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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-03-25
DEATH OF MRS. w II. GARNER

After long and lingering illness
Alice j., wife of w. Fl. Garner, died
at her home in this place Sunday after
noon at 1:30 O'Clock. The immediate
cause of death was pneumonia, and
owing to her weak condition she sue
cumbed soon after contracting the dis
ease. The maiden name of the deceased
was Alice j. johnson. She was born
at Vancouver, Wash, March "a, 1884
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-03-25
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Jas. jackson went up to Greenwood
to attend an odd Fellows blow out
Tuesday night. There was an immense
gathering of Odd Fellows from all the
surrounding country.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-03-25

Attorney Moultray was in Water.
vile during the past week on legal bus.
inest before the land office.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-03-25
A HEALTHY BALANCE.

The dance given on the evening of
St, Patrick's day for the benefit of the
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-03-25
IN THE TOLLS AND OUT AGAIN.

Some days ago Oscar Anderson went
up to Nelson on business connected
with starting up his laundry, and while
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-03-25

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
THREE COURSES OPEN
DIR. Moore Discusses possible Procc-
dnre ms 10 oyster bottoms.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
Washington, u. C..lJanuary 2O--The
report Of Dr. n. II. Moore, OF the Bu-
reau of Fisheries. OF the Department
of Commerce and Labor, on the CON
ditton and extent Of the oysterbeda Of
james River was issued to-day. 1t
contains eightyfyc pages and two
elaborate maps. covering the entire
section involved. In his summary he
says:
"lho public grounds in the region
covered by the survey cover an area Of
2t30Si acres. as computed In the re-
port OF the Baylor Survey. OF this
acreage, 12.13o.6 acres lie below the
line drawn between Deed Greek and
Days Point. and 13,617.s acres lie
above that line. The beds of the for
,fner region are available for the pro-
duction of marketable oysters only.
the law requiring that all oysters un-
the beds. while tho latter region la
oysters, and the Gull law is not appll-
cable except IN so far as It forblds the
removal OF shells.
"Of the entire area, the recent sur
yey shows that 3.2a7 acres may be
classcd as bearing dense growth.
a.0is az scattering 1878 as very scat.
tering; 1884 as depleted, and 15.371.4
as barren. The barren and depleted
bottoms together comprise 1864
acres, or about 73 per cent. Of the
total, and all bottom which can be
construed as productive aggregates
T,l54 acres, or q per cent. of the en-
tire bottom included within the Bay
lor lines.
IN conclusion, II said: Under the
terms OF the resolution OF the State
Board of Fisheries, which was tho
basis of the request for the survey
made to the Bureau Of Fisheries by
the Governor OF Virginia. the author
Is not warranted in Offering recon-.
tnendatlons as TO the use which might
he made of the facts developed 1t
may not be inappropriate, however, to
point out the several avenues of proce-
durc which 1t is possible to follow in
respect TO the oyster bottoms of the
region discussed. These resolve them.
selves into three:
.tll The maintenance of the integri-
ty OF the public grounds as now con-
siitutcd
"tel Their abolition In toto.
"(5y middle course which will
preserve To the public the productive
bottoms practically in their entirety
while throwing open to oyster-plant-
Ing a large part of the barren and un-
productive bottom now included with
In the public grounds"
Each OF these courses Is discussed at
length. III. L. c. B.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
.RE-ENAcTs MURDER SCENE.

Strange ACTIONS of Sleeping Negro
Lead to Discovery of Murderer.
4Statesboro. Ca, January eo.--Be-
cause ca he re-enacted in his sleep, as
murder, committed October II, 1898,
in in this cnlinty. ins:s which Deputy
Sheriff Donaldson and J. Il Kennedy,
members of a posse, were killed. Ben
jamin Jones. alias Andrew Watson. is
a prisoner In the hands of the Balti-
more police, 1t was learned here to-
day.
Mollie Gowans. a negro woman, 1t
is said. told the story of Jones's queer
sleep, actions. She said that he even
mentioned the names of the two slain
white men. and went through the mo-
tions of shooting them.
Donaldson and Kennedy were pur-
suing a negro named Watson in this.
Bulloch county, on the date mentioned,
and were fired upon from house by
Watson and another negro. both white
men being fatally wounded. The me-
groes escaped. and nothing had been
heard from them, until now. After
the shooting of the two men, posses
secured the country, enraEed. trying
to find the negroes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
POOL ACTED IN BAD FAITH
Stock E1clinnEc sIny Investigate Col
Z liluaE nj @ ~. ~ l4Anl IN nj lraxa.

StOck EtCnHnEc Nay Investigate Col.
lapse OF g. Il II. Coal md Iron.
New York. January 2O.--Roberts
Hall & Criss. Of New York and Cincin-
ber5 OF the New York Stock Exchange
to-day. following the two failures yes
terday brought about by the collapse
OF the Columbus and Hooking Coal and
Iron pool. Hugh r. Criss was the
board member of the firm. and had
charge of tile Hooking pool on the
exchanse. He estimates the liabilities
oil tile firm at $3000,00
The feeling among members of the
cAchange Is that Criss had been made
TO bear more than his share OF tho
blame, and that all the participants
ought to be punished for their part
IN the episode. Tho affairs of all three
firms involved---J. NJ. Fiske & Co. and
Lathrop, Haslsins &c Co.. which sus.
Han d. Criss--are now being investl.
gated by the committee on insolven.
,cies OF the exchange. But 1t Is no,
unlikely thatthc situation may gel
beyond the Jurisdiction of this com.
mittee. nccessitating the appointment
of special committee. with nlenary
power, such as was done in the Rock
Island case not long ago.
In announcing the failure of Roberts
change said that there were peculiar
circumstances, which call for rigid In.
Nesttgation. These circumstances. as
Criss's declarations-indica Imply bad
iaitl on the part Of the, other mem
bers of the so-called pool A petit
ZION to remove the stock of the Co
i.n bus and Hooking Coal and Iron
Company from the list on the Stock
r..ls exchange Is said TO be under consid-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
DERELICT FOUND
Relieved 10 Have Turned Turtle In
December GDlc.

Relieved 10 Have Turned Turtle in
December Gale.
New York. January 2o.--A wireless
message from Captain fI. H. Broad
bent, commanding the United States
revenue cutter Andrascoggin. received
mere Tonight via Elizabeth City, N. c.,
gives details of the discovery Of what
appears to be a three-masted wooden
schooner. supposed to have turned tur.
O. tie In the gale of December IS last.
Water about the hulk when discovered
was alive with sharks. and one OF
them was seen eating what looked
like the torso of a man.
The dereltct was floating bottom IN
ana her hull seemed in excellent con-
dltion. but IT was impossible to make
out her name or port Of hail.
Inc Andrascoggin was in search OF
the missing steam lighter Columbia,
from New York to Jaomel. Hayti with
q crew OF eleven men. when she fell
IN with the derclict in latitude 34.11,
longitude 14.I7. o -
The vessel is about 125 feet long
and lay in a position of serious dam
ger to navtEators.
The Andrascosgin Is towing her into
Hampton Roads from position at
noon to-day about $50 miles east OF
cape Hattcras. and should arrive about
January %. Not until the derelict
has been righted will 1t be possible to
learn her name or the fate of her
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
NO HOPE OF PEACE
Broken OF and Troops
Ordered to Front.

Broken on ana troops
Ordered to Front.
Managua. Nicaragua. January "
President Madriz announced to-oay
that General Estrada's reply had serV-
ed to end abruptly the. peace ! nego,
tiatsons. and that reinforcemcnts had
been ordered to the front WITH the
purpose of striking decisive blow
at the insurgent army.
General Estrada's reply was 70 the
Presidents message inviting the In
.surgent leader Ito send peace com.
missioners to meet representatives, Of
the government at GreytoWn. The
communication. Which was signed by
Estrada and General Chamorro, stated
that9they would accept Greytown as q
meeting place for peace commlssio oners.
provided NIadriz would recognize the
revolutionists as constituting q pro-
vislonal government
President Madriz declared to-day
that the insurgent terms We're prepos-
ferrous, and their acceptance by him
would be tantanlount to tolllesitinizing
his own government He sald u.
This means an open break in the
negotiations for peace and the re-
sumption Of military activity. I re-
gret deeply that this is SO, as am
sincerely desirous OF effectlng a recon-
aciliation OF all factions, Apparently
this lis impossible without further
bloodshcd, and orders have been Issued
to send more troops toSthe front.
"All of our energies WILDE directed
lsive blow. It .Will6he better TO have
one severe battle than and endless
season of inconcluslve skIrmlshes. The
government troops are In fine fettle,
and not appre henslvc of&2the result
OF the conflict" q.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
NAMED
IN JOINT CAUCUS
Work of Session Com
pleted in Few
Minutes,
N o o p POS ITION
TO AN Y CANDIDATE
All Nominations Made With One
Resolution, Which Bars At
tcinpts at Oratory-Senator
Daniel Not Named, as He
Is Regarded Already as
the Nominee.
OFFICERS SELECTED.
ny JOINT CAUCUS.

Judge OF supreme Court, 1,iclnrdI
II. Cardwell.
Commissioner OF 1nsurnncc, Jo-
scph Button.
CII,CUIT COURTS.
First. Joscph Il. Lawlcss tuncx-
pircd tcrm).
Third. j. e. West.
seventh, Il. J. Hnrycr.
Eleventh, G.. w. Robinson.
Fifteenth. John f. sInson.
Nineteenth, George X. Anderson,
Twenty-sccOnd, Fulton Kegley
(uncxpired ferm.
Twcnty-tI,ird, F. b. Hutton.
TwentS-eiEhth, u. ID. White (un-
expired term.
CORPORATION COURTS.
Bristol, Joseph L. Kelly tunexpir-
cd tcrin).
Norfolk. A. r.. HnnckcI.
Portsmouth, Kenneth 4s. Balm.
stnunton, Henry w. Holt.
sIanchertcr, Il. H. Wells (uncx-
pircd tcrm).
CHANCERY COURT.
Richmond, Daniel Grinnnn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
UNION MEN COMBINE
Merge Interests in order to Fight til,

Merge Interests in Order to Fight tie
Indianapolis. Ind. January 20.--A
merger of the resources and the In
terests of the Western Federation Of
.lIncrs tmetaD and the United Mine
Workers OF North America tcoal) to
embrace all the organized miners Of
the United States and Canadas@is in
prospect As 81 result OF actor taken
to-day at the convention of the
United Mine Workers.
President Lewis tomorrow will ap-
point a committee OF seven. includ-
ing himself. TO confer with similar
committee sent to Indiana polls by tho
report plan of anlllation TO the con-
yention. The purpose of the coalition
was set before the convention by
Charles IL Mover, president, and c,
L. Mahoney, president of the
Western Federation of Miners. and L.
L. Lewis. president CT the United Mine
Workers.
Meyer urged that unless the iron
and coal miners combine their forces
1t would be impossible to carry
through the projected attack on tho
United States Steel Corporation.
He also planned that in the Copper
Trust" campaign against the copper
miners. the copper miners We're help
less standing alone.
He also stated that in the Copper
time was ripe for all classes Of
miners to amalgamate and make a
stand in all parts of North
America for higher wages and better
working conditions. The convention
approyed unanimously.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
TRAILED BY HOUNDS
Prisoners Arc Charged With Attempt-
ing to burn Jail.

Huntington. w. Va. January co.
After being tralled by bloodhoupds
for twenty miles. Bernice Huffman,
John Mynes and James Skinns We're
arrested tonight on q charge of set
ting fire to the Lincoln county jail. and
were brought here and lodged In iail.
1t is charged that the men are mem
bers Of an organized band. which plan.
ned the destruction of all public prop
erty In Lincoln county, A brother OF
Huffman Is held In jail here. accused
of being implicated lin the recent
burning Of the Lincoln county court
house.
Believing that the associates of the
arrested men are planning to rescue
them by dynamittng the jail. Sheriff
Harshbarser tonight asked for mill
tia.
Three companies of the National
Guard have been ordered to be ir
readiness for service.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
..EAt Ilnemy,s Mercy.

Washington. p, e., January 20,-nI
do not anticipate any war NTH ia
pan, but il such q war should come,
We would be absolutely8at tho mercy
OF Japan or any other invading force
.cerned" declared REPRESENTATIVE Huns
phrey. of Washington. before tho
House Committee on Merchant Marine
md Fisheries to-day. Mr.. Mckin-
lay, OF California, corroborated this
statement, The committee was con-
stderins the Humphrey ship subsidy
bill, lIS
~. Mr., HUMP phrey usxed Favorable ac-
Stion on his bill, 4fsg s jTsI M Al
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
WAS MORPHINE USER
Traces of Drug Found In Stomach Of

Occy Sncnd.
New York. January aO.-Mrs. Ocey
". NJ. Snead. tho victim of the East
phine-user. as disclosed by the analy-
Sis of the contents Of her stomach.
which DR.. William Fl. Hicks, of New
ark N. j.. has just completed.
Counsel for Mrs. Caroline B. Mar
tin. mother OF Ocey: Miss Virginia
Wardlaw. her aunt and Mrs. Mary
Snead, her nlother-in-law, the three
women under Indictment charged with
the girls murder. have repeatedly
stated that the girl Twas a victim or
srovery is expected to help the de-
Tense.
Professor Mott contends that the girl
was found dead in the bath tub after
morphine had been administered to
her
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
IMPURE MILK KILLING RACE
Startling statement Made nj Hearing

StartlinE Statement Made nt IIcarlng
in Stntc House in Boston.
Boston,. Mass. January a0.--That
from 6tto per cent. OF our race is
being destroyed wilfully by impure
milk. was tho declaration made BY
DR.. Joel Goldthwaite at hearing UPON
g bill for better milk at the State
House to-day
The subject OF infant mortality is
especially important, in view OF the
fact that the percentage of children
TO adults has fallen off from 1S5 chill.
dren to- every 100 adults a century
ago, to S6 to every 100 now. q, s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
BANKERS PAROLED
Pardon hoard Decides They Have Bccn
Punished Enough.


Punished EnouEh.
Chicago. ILL.,. January 2O.-Paul @.
StenMand. formerly president OF tho
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank. of Chi
cago. and Henry w. IIerihg. formerly
its cashier. convicted In connection
with tho wreckinE Of the bank and
the disappearance Of sl.300000 of its
funds. We're paroled to-day.
Stensland, who was captured after
Il chase extending into Europe and to
Morocco. had served three Years. three
months and twonty-iour days. when
tho Pardon Board to-day concluded he
had been punished enough. Ho was
sent to the penitentiary on an inde-
years. Herring was under a similar sen
5tence. Arguments before the Pardon
Board aon behalf OF the prisoners We're
that their guilt consisted chiefly III
trying to cover up shortages While
struggling to get the bank out OF diff
iiiCulty, 4 55
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
\ Ncighhors, Quarrcl II. NATAL.

Walker, a farmer living near here,
was shot to death and his son, John
}eriously wounded by Thomas Mize. a
shaighhor, In a5louarrel growing out OF
Intention alleged to have been paid
70 Mize's daughter by young Walker,
q BAilze, Who Is under arrest, claims he
killed the elder Walker In self ID eff ense,
sfnd had not & In tended to shoot the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
RHODE ISLAND REGRETS GIFT.
North Carolina state Bonds Returned
to New York DOnOrs ID

to New York Donors.
Providence, R.sI. January 20.--The
State of Rhode Island was saved from
litigation with the State OF North
Caroline to-day when the House OF
concurred with the
$500 900 worth of North Carolina state
bonds. An act requiring, the accept
ance OF all gifts and their collection
by legal proceedings was amended SO
that the # Governor Is given dlscra-i
Itlonary powers. Tho bonds ing qlles-l
tion Will be returned ytoS d the donors.
the North Carolinn bond ID ers cpnl-
1nittee OF New YORK; Sa .3s', ss MN NH
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-21
FORWAGE SCALEADJUSTMENT I
brotherhood Of Rallrond rrainmcn

brotherhood OF lallrond rrainmcn
Make Propositions to Companies.
Cleveland, O.. January 20.-Al-
though every railroad east Of the
Mississippi and north of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio system. has declined
the proposition OF the Brotherhood Of
Railroad Trainmen for an adjustment
OF the wage scale, there is no inten-
tion on the part of the brotherhood TO
resort to strike at this time. Seven
ty-two Of the railroads affected have
requested that committees of the train
men meet them in negotiations. Sew.
teral haze submitted counter-proposi-
tions. Beginning tomorrow the
ttralnmen's committee. on each of the
lines involved, will confer With the
officials OF the railroads With vieT
toward attaining an amicable settle.
5ment
II was announced at the headquar-
ters of the brotherhood tonight. that
ON January "a, the trainmen OF the
Southern division, comprising the ter
ritory south of tho Chesapeake and
Ohio, w. make request for a wage
.readjustment similar to that asked by
the Eastern trainmen, and now enjoy
ed by the operators in the West. The
request will be answered February "a.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-16

perhaps as closely inspected on behalf
of the Commonwealth and OH behalf OF
the Interested parties as any accounts
which como upon the tax books.
In addition, the commissions paid
tho men who examine these accounts
arc out of all proportion to tho
benefit to the state. Let us see
exactly what 1t cost tho State to
examine these particular accounts In
the last fiscal year:
Net assessed value Of
fiduclaries listed ......$al.222,1sG Az
Assessed valuc OF taxes 74,2o9 IL
c o m m S. ions OF en-
amincrs .....t..,....... sV,1oS Va
Total dclinquencies and
commissions ........... 3!.lou o.
Net tax TO the State ..... "o.lVs oV
This table alone should be sunlcient
to guarantee the passage Of Mr.. spes-
sards bill. Twenty-one million dol
lars of taxable property yields to the
state. net, a bare s35,10s.5o. To col
lect this sum a gross total of sSod5o.57
must be deducted.
1t lis useless 10 argue lilas WY
locating of this taxable property Is
worth ali that 1t costs. This properly
was listed before the commissioners
of Accounts began their work. 1t was
returned by the Commissioners OF
Revenue under other headings, and
will be returned again by them when
ont of the courts. But even II IL
were not it would be poor policy 10
tax the property of WIDOWS ana
orphans in many cases amounting 10
the vast sum Of s21,oOo,0o0, merely 10
j gain $4,000 for the State.
MI. Spessard's substitute plan Is
admirably simple, and can be explained
in a word. AS the Circuit Court clerks
certify the accounts to the Commls'
sioners OF Accounts let them certify
then, to the Commissioners OF TN
/ Revenue, exact small fec for thel
services and give tho balance to IN
State. This logic seems to us ire
futable. 1t means about $4,000
wear additional revenue to the STATE
and can be had IL thirty men do no
stand between the Assembly an
! economy,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-16

name in the community strong enough
Ia stand unarectcd by these small In
situations, then is our failure so grohe
that the chance pin.pricks of the irrc-
can make small difference one
way or another. Yodor has announced
that lie Will sue this paper later on
and we invite and encourage him 10 DO.
so. II we have done anything TO inJure
his reputation and standing IN THIS
city, 1t Is quite right and proper tilat
we should pay for It, AS for him, we
entertain no feelings Mt all beyond
certain stirring of pity In the momsnt
of his utter collapse. y fine OF slV.VVo
and a sentence to ten years IN Jan
would add few touches to the mean
cholv and pitifulness Of his present
plight.
But the communitys grievance
against this man is, we fear, more las'
ing and more real than his own insls
niticance would warrant. In his down
fall Yodcr has destroyed more IMAM
such standing as he may nave haa'
His burlesque reform movement nus
raised cloud of unsavory discredie
that will for long blind and hamper
honest effort for better city govern
ment. Real reform is matter OF SLOW
and painful growth. not OF spasmouie
| defamation. Emotional caterwaulinS
breeds no change of heart. nor does
hysterical> abuse even clear the way
| for wholesome upbuilding. BY casting
| shame and ridicule upon his own pecu-
liar exploit, Yoder has forged inc
strongest possible weapon for future
grafters and looters. The reformcr tt
como will have to face and overcome
the inertia of a public opinion jadet
by his eStravagances. the new-confi
dent sneers or the underworld, and
hardest of all, the intangible but effect
i've fears of good citizens lest tho new
effort prove only another Yoderins
We think it was Sir Thomas Brown
who said: "All men arc not ut to 6e
champions of righteousness. and many
having "rashly charged the hosts OF
error. have left themselves for trophies
in the hands of the enenlies OF truth.