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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
Learn About Washington

The recent census has awakened
the east to the possibilities of Wash
lngton and within the past year there
have been more railroad men here
than ever before. The freight posi-
bilities are better understood, money
for Washington is more easily obtain
able and the railroads have learned
to protect their territory by develop
ing It, These are among the con-
siderations which have brought Mr.
Cooper here to look into further rail
extension in this valley They are
also among the considerations which
have brought Mr.. Strahorn here. The
latter has so far been able to care for
himself as against the activities OF
the Northern Pacific, though he has
been made to fight. 1t is understood
that he is as good a fighter as he ever
was and can see as far into business
while on a pleasure trip as any of mis-
rival railroad men.
Mr.. Cooper, Mrs. Cooper and their
daughters went west Thursday morn
ing. 1t is understood that they had a
delightful sojourn here.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19

Street Railway Must Act
Activity on the part of the North
ern Pacific railway means activity on
the part of the street railway COM
pany The electric line now goes UP
against the Teton project in three
places, the south. and north sides
with the Ahtanum and Fruitvale lines
respectively and into the center
with the Summitview line. The
Cowiche people stand ready to offer
practical inducem ents to the first
people who build into their territory
They have said so and have made
the offer. With them it is a need fol
the transportation and first come will
be first served. Similarly the electric
line will be compelled to protect
that portion of the wide Hollow
which it does not now cover and also
to do something with its Selah if not
it's Mckee line.
But the fight will extend into the
lower valley. There has been much
questioning of late with regard to the
proposed railroads to White Swan and
from that across the mountains at FIT
Simcoe and on over to the Colum bia
river somewhere in the GQldendale
section or to connection on that
side with the North Bank railway or
to an outlet to Portland in the case
of the Hartman line.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
Wide Hollow and COwiche

Completion of the proposed Donald
route into the Cowiche is one of the
things that Mr.. Cooper was here to
look into and he also investigated the
prospects OF line into the Wide Hol-
low, which will be another of the eX-
tensions Of the North Yakima & VAL
ley railway which now runs into the
Naches and Mckee valleys and into
the Zillah country. 1t is the expec-
tation of Mr. Cooper and his advis-
ers that the street railway company,
as soon as the question of the new
superintendent is settled and work.
has resumed it's normal course, will
push it's line into the Selah country.
This would be another inroad on a
freight producing section of the
Northern Pacific territory.
1t has become abundantly evident
to the railway men who have been
here this season sizing up the refrig-
orator car situation that the latest
road to enter this field has advan-
tages which are making themselves
manifest. It has become evident to
the Northern Pacific railway that
other kinds of freight in addition to
refrigerator stuff is drifting to the
other company. The natural offset is
branch lines into the territory from
which the freight comes and into
which much of It is carried. Sucn
lines were considered by Mr.. Cooper
on his visit here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
EXPECT CANTON WILL FALL
Event Looked for Following impend.
Ing Battle.

San Francisco, Oct. 49, Sixty-fve
thousand revolutionary troops have
been ordered from Wuchang and Kali
long to intercept imperial soldiers en-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
RISE OF ten FEET
IN RIVERS HEIGHT
Destruction Of Black River Falls
May Be Complete.

Black River Falls, Wis, Oct 1S.-
The elements seem determined to
make the destruction of the business
portion OF this city complete. There
is rise of nearly ten feet and the
river again extends from shore to
shore with a small island only visible.
The efforts of the troops to save
German Hill was not of much avail;
the bank has been cut away several
rods and the trees used for riprapping
have been carried down the river. The
crest of the flood seems to have been
reached; 1t is now nearly at stand
still and it Is hoped 1t will soon begin
to subside A ledge of solid granite
has been reached near the Beatty resi-
dence and that will save the house,
but the grounds are ruined. Both
banks again carried their money to a
place of safety, but will probably con
tinue business again soon People
three blocks from the river have
packed up their valuables ready to
move at a moments notice.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18

Passenger Traffic Suspended to Hasten
Transfer of Troops.


Peking, Oct. 1S.-All passenger traf
fic between Peking and Tientsin has
been suspended by the government,
which is using every train out of the
capital for the transportation OF
troops.
The closing of the railways has
caused a panic here, for thousands of
the lesser officials and business men
were arranging to send their families
away, step now rendered impossible
The situation grows more ominous
here daily. In the absence of reliable
information the widest rumors are
current and the unrest among the peo.
pie is increasing rapidly
The government seems at last to be
awakening from the stupor in which
the first news of the outbreak plunged
1t. Twenty-four troop trains have left
Paotingfu and the Sixth army division
guns have been entrained.
Lieutenant Colonel William B.
Beach, VINO was sent here from Ma
nila to watch the Chinese maneuvers,
which were subsequently abandoned; !;
Captain James H. Reeves, the military
attache of the American legation, and
Willis r. Feck, assistant Chinese sec
retary, have gone to the front with the
Chinese troops. They are the only
foreigners with the army.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
PLATFORM ADOPTED
BY PROGRESSIVES
Would Give People Greater Con-
troll Of Public Affairs.

Chicago, Oct 1S.-Defnitely on rec
ord as supporting Senator Robert M.
La Toilette for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination, the conference of
progressives laid plans to carry their
fight into the national convention next
year,
In order to make their declaration
of principles" cover the broadcast posi-
BILE scope the conference abandoned
the original plan of specifying exact
reforms for which the progressiyes
stand and the platform, as adopted,
bespeaks lodgment of greater control
with the people in the control of gov
ernmental affairs, and the wrestling
of power from the representatives of
the special interests. The exact meas
ure by which the progressives expect
10 accomplish this reform will be out
lined later.
Endorsement of Senator La Toilette
came as the climax to the meeting
when the declaration of principles"
was unanimously adopted. The Wis.
consin leader was lauded as the log.
ical candidate"
His record" the platform said,
makes him such. His experience,
his character, his courage, his record
of constructive legislation and admin
istrative ability meet the require
ments for leadership such as present
conditions demand"
AS to business conditions the dec
laration of principles" asserted:
"The present condition of uncertainty
in business is intolerabIe 1t is worse
than idle to leave the question of
whether great business enterprises
are legal or not merely to judicial de-
termination"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
BATTLE LIKELY
NEAR HANk0W
Imperial Chinese Troops
Arrive on Scene.
NAVAL FORCE INCREASED

Government Warships Augmented by
Modern Gunboat and Bombardment
of Rebel Defenses Is Expected-Ger-
man Marines Land and Battle With
Mobs Engaged in Looting the City.
Hankow, China, Oct. 1S.-The i'm
perial government has begun prepara-
tions for the recapture of Hankow and
Wuchang. The first trainload of troops
from the north arrived on the scene
and camped in a businesslike fashion
north of Hankow Several thousand
more soldiers are on the way and are
expected to arrive shortly. A detack-
ment of the Wuchang garrison, which
retired from that city when the rebels
entered, crossed the river Yangtse
above the city and marched inland,
probably to effect a junction with the
troops from the north.
Earlier in the day the imperial naval
force in the river was augmented by
the arrival of one of the nayy's mod
ern gunboats. which carried Admiral
Sab Chen Ping, who Immediately took
command of the situation. His first
move was to assure the foreign con-
suls that the concessions would not be
endangered by any bombardment
which he might undertake. His pur-
pose, it was believed, was to begin
shelling the rebel defense around Wu-
chang at once.
The Red Cross society organized by
the revolutionary leaders has begun
removing the heaped up corpses from
the streets of Wuchang. Well to do
Chinese are subscribing literally to
the funds for the work.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
BOTH COURTED SAME GIRL
Missourian Accused of the Murder of
His Brother.

Kansas City, Oct 1S.-Charged with
the murder of his brother. rival for
the love of girl, Elmer Ferris, aged
twenty-seven, of Ava, Mo-, has been
placed in Jail at Kansas City, Kan,
and will be taken to Stockton, Kan,
near which town the crime was com
mitted. A statement made by the
girl in the case led, to the arrest of
Ferris.
Elmer Ferris and his brother, John,
who had been counting the same
young woman in Ava. left their home
there in the summer of 1910 to work
in Kansas harvest fields. On the
morning of Aug. 3, 1910, the body of
John was found under a wheat stack.
His throat had been cut
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
MEAGER DETAILS OF AFFAIRS
German Bluejackets Landed at Han
kow Fight Chinese Mob.

Berlin, Oct 1S-Advices received at
the foreign Office from Hankow re-
port that a German force of bluejack-
eH, reinforced by German local resi-
dents, have been landed at Hankow
and are engaged in fighting in the
streets with a Chinese mob.
The Official report says that detach-
ments were landed from. the cruiser
Leipsic and the gunboats Tiger and
Vaterland. Members of the German
colony volunteered to support the ma
rtnes.
The admiralty has no further de-
tails regarding the fighting at Han
kow, but understands that the Ger
mans are cooperating in the interna.
tional landing corps movement com
manded by the Japanese naval cap
tain.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18

tions in the United States, but have
not injured legitimate business, is the
statement made here by Attorney Gen
eral George w. Wickersham.
And by that" said Mr.. Wicker
sham, Il mean large, healthy, legiti-
mate business. Ii is hard to say yet
what the popular effect of the deci-
sions will be, there has been so much
talk one way and another. Popular
sentiment will wait on the effect of
the decision on business, but, finally
| believe the country will understand
that very greet step has been taken
in checking artificial business growth
without interfering with normal,
healthy growth"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18

Robert J. Collier, the Publisher, Meets
With Accident.

Lakewood, N. j., Oct. 1S.-Robert ].
Collier, the publisher, who has owned
an aeroplane for about a week, met
with an accident while on a fight
from Wickatunk to Allaire. Collier
was accompanied in the flight by his
friend, oliver Simmons. Both men
were thrown from the aeroplane when
1t descended nose first to the ground,
but escaped with bruises.
In a previous landing they came
down on the John d. Rockefeller es-
tate, the aeroplane frightening one of
Mr. Rockefeller's horses so that 1t
burst a blood vessel and dropped dead.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18

MINNEAPOLIS %sqM SEtHiS 0RERA 17k A H9sE TesRAY ocT

route from Peking to the province of
Honan, according to a cablegram re-
ceived by the Free Press, a local Chi
nese newspaper.
Twenty thousand Manchu troops
have been sent against the revolution.
fists from Peking and an engagement
Is expected within two days If the
revolutionists are successful Ii is ex-
pected that Canton will fall shortly
afterward-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
FUNERAL OF JUDGE HARLAN
Supreme Court Justices Act as Hon.
orary Psllbearers.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-In last
tribute to Justice John NJ Harlan,
'the great dissenter," official Wash
ington went in a body to the New
York Avenue Presbyterian church to
attend the funeral services.
The justices of the supreme court
acted as honorary pallbearers.
Governor Wilson of Kentucky, who
years ago was law partner of Harlan
was in the family group. All the
courts and commissions of the federal
and district government were assigned
special seats. The Loyal Legion sent
large delegation. The burial was
private IL Rock Greek cemetery.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
ARKANSAS NEGRO LYNCHED
Taken From Jail by Mob and Hanged
to Telegraph Pole.

Forest City, Ark, Oct 18.-Nathan
Lacey, negro who. it is charged, at
tackled Mrs. Thomas Cox at her home
near Forest City, was taken from the
local prison by mob and lynched
Lacey was captured by posse and
imprisoned at Forest City. A mob of
several hundred battered it's way to
the negro's cell, dragged him out
and, with a rope about his neck,
marched mile from town, where he
was hanged to telegraph pole.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
Actress Kills Herself.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-Minnie st.
Clair, an actress who was playing at
q local vaudeville theater under the
name of Sue Simpson, killed herself
by drinking a poisonous disinfectant
in her dressing room. She is said to
have been the wife of a song writer
and her recent separation from him is
given as the reason.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
Three Killed Over Dispute.

Columbus, Miss, Oct. 1S.--In a
shooting growing out of a simple dis
pute, three persons We're killed near
here. VIII Dent, negro, killed John
Brownlee, owner of big plantation,
with a shotgun. Shot from the charge
spread" killing Dents wife. DO
Brownlee. brother OF John, then killed
the negro.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
OPENS WAY FOR
PROPOSED TOUR
PrOgressiveS' Endorsement
Awaited by La Toilette.
WILL START ABOUT NOV. 10

senator TO INVADE the East AND MIA
die West as the Next Step Against
President Taft--Pollticians Say Few
Men of Prominence Attended the
Chicago Conference.
sion of the East and Middle West is
the next step in the progressive cam
paign against President Taft His
itinerary was delayed, awaiting the
Chicago endorsement, but the coast is
now clear for a triumphal march
through the strongholds of progress
siveism, with occasional detoMs in.o
pronounced standpat districts.
Senator La Toilette probably will
leave Washington for the West about
Nov. 10, arriving in st. Paul toward
the middle of the month. Two meet
ings in the Twin Cities are being ar
ranged. The one In st. Paul will be
presided ever by Senator Clapp and
the Minneapolis meeting will feature
w. l. Nolan, secretary of the Mime
sofa Progressive Republican league.
Politicians In Chicago from all parts
of the country are speculating more
calmly upon the endorsement of the
progressive conference. The local po-
litical writer's did not attach much sig
nificance to the gathering. Not Chi
cago daily commented editorially upon
the movement, although the progress
sives opened headquarters at the La
Sale hotel as early as last Friday
evening. The political forecasters of
Chicago have placed special emphasis
upon the fact that those who attended
the conference, with the exception of
Garfield, Senators Clapp and ,Craw wford
and Congressman Lenroot and Nelson
of Wisconsin, We're not known beyond
the confines of their own states.
Progressiyes on the other hand in
sist chat this is an element'of strength
as it indicates that their support is
not coming primarily from politicians
but from the rank and file of the vot-
ers. While the gathering was manipu-
lated by politicians, the manipulation
was easy because generally speaking
those who attended the conference
were not politicians. For the most
part they were professionatsmd husi-
ness men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
Lynchers Given Life Sentence.

Valentine, Neb., Oct 1S.-Four men,
accused of lynching Charles p. Sellers
June Is on ranch near here, were
sentenced to life imprisonment by
Judge Westover in district court. Eu-
nice Murphy, the girl accused of being
an accessory before the fact, was or
dered released.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18

Chicago, Oct. 1S.-Sixty thousand
dollars was raised by the Chidren's
Benefit league In the annual tag day
for the benefit of the various philan-
thropic organizations which the league
represents. Three thousand young
women dij the taRFi-~
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-18
DEFENDS TRUST DECISIONS
Wickersham Says They Have Sound
ed kneH for Monopoiies.

Kansas City, Oct. 1S.-That ,the re-
cent trust decisions of the supreme
court have practically sounded the
death knsll o. :-1nopolist!c. oemblna-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-04-21
Coal OutDut Increased.

During the year 1910, 3,979,569
tons of coal of 1000 pounds were
mined in Washington, as compared
with 3 1882 tons in 1909, as shown
in the report of David G. Betting,
state mine inspector, put on file with
Governor Hay March %. The value
of this great amount of coal in 1910
was $10,266, 399.64, which Is ST.
900, 900 larger than it was In 1909.
The value of the coal at the mine in
1910 was $2.57 ga per ton and IA
per cent higher than in 1909. In
addition to the coal, 50,715 tons OF
coke, an increase of more than 5000
tons over 1909, was also produced.
average value of the coke at the
mine was $3.50, at which price 1t
has remained since 1908.
The report also shows that there
were COLA men employed in Wash
ington coal mines during the year
1910, and that each produced an
average of 661 tons, while the aver
age tons put out by each man in 1909
was but 627.
The 1910 average per man is the
highest in the last 10 years, with the
exception of 1908, when each man
turned out 674 tons.
For every 92,54S tons of coal min
ed one man was killed in the year
1910, and for every 36,774 tons
mined one man was injured. There
were total of As men killed ana
108 injured. AS the result of these
accidents IS wives were made wild
ows and 26 children were left orph-
ans. For every 1000 men employed
Z lilo were killed, and for every
1000 men employed II were hurt
Inspector Betting says that at BLACK
Diamond, where 6 men were killed.
the bodies of five victims have not
yet been recovered.
The report covers the biennial per-
iod ending December 81, 1910, in DE-
tail and shows the output Of every
mine In the state and the work being
done for improvements.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-04-21
Records of Whitman County

Record of instruments filed for rec
ord in the office of the auditor OF
Whitman county, Friday, April Z,
1911:
oGov. Patents and Receipts
United States to Albert Manches-
ter, VIII seq, Ell swQ 6-16-40, patent
Deeds
Edw. Anderson and wife to Jas. r
Parker lots 1, 2, 3, blk 6, Culton s
add Palouse, tract in Culton's add,
Palouse $1,000.
r. E. King and wife to G. F. Whet-
sell lot s, blk 8, Anderson's add, Ro-
salia, $4,000.
Frank B. McNutt to E. j. Sigmon,
lots 2, 3, 4, blk 6, Prescott and Per-
kins' Riverside add, Colfax, $500.
Lewis Schmuck and wife to j. B.
Cram, lots Is, is, blk So, lot 5, blk
so, Colfax, 81.
Jas. T. Lawler and wife to John F.
LAWSON, lot /, blk 2, McKenzie's 3rd
eSuhJ l. ullIidA, OO.
II. d. Lake and wife to KATHRYN
Huser, lot 4, blk Z, Huffman's add,
Tekoa, 81.
Real Mortgages
John f. Layson and wife to Cassius
Henry Wells, lot l, blk 2, McKen-
zies Bird add, Pullman, $500.
Frank e. Stokes, lots 5, 6, blk II,
Pullman, $500.
Chattel Mortgages
Russell Blair to Farmers Supply
Co., livestock, $153.
Thos. McVenes to r. T. Moore
house, livestock, 5000
Chas Spencer to International Har-
vester Co., $50 bushels wheat on swq
ALTO, sos.
Releases
w. w. King to J. A. Wagner
chat.
National Bank of Oakesdale to Ben
f. Ellis, chat.
Bills of Sale
j. A. Rota nto l.. A. Dickinson
household furnishings, $12S.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-04-21
SATURDAY, APRIL s, 1911
Gov. Patents and Receipts

United States to Benz. B. Naff, sh
seq, nwq seq 6-14-43, patent.
Deeds
T. R. Waldrip to Oscar Waldrip,
eh 30, nh neg, neg nwq 32-17-42,
lease.
State of Washington to Chas.
Schuster, nwq 16-19-41, $500.
VIM. L. Walls and wife to Elk
Drug Store, nwq, nh swq 22-17-4O,
$4,000.
Henry Jos. Schaaf and wife to B..
II. Oenning and wife, lots 1 to 8, in
elusive, except blk /, Ferguson's 3rd
ad, Cotton, tract in Cotton, $4,000.
Jas. Cairns and wife to R. D..
Shearer, tratc in 10-16-43, $500.
Thos. F. Kelley to B. l.. Reitzel,
lot3 pit lots 3, 7, blk II, w. c. Nc
Coy's add, Oakesdale, 5000.
Milwaukee Land Co. to H. A.
Kaeppler, lots 1, 2, blk 81, Maiden,
$3.50.
r. d. Shearer and wife to Dennis
Corcoran, tracts in 10-16-43, $500.
Real Mortgages
Forris A. oJnes and wife to Mary
C, Wheeler, lot 6, blk II, j. H. Me
Coy's 1st id, Oakesdale, $3.50.
Chattel Mortgages
F. A. Jones to T. P. Campbell,
livestock, $3.50.
Releases
Benz. Baker ct al Martin G. Iaga-
man, partial chat.
Bills of Sale
T. V, Blackhurst to j. w. Asaph,
livestock, $40.
T. H. Ellis to w. A Hardisty,
livestock, $40.
Miscellaneous
Robt. 7. Frazier ct al to the pub
lie, affidavit
O.-W. R. & N. Co. VS.. Sam Wig
neux ct al, lis pendens.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-04-21
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1911

O. E. Young and wife to Harry
Austin, lot 2, blk 20, Pullman, $500.
Real Mortgages
Otto B. Smith and wife to Bank
of Winona, Ell nwq, lots 1, 2, of 49,
1910, $455.
Harry Austin and wife to Pullm an
Savings and Loan Assn, lot 2, blk 27,
Pullman, 800.
Palouse Country Improvement Co.
to International Mtg. Bank, 1885
acres in Whitman county, $4,000.
Sarah J. Honn to Vermont Loan
and Trust Co., seq 6-17-4O, $1,000.
Elsie w. Krusor and husband to
Vermont Loan and Trust Co., lots 3,
a of 6-16-39, 1926.
Chattel Mortgages
]. N. Close to Winona Trading
Co, 2-3 crop on pit 1853, 800.
w. j. Tharp to Spokane Merchants
Assn, stock of hardware, etc.,
.$2956.
Siler and Harmon to ]. G. Har-
desty, crop on nwq 3-19-41, 1913.
Releases
w. F. Burrell, trustee, to Frank
M. Slagle, real mtg.
d. M. Stairs to n. l.. Livingston
ct al, chat.
Conditional Bills OF Sale.
U. b. and X. b. Whitney to r. L.
and l.. u. Smith, livestock, $1400.
TUESDAY, APRIL 81, 1911.
Deeds
E. r. Simmons and wife to George