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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13
PRAISES THE PLUCK
OF A SPOKANE man

would provide 5 per cent dividend
on the issued capital. $13,363,0 30, in
$40 shares Once again Spokane min
ing men have picked plum in Brit
ish Columbia mines. All credit is
due Jay p. Graves. who purchased the
group of mines in Phoenix camp as
mere prospects when practically every
expert that went UP the hill to ex-
anime them stated they were too low
grade to be worked. In spite of al
most impossible conditions he sue
ceeded in obtaining capital. and has
built at Grand Forks a smelling plant
that is not only an honor to Spo-
kane mans perseverance, but is to-
day ranked as one of the most notable
reduction plants on the continent. Mr..
Graves and his plucky associates de-
serve all their success"
Mr.. Sword expects to leave today
for Prince of Wales island. Alaska.
where he has considerable property
in the vicinity of Hedley the new
camp founded by Sam Silverman, a
Spokane mining operator.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13
Rates Change Little.

Beginning last Monday the new traAs-
continental freight rates went into eff
feet, superseding the tariff sheets issued
July l, 1907. The new rates are nearly
the same as those that have been in
effect since year ago last July, al.
though few minor changes are report
ed "There has been some slight
changes in order to have an excuse
to issue new book is the way the
railroad men think of it.
The principal change in the new tariff
is the slight raise in the rate on furmi
ture. Several more articles have been
added to the freight commodity list =.
This raise is said to be an adjustment
of rates now used by the transcontinen.
tai lines.
Hereafter box cars over AZ feet in
length, and fiat cars over Al feet in
length, will be subject to "A % per cent
on the minimum carload weight.
Freight cars more than so feet long
will not be handled by any of the
through lines.
Refrigerator cars will hereafter be
charged $l5 for icing between st. Paul
and Chicago.
Advance sheets of the new changes
first reached here last July.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13
Pa on Paregoric.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. l3.-Has
papa" a right to insist on baby's hav-
ing dose of paregoric? And has nam,
ma a right to declare baby shall not
have paregoric and to tell papa" to
shut up?"
A difference in views upon these
questions landed Mr. and Mrs. V. t.
Olson of Minneapolis in the divorce
court. The woman asked for divorce
and petitioned this in her complaint
The woman said the paregoric bottle
had finally brought her to the point
where she must choose between her hus
band and her family-and she selected
the latter. The court backed imam
ma and Mrs. Olson got her divorce
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13

line with their faces toward Fulton
street. and at sign of command
from the leader proceeded to stalk
slowly backward down the center
aisle.
Walking in this strange fashion
they made n complete tour of the
ground floor, and then, after taking
the elevator, repeated the strange
performance tin every department of
the store had been visited.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13
ACHER'S
DYSPEPSIA TABLETS

cure Dyspepsia and all disorders aris-
ing from Indigestion. Endorsed by
physicians everywhere. Sold by all
druggists. No cure, no pay. 25 cents.
Trial package free by writing to w.
ri. Hooker Il Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13

The regular monthly meeting of the
members of the Floral association is be-
ing held this afternoon at the residence
of the president, Mrs. A. j. Burt, 100
w. Nora avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13
WATCH THE KIDNEYS"

"When they are affected life is In
danger" says DIR. Abernethy, the
great English physician. Foley 8
Kidney Cure makes sound Kidneys,
Sold by Chas. McNab. 400 Riverside
avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13

G. A. Gaunce, secretary of the Green
wood board of trade, lett today for
Seattle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13

The next man who tries to make
Langley's airship fly should wear II
diving suit.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13

As will be seen by watching Russia
there is no diplomacy SO successful as
that backed by big army and navy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-13

Except Sunday.
Short line TO California. San Fran
Disco Portland route. Steamers eail
from Ainsworth dock. Portland. at q
D. m, every Ave days.
GEO, J. MoHLER, Gen. AgI,
--Tsls2hQna Main M
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
The March of Progress.
An Electric Railway Between Wash
ington and New York.

1t is reported that an electric rail
way between Washington and New
\ ork will be one of the improvements
Of the near future. If anybody had
prophesied, when electricity was a
new thing, that the time would come
when one might travel by trolley from
tire Capital to the metropolis, II
would have sounded like a fairy tale.
Yet nothing seems more easy now.
1t is to be hoped, however, that in
the building of such a road, attention
will be given to having it built right
BY this is meant that the road should.
first of all, be safe. Accidents on the
trolley lines are not attended with all
the horrors of accidents on the steam
railway, but they are more preventa-
bic, and they should be prevented
The ears should be comfortable, well
ventilated, and roomy. 1t is much
easier to begin right in such matters
than to set them right when they are
begun wrong. If the long-distanee
electric railway is going to be provid-
ed with such cars as disgrace some of
our street railways, the long-suffering
public will have reason to groan. The
plush-cOvered seat of the steam rail
way, with its uncomfortable angle,
which prevents any sort of reposeful
position, the dirt, and racket, and bad
service, Of the steam railway, can all
be eliminated from the electric car,
and they ought to be. The electric
cars should attract patronage which
will demand comfort, cleanliness, and
health in travelling, even if it is neces-
sary to pay a little more to secure
them; and all these things are posi-
bic, with care, thought, and a reason
able amount of attention to the best
interests of the public.
If this electric road is built with the
idea of merely making as much
money as possible in the first few
years of its existence, it will be a nui-
sance; if it is built with the idea OF
giving Its patrons as much comfort as
possible, it will be a blessing, and If
the end it will pay bigger dividends
than if constructed on the cheaper
plan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17

especial use of visitors. One hears
complaints that country people will
not act as servants, or do the washing
of the city people. Why should they,
If they find their own work more
proftable2
And why should the city man re-
sard it as his unquestioned right to
stroll over the farmers land, injwc
his crops, demand that the farmer
preserve game for him, and so on?
That is the farmers side of the mat
ter. and while there are in every
country town some men who are will
ing, for commercial reasons, to en-
courage the presence Of the city resi-
dent, there are always others who, TO
speak plainly, regard him as a nui-
sance. When he adds to his natural
misunderstanding of the life and aims
and character of the farmer a dispo-
siIion to use the latter as a sort of
fcotman, and treat him with scarcely
concealed contempt as a lower order
of being. bad blood is natural con-
sequence; and it is probably some
such feeling which caused the recent
Adirondack murder. Nothing, of
course, can excuse such a violation Of
law as that; but it is a fact that some
city people who spend their summers
in the country infict upon THEN rural
ueighbors behavior which, If they
themselves were the victims of it,
would strike them as mtolerably in
sulting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
The Remedy and the Disease,
The School Board of Philadelphia Con-
siders Teachers Grievances.

Some indignation was caused not
long ago by the revelation, not exact
ly a new one, by the way, that the
school teachers Of Philadelphia were
assessed percentages on their salaries
for political purposes, and that they
we're obliged TO pay these sums to
various ward politicians or run the
risk of losing their jobs. The right
thinking public very justly said that
something ought to be done about it.
Something was.
The board of education held a
meeting. and said that these proceed
mgs were outrageous or words 20 that
effect. 1t said other things, and
stamped the practice with its disap-
proval, which was weighty, indeed
1t cavorted around the whole field
and decorated its arguments with
various long words from the dictioG-
any.
The upshot Of the whole matter was
a resolution, which reads as follows /:
Resolved, That the secretary be here
by instructed 20 notify each public
school teacher in Philadelphia that such
assessment is without the approval Of
the board of public education. and any
recognition of or payment Of money for
such purpose by them is considered By
this board TO be detrimental 10 the best
interests of the schools.
This leaves the teachers between the
devil of politics and the deep sea Of
joyless penury. They can refuse TO
pay tbcir assessments and risk losing
their positions, or they can pay ard
Iisk being dismissed if the school
board find 1t out. 1t is not a happy
Let, that of the Philadelphia teacher.
Put it IS an i'll wind which blows no.
body good. Perhaps the Sultan of
Turkey may take a leaf from the
book of the Philadelphia school board
and get out of his irritating dilemma
by stating that the Macedonian mas
saCres are without his approval, and
the victims will obhge him by not be-
inc killed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
The cheapness of Human Life.

The evidence at the trial showed that
Mr.. Tillman killed an unarmed man.
who had no intention Of attacking him.
but. on the contrary, was about To
cross the street to avoid meeting him.
1t is true that the relations between
these men were not Of a friendly nature.
Mr.. Gonzales had criticised Mr.. Till
man with great severity in his news
paper. In so far as this criticism was
directed at Mr.. Tillman in the latter's
capacity as a public official. il was le-
Ultimate if IL did nOt transcend the
bounds Of propriety. Even II II degen-
Grated into personalities, however, the
provocation was not sufficient TO Justify
the course which Mr.. Tillman adopted
to rid himself OF his enemy. 1t is a
sad thing when human life is held in
light regard In any community and
when a man who kills another 10 re-
dress personal grievances escapes pun
ishment by the law.-Baltimore Sun
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
Marquis a schOolmaster.

me Marquis of Normandy. whose en-
gagement TO Gertrude Foster. daughter
OF the late Johnston Jay Foster. OF
Moore Park, Ludlow. has just been an
nounced, is not only a clergyman. but
also a schoolmaster, and has converted
MS ancestral home. a grand old pile by
the name Of Mulgrave Castle, into a col
lege where under his able direction lit
tie boys are prepared for Elton, and for
Woolwich. among his pupils having
been the young Duke OF Leinster. Lord
de Clifford. and a number Of other
young nOblemen and heirs 10 peerages.
Lord Normandy was formerly rector
Of a place called Worsley. near Man
chester. But he did not keep the berth
long. For as soon as IL became known
In the Duchy Of Lancaster and in the
neighboring shires that there was a real
live marquis officiating as rector at
Worsley. people came from far and
wide for the purpose Of awaiting them
selves of his ecclesiastical services.
Some stood in need of baptism, others
Of marriage and OF confirmation, while
yet others required nothing save a fu-
neral service. The latter class predom-
mated, and before long there was such
an astounding influx of corpses into
Worsley. brought thither for the pur-
pose Of being buried by a marquis. that
Lord Normandy. who is an exceedingly
Sci sitive man, was compelled TO leave
the place and took to keeping school In
stead at Mulgrave Castle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
A Superb Old Place.

The castle is a superb old place. COM
handing stretches of sea and mOorland
and fianked by hundreds of acres OF
wood that stretch down to the beach
900 feet below The picture galleries
contain many family portraits by cele-
brated painters, as well as some fine ex-
amples Of Rubens. Gainsborough, Lely
and KneIler, while costly bric-a-brac in
the shape Of exquisite bronzes and
dainty sevres abound on every side. The
upper floors OF the castle have been
fitted up as great dormitories for the
boys. whose school rooms and gym
nasium are at the back and out of sight.
in no way impairing the picturesque and
romantic aspects of the castle.
Lord Normandy himself acts as the
headmaster and is assisted by a large
corps of teachers, most of them, like
himself, divines of the Church of Eng
land. Lord Normandy, who is canon
Of Windsor. has royal blood I'm his veins,
one of his maternal ancestors having
been a natural daughter OF King James
II. 1t was. indeed, through her that
Mulgrave Castle and the Mulgrave
estates passed into the possession of the
House OF Phipps. OF which Lord Nor
mandy is the chief.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
Questions Propounded.

Here are eight questions propounded
and the number and character Of the
replies received 10 each:
l. Should Congress give money for
good roads? Yes. 80. sol: no. 1920.
2 Should parcels post be established
TO carry merchandise at low rates? Yes,
$751; no. 1.754
3. Should we have postal fractional
currency for use in the mails? Yes. A.
SOS: no. 5.171.
+ Should the tarin be revised? Yes.
S.19S: no. 10.73s
5. Should trusts be regulated or sup
pressed? Regulated, 22s54: suppressed.
Il, 499
S. Who should be the Republican can
didate for President in 1912 Roosevelt,
S3,lo6; Hanna. 80: scattering. .274.
Z Who should be the Democratic can
didate for President? Cleveland. II. sse:
Bryan. 1921: Parker, 4252: johnson. 42f5:
Hill. Abb; German, 17S; Hearst, las:
scattering. 2.49I.
8 Name any other political party
that should nominate. Prohibition
Woolley, 1905; Stewart. 707. Social Dem
ocratic-Debs. 67I. Labor-SitcheI 81;
Hearst. 90. Populist-Bryan, s92- Free
silver-Bryan. 9.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
City People in the Country.
Farmers Have Some Rights Which City
People Should Respect.

1t is reported that the Adirondack
farmers are in the habit of referring
To the miilionaires and amateur
hunters who come there as 'those
burned city yaps." This may be
doubted, first, because the farmer
does not use the word "yap," and sec
ond, because he does not say
"duned" except on the stage. Some
times he "darns" things, but not
often.
There is a grain of suggestion in
this bit Of misinformation, and it is
worth the attention of city people
who spend some months in the coun-
Try, though few of them may notice
it. The city man in the country is
too apt to regard the farmer and all
his belongings as created for the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
Another Image Shattered.

IN addition TO this, the prince goes
goes on 10 show that the friendship
which was asserted 10 exist between
Marie Bashkirtsen and the great French
painter Bastien Lepage was altogether
imaginary. n creation of the fantastic
brain OF Marie, since the girl and the
artist never met more than n dozen
times at the very most, and that not
IN any intimate manner, but driving in
the Bois de Bouiogne at exhibitions Of
paintings and at the opera. II is a
wonder indeed that this has not been dis
covered ere this. especially as Marie's
description OF the painters mother.
whom she professed TO know intimately
In no way resembles that lady.
Finally the prince. In referring to the
so-called pilgrimage OF the novelist
Maurice Barres TO the domicile and
atelier Of Marie in Rue de Prony. and
TO his impassioned portrayal of the
young girls work room, with her books
and her favorite authors, left open inst
as they were at the time OF her death.
points out that Marie never lived in
the Rue de Prony, TO which her family
only moved some time after her death
which took place at 10 Rue Ampere.
In fact, King Peter Of Servia's cousin
aiter having earned much money and
literary fame by Wanting his young
friend Marie BashlSirtsefr to the very
skies as a phenomenon OF precocious
genius. has now created a still greater
sensation and achieved even more lit
erary notoriety by destroying the pedes-
TAI OF the statue which he had raised
and by demonstrating in the most con
FlhSlng manner that this much-cis-
cussed young girl was something in the
nature OF literary fraud, or perhaps
would be kindlier TO say that she per
United her imagination 20 get the better
oil the strict truth and that her family
ton. 9'AeA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
Cleveland in Favor.

In the matter Of Presidential choice
II Is not surprising TO see that the pre-
ponderance Of sentiment is IN favor OF
the nomination Of Mr. Roosevelt as the
Republican candidate. II Is somewhat
astonishing, however. 10 learn that in
such a straw vote a ma jority favor the
nomination. by the Democrats. of
Grover Cleveland. fourth time for the
Presidency. The vote for him Is nearly
as large as that for Bryan. Judge
Parker. and Tom Johnson combined. II
viii also be noted that BRYAN received
a number OF votes as POpulist and
nine as a free silverite- William r
Hearst received 90 votes as a labor can
didate as well as LAS as a Democratic
candidate 1t is quite natural that
among farmers proposition to spend
money for good roads and parcels post
should be received with high favor
The politicians may learn something By
noting that nearly. three out Of every
four persons who made reply said that
The tariff should be revised
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
Useful Races.
A Test of the Speed of Automobiles in
Long Distance Races.


The long-distance race, if it may
be called race, between New York
and Pittsburg, in which several auto
mobiles were tested, is over, and has
proved that these machines can sue
eessfully be used for long journeys
This is the kind of automobile race
which the public can reasonably APP
prove.
There is little doubt that those who
can afford it will in future years use
the automobile with great comfort
and pleasure in journeys through the
country, in which the object is TO get
as much amusement and fresh air as
possible, and still travel at a high rate
OF speed. More privacy is possible in
an automobile journey than in a jour
ney by rail, and much more indul-
gence of individual taste. If, in
course of time, regular automobile
tracks from one end of the country
to the other can be made, with suit
able inns at intervals, where machines
can be repaired and meals served, 1t
will be very pleasant for the owners
Of the automobiles and profitable for
ether people.
The increasing use of the automo.
bile for long journeys will lead to i'm
provement in the construction Of the
machine, and TO a lessening Of the
cost of production; and when the au.
tcmobile is as common as the electric
car, many Of the evils which now at
tend its use will disappear. Like
other improvements which aroused
violent objection at first, the automo-
bile has come to stay, and the sooner
it becomes accHmated and is brought
under necessary regulations the bet
ter it will be.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
Iowa Senators Disagree.

Senator Allison and Senator Doliiver
are said 10 be in disagreement over
the appointment of a Federal judge for
the northern district OF Iowa. and, IL
fact. the settlement of the question OF
the successor TO Judge c. p. Shiras IL
occupying almost as much attention in
Hawkeye politics as is the election Of
the State ticket. Regarding the latter
there is certainty. but as TO the judge
ship there Is much uncertainty. Cum
Minis win be reelected. but who OF the
six or seven aspirants for judicial
honors will be successfuI2 This is some
thing which is troubling not only the
two Iowa Senators, but nearly half Of
the delegation in the House as well.
Each one of the five Congressional dis
tricts in the northern half Of the State
has a candidate who is of course sup
ported by the member from hts district.
Under such circumstances the selection
of a judge should depend largely upon
the recommendation made by the Iowa
Senators.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
The Drift of Public Opinion.

Nashville Banner: II Tom johnson could de-
feat Senator Hanna he would Zee! almost a
gOod as if he were himself elected governor
Boston Transcript: Ex-senator Towne Of Min
nesota. the silver advocate. is 10 be one Of the
Tarnulany spelIbinders. Perhaps it would be
helped more by his silence, which. as his speech
has been for silver. would logically be golden
Philadelphia North American: Hanna lands
Cleveland. Grover docs not happen to be the
Democrat who is troubling Mark in Ohio.
Birmingham Agr-fierald: Circuit Attorney
Folk should have visited the PoStofice Depart
ment while he was in Washington. and told
Mr.. Payne how TO unearth grafters,
Philadelphia Record: There is a Lesson for
Democrats in the result Of the Indianapolis
municipal election. They won that fight be-
cause they kept step with the good government
procession.
New York World: The pitchfork is mightier
in South Carolina than the sword Of justice.
Cincinnati Enquirer; There IS a suggestion
that Governor Pennypacker. Of Pennsylvania.
should be slowed away in the supreme court.
splendid. II Pennsylvania has no place of that
sort for him Ohio might furnish coy sleepy
corner.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: If Mark Hanna has
any unused campaign slogans in stock he might
lend one 70 Joseph Chamberlain.
Syracuse PoSt-Standard: Why doesn't Russia
simply announce that she viii get out Of Man
ohuFia when Tammany turns into good gov
eminent club?
Admission (Ala) Hot Blast: It seems to most
people outside az Massachusetts, that Denloc-
raey that once swallowed Gen Benjamin T.
Butler ought not 20 be saeezing az such man
as Mr.. Olney; but the Massachusetts, Democracy
is a very curious combination sometimes. ana
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-17
Lines Of an Automobilist.

with apologies to Alfred Tennyson.i
Break, break. break,
Some other mans face with glee,
Or shatter his collarbone il you viii.
But, pray, don't run over me,
Oh. wee Is the farmers boy
That he shouts with his sister at play,
For the chauffeur darts from cloud Of dust
And carries a leg away.
Oh. woe is the man who drives
Where the automobiles sweeps;
His horse butts into the wayside wall
And smashes the cart for keeps.
And the big machine goes on,
A-kiting over the hill,
But, oh. for the touch of vanished hand
And the sound OF voice that is STILL
Break break. break,
Whate'er in your path you see.
But an arm and an ear and horse that is dead
VIII never come back to me.
H. R. p. in Brooklyn Life