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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
WHERE is ". Il. WATSON? ?
Bookkeeper at Furniture Store is Missing
After Having Worked Bad
Check Game

Simply saying that he had money in
the bank, w. H. Watson, of Leaven-
worth, secured $50 on his personal
check from A. J. Clement, a soda clerk
at a Wenatchee pool room, says the
Daily World.
Watson was employed for about six
months as bookkeeper for the Leaven-
worth Furniture & Hardware Co., COM
ing to this place from Seattle. He
was paid his months salary amounting
to SIS on the 1st; paid his board bill,
but neglected to square up $43 ac-
count with his employers. The next
day he laid off to celebrate the Fourth,
and went down to Wenatchee where it
is presumed he hit up such swift
pace that his money was all gone in
couple OF days. Having read all the
stories about the easy-money artists he
decided to try the game himself in
small way, and approaching Mr.. Glenn
ent in his suavest manner he borrowed
$40 on the promise to pay it back the
next morning. He apparently made
good the following day by rendering
$50 check on the Tumwater Savings
Bank, which was promptly cashed by
Clement, and with the $40 change in
his pocket Mr.. Watson ostensibly took
the train to resume his duties at this
place. But he didn't, and his wherea-
bouts are still unknown, tho Sheriff
Ferguson and his deputies are do
ing their best to locate him. The
check went back in due course OF
time to Mr.. Clement with the inform
alton that never at any time had the
maker thereof any money in the Tum-
water Savings Bank. Clement and
Watson struck up an acquaintance here
at recent baseball game.
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1t is quite possible that another local
option fight will begin within a short
time at Wenatchee, says the World.
Not earlier than August 9th nor later
than September 9th the vets may
file petition OF 80 per cent OF the
voters at the last general election, and
the question will then come up for set
tlement at the general election held
on November 9th. There will un-
doubtedly be fight to finish, for the
"wets" face the alternative OF either
securing a victorious election this ial
or having Wenatchee dry town iol
another two years. The law distinctly
forbids bringing up the question: aitel
il has once been voted on, at any othel
time than at the general election helc
every two years.
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Robert Herzog who had charge Of
the construction OF the big power plant
up in the canyon, returned to Leaven-
worth this week after month in Sc
attle, where he has been engaged on
the plans for the improvement Of the
snowsheds between here and the coast.
Mr.. Herzog is one OF the trusted en-
gineers in the employment Of the Great
Northern railway and has been with
them for many years. One Of the
monuments to his skill as an engineer
is the electric power plant two miles
west Of town. He located the site,
drew the plans and superintended the
construction and has the satisfaction o.
knowing that it is doing all and more
than was expected Of it.
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Charge Against Brakeman Dorm Dismissed

William Dorm, the Great Northern
brakeman, held responsible by the cor
oner's jury ior the fatal railroad accident
here June 18th, was given prelimin-
airy hearing before Justice ]. B. Palmer
last week and discharged from Gus
tody. 1t will be remembered the wreck
was presumably caused by Dorn's neg
hgence in switching cars from side
track to main line and leaving them
there, where they were struck by a
passenger train. The law states that
in order to hold a man for trial on a
charge of manslaughter, for death re-
sulting from his neglect, such neglect
must be gross or clearly criminal, "
and specifically stated so by the YER
dict Of the coroner's jury. The verdict
of the coroner's jury in Dorn's case
contained no such clause, and Justice
Palmer dismissed the prisoner. We
natchee World.
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]. J. Barnes, Great Northern yard
master at Wilson Creek, died Friday in
Spokane at Sacred Heart hospital as a
result of injuries sustained Thursday
when he was struck by train. Barnes
sought to cross the track in front Of an
approaching train and in doing so failed
to notice another train approaching from
the opposite direction on the other
track. He was struck by the second
train and hurled beneath the wheels OF
the first. Barnes was - years old and for
several years had been in the employ
of the Great Northern. He leaves a
widow. The remains will be sent to
Villarica, Ca, for burial.
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To the Honorable, the Mayor and
Town Council OF the Town Of
Leayenworth:
The undersigned, your committee
appointed to draft resolutions on the
death Of Police Judge F. S. Taylor, re-
spectfully submit the following, and
move its adoption:
Whereas, In the dispensation OF
Providence, death has removed from
Office, and from among his fellow citi-
zens, Police Judge F. S. Taylor; there
fore, be it
Resolved, By the Town Council oi
the Town OF Leavenworth, that we in
dividually and officially realize the fact
that, in the death and removal OF Judge
Taylor, the town has lost faithful and
efficient officer and the community al
large loyal citizen. Be it further
Resolved, That the town hall where
the Judge was accustomed to hold his
court be suitably draped for the period
of twenty-one days, and that the mar
shal be and he hereby is instructed te
cause the same TO be done. Be il
further
Resolved, That copy Of these res
olutions be spread upon the minutes
of the Council, and copy given Il
The Echo for publication.
Respectfully submitted,
R. T. King
A. G. Mccoy
Committee.
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Only the Corp orations are Fighting Him

Men who supported Congressman
Poindexter for Office two years ago,
have called him every indecent name
in the calender because of his attitude
on public questions. The ordinary
methods OF maligning have been too
inadequate for an expression of their
dislike for public servant who believes
what he says and says what he believes.
But this was to be expected where the
recognized representatives OF large in
terests' are put into the field for so i'm
portant a post as United States senator.
That the Guggenhiems and the Hill in
terests would look kindly upon a man
who has taken so large part in their
congressional defeat was not to be ex-
pected.
But from the first Congressman Poin-
dexter's candidacy has found favor with
the people at large on both sides ol
the mountains. Up and down the coast
and thruout interior Washington. Will
son and Burke sentiment has been
largely confined to professional politi-
clans and federal Office holders. 1t has
been Poindexter for the common folk
and him alone. They have believed
in a man who has the courage Of his
convictions and the nerve to fight. In
championing his cause, ex-Presideni
Roosevelt publicly recognizes him first
of all the nations statesmen. Yakima
| Herald.
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GEOGRAPHY IN StNATORSHIP
Throwing Dust in the Eyes Of the Voter
A Political Dodge that is Too
Old to be Effective

After all, the reason for injecting in
TO the present campaign this idea ol
geographical representation in the U.
S. senate is easily discernible. Behind
its veil one sees the working Of the
political system for a corrupt purpose
the selection OF a man who will be
right" with the Aldriches and the
Guggenheims and the vested interests.
The most wealthy, the most popu-
lous state in the Union has never Sc
lected senators by geography. Conk-
ling came from Utica and Platt from
Oswego, both in the central portion Of
the state; Hiscook from Syracuse and
Lapham from Canandaigua-both cen
tral. In Democratic days Hill hailed
from Elmira and Murphy from Troy.
Today Depew registers from Tarrytown
and Root from Hamilton. Little old
New York." with its millions of Knick-
bockers, sends no voter to the upper
house of congress.
One cannot find a precedent for this
Washington proposition Of selection Of
senators by geography in any OF the
states of the union. Even Oregon,
our sister state to the south-whose
physical contour and whose distribu-
ton of population are identical with
ours-talks no east side, no west side;
no Cascade mountains in the selection
of her senators. What state does talk
senatorial geography Does Pennsyl-
vania2 Does Minnesota Does Kan
sas7 Does Texas?
The constitution very properly pro-
vides for choice OF representatives in
congress by districts. But that is as
far as it goes. 1t makes the senator
statewide in his sphere of activities.
How comes it, then, tha. some inter
ests in Washington are now talking
senatorial selection by geography
This suggestion is the vermiform ap-
pendix of the dead day Of delaying and
dallying with congressional districting.
1t is danger to real representation OF
the people.
The suggestion is broader than this
day and this campaign, but it is none
the less directly applicable to this hour
and moment. The republican party in
these days Of the direct primary and at
the behest OF candidates, can i'll afford
to part its senatorial hair in the middle
or anywhere else. There are no SEN
atoriap' districts in the Evergreen State.
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The Sizing Up of Mr.. Poindexter

To those who have followed tht
career Of Congressman Miles Poindex
ter since he was elected TO a seat ii
the lower house at Washington, the an
nouncement that ex-President Roose'
welt will aid him in his fight for seat
in the United States senate to succeed
Senator Piles, will occasion little sur
prise. That he has gained a grasp on
national affairs seldom if ever attained
by new members of that body in Sc
short time, is the universal testimony
Of his colleagues. That he is one of the
ablest and most aggressive two-hsted
fighting men in the house Of represen-
tatives, is shown by his work in the
fight for better rules and the shearing
of Speaker Cannon of his despotic
power. This is a task he marked out
for himself when he took his seat two
years ago although at that time the
undertaking seemed a hopeless one.
Today, behold the result.
Nor have his efforts been confined
to the fight on the rules. On the tariff
he fought for a schedule that would
accord the poor man and the consumer
protection from the ravages OF trusts
and monopolies which have built up
largely because Of the unreasonably
high rates on staples and the neces-
saries of life, examples of which are the
wooden and sugar schedules. And
while the passage Of the Paine Aldrich
bill was secured by the interests" the
work of the insurgents served to expose
in it, one OF the most gigantic frauds
of the century. Upon this rock the
republican party split. Here Congress
man Poindexter allied himself with
the people and voted with the minority
for the perpetuation of equal opportun-
ity of livlihood for every man.
His career during the session just
ended, was made significant in the
closing days by his fight on the rail-
road bill which is generally conceded
to have been framed by the railroads
for their own specific benefit. Its per
niciousness is everywhere recognized
and that it was rewritten and shorn OF
its wicked features, is due to no other
influence than that of such men as
Congressman Poindexter and his few
colleagues in the house and their CO.
workers in the senate. .-Ellensburg
Dawn.
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The past week Charles ]. Anderson
sold his place one and a half miles
east OF town to Conductor Jett Of Hill
yard and Charles Freeman, his father
in-law, who comes from Newport. Mr.
Freeman has taken possession Of the
place and will make extensive improve
ments. Mr.. Anderson also sold two
houses and lots this week to N. A.
Nelson. Mr.. Anderson says he in
tends to take rest and may 60 on a
long visit to friends in the east.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
Scion Of the "old Elm

ft
II has been decided that the ell,
tree growing within an enclosure Il
Boston common is not scion OF the
"old elm" as practically every ons
had supposed.
The committee appointed to inyestf
gate consisted of William G. Bates
Thomas w. Sllloway and Charles r
Read and their finding Is that the pres
ent elm was brought rom d nursery
In. Dorchester and painted OH the sits
of the "old elm tree by City Forester
John Calvin. However. they find thai
there Is real scion OF the old tree
that grew from the foot of the orig
Inal elm and was set out about fifty
three feet from 1t and Is In a flourish
ing condition. Another scion Ia grow
Ing near the Soldiers monument This
tree was propagated from cutting BY
Thomas s. Adams, an old.time police
man, and 1t was transplanted during
the administration OF Mayor Hart
Boston Transcript
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
APPEalEo on HIS aEc1a3
happenings Of tine Past That Con
WINGED Squire o: the Honesty
Of the piain.ia"s.

Miss Lila C9uley, Wssnao.ts
girl is ;tle Only indian wcnan lawyer
in the world. AZ Kansas City, anent q
receut Indian case that she eeliueSsd
she told III interesting legal stors.
so put my nan on the stard.
she said. That. ii your ease Is q iis
one, is always the thing to do. 70
know the story OF the Kansas Ian
claimant
Well. out here. many years ago, !
man brought suit before the scale Il
recover some land that had been o
rageonsly tilched from him. Ills
was good one. but the other side Il v
doctored It's witnesses--aad evan DC
tored the plaintiffs witnesses. TOO.
Dup to the time when he took Il
stand himself not jot OF tist.e
testimony in his favor had been ~
corded.
he. as soon as he IVES sworn
turned to the justice and said:
Squire, | brought this suit, end yet
the evidence excepting my own, is All
against me. Now, | don't accuse any
one OF lying, squire, but these vii
nesses are the most mistaken lot Of
fellows ever saw. You know me
squire. Two years ago you sold me i
boss for sound that WAS as blind as :
bat, made the deal and stuck to Ii
and this IL the first time have men
toned 1t. When you used to buy my
grain, squire. you stood on the scale;
when the empty wagon was weighed
but never said a word. Now. do yos
think am the kind OF man to Ncl
up a rumpus and sue fellow un.es.
he has done me a real wrong? Why
squire, II you'll recall that sheep spec
ulation you and me-
But at this point the squire. yer.
red In the face, hastily decided til,
case in the plaintiff favor
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
WHAT PUZZLES THE SENATOR
Statesman Wants to Know Why Cats
Disseminated Against Cross
Eyed Brother.

A senator came into the cloakroom
In a rather pensive mood and stoui
silent for some minutes--thoughtfa
smoking. 1t was supposed that son,
problem of legislation lay heavy Of
his mind, until he broke the silence
without even a prelude:
Il have been bothered with rats am
1t makes me nervous because hays
been reading so much about the BIZ
bonic plague. We had six cats In til,
house. but suddenly five left leaving {
lonesome Tabby. ! tried ball OF yarn
on him Every time he Jumped afte,
that ball he struck wide OF the mari
Then caught him, looked closer u
him aud, behold, the cat was cross
eyed!
What puzzles me now Ii TO dccie,
whether or not there Is an aristoerac'
OF cat life into which a crooked-eyet
cat cannot come. He was evidently d.
outcast and pariah with his Kind
for he carefully kept his cornes all Iii,
time the other cats were around. Nov
the rats left with the cats, aud wins
| want to know Is whether there /
not some feeling OF caste among rat
as well as cats in refusing 10 even Us
sociate with a cross-eyed cat No b..
bonic plague, gentlemen, with cross
eyed cats available. It's in the olt
Hindu Hoodoo book. - National Maya
zine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
cIearina a cs1yan 81 elsciers.

clearing IGf rRh ~ GtSSlcTS.
Climbing BY Dangerous route W
the iceclad ellis n Ogden eanypil.
where the great avalanche wrousb
such havoc d week ago. two 'exrrrt
dynamiters after carefully drilling
holes into the thickest masses ,of the
glacier succeeded In looseping from
the mountainsIde a large portion ol
the Ice this afternoon Owing 70 the
difficulties and dangers attached ta
the work second blast could not be
set to-day and large masses OF Ice
and snow still cling to the ROCKS and
make traffic through the canyon 4 CON
slant peril.
Ed Benson and Jack Callahan are
the daring miners who volunteered tc
do the work OF blasting after fruit
less efforts Of the county commission
ers to hire men willing to risk the
danger. It ID estimated that there i
fully 500 tons Of ice which will have
to be removed In small quantities
and broken down from the mass sc
as to prevent the entirs glacier from
crashing to the bottom Of the canyon
Ogden correspondence Salt Lake
Herald Republican.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28

One Of the shortest speeches re-
corded In forensic annals IL that q
Taunton. afterward Judge. Charles
Philips. an Irish orator. had made 1
fiowery speech In an assault case.
Taunton, who was for the defendant.
said In reply; My friends eloquent
complaint amounts. In plain English.
to this That his client has received
good, sound horsewhipping; and my
defense - - short--that he richly dc.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
RADICALS DEMONSTRATE.

Frankfort-on-theMain, Feb. 81
Fifty thousand socialists and radicals
today attended open air suffrage dem
constructions, at which resolutions were
adopted denouncing the suffrage bill.
There were no collisions with the
police.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
WANT MEETING AT CHICAGO.

Peoria, Feb. 27,The Illinois oper
ators have requested that the pro
posed conference with the Illinoi;
miners to settle the wage difficultie,
be held in Chicago later. The miners
scale committee had not complete,
their report, but is expected to repor
tomorrow. Springfield was chosen
for the next miners convention.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
ICE GORGE BREAKS.

Fremont, o., Feb. 27.-Half of this
town is under water, and the stores
are boarded UP BY the merchants
Practically the whole of Crawford
has been submerged, Numerous ice
gorges are being dynamited.
In Cleveland an immense ice gorge
Gbove Rocky River bridge the largest
oncrete structure Of its kind in the
vorid. save way at ten O'clock and
moved down the river without caus
ne serious damage.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28

gerOnS degree OF discomfort, when
would inevitably follow any further
increase in the cost of food products
We are now paying the penalty, and
dear penalty it is, for the foolish
efforts in many directions to restrict
production. Trusts, unions and far
mers have all alike been preaching
the gospel Of restriction. What we
most need is production in abund-
ance in the next harvest.
Business Fairly Active.
General business, though quiet as
usual at this season, is fairly active.
A much more conservative tone pre-,
walls than existed at the opening OF
the year, and both jobbers and re.
tailers are conducting their opera
tions upon hand-to-mouth basis,
fearing to carry large stocks under
present conditions. This is whole.
some, although ii leaves manufac-
turers in somewhat perplexed state
of mind Labor troubles are more or
less unsettling, and sometimes EN-
barrassing. but must be considered
as part Of the process Of REIMBURSEMENT
which is steadily going on. The bet
ter compensation to labor is not be-
grudged by those able to afford II,
but is nevertheless recognized as
placing the country upon high price
level, from which it vii be the more
| difficult to recede when reaction
tarriyes. Clearing house returns are
running 20 to rs per cent ahead OF
! last year, and part of this increase
! must be attributed to the higher level
f, Of prices. Railroad earnings, both
gross and net showed some shrink
age in December and also In January
This, however. was largely due to
| the interrogation OF traffic by bad
weather conditions and consequent
! increase in expenditures. In the iron
trade there is some improvement, and
with the approach of spring, WHICH
is not far distant, there will unques-
tionably be a resumption of construc.
tive work. There is much activity
in the real estate field especially near
the great cities, and this is likely to
keep many industries well employed
for some time to come. Altogether
the outlook is favorable, though not
without its uncertainties and pitfalls
The Money Market.
The money market continues easy
and funds are still returning freely
from the interior. The surplus re-
serve is considerably larger than a
year ago, while loans OF the Assoc
ciated Banks are not quite so heavy.
Outside Of New York bank loans
show a very large increase, the total
expansion since year ago, according
to the last bank call, being $3SS,0O0,,
600 Abroad the monetary situation
is improving. The great banks OF
Europe are generally strong and the
tendency of funds is to accumulate
Easy money the world over it is
needless to say, will prove an import
liant aid towards recuperation, es'
pecially as the foreign political un-
,certainties, so much dreaded in the
earlier part Of the winter have largely
disappeared. The present inclination
to give the market rest will not be
harmful: but underlying conditions
are sound, and the market IS unques
ltionably ready to respond to any
favorable developments. In the Ions
run the tendency of values is in the
direction of Improvement, especially
with the approach of spring, accom-
panied by occasional but not serious
setbacks
HENRY CLEWS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
ON PACIFIC COAST.

Seattle Wash, Feb 27.--The worst
stern that has stgpcl; the Pacific
Nerhwesi in he last six years ragged
tonight over Washington and British
Columbia. In Seattle the wind was
forty miles an hour, the rain came
down In torrents, increasing the dan
ger of floods.
The Great Northern and Milwaukee
lines are hopelessly blocked Thu
northbound Portland-Vancouver lin
tied. on the Great Northern. wal
wrecked by running into slide. None
Were injured.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
TOUcHARD WINS TITLE.

New York, Feb. 27.-G. r. Touch
ard, formerly of California, yesterday
won the national championship Of
the indoor tennis singles, defeating
the Yale captain. r. A. Holden, IT.,
CO; Gil; sc; G-S; 6-3. Touchard
thereby becomes successor to Pell as
holder of the national honors upon
covered courts.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
LAST SUMMERS TOLL
or THE BATHING BEACH

Boston, Feb. q. Batbers in New
England during the summer season
Of 1908 paid an exceptionally heay,
toll to the waters. According to fig
ures compiled by the United States
volunteer life saving corps Goa per
sons were drowned in the New Eng
land states from May to September
inclusive. OF this number 272 were
children,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
MARRIED JAP PREACHER.

Los Angeles, Feb. Kate Alice
Goodman, Of Chicago, who came here
intending to 90 to Japan as q mis-
sionary, was married at Lagun, New
Mexico, yesterday to Rev. Kenichi
lnia2awana, pastor Of Japanese
church here.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
AUsTRlANs FIGHT DUEL.

Vienna, Feb. 2S,-A duel with PTS
tolls was fought here yesterday by two
Austrian government officials, Dr.
Oscar Mayer and Baron Hermann.
Widenofer. Mayer shot Widenofer
dead
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
FOR SALE.
MISS pALYc COUNT ARRIVES

New York. Feb, 27.--Count Antonio
Sigray, the Hungarian nobleman who
is to marry Miss Harriet Daily, daugh-
ter Of Marcus DAILY Of Montana,
reached here today on the steamship
Mauretania. The wedding will take
place after Easter
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
M'ADoo OFFERED BIG JOB.

New York, Feb. 27-The American
tomorrow will say: William c. Nc
Adoo, who built the Hudson tunnels,
las been offered the presidency of the
lnterborough Rapid Transit, and the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Company
to succeed Theodore p. Shonts," No
statement is available tonight from
Shonts or the directors.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-28
MATRIMONIAL FAKE CAUGHT

Pittsville. Pa, Feb. 27-Miss Mol
lie +. Nahf, who conducted matri
monial agency at Tamaqua, was ar
rested and is being held for tria
charged with using the mails to de
fraud, The complainant is Charles
M Wang, Of Liner, Mimi.