had
spent its force and he was in con-
dlhon to improve, though there
vas danger on account of his eX-
tnme weakness. 4 fit of hard
coughing used up his strength COM
p'etely and in a few minutes the
heart beat ceased.
He was born at BridgesvilIc,
Wisconsin, August 9th, 1884, and
IS nearly 25 year old. He came
fest with his parents when he was
1aree years old and has grown to
maturity in the west and was a
Vplcal western man, large hearted
% OF strong physique, and it is
zoe mysteries of the tangled web OF
human exhistance why he should
e stricken down while he wa;
young, strong and vigorous.
he was married to Miss Classy c.
FINLEY, March II, 1906 and they
nave lived mere in the KennewicE
valley and Phoenix, B. c., since
mat. mat time. Two young children,
william A., aged two and one-halt
sas and Dorothy May, nine
months old, will be deprived for.
.'tr OF a fathers care and direction
~ Will never know a fathers love
III murray was a confident
s sel' young man who always had 6
:. s0d position and was a hard work
:. =, ne was employed for a Ions
slle IN the Dirksen Market anC
O,Aed much of the time in sigh
VIC writer's windows and there
-, ,ser was more active, hustlins
psu ps agreeable employee. While il
ii;oenlx i,;a* he had an excellant pos
s;a sou as mechaniSt in the mines ant
saa sa.Ve : his return has been workins
~ the Yakima Power Co. as al
aectrician. w. o. "'
He was popular with the v,un,
sbp'e' a member of the band anC
inas S"'ef IN the fun at social gather
"a All who have been associate,
das., ui MN will mourn his untimel
hs,aa asn and extend sympathy to tn
aSeo wife, his mother who's
S,sIs.: So.al pride he Was, and the othe
3,r runeral services will be held to
s y, conducted by Rev. Fathe
s'slleks s,sa1 of the Pasco Catholi
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-16
NO FRANCHISE
talk TUESDAY
THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION WAS
POSTPONED UNTIL 18TH
OF JULY

There was large crowd On the
streets Tuesday evening, some OF
them came out to hear the Band
in its regular weekly concert, some
listened to the spieler who was sell
ing his stuff on the corner, but a
large number Of buslness men and
property owners gathered on the
kennewick Hardware corner await
ing the calling Of the Council Ses-
sion to attend and express their
sentiments on the question of Civ
ing street car franchise to anyone
at this time. If Billiamn mingled
with this crowd, he must have been
gratified that interest had been
aroused by his discussion of the
franchise question and still further
gratified to see how public senti-
ment had solidifed against the
present ordinance and against
granting to any corporation or
group of individuals who are to act
as a holding company with no IN
tention of building and operating a
street railway. As one man ex-
pressed it the best company to hold
the franchise of the streets until
there is a genuine need for an cleo
trio line, is the Town of Kennewick
incorporated, representing all OF
the people who have given to these
street rights what ever of value they
have.
These men knew what they were
there for and Judging by the gleam
in their eye they stood ready t.
to give reasons for the faith within
them. The public mind is gradual
ly crystallizing on some very defn-
ite and positive ideas and the post
ponement will serve to further unity
their thot 50 that the council will
have no difficulty in ascertaining
just what action they think is best
for the public interest. They are
giving scant consideration to the
idea that the franchise rights of 8
city need be given away to anyone
and recounting the past history Of
disadvantage and loss where towns
have permitted themselves to bt
tied up by a one horse concer
operating single car which, il
every case retardec development o
up-to-date trolly systems by thost
financially fible to carry them OF
when there was business enough t,
sustain them, the public has de
clded that a primary consideration
should be whether the petitioner
are SO fixed that they can reason
ably expect to perform what the,
promise. If they have already bi
Of more than they can chew VIII
give them more.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-16
TAFT REPLIES

Special, by Grapevine Telegraph to
the Courier.
Dear George:
Your fervid petition received,
please advise me street railway COM
pleted. | am too fat to walk in
the sand. TAFT.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-16

L. w. Soth of the Courier, is at
tending the Annual meeting of the
Washington State Editorial Associa-
ton at Seattle and seeing the Fair.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
Hundred
Thousand Dollars
in Checks Lost
Bank Package Left on Street Car,
but is Found in a Little
While.

The loss Of a t21s,OO package Of checks
Tuesday morning belonging TO the South
Omaha National bank caused considerable
anxiety in bank circles, but the speedy re-
covery Of the package soon set the bank
officers and others at ease.
South Omaha banks clea- through the
Omaha Clearing house and Tuesday morn
ing the bank messenger, John Pinnell. was
enroute from South Omaha TO Omaha with
the checks Of the bank when he left the
package on a Sherman avenue car. .
Instead of reporting his loss the boy
waited until the return OF the car on which
he had come from South Omaha and on
which he had left the package. The on
ductor is said TO have told the boy that a
man, who was sitting beside the boy, got
off the car and took the package with
him. The matter was then reported to the
clearing house and the police notified.
When the carmen reached Twenty-fourth
and Vlnton streets they turned the pack
age over to the foreman of the barn. The
conductor on the car was 8. W. Barker.
When Barker saw the passenger pick up
the package and walk out of the car with
e he supposed It was his and thought
nothing more OF II until the report of the
loss came
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
Planck Has His
Farm Nailed Down
Returns from Rosebud, Where He
Has Taken a Trip County
Claim.

Just because Jack Holt got cold feet"
and returned from the Rosebud country
without seeing the government land
opened to entry and not even setting foot
on Trip county soil. there was no reason
why Frank Planck should not file, and he
home with a homestead all nailed
Mr.. Planck says that the Trip county,
South Dakota, land is as good as any; that
II will raise magnificent crops. and that
he expects to become a bloated bondholder
in q few years. He planted his elderberry
and red haws bushes on his claim in the
part of the county. and while
he says he was the only one who took
along a nursery stock, and thereby at
tracted considerable attention, he is not
sorry, for he will have a start of the other
homesteaders.
Mr.. Planck expects to return to his claim
about the middle of July and get a shanty
built and preparations made for winter be-
fore time to harvest his corn, which he has
hired planted. He engaged a man to break
forty acres OF his 16c-acre tract, and this
will be put into corn. He believes he can
live next winter on corn bread and wine
made from his elderberry bushes, and
next year he will begin farming in earnest.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
HILL BUILDS IN WYOMING
Burlington Prepares for Resumption
of Work at Worland.
SURVEYORS NOW IN THE FIELD
General nRE HoIdreRe Hopes to
DO the Grading This summer,
Though Appropriation IL
TO Come.

The Burlington railroad Is preparing to
resume the building OF new lines in Wyo-
ming and work is expected 20 begin soon
on The line south from Worland to make
the second Burlington line across the
state.
G. w. Holdrege, general manager OF the
Burlington. said Tuesday morning that
surveyors were still active in the field,
trying to decide upon the best water grade,
and that although no appropriation had
been made by the Burlington for grading,
he hoped to do the work this summer.
While Mr.. Holdrege said the route had
not been decided upon. it is rumored the
line will run south from worland and tun-
mel through the divide between No-Water
and the head of Bridger creek and then
build south to the Northwestern and use
that line as far east as Orln Junction until
such time as the Burlington can build a
line OF its own. The Colorado 81 Southern.
owned by the Burlington. now has a line
from Cheyenne TO Grin junction.
The Burlington needs this line not only
to handle the through business which is
now being turned over to the road at Bill
ings by tho Great Northern and the North
ern Pacific. but also to assist in its scheme
of development of the resources Of wyo-
ming.
Millions of dollars are being spent in
work on mines around Copper mountain,
and the new line will provide an outlet for
the ore.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
Man Defies
Thugs With Gun
Stuck in His Face

Erik Peterson, 27 North Twenty-third
street, is past 80 years old, but he's a
pretty good man yet.
There are two men in Omaha who would
be willing to attest this fact, but they are
not available just now.
Monday night about 1880 Mr., Peterson
was going to his home. He had been to
lodge meeting. or Dodge street, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth. TWO thugs ac-
costed Mr.. Peterson. one thrust a re-
volver in his face.
Throw up your hands!" commanded the
coward with the gun.
Mr.. Peterson's reply was a blow on the
mans head with his umbrella.
"I1l not throw up my hands, nor be
held up by YOU" he declared.
Coward No. . summoned courage enough
to strike Mr.. Peterson in the face, knock
ing him to the ground.
This all caused some commotion. and
the commotion attracted people In the
neighborhood to the scene and the thugs
ran away.
Mr.. Peterson gave nc alarm TO the police.
nor any other alarm. He came to the bust
ness office OF The Bee Tuesday morning
to insert a want ad for his lost glasses
and that is the way the affair came to be
known.
MY only loss or damage" said he. was
the loss of my eye glasses"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
Cement Pavements
Laid in Ralston
Bids Are Asked and Property Owners
Signed Up for the New
Work.

Bids are being asked and property own
ers signed up for laying 5000 feet of cement
walks in Ralston. where a full-fledged town
will soon be running, with stores, black
smith shop. lumber yards and other neces-
stiles Of semi-urban life. Some of these
are already established and four store
buildings are just being completed, with
one started.
Petitions are being circulated for a post
office. and 1t is believed the citizens OF
the new town will be successful, as more
than seventy men are now employed in the
stove works, which opened there last fall.
The car line will be opened for service
next Monday morning. when it will be pos
sihle to so to the town from Omaha by
street car. Thus far the residents have
been dependent on the local trains OF the
Burlington and the Missouri Pacific rail
ways.
-Four steam shovels, a camp OF graders
and mules are at work on the grading and
excavations for the Ralston car shops.
Some building material, including consid-
cradle steel. has already arrived.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
Mayors Supporter
Pardoned by Jim
is Back in Jail
L. c. Thompson Gets Ten Days on
Old Charge Of Abusing
His Wife.

Ten DAYS in Jail was the sentence Police
Judge Ora wford gave Tuesday morning to
l.. c.. Thompson of 2502 Blonde street. the
man arrested twice within a week for
being drunk and abusing his wife and who
was pardoned from a five-day jail sentence
the first time by Mayor Dahlman. who is
said to prize Thompson as a political sup
porter.
Not another drop Of whisky will 60
down me-" declared Thompson in court,
before he was sentenced. IT'S the drink
ing that's the cause of it all. I'm all right
when I'm sober"
Four witnesses appeared in police court
and testified as to Thompson's habits OF
drunkenness and wife abuse. They were
Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Il. A. Bervley, who
lives with Mrs. Thompson. Rev. l.. r De
Wolf. 29O Grace street, pastor OF the
seward Street Methodist church, and
Pstrolmsn Robey, who arrested Thompson
Sunday.
HE called ne all sorts Of vile names
that would be insulting to any
woman" " said Mrs. Thompson. The police
man declared that Thompson had observed
Sunday by imbibing plenty of booze and
Mrs. Bervley added IN a general way 10
the testimony against Thompson.
Rev. Mr.. De Wolf said he had known for
some time Of the conditions in the
Thompson household and knew that they
were not OF the best. Thompson and his
wife. who says she married MIN as the
result Of a matrimonial advertisement, pro-
fessed conversion six months ago. accord
Ing to the minister, and they were taken
into the church on probation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
COLLINS. ALLEGED FORGER
Three Complaints Filed Against Him
and He Valves Preliminary
Examination,

Three forgery complaints were filed in
police court Tuesday morning against Jim
Collins, the man whose reputation as a
check artist came to a sudden and severe
ending Saturday night. He waived examl-
nation and was bound over to the district
court by Judge Crawford on each COM
plant. the bond being fixed at $500 in each
case.
Collins is said to have made his home in
South Omaha, but most Of his victims are
Omaha storekeepers. Those who cashed the
three checks specified in the complaints
are George Wachtler, a grocer; Oscar Peter
son. a cigar dealer. and o. E. johnson, a
grocer. Two of the checks we're drawn on
the Omaha National bank and one on the
First National. They were for SO, s12
and $14.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
PLAN fOR BRIGHTER OMAHA
Scheme Evolved from Ginger Club to
Spread Over City.
UNIFORMITY Is THE KEYNOTE
Proposed 60 Assess Business Men 60
Huy Ornamental and Service
able Light Posts for
the streets.

That ideas arc catching as well as
smallpox Is shown by the proposition the
municipal affairs committee OF the Com
mercial club Is to make to the city coun-
Gil. following in the footsteps OF the 500
block ginger club, for more. Lights.
The first move was made when David
Cole. chairman of the committee. and some
of his associates. asked the council commit
tee OF the whole to Keep in mind. what
ever is done TO improve the lighting Of the
city. uniformity. which the committee be-
lieves Is necessary.
II is proposed to assess the business
houses something like $50 to s. per front
foot, payable in several years, to buy
ornamental and seryioeable light posts
with brackets. supporting five lights. Pax
ton & Vierllng. who made the Welcome
arch, are working en- a design.
These posts will be set every seventy
five feet-three to a block. in all the bust
ness district-if the plan Is carried out,
while a similar post will be used in the
close in residence district, except that the
residence district posts will have one light
instead OF five.
When the business houses have Installed
the posts, the electricity will be put on
ia two circuits. one will keep the large
light at the top burning all night for light.
The city will be asked to pay for the cur
rent TO run this light. The four smaller
lights on each post will be on another cir
cult that may be turned off at midnight or
earlier, as they will be for Illumination.
The business houses in the block will be
asked 20 subscribe to a fund to pay the
actual cost of this illumination.
by using this plan It is argued that the
city will not only have an economical sys-
tenn. but the business men will expend less
for supporting the lights on the posts than
they are now paying for lights in their
places of business. which do not make a
very good showing because of the lack OF
uniformity. 81
The 500 block boosters intend to install
such lights whether other blocks do or not,
and the municipal affairs m will
make il a business to take advantage OF
the opportunity and light Omaha as a
metropolitan city deserves to be lighted, as
well as illuminate it in the evenings for the
decorative effect and spirit OF enterprise
which the abundance of lights inspires.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
Mrs. Banner Will
Not Fight Divorce
Goes to Newport to Live and Too
Weary of Trials to Contend
with Husband.

Mrs. Alta Banner. recently found not
guilty Of the murder of her brother-in-law
In district court, has gone TO Newport,
where. she will make her home with her
sister. who is the editor of a paper there.
Mrs. Banners departure is Interpreted on
good authority as meaning that she will
not contest the divorce suit filed by her
lusbands Frank Banner 49, ta
Henry arbhy.Bher counsel In the divorce
proceedings. admitted as much Tuesday
morning ~ EE ~ s3.
Mrs. Banner is somewhat weary Of
court room proceedings" said he, land
while sine could fight the case successfully,
she does not care TO undergo the strain of
another trial"
Banner, It will be remembered, flied his
petition for divorce on a Monday afternoon
following the Saturday night on which
drs. Banner wa. acquitted. Mrs. Banner
replied with an answer and cross petition
he next day. Fat
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
Workmen Shy at
Job on Old Jail

Some difficulty is being experienced In
getting men TO work on the demolition Of
the old Douglas county jail.
All the prisoners have. of course, been
removed, but not. say the workmer, all
the Inhabitants of the ancient building by
several million. The upper story and one
wing OF the building have been torn down
and its being razed to the ground Is now
only a matter OF a few days. That done,
the firm OF Lamoreau & Peterson will va
cate in favor of Caldwell e. Drake. whose
first work will be to build a retaining wall
on the south side of the old court house.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
SHORT rooTs Along THE RAIL
Minor Matters of interest to Men
Who Run the Trains.

Minor Matters of Interest to Men
Who Run the Trains.
r. L. Huntley. chief engineer of the
Union Pacific, and Edison Rich. general at
torney for the road in Nebraska, have re-
turned from st. Paul, where they went to
consult with Horace G.. Burt, president of
the Chicago Great Western. in reference
to the establishment OF an interlocking
switch connecting the two roads at Omaha.
Lewis w. Hill, president Of the Great
Northern, has undertaken one Of the great
est traffic feats on record. He has con-
tracted to move 1,0CO,00O bales of cotton
from Mobile, Ala. to Yokohama. Japan.
this year. Packed tightly in forty-foot
cars the shipment. II moved at one time.
would make a train 165 miles long.
= THE fifteen-dsy tours OF Yellowstone
park, which We're SO popular last year, will
be repeated again this summer" said W..
II. Murray, assistant general passenger
agent Of the Union Pacific Tuesday.
Tours will be started each Saturday from
Chicago during June, July and August. The
Union Pacific will have a tw~enty-five-day
California tour, which Will be personally
conducted. Two other tw~enty-fvc-day
tours, personally conducted by Sam Hutch
ison. are arranged for the Seattle exposl-
ton
Practically all the western railroads have
served notice they will adopt the recon-
mendation of the executive committee
OF the Western Passenger associa-
ton that stopovers of ten days he allowed
at Omaha on all one-way and round trip
tickets within the final return limit Of the
round trip tickets.
The McKeen motor cars have been so sue
oessful in California that several of the
branch lines Of the Union Pacific and the
Oregon Railway and Navigation company
branch lines in the northwest are to be
equipped with these cars
Edison Rich. general attorney for the
Union Pacific in Nebraska, has gone to
California on a short trip.
The Milwaukee will receive freight for
through shipment over its new line TO the
Pacific northwest on and after June l,
unless unforeseen difficulties arise. Local
passenger service will be installed west OF
Butte the last of July. but there will be no
through passenger service TO the coast this
year. In preparation for the now business
tme and forty new freight cars are being
turned out every day.
1t has been announced that the general
offices Of the Chicago Great Western will
not be moved to Chicago as long as the
road remains in the hands OF the receivers.
A conference was recently held between
the receivers Of the road and representative
Of the circuit court, at which It was de-
veloped that the headquarters could not he
moved beyond the jurisdiction of the court.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
COURT RULES HUSBAND DID
BEST HE COULD FOR WIFE
And ON That Theory Judge Hedick
Refuses Divorce to the
Woman.

Mrs. Mabel Morgan cannot get a decree
Of divorce on the ground that her husoaho
is not a good provider, Mrs. Morgan sueo
alleging nonsupport, but her husband, MAJ
Tory Morgan, did the best ne couio' SO
Judge Redick holds.
The suit was heard some days ago and
after consideration Judge Redick has now
ruled refusing the decree prayed for,
though granting Mrs. Morgan the custody
OF the two children and ordering Morgan
to pay her $50 a month.
Morgan formerly ran a small Iowa weekly
and Mrs. Morgan was led to marry him
through a matrimonial ad.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
LOOKS LIKE LEGISLATURE HAD
WIPED OUT ANY SUCH NEED
Democrats no All that Need he Done
for Success of the Re-
DubIicanH.

Jack Martin. an attorney ss Central City
was in Omaha Tuesday on his way to Lin
coin to attend the meeting of the repub-
lican state committee.
Il do not snow whether there il any
work for a political committee to do during
this campaign" said Mr., Martin. for It
looks to me as though the late legislature
have practically wiped out the need OF a
committee at present.
Il have no idea what action the COM
mittee will take on the question OF testing
the constitutionality OF the non-partisan
judiciary law. The matter I supposed will
be talked over at the meeting"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
DRAINAGE FOR FLORENCE
Ditch Survey In the BOttums Up
North In Completed by
Crick.

Assistant City Engineer JOIN p. Crick
has completed the survey for drainage
ditch across the Florence bottoms and work
was begun Tuesday. Edward Turner Is
the contractor and the work will cost about
$4,000.
The ditch will be about 1900 feet long
twelve feet deep and sixty-five feet wide.
A steam clam" shovel is being used and
the soil will be piled along one side, making
a high oadway twenty feet wide. The
ditch will drain the country in the vicinity
OF Miller park and the amount of earth
which will be removed will make a high
and dry speedway which will be the de-
light Of the autoists.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
GLAD TO GET LAND OPEN
wyoming People Rejoice that Vel
IOwstOne Territory is Available
for Entry.

The restoration OF the Yellowstone land
TO entry is causing a vast amount OF re-
joicing IN central Wyoming. as all recent
Withdrawals along the Wind river have
been restored TO entry by order Of the sec
Rotary OF the interior.
Some time ago Mr.. Pinchot saw fit to use
his Influence 10 have a large part OF the
Wind reservation declared a forest reserve
and nus withdraw the land from settle
ment. u Is estimated that OF the i5. enc
acres Of forest reserves in the western
states probably one-haIf or more viii be
restored TO entry within the next few
months
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-28
Colonel Maher
Picks Metcalfe
Spanish War Hero Thinks He is the
Strongest Democratic Candi-
date for Senator.

John G.. Maher, whose headquarters are
now at Lincoln. spent Tuesday In Omaha,
following his attendance at the banquet
of the Spanish war veterans Monday night.
II have simply been talking among
friends l rave here regarding the chances
Of Richard L. MetcAlfe to secure the demo
cratic nomination for United States SEN
ator," said Colonel Maher. 81 am of the
opinion the democrats of omaha will sup
port Mr.. Metcalfe in preference to any
other democratic candidate. Whenever
Metcalfe comes right out and says he
will make the race-and there is little
doubt hat he does intend to run-he will
receive strong backing not only in omahs
and Lincoln. where he is also very popu-
lar, but out In the state as we'll"