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Show NEWS SUMMARY. The Shamrock, which November 2, arrived in LATE MR. APPLETON. NORTHWEST NOTES. John Sibbald has pn chased over GREAT PUBLISHER WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. cattle near Austin, the lJth. Nevada, within the past eight weeks. At N ernon, Italy, there was a hort The question of whether the board Some of Ills Greatest Enterprises One but very sharp earthquake Wednesday of commissioners of the Earliest AU vocal a of Intercan add to the tax national Copyright Association with eight. It threw the inhabitants into a roll property not returned by the asan l Publishers. left New York the Clyde on -- 550,000 worth of panic. Troop G, Sixth cavalry, which has been in the Coeur d'Alene district for several months, left Wallace for San .Francisco Sunday. The transports Senator and lieu Mohr sailed from San Francisco for Manila last week with the Forty-fift- A infantry Harry S. William Henry Appleton, head of the publishing firm of D. Appleton & Co., died the other morning at his fine, ami now the officers are casting home at Riverdale, near New ork. He about to see if 850 captured with the was in his eighty-sixt- h year. He was member of oldest the be fine on cannot the for many years game applied without the celestial's consent. the house of D. Appleton & Co. The of his life is the history of the NY bile the two sons of Attorney D. history Appleton company. He was horn in NY. Elliott of Cheyenne, aged 17 and 11 Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 27. 1S14. As a years, respectively, were getting their guns in shape preparatory to going hunting, the weapon in the hands of the elder boy was accidentally discharged, the charge striking his brother and instantly killing him. pre$100 N board. Ilttinger, an honorable dis- charged member of company II. Kansas volunteers, was struck and killed by a train near Santa Faula. Cal. The task of supplying the navy with rifles in place of the Lee rifles that have been in use in the navy for some time has begun. Over 4. 700.000 stamps in all have been supplied to the Philippines, 4.080,000 to Porto Rico, 18,420,000 to Cuba, and 45,000 to Guam during the fiscal year. At Lebannon, Pa., the American Iron and Steel Manufacturing company has suspended operations in all its puddling and rolling mills on account of no fuel. Active negotiations are proceeding to secure from Brazil such tariff concessions as will extend the market for American wheat and American flour in that country. A pension of 815 per month has been granted by Commissioner Evans to Adelaide E. Bagdey, mother of Lieut. Worth Bagley, who was killed in the war with Spain. On behalf of Admiral Dewey and his officers and men, Washington attorneys have asked the Court of Claims to find hat the amount of bounty money due Krag-Jorgense- Chinese gambling den was raided in Boise last week. The keepers ferred to go to jail to paying a h on Foreign Authors sessor is to be settled iu Idaho courts. n A storm which lasted for three or four hours Sunday night at Seattle, at times ragirg with great violence, gave local shipping a severe shaking up. The little steamer Marguerite sank at her dock, and the big treasure-shilloakoke and the government geodetic survey boat Patterson dragged their anchors. The ten men convicted of conspiracy and interfering with the United States mails at NVardner, Idaho, and sentenced to twenty-twmonths' imprisonment at San Quentin and a fine of 81,000 each, arrived there in custody of officers last NVednesday. Their cases have been appealed and they are hopeful of p o the result. About one mile below Newsome, Ida., at the mouth of Bear creek, NV. B. Houston and associates have made a rich discovery. They have opened a four-fovein that promises to be a wonder. In some of the rock gold is visible to the eye and the panning tests are very satisfactory. General Passenger Agent NV. II. Hurl-buof the 0. R. & N. is preparing to extensively advertise the gold fields of eastern Oregon. NVhen the British Columbia region was shown to be rich, Mr. Ilurlburt took it in hand, and the ot them is 8382,800. The Baptist church of Texas is badly s split as a result of tbe factional which resulted in a large number of delegates being refused seats in tbe State convention at Dallas. Fears are entertained for the safety of the British steamer Saltrama, which left Philadelphia for Havana October 28th. The vessel should have arrived there thirteen days ago. The Secretary of the Navy, in hisre- ports' is expected to renew his recommendation for three new cruisers of the improroved Olympia type, such as Congress failed to appropriate for last year. William Huff was taken from the oounVy jail at Bloomfield Mo., and hanged by a mob of 100 men. Huff was charged with the murder of Andrew Melton. He showed remarkable nerve. President McKinley has promised to make an address at Mount Vernon on December 14th, when the Masonic observance of the one hundredth anniversary of Washington s death will occur. Havana newspapers object to tbe criticisms made by some American journals upon Sundayracing in Havana. They point out that after mass on Sunday, all Latin countries take a holiday. Dr. R. Prewitt, Populist candidate for governor of Mississippi, in the recent election, threatens to make a contest of Judge Long in his election, oa the ground that the latter's nomination was illegal. The United States army transport Columbia has arrived at San Francisco from Manila via Nagasaki. Eight government employes constituted the entire passenger list, no sick or soldiers being aboard. The differ-ence- disc-bar- voyage was uneventful. The transport Meade, with the Forty-thir- d United States volunteer infantry on board, sailed from New York for Manila Friday. The Meade attempted to get away on Tuesday, but stuck iu the mud at her deck. The Statehood convention, which closed at Guthrie, O. T., Saturday, appointed a committee to draw up a memorial to congress asking that Oklahoma be granted statehood with her present boundaries. The London Time's correspondent gives a stirring description by mail of the storming of Talmana hill, and mentions that General Symons fell, mortally wounded, when galloping along the line to tell the troops that the hill must be taken. He describes the storming of the hill as one of the greatest acieve-weu- rt railway advertising matter sent out from his office had a great influence in the development of the mines of that section. J. R. Brown of The Dalles, Ore., went home in an Intoxicated condition lie and quarreled with his wife. knocked her down and pocket knife aud stabbed in the back of the neck. is not expected to live as then drew a her five times The woman one thrust of the knife penetrated the lungs and as the blade of the weapon was rusty, blood poisoning is feared. The officers found Brown in bed, sleeping off his debauch aud now have him in jail. Governor Steunenberg of Idaho is in favor of turning all the prisoners loose that are now confined in Bull Pen at NVardner, to appear on their own recognizance when wanted. Iu this all members of the state administration concur, and instructions to that effect have already been sent north. He says that the men now confined there are, for the most part, dupes of others, and s have made good that the their escape. Diligent efforts will be made to bring all criminals to justice. A tragedy which resulted in the killing of Charles Maughmor of Lewiston, Idaho, by Clifford Riggs, a prominent sheepman and a member of the firm of Riggs Bros., occurred near Maugli-mor'- s farm, on a disputed tract of land where Riggs' sheep were grazing. Maughmor. who. accompanied by his brother, went to a point where Riggs had established a camp, revived au old dispute regarding the possession of the land, and, after a number of hot words had been exchanged Maughmor started to pull his revolver, when Riggs raised his rifle ana fired. The bullet entered just above Maughrnor's heart uDtl he fell from his horse, dying in a short time. ring-leader- TWO COINCIDENCE STORIE3. OUE BUDGET OF FUN Told In iood laithln a Club Where AU Komnociog le lUrred. SOME COOD JOKES ORIGINAL Chicago Inter Ocean: It was the secAND SELECTED. retary's turn to tell a yarn to his of the Coincidence club. Tbe Coincidence club, by the way, has A Variety of Jokes Gibes and Ironies, no cumbersome machinery. It has Original and Selected Floteam and members and officers, meets once a JeUam from tbe Tide of Humor week to tell queer stories along the Witty Najiig. line suggested by its name, and everything but the strict truth is barred. I ve got two stories, much The Minstrel and the Maid alike, to tell. There's nothing dramatic or senHe stood before the window; his sational about them. They struck me breast was full of love, as queer, though. You know I'm a And this is what he warbled to the One day a roan named Dodge lawyer. maid who slept above: brought in a letter of introduction to I say goodbv, goodby? must Ah, me from a lhiend out west. He had a Is this to be the end sort I a him of asked simple case, and To meet in future and to greet to come back at 3 o'clock that afterEach other but as friend? noon. Then I went over to the crimAh. must I say goodby, goodby? inal court on business that kept me till within a few minutes of 3 oclock. And must I haste away, As entered my office there was a Nor come again to claim your heart man sitting in the shadow. Without Your heart and hand some day? really looking at him, and with my Ah, must I say goodby, goodby? mind full of the appointment 1 said, aa And must I leave you here. I went to my private office. 'Ilow are And wander far from you who are you, Mr. Dodge? I'll see you in a minSo dear, sweetheart, so dear? ute. Pretty soon I rang and told the Ah, must I say goodby, goodby. office boy to show in Mr. Dodge. The Ere you have learned to know man came in and he wasnt my Mr. secret that I long to tell. The Dodge at all. Imagine my surprise Dear heart, before I go? when he said: Ilow did you know my name? At the same time he handed He fell below her window he sang no more of love me a letter of introduction from a friend down east. His name was Dodge Some brute had hurled a pitcher down from the flat above. all right, and he had a case. I gasped S. E. Kiser In Chicago over the oddity of the situation, explained the coincidence to my visitor, and even showed him the other letter The Only SlgnJftcftnoe. of introduction. But five man did not believe me. He evidently thought I was a liar, and left without putting his A few minutes case in my hands. later in came the first Mr. Dodge, and we had a good laugh over it. The other coincidence was this: I got letters from two friends one west of Chicago and one south, asking me to collect claims against a big Chicago firm and a big insurance company with an agenI telephoned and made cy in Chicago. appointment with representatives of each of the concerns one at 12 and the other at 12:30 oclock. I went out on an errand and was delayed until 12:30 Percy I dreamt last night that yon oclock. When I came in both men were waiting. Strange as it may seem, and I were married! What Is that a I Introboth men were named Rose. sign of? Ethel Why, that Is a sign you were duced them. One was originally from Condreaming! Puck. Rhode Island and the other from necticut. As far as they could figure out they were not related. Ive used A Collision. false names but otherwise the stories Sam Sparks Brudder, doan yo adare strictly true, aid can be proven by vise ebery member to walk in der earevidence that will pass muster In a ner paf? court of law. Brudder Sassafras Coase Ah do, boy; what ob It? Sam Sparks Nuffin, brudder; only FRENCH ARMY AGAIN AVENGED Ah wonders what is gwine to happen The cable announces that Urban when some ob our stout membahs Gohier, one of the editors of the meet on de narrer paf cornin from ophas seriously wounded Lieut. posite directions. Mercier, son of the general, In a duel resulting from attacks made on the A Cruel Jobe. officer by Gohier's paper. This is not Pikes Billy, de wickedness Sandy the first time that the brilliant jourof dis is world appalin. nalist has attacked the honor of the Billy Coalgate NVhats de matter, army, and has in turn been bitterly assailed by the officers. In the thick now, pard? Sandy Pikes Why, I went over an of the Dreyfus excitement, when the to get me a asked honor of the army was a thing to hair dat lady fer quarter trimmed. conjure with, Gohier published a book Billy Coalgate What did she say? called The Army Against the NaPikes Asked me if Id have tion, in which he exposed the moral it Sandy wid ribbon or lace. trimmed establishrottenness of the military ment. He did not criticise the army None from Him. from a military standpoint, but pointed out its defects and weaknesses My friend," said the caller, "on befrom the social side, declaring it to be half of our society I am soliciting a constant menace to republican insubscriptions to enable us to stitutions. The book created such a wage war on the cigarette evil, and I sensation that its author was arrest- - felt sure we could rely on you In the battle to the death. Yes, Ill give no quarter, replied Good the business man, promptly. day, sir. Philadelphia Record. fellow- -members 1 Times-Heral- ' - WILLIAM H. APPLETON. was in constant association he boy with his father, Daniel Appleton, at the little retail store which the latter opened In Exchange place when he went to New York from Boston, in 1825. When the founder of the house Crumbs published his first Look, in 1831, From the Master's Table, William H. Appleton was actively employed as a clerk in his fathers store. From the time of the first venture his part in building up the business was a conspicuous one for over sixty years. His associations with foreign authors began with Thomas Moore, and his acquaintance with English publishers goes back to the time of the elder Murray. He was a leading spirit in the direclike the tion of great undertakings ' Pictura.u? American Cyclopedia esque America, and his business life included a safe passage through the troubled waters of .three great financial crises in 1737, 1837 and 1873. In addition to his piiblisuing interests he had an important part for years in the direction of other large enterprises. One of the earliest and most persistent advocates of international copyright, he and his partners recognized the moral rights of foreign authors when they were constrained by no legal obligation. Speaking of the first book published by the firm, in 1831, William H. ApThat book was pleton recently said: about three inches square and half an inch thick, but its publication caused the firm more anxiety than the American Cyclopedia, undertaken some thirThe American Cyty years later. clopedia cost J25.000 a volume before a sheet was printed. Picturesque America was also one of the firms costly enterprises. The capacity of the house is shown by such projects as these. Of Websters Speller oyer a million copies a year were sold at one period, and this book was only an item in the firms diversified business, nearly all of which came within the intelligent grasp of the subject of this sketch. He was married on April 16, of Lowell, 1844, to Mary Worthen, Mass. His children now living are Miss Mary Appleton, William Worthen Appleton and Henry C. Appleton. '-- Au-ror- , n superiority ts Tactless. Isnt it a perfect duck of a bathing suit? Clara Yes; it never seems to get May A Ouestionable Height. that Frenchmen of fashion not only order their clothes from English tailors, but dispatch their cuffs, collars, and other washable garments across the Hanche to be got up in London! This fact 1 URBAN GOHIER. have on the authority of one who ed, charged with iibel. It was found During an altercation in a saloon at should know i. e., a Paris doctor in impossible, however, to secure a conNVaverly, NVasli., Ed. Twyman shot and large practice. What is the reason? viction. Are English laundries supposed to be instantly killed George NViggins. Twy- conducted on more hygienic princia sheriff was and man formerly deputy Deweys Friend in Natal. water found to be Thames Is town marshal of Fairfield. lie had ples? Sir Edward Chichester, who Capt. than mlcrobic that of the Seine? less commanded the British ship Immor-talit- e been quarreling with an unknown man, My informer did not elucidate this at Manila, has been sent to the and, drawing a revolver, ordered him point, but the fact he insisted on, and scene of hostilities in South Africa, out of the saloon. Just then NViggins a curious one it is; in the wake of act as transfer officer in Nawill and le leveled revolcame in and. seeing the Five oclock, tub, football, and Admiral tal. Dewey brought back n ver, appealed to Twyman"not to shoot cricket have followed from the the him with Philippines flatirons! Twyman turned quickly and fired two oapsuds and kindliest memories of the British capshots, the second striking the victim tain, and when a lion cub was preof the British infantry. IrlHh Kegiments in the Transvaal. to him while the Olympia ay squarely in the forehead. sented in The Pilot, giving the names of in New York harbor, the admiral at learl Hart, the woman bandit, who Parties that have been gazetreturning from Marshall lake, Irish once named It after his English together with Joe Boot, held up a stage near Florence, Idaho, report that in a ted forregiments the Transvaal, says: "Is it any friend. near Florence last June, has been cross-cu- t on the Mountain Chief, under wonder that England so easily governs acquitted in a trial before Judge Doan bond to Clark & Sweeney, ore has been a people who so readily enlist in her Thirty Feet of Sand. at Florence, Arizona, in the face of encountered of a richness never ex- service and help to crush out the libIt is supposed that the average depth overwhelming evidence of her guilt. of sand in the deserts of Africa is from ceeded except in placer nuggets. There erties of other oppressed people? Boston Transcript. The steamer J. W. Taylor, which ar- - is much excitement, thirty to forty feet. Anglo-Saxo- nt wet. A correspondent of the Westminster Gazette writes: If Anglophobia reaches its acme in a certain class of Parisian journals Anglophilia has attained the ne plus ultra in social habits. So uncompromising is the belief Anglo-Saxo- v e, Anglomania in ParU. in d. Little Eli How tall Is I, ma? Mother About four feet. Little Eli Yo feet, er mine? I,;v and Thrift. I From tbp Chicago Tribune: have come, Barbel, he said, tenderly, "to ask you for this little hand. Not that one this one. Anri he reached for the one that had the rings on it. llrrnklng It Genlty. He Lets get engaged. She Very well, but who will you engaged to? New York World. get i |