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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
Ether.

Ether was known to the earliest
chemists Nitric ether was discovered
by Kunkel in 1851 and muriatic ether,
from the chloride of tin. in 1859. by
Courtanvaux Acetic ether was first
prepared Dy Gay-Lussac. The benefi-
cent discovery that ether is capable of
rendering one insensible to pain is due
to, Drs Jackson and Morton. who.
about the year 1896 introduced it into
the practice of surgery Some claim
that as between the two men the hon.
ors are about easy Apart from the
bleSSedness of the discovery Of anaeS-
theSia. it is impossible to estimate the
value of the discovery to surgery as
science 1t enables the delicate opera
ton that would otherwise be impossi-
ble.-New York American
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
Funny Peasant Notions.


The astronomical lore of the Russian
peasantry of the north. center and
south of the empire is limited to a
knowledge of the existence of the sun
and the moon and stars. of three con
stellations. of the Milky way. of one
planet. of comets. shooting stars and
meteors. The sun is to all mysteri
GUS and benefcent being.
The moon. covered with ice and
snow. is ever in flight from its broth.
er. the sun. Upon it's disk is portray
ed the murder of Abel by Cain. the
latter being done to death with a
pitchfork. The lunar rays are malig-
nant, and evil comes to those who
sleep unprotected from them. The
horns of the moon afford information
as to the weather
The stars are lamps or candles light
Ell and extinguished by the Eternal. A
shooting star is the soul of one Just
passed away. Comets are heralds of
war and famine. No Russian ever
forgetS that the Napoleonic war fol-
lowed the great comet of 1811.-Ex.
change
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
Political News Bits

Senator La Toilette has come out
hatfooted in support of the Republican
ticket in Wisconsin.
New York Republicans have nomin-
ated Job S. Hedges for governor and
James w. Wadsworth, Jr., for lieu
tenant-governor.
Governor McGovern Of Wisconsin
has issued a statement in which he
announced that he would vote for
Roosevelt and Johnson.
Denied admission to the bar by the
appellate court judges in San Fran
cisco, Lucy Goode White, Socialist
candidate for supreme judge, has with
drawn from the race.
President Joseph F. Smith OF the
Mormon church issued signed state
ment at Salt Lake city indorsing the
administration Of President Taft and
advocating his reelection.
President Taft and Governor Wilson
met for the first time since the cam
paign started at a Boston hotel last
week. They greeted each other heart
lily. and chatted for several minutes.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
AMERICANS SEE
HORRORS OF WAR

Managua-American in Managua
now know what a sickening tragedy
a Central American revolution is.
They have passed through month
of turmoil, witnessed a three-day bat
tie, and experienced the horrors of a
bombardment. They have seen the
people of the city panic stricken, wo-
men and children killed, have borne
the sufferings of hunger in a town
beleaguered, and have had miraculous
escapes from exploding shells and bull
let's.
General Mena, leader of the Nicara-
guam revolutionists, is to be sent to
Panama under guard of American sail
ors and marines. Rear Admiral South
erland accepted the surrender of Mena
and 700 followers September "a. His
capture is taken to indicate the col
lapse of the revolution. His removal
to Panama probably means exile.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
INVESTIGATION is RESUMED
Committee Will Hear Testimony OF
MORGAN, Roosevelt and Others.


Morgan, Roosevelt and Others.
Washington.-The subcommittee OF
the senate committee on privileges
and elections reassembled in Wash
ington Monday to resume its investi-
cation of campaign contributions. Col
onel Roosevelt will appear before the
committee to tell what he knows OF
the contributions of big corporations
to the Republican campaign fund in
1908. Other important witnesses who
have been summoned to testify are
J. P. Morgan, George w. Perkins, Hen
ry G. Prick, George B. Cortelyou, Will
liam Rockefeller, William R. Hearst,
former Senator Charles Dick of Ohio,
and former Senator Nathan B. Scott
of West Virginia.
Senator Atlee Pomerene Of Ohio will
cross-examine Colonel Roosevelt. The
senator is preparing number OF per-
tinent questions to hurl at the former
president. Roosevelt will not be rep
resented by counsel.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
People in the News

The second trial of Clarence Darrow
will be called in Los Angeles October
Fl.
J. Pierpont Morgan and his family
will spend the winter at Santa Bar
bara, Cal.
Colonel Henry G. Watterson, editor
of the Louisville CONFECTIONERY, has
been seriously Ill in New York for the
past week.
Ortie McManigal, chief witness for
the prosecution in the governments
dynamiting cases, has arrived at In
dianapolis from Los Angeles.
The will of the late John Arbuckle,
the coffee king, was filed in Brooklyn.
It bequeaths an estate of $3O,357, 79O.66
equally between two sisters.
Mrs. Mary Webster Mcmillan, grand
niece of Daniel Webster, and great
grandchild of Alexander Hamilton,
died at Los Angeles Friday, aged rs.
C. J. Sinsel, of Boise, Idaho, has
been named as chief judge of apples
at the Pacific Northwest Land Fro
ducts Show to be held in Portland
November 1928.
Charles w. Murphy, president OF the
Chicago National League baseball
club, says that Frank L. Chance, for
several years manager of the team,
would not manage the Cubs next year.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
A SUMMARY OF
IMPORTANT EVENTS
National, Political and Per-
sonaI News Items Briefly
Sketched.

The 1,114,9S9 aliens arriving in this
country during the last IA months
brought $46,712,697.
The twentieth session of the Nation
al Irrigation congress opened at Salt
Lake City Monday for three-day ses-
sion.
Young Mems Christian associations
for negroes are rapidly spreading
throughout the eastern and southern
states.
Tight skirts and the disappearance
Of the silk petticoat are responsible
for the serious decline in the silk in
dustry at Lyons, France.
1t Is rumored that a new steel COM
bination will soon be formed with
Charles M. Schwab at it's head and
Andrew Carnegie and Henry C. Frick
as it's financial hackers.
Illinois has a pension law for moth
srs of dependent children, and last
month in Chicago $50 mothers, with
1906 children, received $8145 toward
the support of their children.
The Mexican congress has granted
President Madero's request for au-
thority to ask permission of the Unit
ed States to transport Mexican troops
again through American territory.
The department of agriculture has
issued quarantine against Irish po-
tatoes from Great Britain, Germany,
Austria Hungary, Newfoundland and
the islands of st. Pierre and Mequelon.
On the ground that it is conf1scat-
DRY Federal Judges Humphrey, San
born and Baker at Springfield, ILL.,, de-
cided the state cent passenger law
Is unconstitutional so far as the Chi
cago, Peoria &, St. Louis railroad com
pany is concerned.
Rebels raided the camp of William
o. Orr, contractor, employed by the
Mexican Northwestern railway, and
forced the American to give over his
payroll, amounting to about $4,000,
equipment valued at $4,000 and about
$4,000 in commissary supplies.
Lumber manufacturers of the Paci
&c northwest will meet in San Fran.
cisco in large numbers October IA to
discuss with the lumber dealers OF
that and other California cities ques
tons of general interest in the lumber
industry.
A very remarkable fact regarding
the inspection of animals in the public
slaughter houses of the country, is
that during the last year, although
13,005,5O0 head of mutton were in
spected by the government, not sin
gle animal was condemned as diseas
ed, and not single part of an ANNA
was destroyed for the same reason
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
a Point of Law.

DO you see that man over there?"
The world famous detective spoke in
low whisper. and his friend looked
quickly around. seeming mystery
Yes" be replied. just as cautiously
We'll. he's professional forger."
Then why don't you arrest h1mT'
asked the friend in surprise.
The world famous detective grinned
aggra vatingly
Can't he said briefly. Its not
breaking the law to make horseshoes. 1"
London Answers
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
WASHINGTON Single Mills Close.

Seattle.-Shingle manufacturers OF
western Washington played a trump
card in the fight now on for control of
the market, when they closed about
Is per cent of the mills for an indie
finite period. The manufacturers want
to demonstrate to the eastern trade
that they have the situation well in
hand, and that any attempts to break
the price of shingles will be resisted.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
BIT bv Bit,

'Dashington seems TO have nnally
made a CONQUEST of the Scadmore girl.
Wonder how it all came about!
1.-THE first time she saw him she gave
him her eve. the next time they met
she gave him her arm. 1t wasn't long
before be was holding both OF her
hands. soon after that he won her
heart. and she lost her head. and gave
herself to him completely"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
Qualified to instruct.

Mr.. Green What lot | seem TO
have learned tonight! How ! have pen
Gifted by this conversation with you
nv dear Miss Roberts! Somehow your
Intellect scores to appeal to mine. are
you a literary lady? Miss Roberts
No; am a teacher in an infant scnool!
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
Promoters Wanted Flee.

Portland.-James and R. F. McNich-
olas, of this city, wanted by the feder-
al authorities at Cleveland, o., for al
legged fraudulent use of the mails in
promoting worthless mining proper
ties in Oregon and Idaho, are believed
by the authorities to be well on their
way to South America or other distant
port.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
TT 6 Land Office at Occur d'Aiene, ldan'

U. D. A0no Sept TO- 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Ole ,od aager. Of
ooon on 0aol May a1 as o 1907 june ma &C.
hoIneseGd o additional Homestead Entry No
a ns7Si 9 for wv SEA Nw14, SEA SEA sEH NW
M NwM Va, H ~ sWfI, NJ swL swl sw14. swA
s s,E s VIZ swz, So swA swH NE4. sWA NWZ
s sW s sW Sw SWA WV Of Section e s, Town Rn
ESr Range 4o make + M ass to
tlce % claim to the land above described De-
sefe gna s ssRd
On the l &6 dsy St Soh1 Hsrer
Glai Haa g. J. Olson and W. r Seymour,
ali of Coolin, Idaho. w ,rr,se Register.
Q12 1910 W. L. oA"+'N'
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
Woman Leads Rebel Band.

Ell Paso, Tex.-"Coronela' Ais, wife
of the rebel chief of that name, is
leading a band of rebels % miles east
of Juarez, Mexico, according to re-
port received by General Steever at
Fort Bliss.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Spokane, Wash

3,
Notice Is hereby given that William Huggard,
of Scotia, Wash, who, on Nov. 4, 1905. made
homestead entry No. 17252 [O28O6l for northeast
quarter neA Sec "a, Twp. 80 N, Range A
E W. M. has filed notice of intention to make
lana above described, before M. F. Ryan
q. S. Commissioners fe T the Eastern District OF
Washington, at Newport Wash, on the End
dav of November, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: "il1am
Inmon, Swan Anderson, S. B. Siler and Hoo
Moon all of Scotia, Wash.
91o 1OI7 Hal j. Cole, Register.
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Easy.

woman must be independent. sald
the suffragette orator. But the Ques-
ton is. How can we get the sanF
wages that men dor
Marry them and be on the job sat
urdav night" suggested a mean man
In the audience Exchange.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
In Justices Court
STATE OF WASHINGTON,

County OF F6HU OItIIT0.
t. H. Long, Justice.
To Albert Jarvis:
In the name of the state of Washington you
are hereby notified that NJ. F. Ryan has filed
conn plant against you in said court. which will
come on to be heard at my office In newport
the 18th day Of October. D 1912, at the hour
Of o'clock a. m and unless you appear ana
then and there answer, the same Will
ha taken as confessed, and the demand OF the
The object and demand of said complaint is
for failure to pay certain demand amounting 6rag
w towit the 9Th day of July. 1872.
~ 100 H. LONG,
,,oa Justice of the Peace.
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Misunderstood.

Before you were married ne said
he would go through fire and water
for you didn't hep
So thought he did. but think no"
that misunderstood him. l tnlnA NC
must have said fire water."-Hous'o"
Post
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
ifs. Land Office, Spokane, Wash
Cantam her 16 1912

{. S. Land Office, Spokane, wash
September 16. 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Charles LOREN ed
wright. Of Blanchard, Idaho Who on lo Agrll 3D.
1907 Entry No 1924 % S2y3 tor
R Ranpe 4s E. " NJ, has filed notice Of ipten,
t Hon to make final fveyear proof to establish is
claim to the land above abG SfolG s 9n
I hegasW ssh on the 9Th day of NOvem Der: 1872
ka Claimant names as witnesses: Lapday G G;
1obnson. John Burk, Of Spokane, Wash; Ear
Rushaw and Leonard Maine OF blancharu'
Idaho. u1 co1e Register
81 1924 Hail. N
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-03
THE MARKETS

Portland
Wheat-Club, 7Sc; bluestem, SIC;
red Russian. 76c.
Oats-$27 per ton.
Hay-Timothy, SIT; alfalfa, $13.
Butter-Creamery, 33c.
Eggs-35c.
Hops-1912 crop, 1Sc.
Wool-Eastern Oregon, $18c; WI
lamette valley, 22c.
Mohair-32c
Seattle
Wheat-Bluestem, SOC; club, Tic;
red Russian, 75c.
Oats-$25 per ton.
Butter-Creamery, 35c.
Eggs-42c.
Hay-Tlmothy, $14 per ton; alfalfa.
s14.
The Southern herald., 1912-05-17
RAkAcE OF zAE lAAAk AAzkA- A-WARA.YA-
WOES OF SAILORS

All the trouble has arisen through
the conversion of the warship from a
stately sailing vessel into a floating
gunnery platform. Much Of the work
and discipline necessary to the early
form Of fighting ship has been retain
ed on the latest types. where cleanll-
ness is still the fetch. Most of the
unrest is undoubtedly due to the way
punishment is meted out for minor Of
lenses entirely void of criminality. All
the disciplinary regulations, Lionel
Yexley points out, were framed when
the seaman's main duty was to pull on
ropes and to punish him II he did not
get from one to another quick enough
but you cannot drive men to shoot
straight with mbdern ordinance.
THE state employs the sailor dur
ing the day at work which calls for
the full use Of cultivated intelligence,
and then 1t will take him and stand
The Southern herald., 1912-05-17

if 1t were toothpick, and place 1t
in the barrelboring lathe, where pow
erful machines bore out the barrel
and chamber, after which the ritiing
lathe cuts grooves on the inside OF
the bore to give the projectile a rO-
tary movement. In the lathe the i'm
mense gun itself is rotated upon the
cutting instruments.
BY the time the fourteen-inch gun
is finished 1t has cost s62,2OS. The
mount costs $4,000 more. The life OF
the gun before lining Is necessary is
225 rounds, and the cost Of each round
of ammunition in warfare is somewhat
in excess OF $500, OF which the pro-
jectile itself costs $500. In target
practice the cost of each shot is about
5000. The fourteen-inch gun throws
a shell weighing 1,400 pounds a dis
tance Of nearly thirteen miles with
such accuracy that the expert gun
ners can land the projectile some
where within a rectangle with twenty
foot sides. The shell leaves the mug
zle of the gun travelling at a velocity
of nearly half pile a second and at
a distance of 10000 yards 1t is capable
of penetrating 159 inches Of face
hardened armor. The twelve-inch
guns penetrate 1875 inches of similar
armor at the same distance.
In the yard is a display Of trophies
tkat illustrates vividly the great
progress made in the machinery OF
warfare. The Cornwallis battery,
captured at Yorktown, is arranged In
q circle on a concrete stand. Com
pared with the immense fourteen-inch
guns in the shop, with their length
of fifty-five feet and their weight OF
sixty-three tons, the cannon OF Corn
wallis look almost like watch charms.
Each is about the size of a length OF
drain tile. Some OF them have handles
on their tops like satchels. They
look as If they might be carried in
shawl straps.
It requires about eighteen months
to construct one of the fourteen-inch
guns, and already six have been COM
pleted and taken out to the naval
proving ground at Indian Head, where
they are tested. The rest of the twen-
ty guns are in various stages OF max.
ing, but all are expected to be ready
when the New York and Texas are
launched next year.
Although the fourteen-inch beauties
are the greates: attraction to visitors
just now, the other naval armament in
the shops is Of tremendous interest.
Twelve-inch giants weighing tifty-six
tons stick out from the lathes. They
cost even more than the fourteen.inch
guns to make, $65,000 being the
amount each gun costs without its
mount, which costs $4,000 additional.
They have longer range than the
The Southern herald., 1912-05-17
Huntsman Brings Rare Birds

Painters collection arrived in Cleve-
land in good condition. Many of the
birds will be forwarded to the Ma
tional Geological gardens in Washing.
ton, to which Painter has been a fire.
quent contributor.
Birds Of all sizes and colors fit
about the cages in Painters aviary.
Pigeons from Burma, as large as
chickens, that lay eggs OF proportion.
ate size, are in a cage beside one con-
tanning mites Of birds from Ceylon,
which look more like insects.
Long-legged birds with short bills
contrast grotesquely with short-legged
birds with long bills, and all in form
and coloring look like comic opera
members of the bird kingdom. The
composite sound of bird voices from
the collection resembles Chinese
funeral march.
Only one note Of discords enters into
Painters satisfaction over his trip
After long search Of Borneo, Suma-
ira and Java he got three specimens
Of the Malay water deer. one Of the
The Southern herald., 1912-05-17

him in a dark corner for two hours
each night because he did not have
his cap on straight or dared to wear =
waist belt to keep his trousers up"
Another Of the seaman's grievances
relates to the decreased chance OF
promotion owing to the increase In
the number of stokers in the person
mel. The leading seaman complains
that he has less chance than ever O.
becoming a petty officer. Increased
pay is also another demand OF the
lower deck. An experienced able sea-
man, II married, is expected to sup
port home on just under 50 week.
less the cost Of his uniform.
1t is not suggested by any one thas
the English jackies are on the brinH
Of mutiny, but 1t is known In the bese
informed circles that a large proper
ton Of them are dlscontented. and a.
the FIRST line Of defense is not the
ships. but the men, pressure is being
brought to bear on the admiralty to
hold an impartial inquiry into the
facts Of the case.
The Southern herald., 1912-05-17
Grievances of British TarS Weak
enlng the Navy.
Condition Of Men on Lower Decks Of
More importance Than Building
New shlps-Reforms Are
Demanded.

London.-First Lord of the Admir-
atty Winston Churchill is never long
out Of hot water. This time he has
reused the indignation of the radical
extremists Of his own party because
the reduction on the naval estimates
for the current year did not 60 far
enough in the direction of retrench-
ment to please them.
Whereas the Little Englanders," 1"
as they are called, hoped that a saw.
ing Of at least $5,OOO,0O0 would be
effected, Churchill only found 1t pos
sible to reduce the naval estimates by
Just over $1,500OOO. But IL he has
not pleased some of his own parlla-
mentary supporters, Winston Churchill
has been subjected to little but friend
ly criticism by the opposition, who
are bent on accelerating the building
program rather than retarding It.
While there has been the usual
amount Of talk about new ships and
armaments, not much attention has
been paid to the factor without which
England's vaunted navy is useless
the man behind the gun. From time
to time It has been whispered that
there Is considerable unrest In the
lower deck rating, where, says Lionel
Yexley, one OF the service critics,
many grievances exist, which, unless
rectihed, will one day shock John
Bull out Of his complacency.
As the jackies are forbidden by
their terms of service to form trade
union, the general public knows little
about their wrongs, and half an hours
talk with some of the men at naval
station Is required to show that 1t Is
high time some reforms were intro
duced on the lower deck.
The Southern herald., 1912-05-17
German Magazine Says "stInger" ls
Boiled Into Flax and Used as Cot
ton Substitute.

Breslau.-The much abused stinging
nettle has, 1t seems, commercial
value. A German magazine says a
process has been discovered by which
the nettle can be made to yield sup
ply Of smooth, bleached, spinnnable
yard at a price considerably less than
that of raw cotton.
The nettles are harvested twice a
year, and when dry they lose the pow
er to sting and can be handled like
fax to remove the leaves and twigs.
The naked stems are then boiled
in diluted soda lye in open kettles for
half an hour or SO, until the fiber be-
gins to loosen, when It is separated by
a revolving british machine. The proc
ess of refinement is completed by re-
peated boilings, and by thorough wash.
ings, also under pressure.
The product now consists of perfect
ly clean "degummed" lustrous fibers
The Southern herald., 1912-05-17
VIII Donate to Geological Gardens the
Game He Bageed From Long
Hunting Expedition In Africa.

Cleveland, O.-Bronzed by tropic
suns, Kenyon v. Painter, prominent
Cleveland club man, has just returned
from a world tour. Coincident with
his arrival in Cleveland a truck load
Of boxes and cages we're unloaded at
his estate on Shaker Heights.
The boxes contained live specimens
II the rarest tropical birds, the finest
collection ever brought to the United
5tates-most of the birds being the
.rst Of their kind to reach this coun-
ry.
Accompanied by his wife. Painter
searched the Orient for months. His
own efforts brought him scores of
specimens, and others he obtained
rom natives who brought them down
to the coast from regions where white
men are almost unknown. Singapore,
supplied many Of the specimens
The Southern herald., 1912-05-17
English Among the English.

1t was the same genial British off,
Ger aboard his maIesty's sloop Of war
Algerine who inquired what "far-hm"
the boat was from.
The cater had just returned to the
bay from the west coast Of Mexico and
the critical situation in the tumult-
uous lower republic was being dis
cussed.
Most extraordinary condition
there" observed the Britisher. Com
munication demoralized and annoying
difficulty in getting the ma-ile through,
don't you know, eh?"
There was tense pause and then:
BEG pardon, what is that mile you
speak of? inquired the one with
whom the British Jolly was convers-
ing, and his question was both innO-
cent and sincere.
"The ma-i1e. the pests. old chant"
The Southern herald., 1912-05-17

A number of influential Siberians
are petitioning the Ministry of Educa.
tion in st. Petersburg to allow women
to be admitted to the medical faculty
in the University of Tobolsk. The pc
tItioners point out that there is a
wide field for women doctors in ST.
IBERIA, where It is often difficult for
settlers to get medical aid.
There are many Mohammedans in
the country, and 1t is explained that
only women doctors can come to their
help in illness. as they do not permit
men to see theil wives and daughters.
Many women have entered the medical
profession In Russia proper, and
there are a great many women prac-
ticing dentistry, department Of surg
cry which does not seem to have at.
fractions for the English woman.