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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Personal.

u. Rvric, local agent for Balfour-
Guthrie 4 Co. is entertaining j. WI.
hanson and wife of London and w
j, Burns and wife of Portland. Both
MIR Williamson and Mr. Burns are
officers of the company, This is MIR.
Nillamson's first visit TO the north %
west. In which locality HIS company
has invested thousands of dollars. He
is one of the heaviest stockholders
in the company. He and Mrs. VIII
hanson are much pleased with Spo-
kane ana Portland.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
PRESENT CONDITIONS
MENACE TO CHILDREN

Secretary Z. p. Thomas. represent
ing the board of education. has sent
a communication to the city council
urging the latter to adopt Council
man f. NJ. Woydts sewer plans for
the Fourth ward.
In his communication Mr. Thomas
says the cesspools in that part of the
city have reached such a condition
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Mortgage Burning
at Vincent Church.

The mortgage and notes against
the Vincent NJ. Il. church FOR $4,000,
recently paid Off. arrived today from
the headquarters of the Pennsylvania
Mortgage company in the east.
1t will DO burned next Sunday in
the church with appropriate services,
II present plans are carried out.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27

at least 80 days before a permanent
successor is named. The papers turn
ed over to the postoffice department
Saturday by Tyners attorneys were
this morning transmitted to the de-
partment of justice.
1t will now be for the attorney gen.
eral to decide whether or not action
can be sustained against Tyner or his
wife, and her sister, Mrs. Barrett.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Leaves Negroes Case
To State Department.

WASHINGTON, April 27.--The SUI
preme court today declared in the
case of the negroes in Montgomery
county. Alabama, who complained
that under the new constitution their
names were not registered on the
voting list, thus excluding the blacks
from voting. that the circuit court
was right In dismissing their bill.
BY this decision treatment of the
negroes franchise Is left to the state
department.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Electric Road Assured.

]. E. Foster, the insurance man. re-
turned this morning from a trip to
the Occur d'Alene country. He es-
tablished branch for the liability
department Of the Aetna Life Insur-
ance company in Wallace. Mr.. Fos-
ter says arrangements have practi-
cally been completed for the building
of an electric railroad to connect the
different towns in the Occur d'Alenes.
The towns to benefit from the road
are Wallace. Mullan. Burke Gem and
Wardner
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27

this section has grown to such an
extent that President Macdonald feels
the company will act wisely in build
ing here
While in the city Mr. Macdonald
will also arrange for the repairs to
be made on Riverside avenue
Sprague avenue and cross streets.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27

BY having your Clothes kent clean
and pressed will make them last
longer and look well until they are
worn out. One suit each week FOR
$3.50 per month. The Unique Tailor
ing company, l12 Washlpstoa street,
Phone Main 1S5.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Church Incorporates.

Articles of incorporation of the
Union Park Swedish Baptist church
were filed with the county auditor
today The incorporators are Rev.
c. a. and Mrs Bobere. MIR. and Mrs.
John Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Spare, Mir, and Mrs. Ed Schuberg.
Miss ELLEN Johnson and Mrs. Kotarine
Frederckson.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27

Spokane Odd Fellows celebrated the
eighty-fourth anniversary of the es-
Establishment of Odd Fellowship in
America. which occurred yesterday,
by attending services at the First
Presbyterian church. About 800
members representing the three
lodges in this city attended. and lis
tened to an able sermon by Rev. G.
w. Giboney, who spoke from the text
mo Man Liveth to Himself"
Tonight the anniversary ball will
be given at Elks' hall
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
eleven KILLED AND
Is INJURED IN WRECK

OF the injured four will die. A
misleading of orders caused the work
train to back rapidly into the stock
train at cure. The fiatcars and
caboose were reduced to kndling
wood. The injured men were remov-
ed to the hospital at Coffeyville.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Smoker and Social.

Tho International Brotherhood of
Blacssmiths win give a smoker and
social at odd Fellows hall, 72O First
avenue, Thursday evening. April so,
at o'clock, Blseksmiths through
out the city are cordially invited to
attend and spend an enjoyable eve
Ming. Admission and Refreshments
free.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Second Tria! of Case.

In the United States circuit court
a jury is being impaneled IN the case
of George G. Ross against the North
port Smelling X Mining company.
At the last term of court the plain
tiff was awarded damages In the sum
OF $4,000. but the verdict was set
aside and new trial granted, The
present suit is for the amount asked
In the original suit $4,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Criminal Court Gases.

The jury in the criminal court hav-
ing been discharged, there will be no
more cases in that department until
after the 18th of May. When court
reconvenes the case OF Ed Spencer,
charged with the murder of his
sweetheart, Ella Mundt, will be set
for trial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Their Eyes Burned Out.

LANCASTER. o.. April 27.-Flve
men were frightfully scalded by an
explosion of hot metal at Marietta
today. The eyes of two of the vic
tins were burned our and they re-
ceived fatal injuries. The others are
in n critical condition
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27

BUFFALO. nan., .n'ril 27.-By the
wrecking OF northbound Missouri
Pacifas stock train and work train
last night IL men were killed and
rs injured. The dead are Greek and
Italian laborers with the exception
OF the work boss Frye, who was an
American.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Don't Anticipate
Strikes on May I.

NEW YORK, April Elm local la
Dor circles it is believed there will
be no strikes here on May I. The
labor situation is said to be more
peaceful than for many years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
President Turns Sod
for Carnegie Library.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., April Pr
President Roosevelt began strcnu-
Gus day by turning the first sod for
the Carnegie library. He made an
address in front of the high school
building. The train left here at 9:l5
o'clock,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
Urge Increase In Pay.

Chief of Police Reddy and Chief
Myer of the fire department are be
fore the finance committee of the city
council this afternoon urging in
creases OF pay for the men of those
departments.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27

Captain McClelland is bemoaning
the loss of three horses, stolen from
the city pound Friday night, The
sherin's otllco has the matter in
hand.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
.,
Has Settled Estate.

George r, Crane. administrator Of
the estate OF Charlotte Z. Carew. has
hled a report showing the dlstrihu-
ton Of sS533l0 TO nine heirs of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
BOND AS ADMINISTRATOR.

the sum of $500 as Administrative
of the estate Of Jacob l.. Zohn, with
l. ID. Holland and +. Dornberg as
SuretieS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27

Major Q L. Helm of the United
states cavalry stationed at Boise
Barracks Idaho. is guest az the
Spokane h,Ss
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-04-27
MAYOR HzrE IN SPOKANE.

estate, and has heen discharged ff6m'
further responsibility
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
OYSTERS and Disease,
record.

In a recent scientific work by Profs.
Herdman and Boyce, entitled "Oys.
ters and Disease" they report the re.
suit Of their Investigations on the
cause which produces green oysters.
Many epicures prefer their oysters to
have the emerald hue, though there
is a widespread opinion that green
oysters are not edible.
The Investigators arrive at the con,
clusion that there are several forms
Of greenness. Copper is said to be
present in minute quantity in all oys'
tiers. 1t was found that the greenest
American oysters contained about four
times the amount Of copper which is
present in the whitest American oys
ters. Careful chemical examination
demonstrated ~conclusively that there
Is proportionately more copper in the
greener parts of the oysters than in
those parts which are less green. The
green color of the highly priced Mar
n oysters was found to be pro
duced by the presence Of a certain
pigment and did not depend upon the
amount Of the contained copper.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
Sweeping Rooms by Air.

A New York man has invented an
apparatus that is designed for sweep
ing rooms by air. Not only are floors
renovated in this fashion, but carpets
and rugs and walls and draperies, up
holsteries and ceilings, are all subject
to its beneficial effects. The cleaning
Is done by passing the nozzle Of o
hose over the object to be cleaned, Q
machine in the cellar drawing the air
and incidentally the dust and dirt
into the hose at a lively rate and
carrying all these accumulations
through smooth-joined two-inch pipes
to the s~eparators in the basement. The
operator runs the nozzle close to the
surface Of the dusty article, and the
dirt Is whisked into the hose by the
strong suction and drawn into the
dust bins below. No dust Is raised
and the air of the room is really i'm
proved by this drain upon 1t. 1t is
claimed that the floors can be cleaned
quicker and much better than by the
old-fashioled grooming. OF course, al
present the suction renovator is only
adopted to the larger buildings, the
cost Of a plant being several thousands
Of dollars, but the time may come
when the glory Of the household broom
will be forever dimmed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
Usinu Law Books to Advantaue,

One supposes that it is the duty of
naval officers to fight, not negotiate.
Nevertheless, all officers of modern
navies have more to do with inter.
national law than with ball and can.
on. Prof. Moore of Columbia, was
%lecturing a few summers ago at the
Newport Naval College, and inter
national law was one Of the most i'm,
portant studies. The professor was
setting forth all imaginable situations
and allowing the students to suggest
the best way out of them. One of the
men could not appreciate the value
of law in a sea fight. What he was
yearning for was powder and shot.
Asked by the professor as to what
argument for international law he
would use to convince the enemy of
their error, he said contemptuously:
II would let them have all the vol.
umes of international law in wad
form, and add the supplement by way
Of emphasis"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
Mastodon Remains In New York.

The skeletons of sixty mastodons
have been found in the state of New
York distributed along certain well
marked belts, as follows: T~hirty-four
In eastern New York from Albany
south through Newburgh; thirteen
from Rochester south through Living
ston county; two near Chautauqua
lake and two near Ithaca. Outside of
these belts the state is barren. 1t
would appear, therefore, that the mas.
todons had distinct feeding grounds,
and the remains indicate that the
beasts were living in a time not very
remote. Their skeletons are
usually found resting on the boulders
of old streams in a comparatively thin
layer of peat. No specimen Of the
mammoth has yet been found in the
state. When President Roosevelt, then
governor of New York, urged that the
mammoth should appear in its coat
OF arms, 1t was evident that although
a mighty hunter of existing big game
he was a bit weak in his knowledge
Of extinct types.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
A UNIQUE Fire-escape.

The accompanying illustration rep
resents a ire-escape which stands in a
class alone as far as novelty is con-
cerned, having a unique feature which
has probably never before been ap-
piled to the work Of saving people
from burning buildings. There might
possibly be m objection to the erec-
ton of this apparatus On buildings,
and that is the strong temptation it
will present to the boys as a play
thing.
AS will be seen, the idea is to erect
a series Of rigid platforms alternately
on opposite sides of a well inside a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
A New Machine Gun.

The Danish army has formally
adopted a new machine-gun, which ap-
pears to be most efficient. It's impor-
tant difference from all other machine
guns is that it weighs very little more
than an ordinary rifle and can be
carried and operated by one man;
moreover, 1t has no bulky carriage, but
merely requires a tripod stand or a
simple rest. 1t is possible for a
mounted man to carry the gun and
one thousand rounds Of ammunition,
which can be fired at the rate of three
hundred rounds per minute, or slower
IL desired. The cartridges are not
carried on a belt, as with the Maxim
gun, but are fitted into curved maya
zines, each holding thirty rounds, and
packed side by side into a special
kind Of k~napsack. The new machine
gun Is also far cheaper than any SINH
lar weapon, and a few mounted men
armed with it would prove a most
formidable foe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
Halter Tie Regulator and securer.

Instances are on record where
horses and cattle tied in stalls have
become tangled up in the rope and
either broken a leg or strangled, ow-
ing to the length of rope allowed them
in order that they may reach their
food and lie down to rest. If the tie
is left long enough to allow the ami.
mails head to reach the floor when
lying down there is sufficient slack
when the animal is standing to dangle
around the legs and become tangled
up with the feet. AS an improvement
in the method of securing horses and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
ROUNDED HORN WITH HoBos,
Only One Man In Twenty Ever Had
Been Before the Mast.

w.
Been Before the Mast.
The ship Erskine M. Phelps arrived
at Honolulu recently from Norfolk,
Va, having broken all previous rec
ords for a sailing vessel from a north
Atlantic port. She made the trip In
ninety-seven days. She rounded the
Horn"-from so south in the Atlantic
to so south in the Pacifc-in eleven
days, whereas the usual time is twice
that.
What added to the interest Of the
voyage was that when the Phelps was
we'll to sea the captain discovered
that nearly every man of his crew had
shipped under false p~retenses. Only
one man in the. twenty before the
mast was a sailor. The rest were just
plain "hobos" who had palmed them.
selves off as sailors. The result was
that the captain and the mates had to
take turns at the wheel and do most
Of the work aloft.
In a terrible squall off Cape Horn,
says the New York Mail and Express,
when the safety of the ship hung in
the balance and all hands were called
to save ship, only six men came on
deck, the others were lying below
half dead with terror and ~seasickness.
Nevertheless the Phelps broke the
record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
Do Stars Exnlode2

The appearance Of a new star In
the constellation of Perseus, and its
rapid expansion into a nebula, which
has been going on for some time past,
have revived among astronomers the
theory that some nebulae may be
formed by explosion. About 1870
Prof. Bickerton of Canterbury college,
New Zealand, showed that If two
stars should Craze one another the
abraded parts, ii relatively small,
would have SO high a temperature
that they would at once become
nebulous, and that the nebula so
formed would under certain condi-
tons, continue to expand until dissi,
pated in space. The present expand
ing nebula has been growing at the
extraordinary rate of several thousand
miles a second and is, in many ways,
one of the greatest celestial wonders
Of the tirpe.-From Success.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
POPULAR SCIENCE

jury than a evere shaking up; but the
inventor has placed a spring cushion
OF each Of these platforms, which
would reduce to a minimum the jar oc-
casioned by a fall from one platform
to the next.
AS a person drops on n of tho
cushions 1t yields beneath his weight
and then discharges its burden to the
next cushion, and so on, until the bot.
tom of the well is reached, when the
person picks himself up and makes his
escape through one of the exit doors
provided, none the worse for his fall.
The inventor is Philip H. DERRICK OF
Grandviewon-Hudson, N. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
Weight Takes Up the Slack.

cattle in their stalls the halter tie here
shown should recommend itself to the
considerate farmer. 1t has the facul.
ty of taking up all slack in the rope,
no matter what the position of the
head may be: yet there is little exer.
ton required TO lift the weight and
lengthen the tie when the animal lies
down or reaches after food in the end
Of the manger. The device consists
of a vertical tube, with a pulley at the
top, W. which the rope passes be.
fore being attached to the weight. The
latter need only be sufficiently heavy
to counterbalance the cord, as there
is no strain to be overcome until the
weight'reaches the top of the tube and
is held in place by the roller.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
HOW SOME MEN ADVERTISE.
There 10 q knack In Getting Ones
Business Before the Public.

There 10 q knack In Getting Ones
Business Before the Public.
Tive come to the conclusion that
success In advertising depends on how
1t is done" said a member of the yes.
try Of a prominent Episcopal church.
Several weeks ago on a rainy Sun.
day morning my umbrella disappeared
from the stand in church. / adver.
tised for it's return, offering a gener.
u reward, but no one returned it.
Later on talking to a friend who is in
the advertising business / mentioned
the matter to him. How was your
lad" worded?' he asked. Something
like: Person who found stray UNI
Drella In vestibule of st. - church
please return same to -. Reward,
etc. l answered.
HE smiled and scrubbed on a piece
OF paper: Try this as an "ad,"' he
said. / took the paper and read: Per.
son who was seen taking umbrella
from vestibule of st. - church must
return it at nee to a v himself trou.
Bile, as he is known Acting on my
friends advice, l inserted the notice
In the papers. Did it work? l should
say So Next day l found not one, but
half a dozen umbrellas awaiting me al
home. They had been sent to the
house during the day and attached tc
each was an unsigned note praying
that l would overlook the matter, rs
the writer had taken the umbrella by
mistake. "-Philadelphia Record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
PROGRESS of Invention,

The electric motor is fast displacine
the leather belt in factories.
The average watch represents but
twelve hours of human labor.
Three Of the eleven dirigible bal
looms made in fifty years have killed
their inventors.
The missing link from Fashoda to
Ujiji in the telegraph line from Cape
Town to Cairo will be supplied by wire
less instruments.
Experience has shown that nothing
is gained, in ordinary conditions, BY
placing electrical power plants at the
coal mines, 1t being cheaper to haul
the coal by rail than to transmit its
power by wire.
A few years ago quartz mines that
would not yield $50 to the ton were
despised and rejected as Improbable.
Now, with improved methods of ex
tracing, ore containing as low as SO
a ton pays fair dividends to the stock.
holders.
The cost Of cyanide treatment of
ore in a typical southwestern Colo.
RADIO plant, where about 125 tons are
handled daily, is stated to be 20 cents
a TOMS cents for cyanide, 20.5 cents
for labor, 3.5 cents for powder and
fuel, and As for zinc.
The gas used in the modern gas en-.
CINE performs nearly or quite double
the work obtained from 1t when used
for steam heating purposes. In time
the gas engine, in utilizing the blast
furnace gases, will make'pig iron pro
duction more than doubly profitable.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
IL. u. Sf1ObEft
Commissioner of Insurance
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Dana IF mnnt Of nslIrnnnn


Company's Certificate of Authority.
Whereas, The Niagara Fire Insurance
Co., a corporation organized under the
laws Of New York, has filed in this office
a sworn statement, exhibiting It's condi-
ton and business for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1902, conformable to the re-
Quirements Of the laws Of this State reg
ulating the business of insurance.; and
Whereas, The said Company has filed
In this office a duly certified copy of it's
charter. with certificate of organization,
In compliance with the requirements Of
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, therefore, !, III. G. Shober, Com
missioner Of Insurance Of the State Of
South Dakota, pursuant to the provisions
Of said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named Company is fully empow-
cred through its authorized agents to
transact its appropriate business of Fire
Insurance in this State, according to
laws thereof, until the 31st day of Decem-
Der, A. d. 1903.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal at Pierre, this
26th day Of January, A. d. 1903.
(Seal.) II. G. SHOBER,
Commissioner of Insurance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-04
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
DnnArtmnnt Of Inallrnnnn

aAAoAA
Company's Certificate of Authority.
Whereas, the Palatine Insurance Com
pany, Ltd, n corporation organized under
the laws of Great Britain, has filed in
this office a sworn statement exhibiting
Its condition and business for the year
ending December 81, 1902, conformable to
the requirements of the laws OF this
State regulating the business Of insur-
ance; and
Whereas, the said Company has filed in
this office a duly certified copy Of its
charter, with certificate of organization,
In compliance with the requirements Of
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, therefore, l, H.. c. Shober. Com
missioner Of Insurance OF the State of
South Dakota, pursuant to the provisions
of sad laws, do hereby certify that the
above named Company Is fully empow-
cred, through it's authorized agents, to
transact its appropriate business OF Fire
Insurance in this state according to
laws thereof. until the 31st day Of Deem
Der, A. d. 1903.
In testimony whereof / have hereunto
set my hand and seal at Pierre, this Sd
day of February. A. ID. 1903.
(Seal,) II. {. SFOBER,
Commissioner of Insurance.