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The Washington times., 1913-09-08
RICH TWENTY YEARS,
DIDN'T REALIZE IT
New York Police Officer Thought
Notification Of Legacy Was
Mere Joke.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9-Thomas F.
Meehan. who lives at 664 Southern
Boulevard, the Bronx, and owns q cafe
at Leggett and Whitlock avenues. ID
soon to collect from an English bank
$4,000 in gold, which was left to him
by an aunt more than twenty years
ago The delay In obtaining the legacy
was due to legal red tape and to Mr..
Meehan,s suspicion that he was the vic
tim Of a joke.
Mr.. Meehan formerly was police
man and on April 1, 1898, did his first
patrol duty in Brooklyn precinct. A
few months later the sergeant handed
a large legal looking letter to the new
policeman. It contained information
that his aunt. Mrs. Catherine Meehan,
had died in Blackburn. Lancashire,
England, and had bequeathed $27.5S0.60
to him.
The policeman thought the letter was
joke on the part of his old friends in
England and ignored it. He continued
his patrol duty and aided in cleaning
up the dock bands under the Brooklyn
bridge. More documents arrived tell
ing him to put in a claim for the for
tune. But the excitement Of being a
New York policeman had more attrAc-
tion for Mr.. Meehan than q mare
$4,000 and he continued to use his
night stick on the heads Of the river
bands.
Finally the letters became frequent
and insistent and the policemen decided
to make an investigation and trace the
jokerS. He called on the British consul
here and wrote to lawyers in England
He received replies that convinced him
% ho lnODo vuy0A mi q
Meehan then resigned from the force
and began legal preparations to collect
his legacy. This was fourteen years
after he had received the first letter.
1t was no easy task to bring about
transfer Of the gold from the vaults of
England to his account in the Bronx
National Bank. Judge John n. Tierney,
whom he had known for twenty years.
aided him. Mr.. Meehan sent his p0r-
II ait to England and 1t was recognized
by friends there as the lad who left the
old country on May 6, 1882, to become
New York policeman. The priest that
baptized him was the principal witness.
Upon quitting the police department
Mr.. Meehan moved to the Bronx, and
while waiting for his claim to be set
tied he engaged in the real estate busi-
ness with q few hundred dollars he had
chased the property where his cafe is
located. When in Brooklyn Mr.. Nee
han became q close friend of the late
Patrick McCarren, and went through a
course In politics Now that he has
money and time he aspires to represent
his neighbors In the board of aldermen.
He refused a Democratic nomination
for assembly last year on account Of
the pending negotiations regarding his
legacy. This year. however. he expects
to have time to enter the campaign.
Mr.. Meehan will make trip to London
with his attorney. Bernard J. Wright, of
81 Wall street, and return In time to
take part In the hot political fight In the
Bronx.
Mr.. Meehan Is q charter member of
the Hunts Point Club. and during the
six years he has lived in the Bronx has
made many friends.
The Washington times., 1913-09-08
Chronology of the
Tariff Bill Mozv in
Hands of the Senate

April 7-IntrOduced in House and
referred to Ways and Means
Committee.
April z to 21-Discussed in House
Democratic caucus.
April 21-Reintroduced In House.
May S-Passed by House.
May 16-Referred to Finance Com.
mittee In Senate.
June SO-Reported to Democratic
caucus by Finance Committee.
June 81 to July 7-Discussed In
Senate Democratic caucus.
July 11-Approved by Senate Fl.
nance Committee and reported
to Senate.
September 6Reported to Senate
from Committee of the Whole.
The Washington times., 1913-09-08

Wichner, at Dandale, Ohio. There she
met the little blind daughter Of one
of the rural letter carriers.
Day after day the little blind girl had
longed to 80 with her father on the
wagon. She knew the loneliness of
ternal darkness, but with the sixth
sense which only the blind possess she
felt the beauty Of the countryside. But
the postoffice rules are not written with
the happiness of little blind girls in
mind. There Is section that forbids
the presence of any one elese on the
mail wagon except the carrier.
I'm going to write to Miss Wilson
about it, said little Miss Columbia
I'm sure she'll ask her papa to make
1t all right"
So one morning recently Miss Jessie
Wilson found this missive in her mail,
written in a childish hand:
Il am a little girl thirteen years old.
and I live in Cleveland. This summer
was visiting my grandfather and my
The Washington times., 1913-09-08
Nominations Favored
By Senate Board

Nominations favorable reported to-
day by the Senate judiciary Commit
tee, were:
F. r. Brenneman, for marshal Of
third division, Alaska
Edwin l.. Hume. attorney for West
ern Pennsylvania district.
Frances F. Kane. attorney for East
ern Pennsylvania district.
John II. Gleason, attorney for North
ern New York district.
The Washington times., 1913-09-08
WHITE HOUSE AIDS
LITTLE BLIND GIRL
Tiny 0hioan Gets Permission to
Ride With Father on Mail
Route Trip.

Postal rules are iron-clad.
But even iron-clads have their vul-
nerable points. and it remained for a
thirteen-year-old Ohio girl to find a way
through the white House to make a
little blind friend happy despite the rigid
rules Of the department.
She is Miss Jessie Columbia. of Cleve-
land. This summer she visited her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
The Washington times., 1913-09-08
Seeks Hog Cholera Report.

resolution asking the Secretary OF
Agriculture to report regarding the ex-
tent of the departments, Investigation
of hog cholera WIS introduced I'm -.
House today by Congressman Booher,
of Missouri. A report IL requested at
the beginning Of the regular session.
The Washington times., 1913-09-08

grandmother. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wichner at Mandale, Ohio. My grand
father has the postofioe at Mandale.
and he introduced me to Mr.. Sherry
and his little blind girl. who wants to
ride on the wagon with him. This is
the wish of little friend"
Miss Wilson lost no time in getting to
her father with this quaint appeal.
Mexican matters and important affairs
Of state had to walt. The little blind
girls case had the first claim on the at
tention OF the President. who referred
it immediately to Postmaster GENERAL
Burleson. The chief Of the Postohice
Department was equally prompt in is
suing the permit.
And there are two happy little girls
out in Ohio who think President Wilson
is ''just the best ever"
The Washington times., 1913-09-08
Will Divide Salaries.

FINDLAY. Ohio. Sept s..-The cit
liens PARTY ticket at North Baltimore
il elected. promises to return one-half
of each officials salary, asserting that
the salaries at present are excessive.
The Washington times., 1913-09-08
Dog Fight Halts Church.

CLEVELAND. SeJt S.-Services At
Shiloh Baptist Church were suspend
ed wheu(two bulldogs rushed In dur
ing the ssrnon and started TO battle.
The Washington times., 1913-09-08
Second Week September Sale

The second week of this September Furniture Sale begins
tomorrow with the fact proved that fully worth of
New Furniture here much of it at half the actual values
Noteony guaranteed furnrewe look to the Palais Royal
Home Needs Department to be favoraby spoken OF every
home in Washington.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
CANAL SOON READY.
THE COMING DECEMBER MAY
SEE REGULAR SHIPPING ON
PANAMA CANAL.
NAVIGATE SAVELY BY OCTOBER 10
Substitution of Powerful Dredees for
steam Shovels in culebra Cut
Sees Work Progress With
Greater Rapidity.

Washington.-Latest reports from
the canal zone announce that as the
result OF prospective substitution of
dredges for steam shovels in the ex-
cavation of the Culebra cut the canal
may be ready for shipping by Decem-
Der. Even earlier than that light draft
vessels are likely to be passing
through the waterway. AS the greater
part of the canal prism already has
been cut to its final depth small YES
sells probably can navigate it safely
within a few days after October 10
next, when Gamboa dixie is to be
blown up, thus admitting to the Guile
bra level the great store of water in
Gatun lake.
The "a steam shovels now in the cut
handle only 100000 cubic yards Of
earth and rock per month, which out
put will be greatly reduced as the
depth of the cut increases and the
available room for shoveling is re-
duced. Colonel Goethals, however, has
assembled 15 dredges with capacity
of 100000 cubic yards, and these will
be floated into the cut as the dixie is
destroyed.
Meantime, not content with digging
away at the base of the cliffs, the en-
gineers in their haste to open up the
waterway have begun to tear away the
top of the hills with great jets OF water
under high pressure, sluicing the earth
into the bed of the canal, where 1t is
being swept up by pneumatic dredges
and pumps and discharged into the ra-
vines and valleys so far away that ii
can never wash back.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15

The untitled tonnage of the United
States Steel corporation on July 81
totaled 5,S99,S56 tons, a decrease of
407,961 tons over June.
General underground operations Oh
a limited scale started Monday at the
Champion, Quincy and Calumet mines
in Michigan. The Western Federation
of Miners had two of its men meet
every miner as he left his home to try
to dissuade him from returning to
work.
The South Fork & Kalispell Copper
Co., capitalized for 81 100000. was in
corporated last week at Kalispell,
Mont, by Chris Best, S. M. Logan,
William Morris, Mrs. Mary T. Morris,
w. Curran, Thomas Lee and w. Howe,
all of Kalispell, to develop group of
four claims in Silver basin, eight miles
from Essex, Mont.
The Snowstorm Mining Co., operat-
ing properties near Mullan, Idaho, had
net surplus of $s5,725 on July /, &C
cording to the report of Leo Green
ough, president and general manager,
submitted at the annual meeting last
week. The report states also that
there are blocked out in the mine TO-
600 tons of ore averaging 31s per cent
copper, In addition to a considerable
tonnage of to IN per cent ore that
can be mined at profit If copper re-
mains at or above Is cents pound.
Montana increased her value of
metal production in 1912 by nearly
$1S,0O0,000 over the preceding year. In
1912 the value was $64,754,613 against
$46,S55,267 in 1911. Most of the in
crease can be credited to Silver Bow
county, which includes the Butte dis
trict. In all other counties the in
crease aggregated but 1928.
The value of the silver, copper and
lead production combined was $751;
524,437 more than In 1911, while the
value of the gold and zinc was $725
less than in 1911.
The production of gold in 1912 was
valued at $3,625,235, against $3,71O,751
in 1911. Montana was third in silver
production in the United States, pro-
ducing 12,731,638 ounces, valued at
$1,s29, $50.
The production of lead increased
from 6,431,575 in 1911 to 7,446,7 49
pounds, valued at $335,1O3 in 1912.
Nearly all the metal-bearing districts
of Montana made a small output in
lead, but Cascade, Jenerson, Lincoln
and Silver Bow produced "a per cent
of the states output.
New York.
Bar silver, 59Ac; Mexican dollars
47c.
Lead-Firm, $3.50 bid.
Spelter-Steady, $5.65@5.75.
Copper-Firm; standard spot to DC
tober $14.50 bid; electrolytic, $3.50;
lake, $15.75; casting, $15.25.
Tin-Easy; spot, $41.1O@41.75.
Anthony - Nominal; Cookson's
$S40@S.50.
Iron-Steady and unchanged.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS

The Chicago Great Western railway
has put in effect all over all its lines
in Minnesota the two-cent passenger
fare.
Charles Carruthers, well-known
farmer residing near Fem, Idaho, was
struck and instantly killed by light
ming Monday night.
The Hood River exhibit of green
fruit, taken to the Cleveland conven-
ton of the International Apple Ship
pers association, won first prize.
In Kansas Monday was the hottest
August IL on record. The heat center
of the state was Great Bend, where a
maximum of ITO degrees prevailed.
Edward Payne, convicted president
of the Boise State Bank, sentenced to
serve from six months to two years
in the Idaho state penitentiary for fall
styling reports is again a free man.
The state of Minnesota at public
sale in st. Paul Monday disposed of
$192,S00 worth of educational bonds.
A majority of purchasers of the certif-
icates, which bear per cent interest
and run for three years, were women,
Bogosolof island, the famous freak
volcanic island of Boring sea, is again
performing contortions and every vol
cano of the vast mountain range OF
western Alaska and the Aleutian isl
ands is emitting smoke. steam, or va
por
The John F. Stevens Construction
company, whose president, John F
Stevens, was appointed by Theodore
Roosevelt chief engineer of the Pan
anna canal and resigned under the Taf
administration, has filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy in New York
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15

Satan will supply free shoes, but
those who wear them can only travel
down hill.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
REGULAR sUFFRAeETrE RIOT
Sylvia Pankhurst Leads Mob in Lon
don Sunday Afternoon Until Police
Make a Charge.

London.-The third attempt of suf-
fragettes under command of Sylvia
Pankhurst to take Premier Asquith' s
house, in Downing street, by storm
failed Sunday when the militant lead
er was captured by a Gordon of police
thrown across Whitehall after a stiff
fight in which the officers used their
clubs.
The trouble began after massmeet-
ing held under the auspices of the Free
Speech Defense committee, called to
demand the unconditional release OF
George Lansbury, former socialist
member of the house OF commons, who
was sentenced July 30 to three
months Imprisonment for making in
flammatory speeches, but was re
leased August under the "cat and
mouse" act while on hunger strike
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
SPOKANE WEEKLY REPORT.

General business conditions con-
tinue very favorable, especially in the
Pacific Northwest section. Owing to
late season and heavy crops the
volume of merchandising transactions
is holding up well for the middle-of.
August period and all indications
point to an early and active fall and
winter business.
Good progress is being made N
gathering the crops with very salts
factory results in this section. That
Washington, Oregon and Idaho will
have considerably above the norma
surplus of wheat is indicated by the
various estimates, ranging from 20,
OOO, 900 to 75,0OO,000 bushels for the
three states. Other cereals and hay
are making equally satisfactory out
turn, and, in spite of the fact tina
the apple crop will be considerable
below last years record output II
quantity, it is generally believed tina
the monetary returns from horticul
tural pursuits will be greater than Il
1918. There will be an appreciabl
increase in canned goods output
while the dairy and poultry raisin
have contributed materially Increase
volume and value of products, due t
the very favorable season during tn
spring months. The imports Of bu
ter and eggs have been the lowest l
many years the present year, wit
consumption fully maintained.
The lumber business continues con
paratively quiet, but with indication
of an early resumption this fall. Mil
ing and other industries are operatin
up to normal proportions for this SET
son of the year and labor Is well en-
ployed, with call from the harvei
fields that is far from being supplied
In groceries there is an active di
tribution with no important prie
changes. In produce lines markets al
steadier than for some time, advances
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15

Few men are strong enough to keen
their faces closed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
Tariff Bill Drags.

MISUNDERSTANDING leaders in
the senate are considerably perturbed
over the failure to make progress in
the tariff bill and for several days in
formal conferences have been held
with progressive republicans and regu-
lar republican leaders in the hope that
some means to hasten consideration
of the measure might be found.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
New Thought Marriage.

Portland, Ore.-The New Thought
matrimonial venture consummated I'M
der the Law of Love-" by Miss Ethel
Verna Green, of this city, and Edward
william Dawson of Lenia, Idaho, at
the Tempel of Truth here Wednesday,
called forth the bitterest condemna-
ton on the part of leading clergymen
of various denominations.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
Accidental Deaths-North Dakota.

Near Haynes a sheepherder, James
Bovady, was drowned Monday.
At Haddock, Joseph Kirkesby, aged
10, was kicked in the stomach by a
horse.
The 15-months-old child of M. Hoffer
of McClusky was drowned.
John w. Isenberger, Jr., a farmer,
living near jamestown, was struck by
lightning.
Ole Litsheim, farm hand, was killed
in a runaway at Tioga and an uniden-
titled man dropped dead from sun
stroke.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
EaaIes Honor RETIRING chief.

Baltimore. Md.-rne 18th annual
convention of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles closed here Saturday after a
weeks session. A feature of the clos
ing ceremonies was the presentation
OF a silver service valued at $1,000 to
the retiring grand worthy president,
William ]. Brennan of Pittsburg, by
friends in the grand aerie.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
COAL MINERS STRIKE.
AT THREE COLLlERlEs OF PAcI-
FIG COAST COMPANY AT
BLACK DIAMOND, WASH.
OVER 700 MEN LAY DOWN TOOLS
Scheme of An |. w. w. Organizer tc
Beat Agreement Of Operators
With United Mine Workers
of America.

Seattle, Wash.-Seven hundred min
ers employed in the three collieries of
the Pacific Coast company at Black
Diamond went on strike Monday be-
cause the company had re fused to re-
instate George Ayres, a member of
the pit committee" and reputed to be
an l. w. w. organizer in the Black
Diamond district
Ayres was discharged following a
quarrel with a subforeman named
Mitchell, with whom he had taken up a
grievance of a miner who had not been
supplied with a quicker"
At present the Pacific Coast com
pany has an agreement with the Uni
ted Mine Workers of America, and un-
der this agreement all complaints are
submitted, if recognized by the ma
tional organization, to the mine super.
intendent, no minor employe being ac-
corded authority to settle disputes.
The mines will shut down awaiting
developments.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
Rronze ReII Given Back.

Paris.-France Monday gave back to
Russia the great bronze bell taken
from the cathedral at Sebastapol and
brought to France as part of the spells
of the Crimean war.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
ELks' ORGANIZER ARRESTED
Canadian Elks Not Same as B, P. o.
&. Lodge in the United States.

&. Lodge in the United States.
Winnipeg, Man.-Eighteen charges
were filed recently against Harry Kel-
ly of Denver, Colo, supreme organizer
of Canadian Elks in Winnipeg, charg-
ing him with receiving thousands OF
dollars through misrepresentation
from western Canadians. Kelly was
arrested but is out on bail.
Many complaints have been made by
members of the Canadian Elks, who
said they believed they were joining
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, an organization founded in
the United States.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
CORN CROP HEAVILY REDUCED
Nations Principal Cereal Cut Down
by Bad Conditions.

A loss of 3OO,OOO,O00 bushels of corn,
the nations greatest farm crop, has
resulted from the great damage
wrought by drouth and other condi-
tons since July L, the governments
agricultural experts estimated Mon
day in their August crop report. A
total production of 2,672,O0O,OOO bush
els of corn was predicted This is
452,O00,000 bushels less than last
years crop.
The general condition of corn was
placed at 1858 per cent of normal
compared with S6.9 on July l. Kansas
was hit hardest.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-04-11
DIXIE AND VICINITY

Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Vail were Mid
dleton visitors Tuesday.
There will be preaching at Fairview
Sunday evening. Everybody come.
The young in this vicinity were
fishing Sunday and made quite a
catch.
Mr.. Ed. Pennington visited at c. A.
Wallis Tuesday night.
Mr.. H. Moore had the misfortune
to lacerate his finger very badly while
working with a seeder Saturday.
Roy Moore was working for Mr..
Hibbs in Greenleaf the past week.
Earl Brown and Harry Auspach
were callers at c. A. Wallis Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Pearl Wallis mother and sis
ter visited her Sunday.
The Misses Leala and Fern Mesler
are visiting their aunt, Mrs. w. Mes
Ter of Davis Street, this week.
Mrs. S. w. Vail was very poorly
with neuralgia last week, but is some
what better at present
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Ballantyne have
moved to their ranch in Dixie for the
summer.
Mrs. R P. eastman called on Mrs.
VIM. Nichols Sunday evening.
c. A. Vail sold his stallion to Mr..
c. T. Catlin Tuesday.
Noah Palmer and family attended
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-04-11
fruit men TO
MEET april Is

Editor Tribune: -.
Fruit growers of Caldwell and vlcin-
itv have no doubt been keeping track
with the movement recently started
TO establish general cooperative
selling agency for the northeast fruit.
agency is in Spokane and 1t is com
posed OF the local associations IN
Hood River, Wenatohee, Yakima
Western Oregon, Walla Walla, south
ern Idaho and Oregon, Lewiston
Spokane and Montana.
AT the recent meeting held at North
Yakima, Mr.. Robbins was elected gen
eral manager and he takes up the
work this month at Spokane. Mr.: NOD
bins is one of the best posted 1rult
men in the northwest and he mas met
with remarkable success IN organiz-
ing the fruit growers OF the aklma
valley and in disposing OF their fruit
Southern Idaho and eastern oregon
have organized with Payette as head
quarters and H. E. Smith, manager OF
of the Payette Packing company, as
manager. A plan has been worked out
bv which each local organization OF
fruit growers may become a part OF
the central selling agency. w. N. Yost
represents southern Idaho in the Spo-
kane organization as director and he
will be in Caldwell April 18th to eN-
plain the whole matter.
A meeting Of all fruit growers
whether they have bearing orchards
or young orchards, is called to meet
on that day at Caldwell in the Com
mercial club rooms at o'clock p. m
sharp, to talk over the whole matter
This movement is of the utmost I'M
portance to every person interested
either directly or indirectly in frui
growing, because upon the proper so
luton of the marketing problems de
ponds the future of the fruit industr.
and in large measure the prosperit.
of our community and the maintain
ance of the price. of our lands.
]. H. LOWELL.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-04-11
church at Notus Sunday.

Bulletin for the Methodist Episco-
pal organization at Fisher School
house in Deer Flat: Class meeting
next Sunday, April 18th at 3 p. m.
Rev. Guy Kelley of Peaceful Valley,
will preach the following Sunday at
the same hour. Three new members
were received in to fellowship with
us last Sunday. A sum of three dol
lars was raised with which to buy
hymn books. Our pastor, Rev Camp
bell, is moving his family up from
Greenleaf this week. They will make
their home on the G. M. Reade ranch.
CLARA E. WRIGHT.
Class Leader.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-04-11
Notice for Bids.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of County Commissioners OF
Canyon county, Idaho, hereby ask for
bids on the work and supplies of
County Physician in the Caldwell
Health District for a period begin
ming at the date of executing contract
and ending on the second Monday in
January, 1915, such County Physician
to be clerk of the Board OF Health
to perform the duties required by
law, including surgery, to furnish all
supplies used within said district
supervise the work Of Deputy County