Petaluma Argus-Courier from Petaluma, California • Page 1

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A COUNTY BURIAL; PRETTY PUSSY CAT; Shoot PETALl'M A i LEAGUERS SEPTD J' HONEY Td STAETS'Q LNCIA .1. The Epworth league of the Methodist church has sent five dollars to the famine-stricken sufferers of India. The money was voted at the business meeting of the in. the church parlors Thursday evening' Appalling report of do itha starvation! In India are itffl coming to hand and this action of the league is a worthy one for other young people's societies to follow. Five new members were received Into StRAIOHT TO Drof Store a abu stop xonr uovfuinf wiin Hitchcock's--Cough Cure yvv -r t-r; Ths Itrst Dote Relieves.

Usnofaetnred, Oatrsnteed and for sale only by Hitchcock the DruIst, mi Mala Stresetaluma. Mow Front DrpfStor Indecent Jast? Charged bj Sonoma "Citizens. T1c.AJIetha Taylor a Kep Vas not 7 Giren Dne Bespect i A number of Sonoma citizens are highly Indignant alleged treatment accorded the dead body of William Taylor bya Sonoma jindeiv ii'hese citizens have already taken steps to bring the matter before, the' supervisors If necessary. Two Sonoma men were in town Friday hunting for Supervisor They wanted permission to disinter the.body and give i a second b-urial i i a 7 Taylor was a negro dishwasher em ployed at the Union hotel -He died suddenly, of heart disease Thursday. had so ponej.

he waa buried by thecountv. The Sonoma jitUeusy who. objected to the way- Taylor was buried allege that the body was hot properly and that it was burled in undue haste In. a shallow grave was flooded with water and; that the men In charge of the burial had to remove the coffin lid and fill the coffin, with water to sink It be.lowclt.h, whjph. grave.

JTaylor had no relatives. aa known. He worked at Sonoma for several months. Ho was a cheerful, accomodating young fellow land mode friends witn a number of tne towns, people. The men found Supervisor Putnam a id tenured permission to give Taylor a suitable bu -ial.

They ordered a coffin from J. Blackburn and the second funeral will foe held Ratwrday morning. A Sonoma minister will conduct ser-l and Taylor will be laid to rest with all respect and ceremony due the' Will Advance In Raw materials having Sewing n-" Notice Compaiiy Cjj5rr Offloors and members- Company Fifth Regiment Infantry if 0." are hereby noilfledtflreport la fatigue Il uniform at the Armory barracks of said Company at 8:15 a. Sunday Jen- '-Mif ai-J houette shoot. Interesting Papers Read i Thursday Evening.

miss Catherine Desman on "helms mi St. Denis" "Madam Ladle Literary club met Thursday evening at the city hall. A mem. er-of -the club kindly furnishes the Argus with the Interesting report given "Itheims and St Denis" by Miss Cathe rine Donman. "Life of Madam Roland by Mrs.

George N. Smith. 'Current Events" given by the members closed the program of the Rhelms and 6t. DenU Rhelms is an old city of France surrounded by wall and rampart with Its many squares and publlo buildings but the chief interest centers in Its cathedral dedicated to the mother of the king of kings, and the scene of corona tion of most of the klwn of France. The cathedral Is considered bv some to Pe.rne.IerJ.n.n expression of Gothic building In its perfect lines of beauty.

exqulsiteness of ornament and comblna tlon of delluacy and strength. Not alone in the facade is the beauty and meaning of the building confined for there Is a procession of saints and angels all thewaj around the building. figures are i a tHumpfi of and make the side view of Rhlems one of tiro most beautif ul th the world. It was to Uhiems that kings went to be crowned, but at St. Denis they were brought to rest.

In one cathedral Is all the pomp and Bplunder ol life at its height, in the other the sndnes and ngnsi that comes with the close Of The church was originally built to commemorate the martyrdom of St. Denis. It was destroyed by the Normans and again sometime during the Revolution. Its restoration was begun at the beginning of this century but It was the architect M. Vlolett lo Due whose patience and skill have restored so' many ruined monuments of France; who flnallycom-pleted It as it now is.

The glory within is hard to describe, for it is the glory of color, beauty and feeling. The chief beauty however Is In the western window which is a wall of glass seemingly without support. idea of the builder seems to have to bring here all the splendor and glory of jewels and gold to make this place glorious, The ruby and emerald are most prominent but the saphlre itiid topaz have their place. ZZ Madame Roland. .1 Madame Marie Jeanne Philipon was lorn in Purls, March At the age of eleven sManbntitored a Jler leUure oomenU were iieyif Her frame of mind was too serious to permit her to romp, as a ehild.

-The report of her piety went abroad in the parish) Manoa Phlllpon had become at the age of twenty a thoroughly Intelligent retlectlve ybung woman. I 1870 she marrtodRolaud whoartef -wards became the leader of the Girondists. Madame Roland assisted her husband greatly In his work. She was thoroughly submerged in domestic life seeming to have no thought outside of her husband and only child, Endora. But In ,1874 her calm domestic life was broken, Roland became dissatisfied at Amiens and they removed to Lyons.

"There Roland was elected a member of the municipality. There they made many friends and the constant aim of Madame Roland's Influence and speech thi Franw'bf France of transition; a republic taloue was it's destiny. The expression of liberty, the goal of history. There-volution was upon them yet unflinching ly they attempted lo regulate to reirulate and I Calumnv continued and r-. st -i i.

BUST BE A BIS BOISE. Colusa, Woodland, Willows, Red Bluff, Chloo and Marysville have or ganized a racing circuit. nd will give six weeks of racing, opening July 23rd. Ilorse writers are having a good deal to say about the two minute mark for 1900 pacers. A writer in 'the Breeder and Sportsman says: "The horse which touches the two minute mark mubt be a Ukes a certain extent of stride to pace in two minutes, everything else being equal There are many little horses that can pace faster than big horses.

There is a limit to the number of strides any horse can take In a second. Therefore, if the number of the same, and horses are of equal gamr ness, the larger horse with the longer stride will pace the faster. The only norse mat ever was a serious rival to Star Pointer 1:59 was Joe Patchen a horse of the same mould physically, itentry and Robert J. both paced be yond the limit of little horses, and Gentry's 2:00 was as great a heat for him as 1:59 would be for a largerhorsei However this may apply to paoers, It does not bold good with trotters, for both Allx 2:03 the holder of the worW's record, and Nancy Hanks, the ex-queen of the trotting turf, and whose record la 2:04, what-may "i be called small horses, as is Directum stallion king, and with aU the large horses on the trotting turf supremacy has hot been seriously The" late Duke of Westminster do nated to the Alexander hospital At Khy lo? Uik.w aa Ihejunount aon by his horse Flying Fox In the eclipse stakes. The Fretter on Tuesday set a new mark for Tanforan park running the mile In 1:39 with ninety-five pounds in the saddle.

The Santa Rosa stock farm has six entries for the Occident stake of 1902. Ntnfl trottefl harness records bettor than vis. Allx Nancy Hanks 2:04, Azote 2:04, Directum Fantasy Beuzetta 2KX5J and Ralph Wilkes Three of this number took their records as four year olds. The beginning of 1900 finds two trot ter in the 2:04 Hat Allx 2:03 and Nancy Hanks 2:04 whilo'an even dozen pacers have marks against inelr names as follows:" Star Pointer" John R. Gentry Joe Patchen 2:011, Robert J.

2:01, Anaconda Bumps (wagOn) Directly Search light 2:031, Frank Agan Flying Jib 2:04, Mascot 2:04 and Cnllne 2:04. Azote 2:04) weighs 1280 pounds and never looked so well as this winte. PancoaHt earned $21,500 in stallion fees while owned at Parkvllle farm. Behind With Tholr Orders. men ar working, overtime in the factory of the California Incubator company.

The factory is behind with itsorders ind trade is A 640 egg machlae Freeman, the big chicken raiser. The the makers claim, enabld them to make big incubators which return as high 'a per cent "of hatched eggs as smaller do with hot air, A Twenty-Year Resident Dead. Mrs. M. Cassidy, native of Bel; fast, Ireland, died at her home in this city early Friday 'morning.

The deceased was' eighty years of age. She resided In Petaluma twenty years. Her husband died In Ireland before she came to America. She had no children but has more distant relatives. The funeral will be at 1:30.

Saturday afternoon and will be private. The Exulteiuent Not Over. The rush at the drug store still continues and dally scores of people call for a bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the thoat and lungs for the cure of coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis and consump Kemp's- the Btandard family remedy, Is soid on a guarantee and never fails to give satisfaction Price 25c and 60c. Tired of His Wife. John Smith Is tired of his new wife I 1.

I AV. .1 building another for himself. Of course all the material Is from Camnt Hedges, for they have the right stock, right prices and deal on the square. Attorney J. P.

Rodgers has prepared papers on appeal In the case of Shaver vs. Armstrong and will file the same Mends This to the street case recently decided in favor of Contractor esnaver by itecorder Ureen, i i (I A Very Exciting TineOa ffesfeni Avenue. Fnrrjr Little Creaiire Stands Crt Preacher and A Dozen Others.1 Free" Scent" Ti Thursday afternoon about dusk Rev, T. A. Atkinson walked out on the street from the parsonage on Keller street, near Western avenue.

His aostrila wereatriK -'atottkf; mighty powerful smell The smell was a cross between the odor of a horse that had been dead a week and the scent of a real choice piece of limburger cheese. The minister rolled his eyes aroudd In a sunpicious way- and saw- a -pretty black and white animal about the size of a pussf cat. Then he went for 'hit When ha reappeared the ''pussy eat decided to hunt instead of being hunted. the preacher Is "not afraid pf ha "devil arid tulphur but all the devQ't cussed ness and sulphurous oderousnesa could, not barin. to 'eoual tnejigntingabUity a powerful smell proaucea by the "pussy catj'.

The minister promptly waiting a favorable chance to get in "a deadly shot. pufl8ygot-lired of foolin' with the preacher, It went off to hunt up someone else to play twlthi JllialJoaxvalLas Uorpor! -Ru dolph Wolf. Now Corporal Wolf can whole carload jpfnij)lno8and not half try. Uedid'nthave his gun long but he threw old horseshoes) rocks and bits of scap iron at the creature just as though he was a thirteen inch rifled cannon shetling- the enemy's The "pussy rat" fought back like a lyddite battery or a half dosen obsolete Chinese stink pots. The smell that was wafted heavenward has killed all the cologne trade in the- neighborhood of Western avenue and Keller street for the next six months to come.

People, wont buy ologne when free soont Is offered. Finally Wolf went to the armory after" his Springfield. 'When he re turned the cat was gone. Later In the evening "pussy" was discovered under Drees store. Willis Howard took a couple of shots and, so he says, shot off its tall and then gave the animal a death wound.

Puwy must have gone home during the night and had a fresh tall sewed on, for Friday morning it was still standing off the whole neighborhood. Then Austin Towner took a shot at "pussy." Towner says he killed It and It appears to be dead so the excltemont is over for the present The pussy was a very small sized skunk. 1 5 The following officers of the Santa Thursday evening by Past "Master H. L. Tripp: H.

C. Clln' WortVy Master; Cox, Senlori Warden; F. F. Banker, Junior Warden. J.

W. Warboys, Pool, Secretary. Chaplain- A. B. Lemmon, Marsh aL Nelson Dennis, Senior Deacon.

Dr. S. S. Bogle, Junior Deacon. Vernon Goodwin, Steward.

H. H. Moke, Steward. Chas. B.

Kobes, Tyler, MervynDonahue Statue. The model in clay of the statue for a drinking fountain provided for by the will of the late Mervyn Donahue, hat been submitted for approval to the executors of the estate by Sculptor Douglas Tilden. Mr. Tilden spent two years designing and modeling the statue. Fountain and statue.

wJUl be placed At the section of Bush, Battery and Market streets, San Francisco. Donohue bequeathed 825,000 for this purpose. Thestatue will te forty feet high, with eight foot figures and a forty foot basin. The figures will be bronze, is to be dedicated to the mechanics of San Francisco. Short of Property.

It is a true fact that we have been short of property for We have a great demand for country and town ua-lL you want a tenant; small commission. A. M. Blanch! Jt 9Q2 Mala ttreet. the league.

Greetings were extended to the new league of the Methodist church, South. "'After the business session an im promptu social was held. Mrs. C. gave a recitation and vocal selecUoaS were rendered by a quintet composed of Dr.

C. O. -W. R. Veale, H.

C. and Ed Gray and Claude Ayers CULLEN HA THE TBUMB OF BIS LEET BAND CUT OFF. 4, Friday Dr. Oossage amputated the thumb of E.Cullin'8 left hand. Cullea was' chopping wood on the Cotatl and in some way cut' his thumb.

The axe made a wonnd and amputation was neoessary. i The Mock Caeer The lndlvlduul defendants In the Mock case have rested. An adjournment was taken Thursday afternoon tUl' Monday wirt A number of -wltneaaca worn put on ThUCTdAj JthenaUfisoi. pipe laid, the wood burned and other minor details which make up the important whole. Capt.

J. II. Brush, owner of the Ukiah water works, testified that the Santa Rosa system was worth 9180,000. The famous secret agreement! was brought up again. This agreement, or copy of introduced at the original trial by Lynch.

The latter attached very great Importance to It and paid D. W. Cozad $150 for the paper. The "agreement" stated how money was to be paid Contractor) Perkins as the work progressed, and was in the nature Of a private paper between the contractor, mayor and the Lynch" will have some evidence to Introduce Monday. Two Counterfeiters Arrested.

Dispatches tell of the arrest of John Roulf at Redding and James Kelly at Salinas for the alleged passing of counterfeit money. Both men are supposed to be members of the same gang, with headquarters at Sacramento. Roulf was tried and acquitted on the same charge once before. Salinas and Redding, like Petaluma and San Rafael, have been flooded with counterfeit dol A. To Repair the, Theater.

The directors of the opera house will ineet this evening and the question of repairs will be considered. The roof sadlye needs The building may also receive a new coat of paint, "A Happy New Year. We wish our many friends and paW rons a happyrNew-Xearj, take this, opportunity of informing thera that we oaa be founds at the-old stand, 815 Main street, Petaluma, at all tlmefV-ready and' wiffibg to thoW prOp erty to those who wish to buy or rent. In this connection we will say without boast that our sales have- been very satlsfactory'durlng the past year, and we now have as good bargains in small improved homes, poultry ranches, farms, dairy and stock ranches and city property, as can be found In the county. We also represent one of the best Fire Insurance in the United States.

Make no mistake. Call on us if you wish to buy or "Bell property, loan or borrow money, and above all if you de sire reliable InsuranceT' Dinwiddie, Brainerd Co. The Impurities of Blood. All blood Is likely to become Impure, and if it does it generally results In some form of Towne's Blood Builder iHWf thMjirM akxwjse.thewhple system, thus warding pit disease curing many, disorders. A easy medicine to take.

Children like It. Arthur L. Kyle, San Francisco mes senger, omice at a. Atwater. San Francisco office, Second street, near Market.

Packages called for and de livered and commissions executed, liable service guaranteed. Re- We Give this Timely Warning That all may Buy now at the Lowest Prices Ever Captain Commanding Company C. HnKh RoberU' Specialties." Grain and Mill feed, all kinds, chicken feed, all kinds, dried fruits, all kinds. high grade groceries, all kinds. All very cheap for cash.

Get our prices. A most complete assortment of East man Kodaks at hodroolt prices; also large line of general supplies and some tmng new in coiorea mounis at owne Price March 1st, almost doubled in price. Including thd Latest Improved Climax. for 5 years, and we give instruct- $5 per Month BeT ore the Advance We Have Every Desirable Make, Domestic, Singer, New Rome, White, Wheeler Wusoa, Standard, Cottage, Queen and Every Machine is waranted tions, makerepai rs, and furnish Ext ras for all 'Machines 1 Until March 1st We Shall Maintain Our Extremely Low Prices and Allow Payment in Installments of wnere persons nave not sufficient ready money, that nona wane Aiauama wwi eijpi wwnwfli.piF, J'H The Machine of Their Choice 857 MAIN against ner nusuana imprisonment sne was arrested and thrown Into prison five months before death closed her tragedy of life. She carried with her unto death the sanctity of a martyr.

On November 8, 1793 she was carri led to the guillotine and as she looked at the statute of Liberty exclaimed. Liberty what crimes are committed in thyjnauie." A Week later her hnsband died bv his own hand at Rouen. STREET, 7.