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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
REHEARSE FOR
"A NIGHT IN
BOHEMIA"

A general rehearsal will be held
tonight by the company of local
people who will present the play,
"A Night in Bohemia" under the
auspices of the Elks at the Taco
ma theater next Friday and Sat
urday nights.
The cast contains the following
well known players: ]. H. Sny-
der, Homer F. King, Tom Wilkin-
son, Edwin M. Conner, Jim North,
varnon Wayne Burke, j. H. Car
ter, G.. Morton Vinton, John C.
Siegle, e. A. Mcleod, Oscar
Thompson, Mrs. Esther Moffatt,
Miss Grace Dawson, Miss Marie
Dorothy Johnson and about so
others. The show Is being re-
hearsed day and night and will be
in good shape for presentation on
the evening Of February 20.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
CARPENTER FACES
CHARGE OF
ASSAULT

Upon complaint Of A. D. Cath
cart, a. South Tacoma teamster,
Frank Eley, q carpenter, was ar
rested yesterday and locked in the
city jail. The charge is assault
with deadly weapon. Cathcart
alleges that he stopped to have a
friendly glass of beer in Eley's
carpenter shop Saturday night,
and that just as he was leaving he
was struck on the head from be-
hind with some hard object.
There is no apparent cause for
the alleged attack. 5Ifif
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
new ARM0RY
IS INSPECTED

Eugene Lorton and H. r. Call,
as the new members of the state
board of control, visited Tacoma
yesterday and went through the
new armory. They expressed
themselves as we'll pleased with
the. plan of the structure and de-
cided to pay all bills excepting
$1,000 to Contractor Joe Wells
They want him to finish up some
things better about the building
before they settle his bill entire
ly. Both members of board insist
the building is far better than the
Spokane armory, built at the same
cost.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
]. s. CONFERs +
WITH NE|GHB0Rs
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, d. c., Febs 1 9.
With the ultimate object of, es-
tablishing treaties between the
United States and her neighbors,
Mexico and Canada, which prac-
tically will eliminate the "twi-
light zone" between the countries
as far as litigation about water
ways is concerned, the first North
ern American conservation con-
ference met at the White House
today.
The sessions will last for the
of the week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
EIGHT PRISONERS CUT
A HOLE THROUGH DOOR
OF JAIL AND DISAPPEAR

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OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. ia
Wholesale jail delivery occurred
here last night, when eight pris-
Oners cut hole through the oak
door Of the county jail and escap-
"a,
Posses were organized in quick
time after the alarm was given,
but. as the jailbirds had good
start, the police authorities are
not hopeful of capturing them.
The prisoners climbed to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
CALLS FOR BIDS
ON CULvERT

Commissioner McGregor today
called for bids for the building
of the concrete culvert under Pa
cific avenue between Twenty-fifth
and Twenty-sixth street, where the
street is to be filled in In order
that the old bridge may be done
away with.
The bids will be In February 25
and the work is to be done at
once. The culvert will extend
clear through under the street tc
allow for an outlet for the water
in the gulch after the street Il
filed. The street will then be
filed over the culvert by the
ground from the Union Pacific
tunnel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
INVESTIGATING
MINE ACCIDENT

Coroner G. D. Shaver left early
this morning for the scene of the
Carbonate mine accident, in
which John Alvin and James Ross,
coal miners, were killed yesterday.
The coroner will conduct an in
vestigation to determine whether
an inquest is necessary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

roof of the court room adjoining
and lowered themselves to the
ground. They would have es-
capped unnouced IL one of them
had not stepped through a sky
light.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
HAMLY AGAIN
STIRS BIG
AUDIENCE

In one of his most vivid and
dramatic addresses, Ex-Governor
]. Frank Hanly of Indiana was
again heard In Tacoma last night,
his audience filling the large First
Christian church to overlooking.
1.-THE Irresistible Conflict" was
the topic of last nights lecture,
which is an appeal for action in
regard to the liquor traffic. Mr..
Hanly made a most emotional as
we'll as logical appeal to his hear
ers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
VICTORY FOR THE
DIRECT PRIMARY
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. IS.
The first battle over the Wright
Stanton direct primary bill was
won handily on the floor of the
senate today when resolution
introduced by Senator H. s. G..
Mccartney, of Los Angeles, aim
ed to send the bill back to COM
mittee to be radically amended,
was defeated by a vote of 10 to
81. The vote did not come until
2 o'clock, after nearly four con-
tinuous hours of debate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
SOLDIER BALKS DEATH PLOT.

It seemed to j. A. Stone, a civil
war veteran. of Kemp, Tex. that a
lung trouble and the grave to cause
his death. II contracted a stubborn
cold" he writes, that developed q
cough that stuck. to me, in spite OF
all remedies. for years. My weight
began to use DR.. Kings New Dis
eovery, which restored my health
completely. now weight IFS
pounds" For severe Colds, obstinate
to prevent Pneumonia it's nnriyaied
SOC and t1.00. Trial bottle free
Guaranteed By all Druggists.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

Ninety per cent of the writing
papers used in the United States
are the product of Massachusetts,
mills.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

New York has a greater per-
centage of physicians among its
citizens than any other city in the
country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

"Homephonit"-for protection
against ''butt-in-sk's." *s*
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
AT THE PANTAGEs.
AT THE TACOMA.

''Homephonit"-on confidential
business deals. s*s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

KONA BLEND 25c
Never less, money back If it don't
please you. Give us a trial, our
prices are right and your credit
is good If your reference is all
right.
ITO @ st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

"Homephonit"-and defeat the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

For Fresh Fish try American
Fish Co.. City Dock. $50
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
FLY on the Flyer

Tacoma Seattle Route. Four Round
Trips Dsily, Leaves Tseoma s;ss a
Fare, 36c. Round Trip, Soc. Flyer
Dock. A. B. Nessenson. Agent
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

shackled him for weeks. He was chained IL .e-
and given OpIate.
The view from the veranda OF thelr Yeats was
lovely down the broad steep SOpIng valley D. The
Dalr1 lined Ovan 10 its junction with The kula .r
north across the kui the tall blue crag 0 Noun
Homa west to the lofty purple crest OF The Gwas,
Range the highest rising Immediately above the lake
and 20 the perfect pyraInld OF -NuiNle"o- 'enlnl
which lay karungu.
II was not until after tea and the pair had con-
sented TO stroll over TO tents for a suctn~ner
(the happy hour and ceremony for which all prudent
old Afrikanders thirstily and often grouchi.. Wait
for the prudent adJure spirits until sunset, hat
learned-and then only by bluntly asking Dr. 88Her
while we were walking down winding htt.rJndO
path-that the second man was Asslstant Deputy
commissioner NOrthcOte. the chief admin, --atIve
officer of that district of the Province O., T. unu
hough a young man, he for wears has been close
student and solver of native and provincial r lerS
one of the little group OF cool headed u7' ealing
0r1ick acting hard hitting BrItOns who. often dated
among savage thousands many DAYS mar from
anv outside support, never with star OF III r than
one 10 three whites. never backed by more tn10
handful of native askari, have by their Dir macy
and daring and are holding tor tne crown rs
East and Central African Empire.
Though one of the younger members o., the adj
rninistrative corps Mr. NOrthCOte Is by no means
of the least distinguished for II was he wh. while
in charge of the kisii bona himself receive pear
stab from a rebeIOus native that started the recent
Kisii revolt but stubbornly held our III. forces
arrived adequate 20 hammer the klsu into Suornls-
sion
Finding our canr, pitched on a low beach only
three hundred wards from the Oyani Or. Baker al
vised us TO move at least mile south ot and TWO
hundred feet above the river tor safe escape 5t flies
and mosquitoes This was good advice or which We
promptly acted.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

and got another pair of How do you dos. but
names.
Then possessed with the need OF our hungry
porters. | explained that were on satarl from
Aairobi OF posho and trekked over from the
Nara to buy some, but had found the havirondos
surplus exhausted This promptly brought Kind
offer of enough do us the moment and expires
sion of the opinion that should be unable 10 buy
the fifteen or twenty loads we wanted short OF the
Government bona at hisii three days Journey TO
the northeast.
lust wherever were. we had not known. eX-
cept that we were somewhere on the oyanl River,
its head. We had imagined 80 that when,
shortlv we learned that the lake port of karungu
was only eight hours distant, were aStonished to
realize that we were no than fifteen miles IN an
air line from Victoria Nyanza, and we'll to the west
Of Port Florence. the western terminus at the Lake
of the Uganda RAILWAY.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST D. isoS

this ventureti fancy is suggested by the coincidence
that the advent of the sleeping sickness IN gaia
followed close upon the heels of the wave OF Wnoe-
sale slaughter bv revolted kongo askars and cannl
hal Ral;ta who svveDt across several thousands OF
square miles of densely populated territory 10 the
west OF Lake kivu and nearly adjacent to Ankori
Upanda's southwest Province, where practicaily
ali who escapcd the barbarOuS invaders per1Shed OF
hunger and Of diseases bred of the fostering corpSeS
with which villages, paths, and fields were thickly
Strewn.
EarIv SYMPTOMS of sleeping sickness are found in
the swelling of glands the base OF the neck Just
above the collarbone followed by enlargement OF
other glands Usually the patient lives for several
ears often five or more most of the time more or
less added of brain the later stages frequently IN
sane As the disease advances, the patient becomes
greatly emaciated Notwithstanding an inordlnate
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
Heroic Work TO Stamp Ii Out

WlTH these scraps OF useful information gained,
w the Governments doing their best. COncen-
tratng the infected islands they are never per-
mitted to leave, more than lepers, assembling
them in isolated hospital camps under the most able
medical attendance and removing the unntected
masSe to highlands beyond known fly infected areas.
Already hundreds OF thousands have died OF il.
its spread anywhere really checked II IS creeping
nOrtf and east from the lake. down into German
and -rtuguese TERRITORY invad ~ the boundaries Of
Rhodesia Great islands like the SessI group and
vast strips of the mainland which a few Years ago
carried dense population OF intelligent, thrifty and
prosperous Baganda, to-day own no tenants but
their dead. while their bOuntfu banana plantations
and cotton fields have reverted 10 bowling jungle
Indeed unless means of prevention and cure
found any time the sleeping sickness may become
d world problem of the toughest. Often the disease
does not develop until year more after any pos
sbility of infection And since the scoundrely little
tsetse conveys II some other depraved type OF ty
mosquito indigenous 10 America, Asia. Europe
may yet acquire a tiny ag Of infection from
turning African dweller traveller. returned ap-
parenly well but fallen victim TO the disease. which
will serve TO establish l. abroad.
Thus, in fact. undoubtedly the disease crossed the
divide between the kongO and lake watersheds. not
in a poison laden y. but in q victim of the maladv.
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

ungu for that purpose, and would the day begin
the construction of permanent dispensary hospi-
tai and administration buildings
Asked if there were many sufferers from the dis
in the valley. DIR. Baker replied that he had no
doubt he could get in for treatment five thousand
in two days, if he had facilities for handling
them.
Only one patient brought in while we were
there.-a of powerful frame. securely bound
with bark rope. for he was mad as a halter with
homlcidal tendency Repeatedly he had tried 10
kill some of his fellow villagers and was forever
screaming for chance at HrASHHgn. Ankles and
wrists were raw from the restraining ropes that had
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

DOSHO in sight Outram quickly GOT cu- t-t T.
traCtively displayed our remaining stuy> nc .r-ie
goods. The "AmeriCani already cN "~'si
parted from in return for the bakShiSh 3. .e-.,
milk, honey. etc brought by the Sultt-l~ - ..-er-
But our ten-pound tin OF beads still rra. ..aei
nearly intact bIg beads and little. strung rtce-
les. anklets. and necklaces beats OF glass .a. OK
porcelain, red, white and blue L.. green -,-i am
C9garasl p1gs -
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

naked as they were born save Tor T'T-lrrc- oi
greaSe-sodden ringlets thar dangled about recks
and faces and innumerable brass AMI iron w.re
bangles. covering often The MAJOR part o., arms
and legs
Also came with him a string ot t7-'s. ---ctQs
another dozen, Just a few ot the more r. en-
evidences Of his prediction Tor ta-lrrloat
bows and girls. most OF them So -uE 8. was "a
miracle how their slender warbly h--.e -larNs
contrived 20 tote about their great ,'- bellies
There came also halt-dozer U4-r'-- and
maids carrying baskets OF UletIU,I r-- the
po,ho SO badly needed all IN the N-t,- 'aio
full dress of their station. the mails wearing
nothing but their amiable smiles anl ~.e- Ter
string Of beads about the waist. toe -4--'rS
each distinguished by a little tour-,-. -u,- ~
CovtaiI HAIR pendent. AFT. from d lse ---- D;
beaiS.
innocent these ebony beauties -t.l eN-
traOrilnarv beauties of figure m4-E -le
Young maids and matrOnS -inn'ye-- lv-
Sically and mentally OF costume and .. -ot-
IL means is was Mother Eve herself. en-
a decade of contact and acQuaInt1nCc B. .-. me
white race resident IN that region ana - re-
fining influences has served either ;ce
kavirondo women to Clothe their -..,- --.e,>
or 10 surrender integrity 20 ,-rlc- .~1e
that no clothed race. red yellow. b 'r
white. can boast. To this dav few kat.- -to
women Will have any man except one .arr
own blood. and him only after due oosr- use
of the kavirondo marriage ritual i- .-+-.ll
nder of her by her parents tor value re.c-. 60
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
Its Possible Barbarous Origin

OF its origin or history in barbarous presidential
~ kongo. nothing definite is known. except that
IT has long lurkei and worked there perhaps GER
iainly quite conceiyably. scourge directly caused
by and come punishment for generations ot the
most ruthless AMI reckless human slaughter where
thousands upon thousands ot mutilated dead were
left where they fell atou the steamine Jungle air and
envenom the myriad loctl types Of tropical insect life
Indeed, that there may be some grain i: fact in
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

than when a few years ago it swept down upon the
lake apparently of the kOngo Junsles, the most
relentless and the of all the ply siCa SCOurgeS
that medical science has had to battle with.
Practically all known of it is that it is carried
by a variety of the tSetse fly, which found
more than few hundred yards distant from lakes
rivers. that the tSetSe which has not bitten a
victim of the disease Is harmless; that the tsetse
quickly disappears when II lake shore
side denuded OF all timber bush and long grass.
and that. therefore, water margins may he made
comparatively safe by such denudatioL belt
Of adequate width. and that the fly may be wholly
escaped by removal one 70 TWO miles from lake or
stream margin.
As for the best treatment 50 far discovered, it is
admittedly more than aeviating
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
A Gaudy Chief

THE next morning the chief OF several kaviroudo
1 villages old AgilO. came 10 our camp Iec ,rousy
rObed in a red blanket and crowned with tiara o.
beaded leather The diadem of this insignia 1t rOy-
atv was a gray StOneware ointment pot. l-- mouth
bound tightly 20 The center of his forehead and is
body standing straight out from the head. giving
him the appearance OF two-legged ut-aornet
unicorn. ON the back of his head he Wore great
brown sun helmet which more was permitted %
change irS angle than the tightly bound pot or
his stony set features their expression. - tightly
did the helmet cling IL 1Xed angle that we Sus-
pected IT was attached the tiara ami thus AZ
integral part OF II.
With Agilo came a dozen or more of his aet.inen
superb great fellows black ink several well above
SIN feet muScled like fine trained athlete with
thirty three-inCh waists and tortyslN-ch chests all
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

appetite for meat. The drowsy sleeping stage IS
of the late symptoms.
Fortunately, in British territory only two white
men have fallen victims of the disease. far as i
could learn though scores of Europeans officials and
missionaries, have been freely exposed TO II. Both,
an attending physician of the sick returned 70
Europe for treatment: but without avail
a Hospital in the Wilderness
X/HEN | remarked that / imagined they
w tablishing a sleeping sickness camp, were
told that they had recently marched up from kar-
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08
Sleeping Sickness

THEN, when presently one
1 man inadvertently, and !
fancy much to his annoyance,
revealed half of the carefully
guarded secret of the identity
Of both himself and the other
man. by referring to his mate
as DR.. Baker. " this hint and
the location of camp and native
villages far from flowing water,
gave away the whole show to
me; it was a new Sleeping
Sickness Camp" one of the
chain of camps with which the
administrations of the British
East and Uganda Protectorates
are surrounding the west, north,
and east ends of the lake IN a
desperate attempt 10 check the
spread within their territory
and 10 alleviate as far as pos
sible the SufferingS of the hun
dredS of thousands of victims
Of this dread and most myS-
,eriOuS disease
OF the cause of the sleeping
sickness or of any effective cure
or means of prevention of its
spread littlemOre IS now known
New-York tribune., 1909-08-08

SUR 'nder Of her hV
in { tile or IN SheeD.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-08
NEW SKIN REMEDY
STOPS ALL ITCHING
Skin Troubles Of Adults and Infants
Quickly Cured.

When 1t is known that poslam, the
new skin discovery, will stop the tor
turous itching attending eczema with
first application and bring Immediate
relief and comfort to sufferers froa all
skin troubles. its merit will be appre-
ciated and its wonderful success UNI
derstood. On the tender skin Of chat
ing infants, poslam may be used with
soothing and beneficial effects. 1t is
applied externally, and its remarkable
healing powers begin at once.
All skin diseases, including eczema.
acne, herpes, rash, letter, etc, yield
Immediately to poslam. Occasional
applications, in small quantities, will
quickly Danish pimples, hives, black
heads, blotches, and will relieve and
cure itching feet, scaly scalp, humors,
etc A special 50-cent package is
prepared for those who use poslam
for these minor skin troubles. This,
as we'll as the regular two-dollar jar,
is on sale at Wilkinson & Co.'s and
other leading drug stores, in Keokuk
An experimental supply Of poslam
may be obtained free Of charge by
writing to the Emergency Laborator.
les, 80 West Twenty-fifth street, New
York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-08


body arrived in Keokuk this after
noon at 1925 o'clock from Ottumwa
and the funeral cortege went direct
to st. Peters Catholic church where
funeral services were conducted by
Rev Thos. O'Reilly. The pallbearers
were the following gentlemen: Eugene
Sullivan, J. T. Mccarthy, M. ]. Burke,
John Sheehan. James Breheny ana
John Finigan. Interment was MADE
in the Catholic cemetery.
Fort Madison expects to get
new Santa Fe depot soon, the Gem
CITY is reporting the fire of Sunday
saving: 1t is stated that a recommen-
da for a new modern depot for. Fort
Madison to cost $4,000 was one OF the
items OF expense put in the 1903 bud
get Of this division OF the Santa re
railroa. II it is acted upon favoraply 2
road. II it is acted upon favorably q
new depot will be built here m 'Snp
near future. It is the intention 70
continue to use the old building until z
new one is completed which VIII prop
ably be located short distance
from the old one. The building Of
the new depot will be contingent upon
business prospects during the year
and il they should be favorable Fort
Madison will have the new depot. me
Santa Fe depot at this point was built
when the "A. T. & S. F. extended its
lines from Kansas City to Chicago and
| has answered the purpose OF tie
kroad all these years very well. Inc
project Of a new depot has been sug-
gested to the Santa Fe officials by the
citizens Of Fort Madison and has been
given due consideration by the rail-
| road company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-08
Attended l1iqh School.
CITY NEWS

The feature emphasized more
strongly than any other at the confer
ence of employed officers in Omaha,
according to Secretary e. w. PIERCE
of the local association. who returned
from the big Y. M. C. A. gathering last
evening, was the extension work
among the associations OF the coun-
try. This phase Of the work IS given
more attention each year and dis
cussions of this policy Of extending
the influence of the association beyond
its own members occupied a great deal
of attention. A talk by the big men
Of the country present which proved OF
interest was that of William Jen-
nings Bryan who has been member
of the association since his college
days. He told Of the FOREIGN work Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-08
Rich Mems Gifts are Poor

beside this: 81 want to go gu record
as saying that regard Electric Bit
tiers as one of the greatest gifts that
God has made to woman, writes Mrs.
o. Rhinevault, of yestal Center, N.
Y, 81 can never forget what it has
done for me-" This glor' Gus medi-
cine gives woman buoyant spirits.
vigor of bod.- and jubilant health.
1t quickly cures Nervousness, Sleep
lessness, Melancholy, Headache, Back
ache, Painting and Dizzy Spells; soon
builds up the weak, ailing and sickly.
Try them. SOC. at Wilkinson & Co.
and j. f. Kiedaisch & Son.