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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29
Corpse" Aroused by Noise, Runs Away

NO. another man declared. T
reckon It is a case Of heat prostra-
ton"
i think he's Just dreamIn' about
Jack Johnson's victory said a third.
In the meantime the Emergency hos
pital ambulance with changing gong
arrived on the scene. and q policeman
with Precipitation streaming down his
face rushed up to the mouth OF the
alley and was forcing his way through
the crowd to get at the supposed dead
man.
The noise aroused the corpse.
The PROSTATE figure slowly arose, dis
closing the stalwart form Of a negro.
He gazed in establishment at the
crowd that blocked up the entrance to
the alley and saw the policeman and
white-coated Emergency surgeon el-
bowling their way toward him. With
a yawn and a stretch Of his arms. the
negro darted into the side door Of q
printing ONCE. slamming the door be-
hind him
Investigation disclosed the fact that
the negro has been employed at the
printing establishment a number Of
years He said be was tired and vent
out into the quiet. cool alleyway TO
take a nap during the lunch hour.
That Was all
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

A report recently made TO congress
by a commission appointed 70 examine
land titles IA the District Of Columbia
disclosed that many lots Of land occu.
pied BY modern business houses and
residences In the national capital are
stu owned BY the government. not
outstanding the present tenants be.
lieye they have clear title to the
property. For example. the Washington
Gasllght company occupies a whole
square on TWenfy-elghth street which
is claimed By the government A
paving company occupies a large tract
Of land near Rock creek TO which the
government lays claim. A triangu-
lar piece Of land. now occupied BY
many residences, Is according 70 the
report. the property Of the govern
ment.
This question Of land titles IN the
national capital Is not a new one. Two
years ago congress created q commits
sion 70 study H. The commission con-
sisted Of the attorney general. the sec
rotary Of war, Senator Scott OF West
Virginia; Representative Bartholdt OF
Missouri. and one OF the district
commissioners. The report reveals
horrible land tangle. which the courts
viii probably never be able TO straight
en- out. The tangle is the outcome Of
the Wild speculation in real estate that
took place for a good many years aft
er the capital was laid out
The story. according 70 the lawyers
who have conducted the investigation.
Is one Of romance and disaster. james
Creenleaf OF Massachusetts, from
whose family the poet Whittier took
bis middle name. was according 70 the
story. laid before congress. the first
and greatest Of the three land opera
tors whose names figure most IN the
early deeds. Creenleaf made the first
contract 10 buy OF the commissioners
who distributed the parcels OF land in
possession Of the United States. He
was joined later by Robert Morris.
the hnancier Of the revolution, and
BY John Nicholson. All three before
their death we're In jan for debts grow
ing out OF their ventures IN Wash
ington land What Morris made
through his financial transactions dur
ing the dark days Of the revolution he
lost IN Washington lands.
Private lands were acquired In
Washington in the early days BY a
very simple process. The territory
mot exceeding ten miles square was
ceded 10 the United States govern
ment BY Maryland and Virginia and
placed under the authority Of three
appointed by the pres
ident They or any two Of them were
required. under the direction Of the
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

hicle for making money on the stock
market Nothing was ever said on
the subject IN open court. but every
obstacle was put IN the way Of such
persons when opportunity offered.
When the Consolidated Gas case from
New York was decided II was an open
secret that aslaWyer who had teIe-
phonic connection with a stock broker
had made a good round sum OF money
out OF IT, When the company later pc
tiaioned Cor q rehearing before the
court the lawyer again was on hand
prepared II possible 70 duplicate his
former winning. He waited all day
for the expected announcement. but
Il was not until he gave up his guest
that be found that the decision had
been given 70 the chief clerk Of the
court BY Justice Fuller early in the
day. and he IN turn had quietly In
formed the newspaper men.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29
Sold MacVeagh SPOILED vinegar; Fined

Tie man pleaded guilty and was fined
SIS. He promised to be good
A Buffalo milling concern has been
fined for mixing ground corncobs with
-four middlinEs. The same concern was
also found guilty Of putting ground
corncobs in a gluten preparation. A
lot OF raisins.~ shipped from Califor-
mia 70 Texas. was discovered 10 be in
part a dccomposed vegetable sub
stance. A Chicago firm selling
'quick-Tising buckwheat -four has
been fined for fraud IN having sold
in reality a mixture Of wheat -four
and buckuheat without any quick
rising properties
Another Buffalo dealer was caught
selling to Michigan folk a wonderful
hair tonic" which was advertised to
cure headache and loss Of hair and
an sorts Of fhins. Analysis showed
Il contained ss.5 per cent Of alcohol
and nothing to cure anything The
dealer was let OF with a hne A
Michigan man was detected selling In
large quantities a hay fever cure
composed Of 1895 per cent cocaine
hydocloriSc. He was fined 500. Sew
eral lemon extracts and vanilla ex-
tract takers have been recently
caught and punished.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

JAMES WILSON. secretary Of agri.
y culture. has been hotfooting It aft.
er a Chicago man who had the
temerity to sell Franklin Macveagh,
secretary Of the treasury. a barrel Of
bogus vinegar. Macveagh bought the
vinegar believing Il was the real
thing. the kind that father used to
make OH the farm. at to put on let
tuce and pickle pigs feet with and an
that sort Of thing
The looks and smell OF the stun
made him suspicious. and so he hal
looed for the pure food inspectors
to come and examine. They reported
the alleged vinegar was in reality
adulterated and artihciaily colored
and misbranded. A criminal informa-
ton was iiled against the luckless
storekeeper and he was taken into
the United States court. accused OF
deceiving and misleading Macveagh.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

either ~ way OF making contributions
10 any institutions established or rem
derins such assistance. or otherwise. y
Among the instltutiones that are
helped are the Onikha Industrial ATS.
sion. which lnstructs the children Of
lield slaves IN carpentry. farming and
other trades; the antiflavery commit
tee and the Society OF Friends Of Penn
ha; the Abeokuta Industrial Miasion
and The Lucy Memorial Freed Slaves
Home. erected In memory 81 The wife
Of Karl Kumm.
In addition 70 the money for 70
deeming slaves. Rebecca Hussey's viii
contained some strange requests:
Good books" were 70 Be distributed
IN lieu OF gloves-then the custom Of
the day her funeral
Five thousand dollars for prisoners
IN Lincolnshire or adjoining counties
that are confined for small debts for
themselves or have unhappily been
bound for Others"
Three hundred dollars year for q
worthy Church OF England clergyman
who will preach 20 the prisoners Of.
Lincoln. and pray daily with theH
and endeaFor 70 discourse frequently
what vii b Of use 70 their eternal
happiness
Ten thousand dollars was also left
for a fund for publishing and propa.
eating spiritual and religious books
This sum Is now represented BY an
amount OF something like 100000. the
income Of which Is spent annually 10
assisting public libraries and other in
stitntions with grants
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

ct HERE'S a dead man in that al
i ley
This exclamation by an excited col.
ored man at Eleventh and z streets.
In Washington. caused considerable
CONSERVATION among pedestrians and
loungers in that vicinity a few days
ago. He pointed 10 a narrow alleyway
on the north side Of E street between
Eleven and Twelfth streets. between
two buildings.
Pretty soon the mouth Of the little
alley was blocked By curious people.
A business man in the neighborhood
who peered over the heads Of the NOR
bid crowd and saw a man stretched
out full length. and apparently very
~ or dead. in the alleyway. telephoned
to the Emergency hospital for an am
bnlance. Other men ran hither and
thither in search Of a policeman
He may be drunk suggested an
old man as he gazed at the PROSTATE
form
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

| Irrsccrtfd DR.. Perrin. one Of fhe do
ierdanfs IN certain Iand-fraud cases
who ai'eT being indicted. was 6nally
disci a. ged for want Of evidence.
4 sTeeiai egeni Of the department
of justice cent out 10 investigate the
charge ma e written report that Dr.
Perrin should never have been 10.
dicfed: that improper methods we're
employed 10 brig about bis indict-
nfnf and even after fhe government
orcrrs we're aware that they could
not nake q case against D.. Perrin.
the indictment was allowed 70 hang
over his head for many months. to bis
great personal defrlment
The methods Of Francis J. Hener
and Detective Burns may be inquired
into. and Il Is not unlikely that some
attention may be given to the charge
made against the method Of s.dminis-
tering the criminal laws IN Alaska.
especially at Juneau. where the
United States attorney and United
States marshal were recently removed
from Office on the complaint Of Gov
Walter E. Clark.
The resolution directing an inyesfi-
CATION was offered By Senator Hey
burn Of Idaho. and was based upon
reports IN newspapers Of the police
methods employed in the sayler muir
der case at Atlantic City. That case
was not one with which the federal
government had to do. but. In as much
as the methods complained Of may
infringe the constitutional guarantees
OF the individual citizen, the commit
tee feels that II has Jurisdiction. and
that case along with others con-
planned Of viii be investigated.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29
late Chief JUSTICE
Melville W. Fuller Possessed
Great Administrative Ability.
First 70 Stop Phonetic spelllne-Bad
Land Titles In the District Of
celumbia Probed BY
COMMITTEES.

Washington.-The late chief Justice
Of the Supreme court. Melville W. Full
Ter Of Illinois. was regarded IN Wash
ington as an ideal man for presiding
ofncer Of that august bench. He at
tained his high position in spite OF the
fact that when President Cleveland ap-
pointed him be was only a practising
lawyer Of no great national reputation
and had never held a judicial once.
he skepticism which met his appoint
henf was almost as universal as Is
now the judgment that Mr.. Fuller
ranked with his illustrions predeces-
sors as a practical and hard-working
man.
Originally holding 70 legal tenets
which grew 70 be out Of touch with
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

A RECENT bulletin OF the depart.
"A mont Of agriculture IN Washing.
ton has taken up The case OF the toad.
dlspellIng the host Of vague and Ia.
dlcrous fancies as to It's venomous
qualities. It's medicinal virtues. or
most commonly. the hidden toadstone
Of priceless value"
Touching toads, says the bulletin.
does not produce warts on the hands
The toad's breath does not cause con-
vuislons IN children. nor does toad
IN a newly dug wen insure a good and
unfalling water supply, nor In new
made cellar win one bring prosperity
70 the household.
The Massachusetts experiment sta
ton has been investigating the hab.
It's. food and economic value Of the
toad. and the result establishes lts
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

president, 70 survey and by proper
metes and bounds define and limit a
district Of territory. and the territorf
50 defined was established as per
manent seat Of the government OF the
United States. Power was given the
commissioners to purchase or accept
land on the eastern side OF the poto.
mac. for the use Of the United States.
and the commissioners were further
required to provide suitable buildings
for tho accommodation Of congress,
the president and public officers Of the
government Of the United States. Il
was 10 raise money to erect the pub.
lie buildings that the government
planned to sell It's land to private par.
ties.
The report to congress relates that
President Washington met with the
original proprietors IN Georgetown,
March 30. 1871. AS a result OF this
conference. an agreement was entered
into which resulted in certain deeds
Of trust, under which the proprietors
Of the land conveyed their holdings IN
trust to Thomas Beall. son OF George
beall, and John MacKall CAN'T. IN
consideration Of tho sum Of ave shll.
lings and the various trusts, each OF
the proprietora conveyed his land to
be laid out into such streets, squares.
parcels and lots as the president might
approve for the purpose Of the federal
city. For the residue, the various par.
cells were to be fairly divided. ono.
hair to 50 to the original proprletora
OF the land and the other half "a the
United states.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

Lieutenant General Sir II. L. smith
D0frien has Issued al order 10 the ~
feet that no soldier Ia The Aldefshol
command Is 70 be permitted 70 smoke
cigarettes while under arms OF on a.
tigue duty. Young soldiers o. under 4
year's service have been smoking a.
many a. fix or seven packets Of cigar
cites every day. and this Is said 70
have told on the standard Of the mus.
keiry and he marching power Of The
troops
Steel has recently entered q new
field. appearing a. an effective ma.
ieriai for poNer belts IL mills. fac
tories and similar places. Its adran.
taEes 10 IN the reduction o. width
both o. belts and o. puiicys. the conse.
Quent reduction Of weight and expense.
and a reduction IN the distance b..
tween nkiss neresaitaicd heretofore %
secure proper tension OF leather belts.
sizs Of pulieys can BE- increased. and
therefore a gain IN power secured. b.
cause Of the reduction o. weight and
width. Extraordinary speeds. imprac-
iicabie with leather or rope transmits.
sion. are readily available with steel
belts. and ths savings effected IN al
departments cover az increased initial
cost easily IA q season. The puiieys
are provided with canvas and cork
surfaces 70 give the steel bands the
best possible hold upon them.
Il really begins 70 look a. n the next
war-if var there must be-uill mark
the Introduction Of aerial msneuvers
On q scale which would hardly have
seemed possible a few years ago. Al
The end Of 1903 there were already IN
exisience. either finished or promised
70 b. ready Tor service very shortly. 81
dirlglbie balloons and Sc aeropianes Be.
ionGinK 70 the various European IA.
tlons. OF these Germany has II dlrlgl.
bles. Of six different models. and Ave
aeroplancs. France. seven dirigibles
and 20 acroplsncs: Italy. three diriR.
lhlcs and seven aeropianes. Russia.
three dlrielbles and elk aeroplanes.
Austria. two dirlglbles and four acro.
planes. England. two diriglbles and
two aeroplaues: and spain. one dlrie.
lb.e and three aeropiancs Il "a inter
esiinr to remark how Germany runs
to dirlsiblen and France 70 Aeropiancs.
Yet France was the FIRST oficiaily .
experiment with the former type
In connection with a recent demand
OF German nurserymen for seeds OF
the Montana iarch. 20 BE- planted IN /
Germany, the curious fact ls brought
out that uhlto.plne seedlings are 10 be
imported from Germany TO BE- planted
in the province Of Ontario. Canada
Now the white pine ls indigenous TO
America, and was transplanted to Eu.
rope many years ago. to re-epforce the
forests there. Il has nourlshed 10
veil IN the Old World that It now ap-
pears that the German nurserymen are
abe to deliver whlte-pine seedlings On
this side OF the ocean more cheaply
that American nurserymen will fur
nlsh them. The Interchange OF trees
among the various continents Il a most
development OF modern civ.
Illsatlon. Besides The white pine. Eu-
ropo has taken from US the Douglas mr.
and the black walnut. and We have
taken the eucalyptus from Australia
and the Norway spruce and Scotch and
Austrian pine from Europe.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

nfsney for Relief % Distressed Isas
Aeounufnsea Tor 500 Years.
The will OF Robecca Hussey. q spin.
sitr who died 200 ycau ago. has been
made public through the advertisement
~ an English newspaper. according 70
London correspondent Her fortune.
which at that time was something
me- $4,000 has now grown 70 an amor.
nous sum. or this amount sho DO
eneaths 5000 80 the redemption Of
s.4fes and $751; 900 to old MAZDA The
ta.ance Is divided among other char
N41lo institutions.
Miss Hussey was called Rebokah IN
Nas day and was the daughter Of Sir
aomaa Hussey. a Lincolnshire baro-
naI She lived very devout life,
tlnr night and day IN tho interest
a. he poor.
For i72 years The bequest stood Idle,
Then. IN the year 1885. trustees we're
appointed under an order OF the high
ta|.ft Of chanrofy. ny that time the
4an. which had been soundly invested,
aoantod with compound interest, to
aAfly 100000 and every year since
4rahls have been made OF $500 or
a. 300 to missions and homes on the
Wal coast OF Africa.
4hnre are no longer any slaves 70
- stdeemod, but the interest Of the
nAa<y Il devoted BY a necessary add.
a'eA 70 the terms Of tho viii, TO the
ls|.of and assistance Of the liberated
l1ssan slaves IN need o. assistance
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

ANY book IN particular. sirr asked
the young woman IN charge o. The
book counter OF a large department
store. This Is great novel;"
mot for me-" said the old gentle
man. who had been examining the
stock IN trade with an air OF con
siderable dlsapproval Where do you
keep the classics. young womanl
Lambs Tales. for examplef"
Tho young woman looked puzzled
"BaconY said the old man. "cfabboi
Foxf'
Il don't know about fox" said the
young woman, "but guess what you
must DO lookin for 10 tho provision
department"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-29

After q man gets on the shady side
Of 40 he decides that he'd rather b
rich than handsome.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-05
G O NTH VI d
r r. o
P A G z 9 II E
AND THE GREATEST

United Mine Workers headquar.
tiers, Greensburg, Pa.
Perhaps you read that story, and
if you did you undoubtedly felt sor
ry for the strikers and their FAINT
lies. You may have wished that
you could help them, but did you
after having partaken OF your
Thanksgiving dinner, give those
unfortunates a second thought, and
try to devise some way in which
you could be of assistance to them :
| didn't.
But A. Excl did.
You probably don't know A. Excl
| never saw him until last even
ing, when he came to my home
II want to see you," he said as
opened the door in answer to his
knock.
Il thought maybe you could send
some money to these folks" he
said, in reply to my question as to
what he wanted.
Then l asked him to come in and
explain, for A. Excl talks rather
broken English, and l did not un
derstand what he wanted.
He came in, and took from his
pocket a clipping OF the Greens
burg story published in The Press
Il read this" he said. II read
how boy, eight years. have ut
shoes; how girl have no shoes. and
think maybe you would send EN-
five dollars to get some. I been
there. l know what it is like and
want to help some. l think you get
money there quicker than me-"
He handed me the clipping and
a again read how at Jamison camp
No. 1, an eight-year-old boy limpeo
around in the half-frozen slush
bare-footed, his feet in terrible con
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-05

Mistaking carbolic acid for pep.
permint, as she went to take a
dose Of medicine Saturday eve
ming, 15-year-old Miss Ivaleen
Nichols added one more to the long
list of victims of medicinal mis-.
takes, dying about two hours after
taking the awful dose.
The young girl, who was sister
Of M. J. Nichols, of 2121 Sinto ave.
nue., had been but a year in the
west, having come here from the
east on visit to her brother.
She was assisting her sister in
preparing some little dainties for
the Sunday dinner, and finding
herself lacking some of the con-
comitants of the delicacy which
she was concocting, imperiously
ordered her sister-in-law to go to
the store and purchase the needed
supplies.
Mrs. Nichols laughingly kissed
the girl goodby, little thinking that
within a short time the child would
be dead. No one was in the hause
with Miss Ivaleen when the fatal
draught was taken, but 1t Ia sup
posed that she thought she was talk
ing dose of peppermint, which
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-05

dition, and how a little girl had
only a pair of mems sacks to pro-
tect her feet.
I assured him that 1 would do
my best to get the money to the
children he wanted to aid as soon
as possible, and he handed me a
SIS bill.
Then I asked him for his name,
and he said: Never mind bout
that. l don't want no thanks. Tell
'em to thank God, and that it's
from a socialist workman"
But when l told him I wanted
to give him receipt for his money
he told me his name was A. Excl.
but reiterated, "Just tell 'em it's
from a socialist workman"
l asked him few more ques-
tons and he said he read the story
on Thanksgiving day, and went to
The Press office at once to see
about sending the money.
you were not there" he said,
80 l com out here, but you not at
home, so l come out tonight. !
thank you, goodnight, and he went
away.
A. Excl, "just a socialist work.
man." has certainly done his part
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-05
co TINUE D
r o -.
p A Q T. O N Z
SULLIVAN

men in the fall of 1909 in the street
speaking controversy; of the al
legged conviction of the men and
their sentence to the Franklin
school, where they were fed on
bread and water; of how Sullivan,
verbally, gave an order that these
prisoners be beaten as they passed
through the rooms at the city Jail,
leading from the booking desk to
the Jail door; that number of
men were thus beaten for no couse
whatever. 1t is alleged that a
Gordon of police were stationed in
jail, between the booking desk and
the cell door, who set upon prison,
ers and beat them as they passed
through; that men were even beat
en- in the presence of Sullivan or
with his knowledge, without pro.
test on his part.
POLICE BRUTALITY CITED.
Continuing, the answer cites the
following individual cases: The
case of Henry Buchel, who had his
jaw broken by a blow from a po-
liceman in passing the dead line;
the case of one Barnes, who is al
legged to have been dubbed in the
Jail before the men by Officer
Lewis and dragged over the floor of
the JAIL the case of boy named
Sherman at the Franklin school,
who was beaten, knocked down and
bruised because he refused to work
on the rock pile; the case of Alfred
Detiz, alleged to have been kicked
by Officer Bill Shannon; the case
of Frank Kropca, alleged to have
been beaten In Jail, in the presence
of Sullivan; the case of Frank II.
Brodine, music teacher, who, it is
alleged, was unlawfully arrested
on the street and detained by order
of Sullivan, having committed no
crime.
Against this array of testimony
the attorneys for Sullivan must de-
fend. and it was for the purpose of
replying thereto that the case went
over.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-05

costs the city of Spokane nearly
$1,000. The saving of that sum is
worth considering. This system OF
voting will be fully discussed in
an article in these columns, lit
tie later.
Enemies of the proposed charter
are making every effort possible to
discredit it. There may be rea.
sonable grounds for criticising
some of the provisions of the char,
ter from your individual view.
point Or mine, but considered as a
whole, the charter seems to me to
be a strong one and worthy of the
support of every citizen who be-
lieves in giving everybody a
square deal in city government