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The Washington times., 1910-03-12
METHODIST BISHOP
FOUND DEAD IN BED
Henry Spellmeyer of St.
Louis, Succumbs to Attack
of Heart Disease.

TRENTON. " J.. March 12.-Bishop
Henry Spellmeyer. OF St Louis. No.
presiding officer Of the seventy fourth
session OF the New Jersey annual con-
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, now meeting in Atlantic City.
was found dead In bed at the Hotel
Dennis there this morning at Q o'clock.
Heart disease is assigned as the
cause Of death.
Bishop Spellmcycr was presiding
over the conference this year for the
first time. Prior 10 his elevation TO
the Episcopacy AZ the general confer
eucc ia Los Angeles, Cal. in 1904. he
was a prominent member OF the New
ark, y J. conference and pastor Of
Centenary Church, Newark, y. J., ia
the boundaries Of which conference
be had been a pastor since mis- admis-
sion IN 1859.
He was born November .. 1S47- No
srran EemenJs for the funeral have
been made.
Bishop Thomas ?. Neeley. Of New
Orleans. who IS in Atlantic City, will
preside over the remaining sessions.
The Washington times., 1910-03-12
EN- ROUTE TO JAPAN
ERGETS BRIDE
Wedding TO Be Result of
Lieutenant AdSunS
Farewell Visit.

The wedding of Lieut.. Charles NJ.
Austin, Of tho United States Navy. and
Miss Margaret McTeer. Of Knoxville.
Tenn, Will take place in that city next
Tuesday morning.
This simple announcement will be re-
ceiyed with autazemeut by the many
Washington friends Of Lieutenant Aus
tin, and 90 none does it come as a
greater surprise than 30 the bridegroom
himself, the bride. and the families Of
the two young people. For the wedding
is :he elimination or a romance only
twenty-f1ur hours ola
W1rn Lieutenant Austin said good
by 60 his parents, Representative and
Mrs II. ". Austin. IN Washington. lust
four days ago. and started for Tokyo,
japan. where he las been ordered by
he Secretary OF the Navy as an attache
Of The Emericau embassy. his mother
and father were almost hearthroken ar
Jhe thought that il would he many
years before they saw their only son
again. n anyone had told them that
the Austin family would be reunited by
Tuesday next. and on tic wedding day
of the young lieutenant, the prophecy
would have been received as absurd.
Visited Old Home
Lieutenant Austin left Washington
three days earlier than was necessary
To- so direct to the Pacific Coast, IN
o-der that he might visit his old home
I'm Knoxville, Tennessee, before leaving
America for an Indefinite length OF
time.
Upon arriving in Knoxville, he was
welcomed BY his former schOOlmates
and by Old friends of his family, with
true Tennessee hospitality. round OF
dinners and parties was given for the
Young Tennesseean. and the prettiest
girl a. them all was Margaret McTeCr.
with whom, when they were children.
young Austin had built sand houses and
made mud pics. 4 blonde beauty, Pc
tite vivaciouS, il was only matter or
a few hours before Miss McTecr had
made a conquest Of the young lieUten-
ants heart.
Because he was thinking so much
Continued on Second Page)
The Washington times., 1910-03-12
PRESIDENT URGED
TO KEEP HANDS OFF
Is Said to Show Disposition
to Join in New York
Fight.
BY JOHN SNURE

President Taft ts being urged By some
OF his close friends To keep his hands
off New York politics. X is being point
ed out % him that MS interference at
this time would do him more harm than
good, and that 70 would be the part OF
wisdom for him 20 allow the New York
Republicans 20 fEht their battles out
for themselves.
But. while the President is being
urged TO keep hands OF. and there .4re
predictions afoat that ne viii do so.
there is evidence that he IS not disposed
20 hold alOof On the contrary. there
ere distiac- indications that he intends
10 make use Of the Federal patronage
club TO drive support 10 the side OF
Senator Root and Governor Hughes. and
away from the Woodruff Barnes combi-
nation.
This morning several New York mem
bers were at the White House by ap-
pointment Among them was Represen-
tative Dwight, the Republican House
whip. who Is talked Of as the man who
viii take active charge Of the fight %
depOSe Woodruff from the state chair
E-anship.
Representative DrisCou and Young
we're at the White House. and Repre-
sentative Hamilton Fish was called in
That Mr.. Fish is not minded to inter
fere in the present New York Repub-
Hcau rauddle was indicated when he
said
II have all can DO TO look after the
affairs of the TWeuJy-rirsJ New York
Congressional district
Senator Root * angry over his de-
feat by Woodruff and the OLD leaders
He IS hent on a fight to a finish He
viii leave Washington at Z o'clock this
afternoon, according 20 present plans
He Is expected to see Mr.. Woodruff to-
morrow and tell him that he must re
tire as chairman, but nobody here has
the faintest idea Woodruff viii get out
without a battle
Should President Taft sec NJ 10 eNerf
all the pressure Of which he Is capable
on Federal officeholders. ne can un-
dOubtedly line NJ manv votes in the Stat
committee against Woodruff on the
other hand he is being told the New
York politicians viii bitterly resent tht
'Ssean roller
The President today accepted an invi
tatlOn 10 speak in New York March -
at the opening OF the Press Club II,
probably will express his views on sec
ond class postage
The Washington times., 1910-03-12
DISTILLING HOUSE
HEAD IS ARRESTED

BALTIMORE. March L2-GeorCe T
GambriL president OF DoXbury Distil!-
Ing Company, wanted in Baltimore for
rehypOthecatinE $4,000 worth Of whisky.
was delivered 10 the criminal court
shortly before noon TO-DAY
Detective Captain PUmphrey brought
Nj Gambriu from his home in taxi
cab. He is under Indictment for Sc
curing $4,000 from George Schnling. a
local Undertaken
The police department have been re-
ported as seeking tho president of the
dtstuIinE company fpr the last ten days,
and ne had been -eportc1 10 he in all
parts Of the country.
Police officials say that Gsmbrill has
rehypotheCated goods 10 a sum that
viii reach over $50 600. Bail was inl-
r1cdiatcly furnished, and he was re-
leased.
The Washington times., 1910-03-12
FATAL DRAUGHT TAKEN
AT BREAKFAST TABI F
Philadelphia Physician and Wife Expire in Patrol
Wagon While Being Rushed to Hospital-Claimed
Prize for Discovery of Consumption Cure

committed suicide. We ask for decent
attention, and wish our bodies cremated
and the ashes scattered to the air. we
do not wish any religious services.
Il would be Seventy-three wears old
next March q Ny wife was sixty-sev-
en- years old last DeCember. To those
who viii attend 20 Ou funeral We viii
give All the property pplaininS
We have two Daten'S pendlnC in the
Patent Office and much medicine and
drugs anc also little furniture"
There was no signature 70 the note
Dr. Benson Is said to have come orig
inally from baltimore, where il Is de-
clared he claimed 70 have discovered
cure for consumption and 20 have nut
in = claim for the s-0a0a prize offered
Sy tie French Academy OF Medicine
The Washington times., 1910-03-12
DESERTED AND STARVING,
KEEPS BEACON BURNING
Assistant Keeper, Abandoned by Superior Who Goes on
Debauch, Found Half Conscious After Eleven
Days of Steady Work

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn, March L
Abandoned, half starved. exhausted,
and almost crazy, Leroy c. Loughbor-
ough. assistant keeper of Norwalk Light
in Long Island sound, was found by the
lighthouse tender Pansy-
Deserted BY the keeper, John VI.
Kiarskon. eleven days before, Lough-
borough had never wavered from his
duty. For the greater part Of this time
ne had lived on potatoes and dog bis
cults: his only drink was salt water he
boiled. He was almos- continually en-
duty. running the two gasolene engines
which sounded the fog hcT7 and attend
Ing 70 the light.
Saturday. Sunday. and Monday there
was one continuous fog. and for sew
enty-tWo hours LsoughbOrouCh never ate
nor slept one of the engines failed 10
work, and for hours he labored over
The Washington times., 1910-03-12

PHILADELPHIA, March 12.-seated
face TO face at their breakfast table in
their apartments at 1873 Filberr street,
DR.. Charles Colbert Benson and his wife
Isabelle. swallowed poison today.
1t was clearly a case OF double sui
eide. Both we're dying when found and
e 2ired while being rush in a patrol
wagon TO the Medico-Chi Hospital The
couple are thought TO have come from
Baltimore.
The following letter. in the handwrit-
ing Of DR.. Benson, explained the dual
suicide:
My dear wife and 7 have decided we
do not wish to longer live. We have
The Washington times., 1910-03-12

it. During this period the light was all
but eXtingUished
When Assistant Superintendent or
Lights John S Haywood. of New York,
arrived at the light, there was no one TO
greet him. nor did his calls bring any
responses. Entering the light, the as
Sistant keeper was found PROSTATE and
almost unconscious on rug at the side
of his engines. BY hum was his dog.
For two days they had had no food
LouRhborough says ne did not have the
heart 10 kin the brute; he would have
shared mis- last biscuit with him
When Keeper hiarskon left for Nor
walk Monday of last week il was for
the purpose Of getting provisions and
the salary orders for himself and his
assistant. Not only did he desert his
associate. but he IS said TO have in
dorsed and cashed LoughbOrough's s
monthly check for Si469 and gone on a
sbree. He is in the local police station
He vas found BY the police Of Bridge
port
The Washington times., 1910-03-12
WEATHER REPORT.

With the exception Of rain or snow
along the coast from Virginia 20 Maine
she weather viii be generally fair i'm
oil districts east of the Mississippi river
tonight and sunday
The temperature will continue low to-
night I'm the Atlantic States Rising
temperature is indica'ed for SUNDAY i'm
the middle Atlantic ant south Atlantic
States.
The Washington times., 1910-03-12

FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT.
Unsettled tonight. Sunday fair with
rising temperature; moderate 10 brisk
northerly winds.
The Washington times., 1910-03-12

Tcday-HiEh tide S.45 a m and s:IG
p. m. low tide 2.j2 a. m. and 3:1S D. m.
TomorrOw-High tide $50 A. m and
PISS p. m: low tide, 3:55 a. m. and 4:02
:. m
The Washington times., 1910-03-12

CONDITION OF THE WATER.
HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. March
12-Potomac clear and Shenandoah
cloudy this morning.
The Washington times., 1910-03-12
Rules of the House.

There is not hrst-class theater in
the United states that has not the same
rule against conspicuous dress that pre-
walls al my house" SAID Mr.. Chase this
morning, The rule that requires men
II the uniform Of the United states 10
sea themselves elsewhere than in the
orchestra or the boxes holds good in al
most every hrst-class theater, so far as
am aware.
The thester is a social institution. Il
is not a street car We have a mum
Der cf rules al Chase's that are unusual.
perhaps There has never been a stag
box party I'm the house There cannot
be. No block Of seats exceeding six NAV
be purchased for one party. This thea
ter has never bid FOR or permitted to be
solo 10 college students after football
games or baseball games large blocks OF
seats. Why Have YOU ever been In a
theatCT that has sold such blocks Of
seaJsZ Then YOU should know the an
SWer.
The Washington times., 1910-03-12
Property Condemnation
Opens Way for Pressure
on Chase's Theater.
TAFT IN SYMPATHY,
is COMMON BELIEF
Playhouse Proprietor Styles Case
Tempest in Teapot" All Uni
forms Barred.

That George Won L. Meyer, Secretary
of the Navy. IS determined 20 compel P
3. Chase. proprietor OF Chase's Theater.
10 abandon his rule Of excluding men
la the uniform OF the United states
service from the theater. was the en-
phatic assertion made by officials this
morning.
In this determination. IL is reported.
the Secretary has the sympathy and IN
dorsement Of the Administration.
II il becomes necessary, Mr. Meyer.
ii is asserted. will use as a compelling
agency on Mr.. Chase the fact that the
United States Government Is about 10
become the owner Of the Chase thea
ter property. which has already been
condemned. with the other property on
that block. TO make way for a new Gov
erumeut building.
The Secretary believes that Mr.. Chase
would have a hard time discriminating
against the coUntry's uniform when
wearers Of that Uniform wanted to ap-
pear on Government property.
Mr.. Meyer Determined.
Mr.. Meyers stand in this matter can
not be put too Strongly lie and the
President look with the greatest disap.
pr0yai on discrimination against the men
VINO wear the country's military uni
forms, and Mr.. Meyer is described as
considering IL absurd" that any such
tactics should be followed
At the conference which was held yes
terday afternoon between 2lT, Chase and
Beekman Winthrop. Assisu Secretary
of the Nay. nothing dsGiltt vas done
Now, however. the Secretary ht nseI.
has taken the matter IN hand.
Tempest In Teapot"
Assistant Secretary Beekmau V-in-
thrpp stated this morning that the stzte-
rGent contained in morning neWspa0e-
that an order had been issued 10 l..
Marine Corps directing the men 10 pun
chase tickets for the theater in civilian
clothes. and 20 % the performances in
any dress they like. is absolutely abb
surd. ridiculous, and without founda-
ton
Pending the receipt OF adyices from
the Judge advocate general. Mr.. Win
throp announced that he would not dis
Cuss the matter.
Mr.. Chase SAYS he regards the situa-
tion as n tempest in a TEAPOT. r. O ma
r.nes had tickets for seats in the tenth
row Of the orchestra at the performance
last evening when questioned as 20
how they obtained them, thev admitted
tsev had not purchased them They
Tcre asked 20 exchange the tickets for
les conSpil iluOus seats. and declined 20
funded
The Washington times., 1910-03-12
Foreign Dress Not Barred.


There is no more patriotic man in
the country tnan I. nor one more de-
monst trative. have the highest ana
deepest respect for the soldiers and
sailors and for the uniform Of the colln-
try But no one in conspicuous dress
can gain admittance to the more con
spicuous parts OF the mousse I have
been asked If the Chinese and japanese
come under this head. They do not.
for the simple reason that when Earbed
I'm the costumes Of their country they
are wearing the ordinary dress of their
any country.
THE policeman is a brave man. He
IS a worthy man. But in the eleven
years l have had charge of this theater
the house in uniform to watch show
from a seat II isn't the uniform. Il
is the man who wears the uniform.
MUSES. Are Ruled Out.
Not long ago two nurses from the
Emergency Hospital came to the theater
in uniform ] saw them myself ard ex-
planned our rules. They understood and
went back TO the nurses home. only A
block away, and came back to the the
ater properly dressed. In the eleven
years l have been here ] have bought
500 collars and neckties for men who
come in the summer time without such
articles of wearing apparel.
THE employees have orders TO look az
ter such things. I have never had a
single soldier or marine come to my
office 10 seek redress for a fenCied
slight of this sort on his uniform. al
though my door is open and I am al
pyays glad to just differences between
the PATRONS OF the house and it's en-
Uloyes or explain our rules.
This affair Is nothing, ,-m0rc or less
thar a tempest In teapot and the least
said about IL the better
The Washington times., 1910-03-12

i am told by a clerk TO a Representa-
tive. that he was approached by bank
official who wanted to sell him some ga
stock He was told ne could more than
double the value Of it within thirty
days. I believe this IS the movement ou
the part of the company through the
banks TO dish out its I'VE million dollsrs-
/ have the name Of this witness. and I
can produce him before the fuu commit
tee when the resolution Is brought up
there said Representative Cary.
The members Of the subcommittee an
peared startled at Representative
Cary's statement Reprcsentative john
son moved that th resolution 10 re-
reported. Represent alive kahn. chair
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-01-29
Religious Services.

Rev A. j. Irwin will preach at
Harney tho 2nd Sunday of each
month at ! n. IN. and 7.30p p. IN.
Sabbath school every sabbath at 2
p. m.
The Harney Sunday school meets
at 2 o'clock each Sunday and n
cordial invitation is extended to all
who can attend TO meet with us.
At tho Presbyterian church
Burns, Rev. a. j. Irwin pastor.
Devine services the third and fourth
Sundays of each monthat | n. m,
and 1880 p. m. Sabbath school at
10 a. m. every Sabbath morning,
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-01-29
NEW CLUBBING PROPOSITION

We have arranged TO offer in
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started at Lincoln, Nebraska, by
Prof. II. w. Campbell and devot-
ed to the subject of how to farm
in the dry country and how to
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under normal conditions. This
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world, and it embodies the re-
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of painstaking investigation Of
the soil tillage proposition.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-01-29
Take no substitute just tell
the grocer Cremo.

If your stomach, heart or kid
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heart or kidneys. DR.. Shoop's
Restorative goes directly to the
weak and failing nerves. Each
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the depending organs must of
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sally successful. Its success is
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The tender leaves of a harm
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Remedy its marvellous curative
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it is so safe and good for child
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opium, chIoroform, or other
harmful drugs, mothers should
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Shoop's. If other remedies are
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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-01-29
Application for Grazing Permits.

NOTICE il hereby given that all ap
plications fur permits to Craze cattle,
horses, and sheep within the DE5-
CllUTES NATIONAL FOREST during
tho season Of 1910, must bo filed In my
Office ut Prineyille, Oregon, on or before
February 20, 1910. Full information in
regard to the gazing fees to be charged
and blank forms Ia Le used In making
applications will be furnished upon ro.
quest, A. S. IRELAND, Supervisor.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

UNITED STATES LASp OFgicK
Burns oregon, December 30, ipeq
Notice is hereby given that the etaie OF ore
Eon has died la this otiicc It, application Serial
No OtiIOlto select, under the provisions OF the
Act OF Congress, approved August Ia, isis, aud
acts amcndatofy thereto, the
Lot 8. Soc. n. Z. . s.. r. % p, wM
Any and all persons claiming adversely tho
lands described. or desiring to object because
Of tho mineral character OF the land, or for
any other reason, TO the disposal 10 applicant,
should hlc their aiiidayiis of protest In this
Office. on or before the expiration Of the
period Of publication.
wa. FAERg. Register.
First publication January 10, 1910.
Last publication February ~. 1910.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-01-29

Cottrill & Clemens have put in
a first class saw mill II miles
west of Cold Springs is near the
valley with good road. In first
class timber-picked trees from
the government. Prepared to do
custom work. See them about
your government permit at once.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
umrED srArEs LAND otricF,
nutnR, oregon, December -, lNul

UNtrED tfArKh LAND uFflChi
Rurna oregon, December ~, lpu9'i
Notice Ia horehy given thn' Tho state ut ore
pnn has filed In this uflvc X application
lSorlal No OlUislto select n 'lrr the provisioni
of the Act " Congress, Approved August ~
iSis, and acts amendatoty thereto, the
NSswii SEQ % sEi iNE1l and NE'4SEl4 Sec
~, r. % g., n. 30 u.
Any and all persons claiming adversely IN,
lands described, or desiring 10 object because
Of tho mineral character OF the land, or ioi
any other reason, To the disposal to applicant
should iilo their htildavita OF protest In thil
oncc, on or before the expiration OF the period
of adjudication.
wN, FARRE, Register.
First publication, january $, 1910,
Last publication, February u, 1910,
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

uNiTRD STATES LAND OFFICE,
Burns, oregon, November ~ 1909
Notice IN horcby given that Hutton u, syme,
OF Watson, Oregon, Guardian OF the minor aud
only heirs ot Eihe NJ syme, deceased, who, on
January 3, lpOd made homestead entry No.
1907 serial No. 0lpb7, Tor NiSNwA. Section 10,
aud slsswii. section 26, Township 20 South,
Range "a East. Willamette Meridian, south oi
Malhcur Lake, has filed notice Of intcntlon TO
make Final Five year Proof, tn establish claim
to the land above described, before tho Regis
ter and Receiver, nj Burns, oregon, ON the lith
day of January, 1910,
Claimant names M Witnesses
Ed Anderson, Alfred Marshal. Mary Marshal
J. u. Henderson, all OF NHrrows, Oregon,
wN. fARnE, Register.
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CONTEST NOTICE.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
BnTnB, OREGON. january ID. 1911

Burns, oregon. January ~. 1910,
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
llled In this office by Mary X. Neal contesiant,
ns""sS o. loss SIYo ssa No. 'n oi7C Tor foi @ Ns @ NJ
SEl{ aud eEI4sEj4 Section 80, Township ~
south, Range 30 East, Willamette Meridian, by
y alleged thai salG %Sm onssoed pnSH neyer
establisheda residence upon said tract Of land,
never improved the same and never cultivated
any portion thereof; that he merely erected n
cabin on said tract and before establishing re-
sldence thereon and about the 18th day Of Nov
ember, 1905, said claimant died Interstate that
said claimant was unmarried ana leit sufyly-
neither OF whom resided then or now In the
state OF Olegoni that ON the gath day Of Noy-
ember, 1903, Letters OF administration duly L.
tate OF said william l.. Longgood, who duly
qualified as such and took possession OF the
personal and real property OF said estate and
duly Administered the same and said estate
has been finally settled that neither the said
Administrator or either or any OF the heirs
OF said deceased claimant ever made settle
ment on or cultivated any portion OF hhld
claim and none Of the heirs or any person for
them ever In any manner either IN good faith
or otherwise, cultivated any portlod OF said
claim; that the said cabin no erected upon hnid
claim by the deceased has long since been re-
moved from said premises aud the SAID claim
has been wholly and absolutely abandoned for
more than six months last past and the tame
is unooeupl0d. uniwproyed, uneultiYaied and
un fencee and that said alleged absence from
said land was not due 70 his employment in
the Army, Navy or Marine Corps OF the United
States M a private soldier, officer, seaman or
marine during the war with Spain, or during
any other war In which the United States may
be engaged; said parties are hereby notified 10
appear, respond and oiier evidence touching
said allegation at 10 O'Clock u. IN, on March
7, 1910 before the Register and Receiver NJ the
United States Land Oflce IN Burns, oregon.
The said contestant having, In proper All.
daVlt, fled January ~, 1910 set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service OF this notice can not be made, II In
hereby ordered aud directed that such notice
be given by duo and proper publication.
WM. FARRR, Register,