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portant one, and the reS:ect Of lnis q,
working very serious harm 10 RiCn-
mond.
We would very earnestly rec
Ommend the cSta adjustment of a
poor farm for trampS and aIcO-
hOlics. where they would he made
10 earn their living or leave the
city, The result would be so sal
utary that IL would Justify a much
larger investment than would be
necessary.
This and many other matters con-
nected with the almshouse have seem
ed 10 us questions involving such fun
iamental principles that we have con
cluded TO refrain from any specific
suggestions such as we have though
advisable in our report on the jail.
and 10 substitute therefor one sug-
gestion which we think will cover the
whole ground very effectively, viz:
Boards Recommendation.
We recommend the appointment 10y
the state Board of Charities Of a com
mittee of volunteers who shall inVes-
= iccte the questions of discrimination
> eapplicants TO the almshouse; OF
providing work for those unable 20
care FOR themselves; Of amelioratinp
the condition Of the crippled. the
helpless and the defective; Of securing
statistics which may serve as a basis
for future legislation and OF study
ing and reporting all matters deemed
by them pertinent and important.
We would suggest that the secretary
Of the State Board should. with the
assistance of the local committee. pre-
sent 10 the board a list Of names of
persons 10 serve upon this committee.
and that after being duly elected by
the Board of Governors should he re
Quested TO give to this committee his
approval.
In making this recommendation. we
would express our conviction that such
committee would have the cordial
sympathy and practical assistance q.
the superintendent and that he woulC'
recognize their work as of value to
him in his effort to administer to tn.
best advantage an institution which
calls for the exercise Of hign capacity
~~" that rarest of virtues, common
sense.
10 find the place where kindness
ends and the encouragement of pau
perlsm be. ms requires qualities O!
head and heart OF no mean order. anC
the committee suggested as auxiliary
to the State Board would have ample
opportunity to exercise them and
could have the incentive OF great and
immediate good, not only TO the City
Almshouse, but 10 every such institu-
ton in the State.
Respectfully submitted.
III. d. HOGE. NJ. D.,
KATE PLEASANTS MINOR,
NJ. J. STRACS,
Committee.
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Curious Law Treatises

When the Papal see was removed
TO Avignon, in the early part of the
fourteenth century, the Italian jurists
VINO accompanied him We're greatly
sought after by French Clerics who
desired to perfect themselves in the
law. Curious treatises were issued for
this purpose, in which supposed
causes were traced through an tho
phases of pleading and trial. The
supposed parties were all biblical or
religious WORTHLESS. and Abraham.
Isaac and Jacob, Moses, Solomon, the
prophets, the saints, and even the
Virgin Mary, figured as officers. wit
nesses, advocates and parties 10 the
suit. One treatise purported to be a
record of The Cause Of Satan With
the Holy Virgin, Jesus Being Judge '
and another was entitled. Cause of
Lucifer VS.. Jesus, Solomon Being
Judge Later, when the laity began
TO pay more attention TO the study of
the law, which had previously been
largely in the hands of eccIesiastics
more attractive titles were given To
legal treatises. About 1900 Martial
ID Auvergne published a law treatise
entitled Declarations, Proceedings
and DEGREES of Love, Pronounced in
the Court and at the Bar of Cupid
in the Case of Different Disputes
Heard Before That Magistrate" This
was really a very learned textbook
illustrated by fictitious and amusing
cases. among which appeared:
Fifth. Process between two lovers
wooing the same lady.
Eighteenth. Concerning a kiss taken
by lover vi ct arms against which
the lady appealed.
Twentieth. A suit brought by
lover against his mistress TO compe
her TO remove a cage containing Z
quail, which kept up a continual call
ing whenever it saw him at the LADY,
dOor.-Charles Winslow Hall. in The
Story of AttOrneys-at-Law. in the
National Magazine for June.
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MODEST MAN ACTS
VERY HEROIC PART
Saves Lives Of People Travelling Into
Richmond and Disappears i'm
Silence.
RICHMOND

K { III NJ o n ID, Vas pecfa l.
"A disastrous wreck on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway was narrow
ly averted yesterday afternoon. when
the fast train from the West. due here
at 2:45 o'clock, was tagged Just as
u was nearing the danger spot-a
washout extending more than 100
teet near strawberry Hill.
While walking along the tracks. w.
II. 8. Smith, a glassbIower, residing
on Barton Heights. who had been
hshing near Strawberry Hill. came
upon the washOUt. Knowing that the
train from the West was due over the
same line within a few minutes. he
hurried ahead and tagged the in
coming passenger train when a short
distance the other side of the wash
out.
The train crew made a hasty ex-
animation and found that the warn
ing saved the train from q terrible
wreck with its consequent loss of life
The saviour of perhaps many lives
refused to give his name and hastily
aDsented himself. His identity was
later learned by chance.
passengers coming into Richmond
were transferred to cars sent out
from the Main Street Station, a big
torce being put to work in the mean
time to replace the ballast swept
away by the flood.
West bound trains last night were
49, ~ 0OSN Gil ONtI the tracks OIL the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, although
the working crew had the road open
Tor traffic by midnight. The rails and
croSStles, when the first train arrived
on the scene, We're sWaying back and
IoTth' while the waters were raging.
In the tremendous rain of SUNDAY
afternoon, which appeared almost
like cloudburst, a few feet of track
on the Richmond. Fredericksburg
ana Potomac Railroad. a few miles
north of Acca. were washed away
ana the incoming train from Fred
ericksburg was delayed an hour and
a half.
The downpour undermined the bal
last beneath the tires and left the
rails swinging free. The damage was
soon repaired, and other trains passed
over safely.
The track which washed away at
strawberry Hill has stood the storms
or nifty years, and was never before
injured by water.
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MRS. EDDY 3 81

BOSTON. MASS Special Mr.
;Na[y ia ker 9. Eddy. the founder ana
head OF the Christian Science Ch~--H
today celebrated her sirhSv-wf~TSs
o1Tthoay at her homo at Chestnut 4FIY
mrs Eddy spent tho day IN ouIet SIS
study
Those per United TO see her ssz4eR
tnat she was In good health and sew
active for one OF her years
No kilograms or oopxratuK14.vSy
messages reached her today. This W.
due TO her expressed wish AceaUafnx
10 Aldred Farlow. those who kuoW
Mrs hddy never send messages of
any kind. for they know Mira. Eddr
does not care to receive them
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SOCIALISTIC IDEAS
GKUM IN CAPITAL
RICHMOND yA-sDect.,

X G ri OND, VA.-Specia
The fact that socIaIistIc lucas an
growing I'm Richmond is evidenced b
'hc Tact that Mrs. Lena Morris LewiI
one OF the national lecturers of tn,
socialist party OF America, has bee.
brought here by the local organiza-
ton and addressed the members
and the pubic at Liberty Hall. on
Church Hill.
The local organization here. OF
which John c. Chappell is secretary.
rs said to have some fifty or more
members.
Mrs. Lewis spoke on the sub
Ject. viii Socialism Solve the Living
Problem?"
Mrs. Lewis is reputed to be one of
the best speakers on the American
lecture platform. An announcement
that she will speak in Chicago re-
suits i'm taxing the seating capacity OF
the Auditorium, where both she and
her celebrated author-husband give
occasional Sunday lectures
MrS. Lewis has been filling a num-
Der OF engagements in Southern cit
les, including New Orleans, Atlanta,
Columbia, s. c., and Norfolk; from
Richmond she went to Washington.
No admission is charged for her
lectures, her personal expenses be-
ing betrayed by the national organiza-
ton. Invitation is extended to the
public, and especially the ladies'
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PROVING EVIDENCE
BY A PH0N0GRPH

CHICAGO. ILL.-Special.-The evil
dence given before the Federal grand
Jury in the Beef Trust inquiry ia be-
ing taken down by a photograph. so
that no court steaographer Is allowed
in the room to make a record of the
case. This Is being done to preserve
the secrecy which so far has been oLIs
OF the features OF the case.
Details of the absorption OF 8 rival
concerp by the 5.ooo.e0 National
Packing Company were expected when
Moses II. Joseph. secretary of the New
York Butchers Dressed Beef Com
pany, appeared. This concern WAS
orga nized as an Independent. but has
been absorbed in the combination.
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WILL FIGHT HANGS ON
DEFINITION OF A WORE

NEW YORK.-Special.- rAe
executors or the Will Of William p
Coffin. a Newark IN. IL bushes
man. disagree with his widow a. to
the proper Interpretation OF the win
the Court OF Chancery has bean -
voked to improve upon the dictionary
definition OF the word want"
II Is on the meaning or this WORD
and its simile. require that Mrx
Coffin and the executors have dss-
agreed.
Mrs Coffin maintains she n 60
tilted to all tho interest aud Income
or the estate during her lifetime. ex-
cept as 10 the specific beQuestx- She
bases her claim on q clause IN the win
which reads:
The executors and trustees shan
pay TO my widow during her lifetims
or require for her comfortable Suw-
port and maintenance
NOW Mrs Coffin insists that sI,a
wants and requires all the income aud
interest The executors. William w
watson and Philip G. Coffin. o. Pas
S9ic and George l. Coffin. OF New
oTk, have taken the position thar thu
meaning Of the clause Is that NJ
CONN ls to receive such amounts A
they, IN their Judgment. believe xha
heeus Tor her comfortable maiz1e-
nance and that the balance should Ia
auGeo TO the residue OF the estate
The executors now have ahou4 a.
wv IN interest accruements left after
meeting other obligations OF tn. MN
ana the estate in the eight years th14
nave elapsed since Mr.. Coffin's death-
THIS sum Mrs Coffin now demaudn-
The value OF the estate Is said "a
exceed $4,000 The resisi uaT-v Les-~-
tees are the son and daughter Of ]ha
eSstator- They are 10 receive IS zoe
each when they reach their tpneaf1t-
nrst. twenty-hrth aud thIrtieth hirrh.
Gays. respectively. or $4,000 eaxsh.
INey are also to receive the balance
paotheE. @
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What i ISSIieVe.

In this varied, wild aSSortment-ump-
ty-seven kinds OF creeds-
One is bound to reconsider what one
thinks and what one reads;
But I've come to the conclusion that
no one Is going to grieve
over what / chance to fancy or
about what l believe.
l may think the stars are tinfoi anu
the moon made out OF cheese !:
That it's wrong 10 smile on Sunday. or
to eat three meals. or sneezeI
/ may think that it's my duty 70
give much and naught receive.
But my neighbor VIII not worry over
what / may believe.
l may relegate divorces to the realm
of evil ways,
Shun the wine cup and the hignbaIf
and he adamant toward plays.
may have my fXed opinions and
my little breast may heave,
But nobody cares a farthing what 1
do or do not believe.
may have a lot of wtsdom-be pro
gressive-up-to-da
See hundred years before me-may-
hap the miilennial gate<
l may know that certain methods
would mans coming doom re-
prieVe,
But there's no one going to r1sten
60 the things that 1 believe
So Pvc learned that II is wiser no
great sympathy to lose,
But let all secure salvation through
the lines they seem to choose;
And II to some precious notion, wise
or foolish, l still cleave,
ii Will not make any difference To
the world what / believe.
-i.urana w. Sheldon. in New York
Times
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MPLICATES LIVRRYMAN.

AShENILLE, y Especial. b.
Allison. who is in the county fau
charged with the murder OF Floyd
McGhee on July 9Th, has impli-
Gated Porter Webb. a liveryman OF
THIS city, as being a party TO the muir
der. webb was arrested on a warrant
charging him with aiding and abetting
the crime.
Allison, in his statement 10 the
Snerit' states that Webb had advised
McGhee. He says that Webb later
bought gun and handed il TO him.
saying: GO and kin the rascal and
L will stand by you" Webb denies
all.
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IRAINMAN'S BODY
GROUND To PIECES
Young Man of Magnificent Ply
slque and Very Popular-Hz
Body Ground TO Pieces From
the Breast Down-Death
Almost Instantaneous
RICHMOND. yA-Snect,,

X ii NJ o y ID, Vas pecfaI-
NharieS Edward King. OF 5iA North
IWenty-fourth Street a faEsnan a,
the Southern Railway. was UternIfw
ground TO pieces Friday night about N
o'clock in the yards of the corn,asrv
in South Richmond.
The young man was riding on, fo-,
OF freight car when il jumped IA
track, and he began 70 run back
ward 10 get TO the top of the car fll-
rowing. lie made jump for the car.
out missed his footing and fell beneath
the wheels and met an instanta nesuV
death. The body of the unfortunate
young man was StreWn for some d.
lance along the tracks. memb ers OF
the body being several feet from the
trunk.
There were few witnesses tn tb,a
accident, and as soon as the cars got
out OF the way the trainmen and
others picked up the remains anS n
physician was called. but he could
not OF course, render any service. and
the coroner was called. who ordered
the body delivered 20 an undertaken
and that was done. the wagon from
BllIey's taking the caSkst - Ak
room.
Splendid Physique.
Inc dead man was one Of the most
popular men on Church Hill. He Lived
with Mrs J. l.. Crump. an aunt who
reared him. and she almost Regarded
MN as her own son. He was a man
OF magnificent physique, standing
nearly feet and Weighing about I9S
POUNDS. He was at all times in \
good humor, laughing and joking with
ms acqualntances. Last night he Wa
in exceptionally fine humor. and was
IN the very best of spirits before he
left home
Among his friends and acquain-
tances he was known to be one OF tha
sooerest OF men, and such was his
disposition that he rarely saved anv
money. He would give TO all wh0
| asked him. saying that he could work
ana make enough TO provide for him
| self. and that he did not like to Sc
| people suffer for something 10 eat or
a place TO sleep.
North CsroIhnInn-
| AIRS; Crump, the boys aunt, said to
gay that he was the best man that
| had ever lived. He had made his hone
WIN her since he came to Richmond
the southern Railway. She said that
ne was most afectionate and anna
BILE boy in his disposition. always
! Charles Edward King was a native
OF North Carolina, and was tweDty-dve
| years old last January. His father is
Captain William King, for a long tirEe
q member OF the Order OF Railway
| Trainmen. but so far as known be-
tonsed to no other organizations. and
he Is survived by the following
brothers and sisters: Mrs. Fred Keelin
OF keysville; Misses Willie. Daisy.
father, and Bailey and Harry King. All
or Durham. y. c. The funeral win
take place tomorrow at / o'clock an
iMoseIeys Junction. the funeral party
leaving here at IL O'Clock over the
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cow DOWN IRON NINE:
RESCUED By FIRESfEN

Nellie, the best COW on Thomas Har.
rlngtonS farm, at Centerville. y. J.
wandered away Saturday night on one
OF the little adventures she has beer
in the habit of taking since Harring.
ton got her. Hunting Nellie is ons
OF the evening chores with him. and
he was not surprised even when he
FOUND she had fallen into one OF the
openings of the old Milford iron
mines.
BY the light of his lantern Harring-
ton discovered that Nellie was sit
uated comfortably on a ledge thirty
feet below the surface and be in
tended at first to leave her there for
the night. Nellie protested 80 mourn
fully, however. that Harrington came
back at intervals to murmur soothing
messages to her. She was so erate-
full for his sympathy that he wound
up by spending most OF tho night
trotting over to the mine to assure
her he would get her out Just as soon
as daylight broke.
On his sixth trip Harrington was
amazed TO hear an echo OF Nellie's
greeting moo hoat DIP to him. He
spoke again TO make sure that II was
an echo. and then discovered that a
calf had been born since Nellie went
down the mine.
Harrington. who IL an exempt FIRE
man. hurried into town and got q
CiO" AlOih inc OSAtSfNl4iS company
to go TO the farm. The rescue o.
Nellie and her child was not easy. a
ladder was run down to the ledge, bot
Nellie showed such hostility when
Harrington tried to put sling
around the calf that no had to change
his plans and rig the hosting belt
around Nellie herself.
All went well until Nellie discoV-
cred that she was being taken away
from her baby; then she dug her
hoOfS into the sides of the pit But
in spite OF all her objections the
heave-ho on the block above heJ
never stopped until She was safe oG
the surface.
Then the calf was hoisted. Nellie
peerinG anXiOusly over the edge OF the
pit mouth all the while. The jour
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ROANOKE, VA Special.-Fifteer
Hoanoke merchants, including the
we're indicted in the United States
curt here yesterday. charged with
sending out packages Of oleomarga-
me without stamping it as required
~ the law. The merchants are G
l.. savage. ]. s. 1rby, r. II. Wills. w
d. EQui, w. H. Hopper. ]. ] Saler
George German. Price * Chick. Han
ma q Aesch. Sam Joseph. the Roanoke
Butter and Delicatessen Company
Rush * Haden. J. II. Moore and ]. f.
GOOde.
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BOYS DRIVE SPIKE
INTO RAILROAD TIE

TOLAR. TEXAS.-Special.- Harvey
Davis, aged thirteen. and Daniel Gage.
aged fourteen. have confessed to the
police that they drove q spike into a
tie. causing the Frisco wreck on Sun
day, but declare they had no inten-
ton or thought II would cause tho
loss OF two lives.
The spike caused the engine Of a
train to be derailed. Engineer De-
camp. of Fort Worth. was instantly
'ilied. Fireman Berr Hamilton, of
Fort Worth, died later.
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STABBED BY HEB LOVER

MANTUA, -Special.-Cesar-
ina Sainati. one of the most beautiful
women on the Italian stage, Is how
climax OF a tragedy Friday night she
was stabbed by Signora Olga Fossil in
at OF jealousy.
Their roles were those OF rivals. Sig
alternating her husbands arections
As the wounded actress fell. the an
dience stampeded. while the curtain
was rung down,
The victim has a chance OF recovery
Her assailant IS under arrest.
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FEEL CONFIDENT

ROCKY MOUNT, VA Special
The Republicans Of Floyd county
meet today at Floyd Courthouse to
elect delegates to the Fifth District
convention. which will be held at
Rocky Mount the 2Sth, thus repeat-
Ing their tactics OF the last election.
No solicitude is felt by Judge Saun-
ders' friends over the outcome of the
fan election. They are confident that
he will have a safe majority.
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HEAT KILLS THREE.

INV AVhhs- Speclals-Ihree
persons, two women and a man.
are dead today following one of
the hottest nights New Workers
have experienced this summer.
and 1t was reported FROM the
weather Bureau that there was
no relief i'm sight for the neNt
thirty-six hours.
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ney across the fields 20 the Harring-
Ton house was triumphal process
sion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-27
AMERICAN TOURISTS ARE
FLOCKING TOWARD EUROPE
Foreign Steamship Lines Providing Magnificent
Vessels for the Trade -. Coastwise
Law Does Not Apply.


Eo-a. have cost from s,lt.atalg1 90
>--s.',..f5.-'" Hz-e-l n these steam
=rs have registered tonnage l- ap-
IESA-ii-a- -+,tt' -o-- y more. :
number u them were not IN comm -s.oI
n 1907, -Le " banner year Of --a1>a--
-a1--c travel. ami a- -l= 1u-g -
number u saloon passenger. -or that
year was l#t.-u6. + : probable that.
with the increased orra~-u1.-- -ar
bookings. ana the sr-c.aI ---5.---~-s
now prevailing. -Le number X ra--4r-
gers tbs season VIII greatly exceed
that figure.
Il : noteworthy. also. mat. beside,
The approaching Ober-Annarga fest
va. an important feature mat -~-7-- =.
- attract an additional number II -nr--
= j. the International Exposition -
Brussels. which begins in JgnA and ex-
tends u October For Bru,sel, the
mos direct route VII be bv the p5pu-
lar transatlantic line whose home mar
Is Rotterdam. sa.llrgs being made
weekly There : - be. besides an IN
rerna,ional Medical Conference In
Edinburgh during the summer which +.
interesting 9 large number aF Arrar--
can r4hr-.efarS AMI SURGEONS Tourists
wishing 70 reach Edinburgh for ms
meeting hv the shortest ral sa-~rar
NAV - hv me Tauy-es-aF.7s.aa9 ~.--ai
line II Steamers v,rr.a lar-a 49,
GLASGOW
Il : further stated. in The Times a.
ticle. that lone uDnSuaf feature ~
travel this wear j. that while rra -or7rs
and cruises % varf0uS rar-s az The
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-06

In the District Court of the United
States, for the District Of Oregon.
In the Matter Of A. p. Stephens. tr.,
Bankrupt.
The undersigned will receive sealed
bids up to IL o'clock noon OF Satur-
day. October 1S, 1910, at his office
No. 7 First street, Portland, Oregon,
for the following personal property
belonging to said estate, namely: A
stock Of merchandise, consisting of
furnishing goods, dry goods, hard
ware, shoes, groceries, etc, Of the in
ventory value Of $3447.22, and a lot
Of store fixtures Of the inventory val
ue of 322.75, all located at Umatilla,
Oregon. An inventory Of said prop
erty is on file in the office Of the un-
dersigned and the stock may be IN
spected upon application to J. NJ.
Foster who is in charge at Umatilla.
Cash or a certified check for ten per
cent Of the amount offered must ac-
company each bid, and the right is
reserved to reject any and all bids.
Said sale is made subject to confIr-
nation by the court.
Dated. Portland. Oregon, October
8, 1910. r. L. SABIN,
Trustee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-06
CAN CY YOUNG PITCH
ONE THOUSAND GAMES?

Can Cy Young pitch 1000 games in
his big league career? This Is the
question since Cy has won his 500th
game and bids fair to continue win
ming as frequently as do the major
ity Of good pitchers in the American
league.
In his 22 years Cy has pitched 500
games, or about that number.
To pitch 1000, to use round numbers,
CIV must work in 200 more contests.
Give him an average Of so games a
season, which the old boy can stand,
and it will take him four years 10
finish the mark.
When one says four years more
work for Cy, hammers come out and
the chorus comes out, "He can't do
it," and every time they yell Cy can't
come back he blooms into fame, shut
ting out a team without hit or run.
once he did not allow the Athletics
to toe the canvas which holds t.ie
sand at first base. With his habits,
Cy may be able to squeeze through
200 more games. He has lived clean
life and his big husky frame is quite
right to stand the strain.
By the time Young has pitched l.
900 games, IL he can average 25
games a season, he will have per-
formed a feat unequaled in the annals
Of baseball.