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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05

ledo. In their nominations they dis
covered horse that answered the de-
scription of one stolen in Putnam
county, Ohio, and which was after
wards identified
Then began the unraveling of a Sc
ries of crimes. in all of winch Ben
Lands figured. In nearly every case.
however. he managed to get free by
turning states evidence. In his pre-
dicament he offered to turn up" the
muir lerers of Celery King" Crimson.
a wealthy celery grower near Carey.
O.. who was murdered by FIVE men.
fhe Foster gang" was sent to the
penitentiary for life on Landis' testi-
mony. Meanwhile. Lands. getting in
tight straights. was imprisoned him
self for horse stealing.
About the time that Lands was ar
rested as a chicken thief. three burg
lars, in robbing lonely farm house
almost within a stones throw of the
Ketcham stock farm. the home of
"Cresceus." brutally murdered one of
the Sullivan sisters and cruelty
wounded the other. For two years
there was no clue to the perpetrators
of this deed, but suspic ion finally cen
tered on Ben and AL Wade and Ben
Lands. 1t was easy to get them as
they were all imprisoned, AL. was
tried first, his attorney being Brand
Whitlock. THE author. who practically
confined himself to attempting to
save his client from the chair. His
eloquent arguments were of no avail.
and, without putting on a witness in
defense, AL Wade was convicted of
murder in the first degree without
a recommendation for mercy. He is
to be electrocuted on June II.
Ben Wade is now on trial. He is
much more intelligent than AL After
Ben Wade comes Ben Lands. who is
still more intelligent. The chief wit
ness against him will be Mrs. Ben
Lands. from. whom he separated on
account of domestic troubles. Ben
Wade has subpoenaed a large number
Of witnesses, including his brother
AL and Warden Darby. who resigned
because he objected to pressing the
button" and taking the life of a fell
low creature -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05
An Old Mans Definition of Success.

Robert wise
He laid o in
harness he has piled
the fact that he offended
a
1t has become fashionable words Of adj
to those who have their to make.
of
do because they haven't
been discovered honesty the
in action
shady inspire
to actio
Whatever into anthracite
king He stuck
this modern
labor and feel entitled
they hhbal
place of the corec living
Unwilling to
commercial
that in the
noned
and there is his life that 1 WELT remember
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05

the judges. = Lady Fairfax, arising.
cried out "Ife is not such a fool as
to be here" And when the president
enraged by this, threatened to have
the musketeers fire upon the gallery.
Lady Fairfax. with haunting smile
upon her face and still standing.
scornfullyf snapped her jeweled fin
gers in defiance.
The sixth lord Of the house in some
manner came into possession of
100000 acres which King Charles
II. had granted to a syndicate of his
courtiers. He installed as steward
his cousin. Colonel William Fairfax,
then an officer in the royal navy. and
who afterwards became president of
the kings council. His daughter be-
came the wife of Lawrence WASH
ington. the owner of Mt. Vernon, and
upon his death the property passed
to his famous brother George.
The eleventh of the house. John
Contee Fairfax. was a country gentle
man. living and dying upon his large
and beautiful estate in Prince
Georges county.
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HIS LAST HOPE REALIZED.

tFTunl the btfltlnef, CtDO, MOnt.D
In the first opening of Oklahoma to
settlers in 1889. the editor of this
paper was among the many seekers
after fortune who made the big race
one fine day in April. During his
travelling about and afterwards his
camping upon his claim he encoun-
tered much bad water. which. to-
gether with the severe heat. gave him
very severe diarrhoea, which IL
seemed almost impossible to check,
and along in June the case became
so bad he expected to die. One day
one Of his neighbors brought him one
small bottle of ChamberIain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a
last hope. A big dose was given him
while he was rolling about on the
ground in great agony, and In q few
minutes the dose was repeated. The
good effect of the medicine was soon
noticed and within an hour the pa
tient was taking his first sound sleep
for a fortnight That one little bottle
worked % complete cure, and he can
not help but feel grateful. The sea-
son for bowel disorders being at hand
suggests this item. For sale by all
druggists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05
WILL DOUBLE TRACK
BROADWAY CAR LINE

"The entire Broadway avenue street
car system will be double tracked
about the middle OF June, said Su-
perintendent Notbohm today. "Of
course this is condition upon our re-
155 tons already received, $50 tons
We also ordered have been rolled and
we expect them to arrive in time to
completely double track the Broadway
line in it's entirety.
This will be our f1rst undertaking
after the steel arrives. The work in
prospect for this summer is very ex-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05
Each Afternoon { Evening
Everybody Welcome
ADMISSION free.
NOTICE OF SALE OF STOCK ron
UNPAID ASSESSMENTS,
HA1nx MEwroH. 1roprlstor.

There Is delinquent upon the here
matter described stock of the Water
loo Consolidated Mining and Milling
Company. on account of assessments
levied between September "a. 1902,
and April LIST. 1908. the amount set
oppisite the names Of the owners of
such stock. and by order of the Board
of Trustees. said stock will be sold
at public auction at the east door of
the County Court House I'm the City
of Spokane. Washington, on the 18th
day of June. 1908. at 1890 o'clock
a. m, to the highest bidder and at
such sale the person who shall pay
the assessments so due. together with
the cost of advertising and expense
of sale for the smallest nu nber of
shares or portion of a share. as the
case may be. shall be deemed the
highest bidder
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.UEAws@n1A@uN0s

"Trilby." ever popular with the
people, will be presented tonight,
matinee and evening by the
Shirley company at the Auditorium
The play. a Naturalization of Du Mau-
rier's' famous novel. is too well
known to Spokane theatergoers to
need detailed description. With Miss
Shirley in the title role and the sup
port of her excellent company no
doubt need exist IN the minds of any
formance OF most dramatic and in
teresting play will delight the large
audiences assured at the popular
prices.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05

tensive and means improvements In
every part of the city that wa be of
great benefit to residents and greatly
enhance the value of property In
these parts.
I'VE are all ready for the paving of
Monroe street from the bridge to
Mallon avenue. and our special work
has been ready for a long time. This
street will also be double tracked and
among the first Of our improvements.
All of the 16 new cars which we
ordered have arrived and are a great
help in handling the crowds. especial
ly the baseball enthusiasts"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05

ing. In the Ohio penitentiary are
several other members of the gang.
which has long been known in the an
nails Of Ohio crime as 1.-The Foster
gang" OF these Ben Lands. whose
testimony has sent most of his for
mer associates to the pen. is the re-
puted leader.
1t may be the irony of fate. but a
little job OF chicken stealing brought
the whole gang to Justice. Suspicion
Of participation In a chicken INid
led the Toledo officers to make a
search of the premises of Ben Landis.
in q semi fashionable section Of To-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05
Read Flood News
Became a Maniac.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. June s.
George Madden of Topeka. passen-
ger on the Santa Fe train. became
a raving maniac at Barstow yester-
day after reading the food news from
Kansas. He attacked passengers and
was locked in car and taken from
the train at Needles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05
Real Estate Sales.

Elmendorf &c Elmendorf report the
following sales:
Corner lot in Dennis & Bradley's
addition, $500.
Corner and inside lots on Aston
street car line, 1860.
Corner and inside lots on Third
avenue and Sherman street, $1,000.
Choice lot on Fourth avenue near
Division street. 60x112, $3.50.
Five-room house and 50-foot lot In
Saunders addition, 1920.
Modern house on Third avenue.
$1,000.
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What Gambling Has Done.


Use, wrecked threshold o
reputation
culture hghted
The Of gambling.
Money from hundred different
Of
Fifty thousand dollars
enterprises a eye t. mi develop
for
This is what gambling man.
How other the
In? n now?
yeti how
discovered Is breeding today?
De
The history Of of
an death.
witho
OF dead mems bones
And yet there a thing Spokane
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

Notice is hereby given that the AS
sessment roll for the Improvement by
the paving of Monroe street. from Il
line 1873 feet south of the south line
of Bridge avenue to the south line
of Mallon avenue. is now on file In
the office of the city clerk. Said roll
was filed on the End day of June
1908. and is now open for public in
spection.
The city council will meet on the
18th day of July, 1908. at the hour of
1880 y. IN. of said day. at which said
meeting the city council will hear
lions to said assessment roll by
parties aggrieved by said assessment
G. A. FLEMING, City Clerk.
Spokane. Wash. June Q. 1903.
The Board of Public Works will
receive bids in duplicate, one address,
Clerk. until noon, June 18th, 1908, for
the Apnstruction of concrete re-
tanning wall at the north end of the
Monroe street bridge. In accordance
with plans and specifications on file
State in bid the time In which this
work will be done after the contract
Is awarded. Bids mado on blanks
furnished by this office. Bidders to
give unit bid for exeavating and con-
crete In addition to lump sum. The
board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. Bids to be opened at
2 o'clock same date.
Z, p: HANDLEY. Secretary.
Bids will be received until noon,
June 10th. by the Board OF Public
Works for the grading, curbing and
separate bids for sidewalking with
cement. Sinto avenue, from Dakota
10 Columbus streets. In accordance
with the plans and specifications on
file in this office. Bids opened at 2
O'Clock same date.
L. ID. HANDLEY, Secretary.
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Criminal Round Up in Ohio.

TOLEDO. o., June 5.-Ben Wade is
now on trial in the Lucas county
common pleas court for the murder
of Johanna Sullivan. an aged maiden
lady.
His brother "Al' Wade, ID now I'M
der sentence of death in the same in
stitution, for the same crime. and the
third member of the alleged gang of
murderers, Ben Lands. is now in the
Lucas county Jail awaiting trial for
the same offense. At the same time
he is serving a term for horse steal
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05
Electrical Workers
Strike In Portland.

PORTLAND, Ore, June 5.--All in
side electrical workers struck this
morning for $3.50 per day. The strik-
ing painters submitted a compromise
which was agreed to by the employ
ers. The laundry lockout is still UNI
settled.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05

The board of public works will re-
ceive bids until noon June .. for the
grading and curbing of Second ave-
nue. extended. from the west line Of
Occur d'Alene avenue to the west line
of Second avenue extended. according
to the plans and specifications on file
In this office.
= Bids publicly opened at 2 o'clock
same date.
L. B. HANDLEY. Secretary.
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CITY NOTICE.

Bids will be received by the board
of public works until noon June o.
1903. for the grading and curbing
of Mill street. from the center line
of Sixth street to the center line of
Fifth avenue. according to the plans
and specifications on file in this office
Bids publicly opened at 2 o'clock
same date.
L. b. iANDLEY, Secretary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05


Stockholm
a degene
walkers main
hurts okaae. p.
has
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be can be CONTROL
in should be Of
floors
viii
to youu in 1t.
to
gentlemen, peopl are with ou.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05

You can get anything you want for
a sewing machine at J. p, Eastman
& Co. 333 Riverside. Phone Main
TAG. Machines rented or sold on easy
terms. Expert repairing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-06-05

Call and see our fine line of mems
$3.50. $500, $3.bo dress shoes. Also
our $500 McKibbins hat, latest
shapes. Don't forget our suit clubs.
S1.o0 per week. Hoyt Bros. Tailoring
Co., and mems furnishing goods
Phone E4341. 0703 Monroe street.
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BY order OF the BOard OF TruStees
l.. ROY SLATER. Secretary.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-12-30

o,3 IN the stale tui' wears unttcr
Democratic r,,.r. in fact he has
puhlicalv endorsed the rarty'<
conduct viii, the exception that it
should not have permitted he Bat
Ter influence to rule ii. I!2 does
not c,iticise his party for is un-
fair election methods aud seems
perfectly y willing to permit these
methods TO stand anl become ihe
beneficiary Of them. With Folk
at the heal Of a machine ticket the
machine could feel reasonably safe
and vet p,t up 8 front for aecency.
The administration is in control of
the police and saloon influences in
St. Louis. and with these in hand
it can dispense with Buffers there.
Outside Of The city Butler has no
influence and to the rural Demo-
cTacy the machine ; operations Will
be masked under Folk $ candidacy.
Folk As the machine candidate
would not be the same as FJll1 the
candidate Of reform, bat if Demo-
cratic rule in Missouri cannot he
terminated, we may still hope that
Folk as governor could not entirely
ignore the pretentions he made as
Il caulida;c for the Office. To get
rid of r;ngsterism and its attending
evils the people apparently have
only one rccourse lcf;-to defeat
the Democratic party at the next
election.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-12-30
Six Hundred Men Strike at Des-
loge.

The Central lead company at
Desloge has trouble with it's en-
ployes. A sympathetic strike was
called at that place at 1870 o'clock
last Thursday morning, when 900
employees quit work, leaving the
mules in the mines, with the under
ground puml> stopped. The mines
will rapidly ill with water. The
strike was caused by foreman
discharging a shift of mil|men Sun
day morning on account OF the
men refusing to 90 upon the yard
in their wet clothing to dump ehatt
ears. Both the union and the com
pany are determined. A grievance
committee from the trades council
met the company on behalf of the
discharged men, but the company
refused to reinstate the men. The
strike may last several weeks.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-12-30
ROUND ABOUT Us.

The Mtchim Pub. CO., Of De Soto
has absorbed the Piedmont Banner.
Wayne county went 'dry' by $50
ma jority at local option election
held in that county recently.
Public spirited citizens in Farming
ton a.e taking steps to organize a vol
unteer fire department.
Safe blowers cracked the strong box
of the Hague Butcher Go. at De=ioge
one night recently aud got away with
sl1O.
II. J. Cantwell. the well-knOwn min
ing promoter, has recently resigned
the presidency of the Catherine mines
in Madison county.
Mary D,;i,i,s, i Voting "on;al living
at Owl Creek. is held under arrest on
d charge of infant:ciele. II is alleged
that she had murdered her newly
born child by cutting its throat.
An immense chunk of lead ore, pure
raiena, has been found in the Simon
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-12-30

There is one thing that the
American people will not stand for
and that ia mob rule. In their
growing power the labor unions
are choking themselves to death in
their attempt to enforce its de-
mands by riot. Labor is power,
and properly led would soon hold
sway over the political destlnles
not only of this country but of all
the earth, and the great problem
of labor and capital would become
less difficult, and the producers of
wealth come into full enjoyment
thereof. As labor unions are now
ruled they are destroyers of what
labor has sweated and toiled for
centuries to build up. Brute force
is a method Of savages and animals,
not Of intelligent and thinking
men.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-12-30
LOIS of Room In the OZarks.

1t is not surprising that resi-
dents Of other sections shouid have
the erroneous notion that all the
land that is especially adapted to
fruit culture in the Ozarks is now
devoted to the industry, aud that
there are no opportunities for
those who would like to begin at
the foundation by buying unim-
proved land and setting out Or
chards or berry farms, for repre-
sentations are frequently made
that this section is now practically
one great orcka,U. 1t has been es-
.imated that not mere than one
tenth of the hand in the Ozark re-
gion adapted to fruit cnlture is so
utilized. Whether this ia correct
we have no means Of knowing, bu
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-12-30
All Around the State
With Pen and Scissors.

II. {. Todd, Maryville manager
of the Hanamo telephone company,
has perfected an apparatus by
which an ordinary telephone wire
can be used for both telephone and
telegraph service purposes at the
same time. He has confined its
operations to u long distance wire
extending from Maryville to St.
Joseph. His experiment has PROV
ed practical, and the line has been
doing the double work.
After twenty years of litigation
over tic death of bull struck bv
an lron Mountain train, Thomas
+. Sublett of Adair county was
awarded a verdict for $276. S5 by
Judge McEIhinney at Clayton one
day last week. The verdict was
for the amount sued for, s125,
with interest a, 6per cent from the
date of tho institution of the suit.
The case has been tried on it's mer-
its twice, bat has been hung up in
the higher courts most of the time
on technicalities. Judge McElhin-
nev stated that because of the age
Of the litigation it has been difficult
to get at some of the facts, several
witnesses having died. At this
time it is impossible to proye
whether the bull was killed out.
right in the accident. or was only
injured and died Of old ane.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-12-30

Hymer land, near Bourbon. which is
said by mining experts who hAye eX-
amincd it to he the largest solid piece
of lead ever discovered ii any plrt OF
the world. 1t is in the form Of an ir-
regular triangle, the Perpendicular be-
ing 6 feet. the base extending beyond
the flu width IF tie shaft g feet to
unknown width. This chunk has
been exposed to the depth of 10 feet
and the euG has not ret been ascer-
| tanned. IL is estimated t.lat that
part OF tie lead already exposed will
weigh fully six tQns.
Prosecuting Attorney Van Mort last
Thursday notified the cigar dealers in
town, who have slot machIeS, that
| the practice Of u hul'cli 0t fellows get
, ting together and whirlins the ma
! chine to see who should get all he
| cigars put up would have t. stop. Tlle
| Prosecuting Attorney said there was
no objection 10 the Use Of the machine
Us originally iutended-tliat Of letting
Il man drop his nickle in the slot and
! taking one. two or three cigars lis the
| number indicated but the practice
| Of piling a number Of cigars on top
and the "high' man taking them all,
! would have to be abandoned. The
! dealers al! acquiesced ard tho cigar
| came i uoW = tIjuu t,t the MAST, --
| Iruntou Reg
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-12-30

The way things are beginning TO
shape themselves in state politics
It begins to look very much like
the Dockery crowd were going to
make a throw to Folk. Men who
are intimately associated with the
governor, both personally and pol
itically, are beginning to take an
active interest in promoting Folk
boom throughout the state. 1t is
up to the party to decide between
ostensible political decenoy and
Butler;sm, and the recent decision
oi the supreme court in the Butter
ease has aeeentuated this point
Astute politicians like Governor
Doekery, Excise Commissioner
Seibert and others foresee that th'
Democratic party cannot endorse
Butlerism and put up q face OF dc
cencv and reepectability at thu
same time. The issue before TIT
people of Missouri today is, shol
yenulity continue in the state
government or shall reform pre-
vail. Hawes and Reed maintain
there is no need OF reform; Dock
arv and Seibert do not admit thi
either, but the latter geo Danger
permitting the party 70 hecom
committed to the Halves and kee
policy. Folk does not c"nnect tn
aamipist.ation with the evenalit
and corruption that bos hees go'n
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-12-30

At Cape Girardeau on the 24th
inst. Pearl Taylor, aged 8 years,
WAS playing with revolver, when
he shot his brother Clarence, aged
II years, in the neck, killing him
instantly.
E. G. Nelson Of HnnnibaI was
given fifty days in jail one day last
week on account of his propensity
for promiscuously hugging women
on the streets. 1t doesn't pay to
be too promiscuous about hugging
women.
"Oid Bet supposed to be the
oldest mule in Missouri, and the
property of Dudley Leach, of Fay
cite, died Christmas dsy after a
hearty meal. She was IL years
old and bad carried Mr.. Leach
across the plains and through the
civil war.
Matthias +. Carron, Il miner ut
Joplin got drunk on Christmas day
procured revolver and threatened
to kill the entire family. After
striking his wife over the head
with the pistol hi. 17-year-old son
rushed to her assistance and in the
scutfle which followed between
father and son the pistol WAS dis
charged and Barron was instantly
killed.