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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-08
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Mrs. f. Kloss, 1922 No. 27A.
Phone $3.50. Knitted and crq-
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As heretofore the Eilers Music
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-08

Butter and Egg prices are "way
|up" with most stores, but our
prices remain about the same.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
Becomes Mine Expert.

"After our short experience at Denver
eight of our party got homesick and
turned tail for Ohio. and / have never
seen them since. Four of US remained
and determined to stick 1t out and get
rich. The prospects. however. were not
very encouraging. and when we reached
the Platte river on our way to the mines.
the ferryman demanded - to take
us across. We all Clipped in every
cent we had. but the total amounted to
only $3.50. After very serious and ami
mated negotiations. the ferryman agreed
to accept a piece Of bacon in lieu OF the
balance. and we passed on up to Central
City.
"A man named English and myself
went ahead Of the team and cut away the
pine brush on the banks Of Clear creek
a point where now stands the Hotel
Teller. which was built many years after.
however, and named In honor Of Senator
Teller.
I'VE made camp there. and went to
work for Gridley and Henderson. on
first mine that amounted to anything In
what Is now Colorado. I worked under
the immediate direction Of Mr.. Hender-
son, and became an expert In panning
fine gold with quicksilver. There was no
richer yield In the world than that for
OF dirt taken right of the top Of the
ground. That was a big showing.
I'VE called 1t Mountain City then. but 1t
is Central City now. and very Lively
town. Horace Greeley made US visit
that summer while on his way to Cali
board stuck through the cracks OF
cabin, in which he gave US some good
advice how to run the country. and what
to do with the gamblers and thieves.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
COURT IMPOSES SENTENCE.
Judge Kimball Acts in Case Pending
for Eleven Months-

An unusual incident occurred in the
Police Court this morning when John
Shea was called for sentence In q Equor
case OF eleven months standing He had
been at liberty during that period to see
II he could raise sufficient money to pay
the minimum fine. Apparently he was un-
able to do so. and was taken into court
on an attachment issued yesterday. The
court imposed a fine OF $3.50 and In de-
fault ordered commitment to the work.
house for thirty days
Shea was arrested little more than a
year ago by Sergt. Evans and Policeman
Bowers. charged with violating the ex-
else laws. the offense having been COM
or SO after his arrest he appeared in
court and entered a plea Of guilty. He
was given his liberty on the condition 70.
ferred to.
When Shea appeared before Judge kim
ball today he pleaded that sentence be
Il wasn't myself when 1 did this
thing" he said. "And the disgrace feel
over 1t has been very great punishment.
am trying to make an honest living
now. and have established a small busi-
ness near my home. II you send me to
the workhouse 1t will probably be ruined,
or almost So and all my labors will have
gone for nothing. / am a poor man. your
honor. and can't pay a big fine. Won't
you permit me to 60 under a suspended
cused Of violating the laws again"
Judge kimball refused the request, how.
ever. and after inQuiring the circum.
stances of the case of the prosecuting at
torney. imposed the fine and made the
term OF imprisonment In default sixty
days This was later reduced thirty days
at the instance Of Assistant Corporation
Counsel Pugh.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
Indians Driven or.

Three or four nights later a runner
from a caravan ahead Of us warned us
that we better slow down and wait for
reinforcements to come up because the In
dians had attacked a train the night be-
fore, and had killed thirty-one people.
including three or four women. We obey
ed the warning. and when we went into
camp that night there were seventy or
seventy-five wagons
1--WE organized after a semi-military
fashion, elected officers and were assign
ed to duties about the camp. Our cap
tain's first order was that every man
should discharge his gun. and reload with
fresh ammunition. because some of the
arms had not been fred of since the
owners left Leavenworth. The discharge
of the guns made such q volley that the
Indians, who were within hearing.
thought we were attacking them. and
broke camp and started of toward the
south. That was the last we saw or
heard Of them. and we had no other
alarms.
1.-The city of Denver at that date con-
sisted of three or four cabins built Of
poles. with dirt roofs. and a two-room
hotel built Of logs with a canvas roof.
The inhabitants were chiefly prairie dogs.
owls and rattlesnakes. AT the hotel you
could get a dried apple pie for 80 cents
IL you had the money. and 1t was con-
sidered q great" luxury. Jack, the black
boy we brought from Leavenworth, hit
the first job of any Of us. and was ap-
pointed cook at the hotel, with an honor
Evening star., 1909-04-16
been eaten by the animals OF the cara
vans that had gone before US.
Seized by Indians.

ION the night Of the 18th Of April.
when we went into camp. about twenty
five or thirty wagons strong. at a place
called Lost Creek-I cannot locate 1t now
it came my turn to herd the oxen. and
with two young men. named Williams
and Robinson. we drove the oxen to q
little ravine about two miles from the
camp, where the grazing was very good.
Williams Is dead. Robinson is keeping
bookstore in Idaho. / heard from him
not long ago.
1T is a peculiarity Of oxen that they
will feed up to about IL o'clock at night
and then lie down. with their bacFs to
the wind One Of our oxen. a. big fellow.
was great Rft OF mne and md when snd a1
down.. according to habit. followed his
example. and went to sleep, lying along
the> leeward side Of his body. sheltered
from the wind.
II had not been long asleep. when
was awakened violently by two or three
Indians. who seized me and commenced
to tie my hands and feet They led me
over to a cottonwood tree and tied me
to 1t. Robinson and Williams escaped.
and ran toward the camp as fast as they
could. firing their revolvers This awak-
ened the other members OF the party. who
understood the signal, and started in
stantly to our relief When they heard
the revolver shots. the Indians left me
and began to round up the cattle. for
they were in need of food. They jumped
us to get fresh meat. 1t was early In
the season, and the buffalo had not come
north yet. so the Indians were compelled
to steal beef.
1T was all over in twenty or thirty
minutes. When the rescuers arrived they
cut me loose and started after the In
dians, to recover the cattle. and spent
the rest Of the night searching for them
without avail. In the morning, when we
came to round up. we found that they
had gotten away with seven head of OK
en-. but only one Of our team, and no
other harm was done or violence at
tempted.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
Back to Ohio.

I'VE had a good many provisions left,
and some other supplies which were bet
ter than money, and we sold Mr. Hender-
son q keg Of nails. which we had hauled
ali the way from Wheeling. for 50. and
helped him put clapboard roof on his
cabin with them.
Il remained there more than year but
started back to Ohio in the summer. Of
1880 and reached mothers home at Mill
wood in September Of that year. She
lived on the old farm which her father
had entered about 1704 until her death
in 1891. eighty-four years OF age.
I'm 1885 / went back to Central City for
the first time. and found Mr.. Henderson
still there. He was then a very old man.
but after little conversation I recalled
myself to him. and he took me to the
cabin which he and I had shingled. and
the roof was still sound. He rounded UP
all of the oldest Inhabitants who were
there in my time. and such a reunion
never occurred before"
Evening star., 1909-04-16
OF on Gold Quest.

my time expired when the Pixies Peak
gold excitement was at its height. and l
decided to join a party OF young men
from that neighborhood who were going
to seek their fortunes in Colorado. or the
western part Of the territory of Kansas.
as 1t was then. Mr.. Webster gave me
the $50 that was due me. and a pocket
knife. which l carried for many years.
"The old Quaker was good adviser
ana when he gave me my money, he said:
Nathan, thee has been a good boy, and
thee has the making Of a good man II
thee will observe these rules: Always re-
member that 1t is not what thee eats
that gives thee strength, but what thee
digests. It is not what thee reads. but the
cha racter of thy reading and what thee
retains that will make thee a smart man.
II is not what thee earns. but what thee
saves that will make thee rich man.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
NEW ENGLAND RIVERS HIGH.
Paper Mills Shut Down.
Flood at Springfield.

BOSTON. April 16.-The AEawam mead
ows. opposite Springfield, were from eight
TO ter feet under water today, and III
West Springfield some OF the houses were
completely surrounded by water and ce
lars flooded The use OF powerful pumps
in factories on the Springfield side Of the
river alone prevented a number OF fac
tories from being forced 10 suspend
operations.
The paper mills at Brunswick Me-.
were shut down today on account OF hisa
water in the Androscoggin. but. 1t was
believed that the river would recede dur
ing the day.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
Start for Pixies Peak.

"It was on ST. Patricks Day, the 18th
Of March, 1885, that 1 left Millwood for
Wheeling, with twelve other young fell
lows. all older than myself. bound for
pixies Peak or Bust" We went to
Wheeling, where we took deck passage
on the steamboat for ST. Louis. We had
to sleep on the deck all the journey, be-
cause we did not have enough money to
paw for hunks in the cabins. At st.
Louis we changed to another steamer,
which took us up the Missouri to Leaven-
worth. Kan.
THAT was the outfitting point for over
land caravans in those days. We put our
money In a pool. bought three yoke of
oxen. a good prairie schooner and all
the provisions the wagon would hold, and
joined a party that was starting over
what was known as the Republican Fork
trai! for Pixies Peak. We divided the
labor. and took turns at driving and
looking after the team. We got a darby
from the steamboat to go along with us
as cook.
when we went into camp at night the
wagons were arranged in a circle. with
the tongues pointing toward the center,
for defensive purposes. and a detail was
made in turn to look after the cattle,
which We drove off two or three miles
from the trail, where the grass had not
Evening star., 1909-04-16
FINDS WIFE DEAD.
Lachlan Halliburton Calls on Police
for Assistance.

Lachlan Halliburton of 1122 + street
northeast appeared at the ninth precinct
police station about O'Clock this moru-
ing and asked that a policeman he sent
to his home to assist him to move his
wife. Margaret Halliburton. sixty-two
years OF age, from shed to the house.
When the policeman reached the place
he found that the woman was dead
Coroner hewitt ordered the body re-
moved to the morgue, and he will mako
thorough investigation. He says he
Is OF the opinion that death was due
to natural causes.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
One Negro Hanged; One Pardoned.

LOUISVILLE. KY. April 16-William
Carter, a negro. was hanged in the jail
yard here at $50 o'clock this morning.
Carter was condemned to death for the
murder OF William Walker, foreman
at the Mengel box factory.
Gov. Wilson last night commutcd the
sentence of William Green. another ne
gro, who was to have been hanged with
Carter for killing q negro, to life ~
prisonment.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
British Honor for Prof. Hale.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. April 16.-Prof.
George A. Hale. the noted astronomer.
who has charge Of the Carnegie observa-
tory on Mount Wilson, has been elected
foreign member of the Royal Society
of England. according to a cablegram
received at his home In this city from
England.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
Death Of Mrs. G. s. Loveless.

HYATTSVILLE. Nd. April 16. 1900.
Mrs. Caroline Sabery Loveless. mother of
James G. Loveless OF Berwyn, this coun-
ty. is dead, aged eighty-four years. Fu-
neral services were held Wednesday, sol-
emn high mass being celebrated by Rev.
Father Mattingly OF Ammeudaie. The
remains were inferred In the Ammendaie
cemetery. Besides her son she IL sur
vived by daughter, Mrs. James Riddle
of Branchville.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
Calls on Secretary Knox

George 8. Atwood, secretary to the
American Association Of Commerce and
Trade at Berlin. called on Secretary Knox
at the State Department today. with q
view to enlisting his interest In q move
ment to improve the commercial re atoms
between the United States and Germany.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
Frederick R. Gomez Dies in Boston.

BOSTON. April 18-The death Of Fred
eriek Il. Gomez. assistant manager of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. and we'll
known throughout the musical world of
the country. was announced today. Mr..
Gomez was connected with Boston's great
musical organization almost from it's in
ception. and In addition had been active
IN the management of many musical
celebrities. He was ifty-hye years old
and leaves a widow.
Evening star., 1909-04-16
tional fish commission ba. orr,vad

tional fish commission, has arrived to
confer with David Starr Jordan. the
United States commissioner appointed nv
former President Roosevelt The two
commissioners will compile a code which
will be passed upon by the United States
congress and the British parliament Its
provisions will apply to all the fishing
and Canada
Evening star., 1909-04-16
a rooming house on West Huron street

early today. An explosion Of gas in Nc
Garvey's room started the fire. Roomers
on the second floor ran to the street in
their night clothes while IL was necessary
for the firemen to place ladders and car
ry several women and children from the
third floor One woman and a child were
seriously burned, but will recover.
Evening star., 1909-04-16

arium OF four dollars q day and board,
q few hours after we arrived, and as our
exchequer did not justify the reckless ex-
trayagance OF 50 cents for a pie. he
used to give them to US. on the sly. for
nothing
Evening star., 1909-04-16
viii Compile q .Fishery Code.

16.-Prof e. e. Prince. who represents
the British government on the interna-
Evening star., 1909-04-16
n Fatally Burned.

BUFFALO. N. T.. April 16-Michael
NcGarvey was fatally burned in FIRE in
Evening star., 1909-04-16
Hefrigerators
Fly Screens
Awnings

bale Silky Beloochistans and Bokharas
worth from $4,000 TO $1,000, $3.50 each.
Average size, 3.ox5.o.
Evening star., 1909-04-16

Cocoa, A-lb. tin. -. .Ioc
A & P or Walter Bakers
Cocoa, H-lb. tin. -. zoe
Huyler's Cocoa, A-lb. tin. 14c
Huyler's Cocoa, H-lb. tin. .24c
Lowney's Cocoa, Alb. tin.23c
Bensdorf's Dutch Cocoa,
H-lb. tin.. .3oc
Van Houten's Cocoa, 4-lb.
tlH ....... .S3C
Van Houten's Cocoa, H-lb.
tin .dsc
A & p Chocolate. lb. ..32c
Walter Bakers Chocolate,
III oQc
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-18

An examination of statistics relat-
ing to the illiteracy Of immigrants
which extend over a period of three
years shows that there are consider
able variations from year to year for
the same race. The average for the
French was 81 in the hundred over
IA years Of age In 1907 and 10 in
1908. The North Italians dropped
from IL In 1906 to 8.6 in 1908. For
Spaniards the figures were 9.8 in 1905,
33.5 in 1907 and 14.8 in 1908; for
Greeks, 235 In 1906, sos in 1907 and
28.5 In 1903. It Is obvious, therefore,
that the statistics for any single year
might be somewhat misleading, but
the divisions by races are pretty clear
~ marked, nevertheless. A group
covering western and northern Europe
and including the North Italians and
the Firms shows an average OF only
illiterates in the hundred for 1908.
The Scandinavians, Scotch, English,
Bohemians, Irish and Welsh are all
under 2. The Dutch and Flemish are
"a the Finnish, 4; Germans, II;
French, TO, and North Italians, as we
have noted, So. After this group
there Is another from southern and
eastern Europe beginning with the
Magyars, among whom, apparently,
il1iteracy Is about as common as 1t is
among the North Italians. Going
above so in the hundred are the South
Italians, 50.7; Ruthenians, So; Lithu-
anians, 60.2 Portuguese, 64.8, and
Turkish, 71.2. Between 80 and so are
the people Of the Danubian principaH-
ties and provinces, the Poles and Rus
SLAMS. Thus very large part of
Europe makes a poorer showing than
Japan, the figure for the Japanese
being 30.5. The percentage is twice
as high for the Portuguese as 1t is
for the Japanese or the Armenians,
and Is higher than the percentage for
the Syrians or for the few Chinese
of whom there Is record in the
tables. In fact, that record gives So
for the year 1905, but 1t Is to be re-
membered that the immigration of
Chinese coolies has been stopped, and
no doubt the check on Japanese i'm
migration has affected quality as well
as numbers, for in 1906 the Japanese
percentage was APT. There are no
statistics for the people of South
America, but the Mexicans make a
very bad showing, in spite of the fact
that there has been educational as
well as material progress in Mexico
of late years. The figure given Is
59.4, and Is exceeded only by those
for the Lithuanians, Portuguese and
Turkish.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-18

Use adhesive plaster to fasten labels
leave either without being plainly la
beled.
To prevent tinware rusting rub over
with fresh lard and put In hot over
for a few minutes before using. i
treated in this manner it will never
rust.
The knife used for peeling pine
apple should never be used for slicint
it, &C the rind contains an acid that
is apt to cause a swollen mouth anC
sore lips.
A small piece of window glass vii
be useful for holding the leaves apart
on a cook book and one can read the
recipe and not soil the book by toe
much handling.
When ironing between buttons on
shirt waist, place the buttons down OF
folded towel and iron on wrong side
The result will be very pleasing tc
both ironer and wearer
Add half teacupful of salt to two
quarts of water, or in that proportion
to the lower compartment of double
boiler; less time will be required &c
cook the contents of the lower one.
A creamy coffee custard can be made
by stirring a pint of hot, strong blacR
coffee into quart Of custard while
still warm. Beat hard and serve IL
glasses with or without whipped cream
on top. Cool the custards on ice.
DeviIed eggs are ofttimes filled WITH
French peas, small pieces Of sWee'
pickle, olives and the yolk of the egg
softened with butter and hot vinegar
The peas are not mashed into the egg
1t makes a delicious egg salad to oe
served on crisp lettuce leaves.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-18

graph, much less Of their revolution
airy use in actual warfare.
When General Rucker was born Alb
raham Lincoln was 3-year-old babe
in the backwoods of Kentucky. Gen
eral Rucker was 10 years old, minus
just one day. When General Grant
saw the light Of day, April 81, 1922
Only one President OF the United
States died before General Rucker was
born-George Washington. He was IA
years old when John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson died on that same
Fourth of July in 1925. When James
Monroe, the fourth ex-President to die,
succumbed, on July 4, 1881, General
Rucker was 10 years old. And out of
the nations twenty-six ex-Presidents
General Rucker has survived all save
one, Theodore Roosevelt.
General Rucker was but boy when
his parents moved from New Jersey
to Michigan. It was there he got his
first taste of army life, at frontier
Michigan army post. His father was
averse to his joining the army, and
his mother even more so; but the flu
ture general won out, and he applied
for commission as second lieutenant.
There was plenty of work for Uncle
Sans soldiers in those days, with the
boundless West just opening its
wealth to the onward march Of civil
ization He was assigned to the First
dragons, then on duty at Fort Leav-
enworth. Lieutenant Rucker made his
way overland by stage coach until he
got to the nearest point which the
stage coach service of those days could
bring him to the Kansas outpost. He
was then still 200 miles from his desti
nation.
He had hardly settled down to the
comparative ease of his frontier post
before he was ordered into the heart
Of the Cherokee country, and for half
dozen years he was kept busy with
his soldiers driving off marauding In
dians, protecting settlers and emf
grants caravans and holding the hos
tile reds in check. He was still busy
in this hazardous campaigning when
the First dragons were ordered off
to Mexico as part of General Zachary
Taylors expedition. He took part in
the battle of Buena Vista, and dis
tinguished himself by an act Of per-
sonal gallantry in the field. 1t was
an act of bravery under the eye of
commanding officer, who recommended
him for q breyet commission as major
When peace was declared Major Ruck-
er's command was sent across the
continent to Los Angeles
The discovery of gold brought the
rush of 40. and then there was more
than plenty to do. It was feverish
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-18
Peach Shortcake.

Rub two tablespoons of butter in one
quart of -four with one-half tablespoon
of salt and two teaspoons of baking
powder, stir in sweet milk enough tt
make soft dough. Mix lightly ant
bake in a quick oven. When done
split and butter while hot. In split
ting any kind of hot bread, cut around
crust with a sharp knife and ope1
carefully with a fork. Have firm
peaches cut in slices well sweetenet
with powdered sugar. Spread thest
over one-half Of cake, dust with sugar
then lay on the other half and spread
with slices of peaches. Serve with
plain cream, whipped cream or vanilC
ice cream.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-18

Wireless telegraphy found a new
field of usefulness recently off the
coast of California, when an oil steam
ship signaled that one of the sailors
had fallen from the rigging and sus-
tanned injuries which had brought on
severe hemorrhages. Medical advice
as to treatment was wanted. The
wireless station on shore commune
Gated with a physician, who prescribed
sci remained motionless until the doc
tors advice had been received by wire
less, and then continued on it's way.
The only remaining step now is wire
less treatment with wireless medicine.