The Seattle Republican., 1909-11-19
Persons Talked About.

John Jacob Astor and his son are reported lost in
the Southern SEAS He cruising in the south for
pleasure and got caught in hurricane.
John R. Lynch will retire from the army with the
rank lieutenant-colane which will he the highest rank
any Afro American has ever attained in the United
States army.
Donald McMaster, Vancouver Washington, at
torney has been named by Gov Hay as successor to
Judge w. w. McCredie, who recently elected to a
seat in Congress.
Sam Berger, Jim Jeffries' manager is the most
talked of man in the United States johnson and JEFF
fries who will do the act have been completely for
gotten and Sam is it,
Andrew Carnege's offer of 45O acres Of mountain
land at Creson Pa for tubercular has been
cepted and the colony WILL as shelter arrange
ments have been provided begin actual existence -
Charles L. Warner who stung the Big Four for
$685. 0OO now occupies feon's cell in Cincinnati as
does Mrs. Jeanette Stewart whom he is said to
have lavished his lgotten gains The way of the
transgressor is hard.
DIR. Jacques Bertillion, the French statistician,
wants heavy tax imposed families where there are
two or less children. The of deaths over the
births in France for the past six months 2 25 and to
obvate this prompts the proposition of DR.. Jacques.
Leslie NJ Shaw in public speech in Philadelphia
declared the United States had to crnge before Japan
after the San Francisco embrogo because she feared
to risk war with Japan Then the proud Anglo Saxon
has after all had to bend his knee to darker
What shame
Earl Bullock, who attempted to rob Kansas bank,
and who committed suicide rather than be captured,
took Harry Tracy as his ideal hero. He relgiousy
read book recounting Tracys deeds and declared he
died most noble death. What pity that such rot
falls into the hands of young boys.
Alma Bell poor twenty year old California girl
who was ruined by Joe Armes rich rancher's son,
and then deserted which she resented by fatally
shooting him. on trial for her life before twelve
good and true. If the jurymen really good and
true they will acquit this young woman
j. E. Chilberg, of A. Y. fame, comforts what
was intended to be bit of political gossip of COM
plmentary nature in The Seattle Republican
casm. Either j. Edward does not understand the Eng
lish language or he is trying to play foxy grandpa.
The Seattle Republican warns J. Edward to never get
in politics or he will hear from it,
Louise Arbogast, of St. Paul. is now on trial there
for the murder of her father Her mother recent
ly acquitted of the crime and the daughter is be-
ing tried There evidence to warrant the pros
ecutng attorney to put either one of the
trial further than that the two in the
house at the time the old man was killed and there
evidence of anyone from the outside having entered
the house at the time.
Gen. Geo. W. Tibbetts, superintendent of the Ort-
ing Soldiers Home visited the Port Orchard Home on
Tuesday. Gen. Tbbetts informed us that at the roll
call Tuesday morning, before leav-
Soldiers Home ing on his trip here, there were
At Orting 703 names on the roll 455 being
present, and that there 63
families in the colony living outside the Home. The
Home only has to comfortably accommodate $780,
so it can be seen that there than double the
number now in the Home that can be properly cared
for and others are applying for admission every day.
The law governing the question of caring for colo
nsts living outside the Home provides that only those
living inside the city limits of Orting receive aid
which consists in issuing $500 worth of rations each
month tO each familv-Sidnev IndeDendent