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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26
some Interesting Court Decls-
ions.

ions.
If two persons engage in q volun-
tary friendly seuffie and one Of
them IS injured, may the injured
person recover damages from his
friendi The court Of appeals, in an
opinion by Judge Ellison, of Kan
sas City, said "no" when it affirm
ed the case of Pascal Gibeliue
against VIM. II. Smith, sent up
from the Jackson county circuit
court, Jddge Ellison says tnat no
action can lie, as the two men en-
gagged in a voluntary friendly scuffie.
"To hold otherwise, he said,
"would be TO say that all untoward
results from play Of men or boys.
in which they mutually engage,
would furnish an action of the in
jured party. Play, even rough and
dangerous, if mutually engaged in,
is not unlawful, otherwise athletic
games now, and always, common
to the people, would not have the
sanction which ages have given
them.
If a person is arrested in a town
where the town marshall IS entitled
to a fee for making the arrest, and
the prisoner is found guilty and
a fine is assessed against him. buI
prefers to remain in jail or work ouI
the fine. the srresting officer as no
then entitled to his fee The eourt
of appeals so decided in the case o
John FORMER against the city o
Higginsville.
/ Felix L. La Force, as real e.
tate agent, entered into a contract
with the Washington university o
ST. Louis. Oct. II, 1901, to sell III
southeast corner OF Eighth and Ma.
streets. The time limit was ninet,
days. He failed to make the dea
bu, later the University sold tn
I property itself to the same persol
with whom Mr.. La Force had bee
negotiating. Mr.. La Force hrougt
SUIT for his commission. The couI
of appeals decided that Mr.. L
Force was entitled to no commi,
SION.
The Supreme Cour, OF the Unite
States today laid down the prime
pie that telegraph operator for
railroad company and fireman o
railrood engine are "tellow ser,
ants" and that the negligence of Ii
former caused the death of the Ia
ter in the operation OF trains, WAS
risk the fireman assumed and vi
not a ground for damages again
the railroad company. A dissen
ing opinion was delivered by JustiC
White and ooneurred in by the chit
Justice aud Justices Harlan and NJ
/ kenna. Ths view was eXpTesse
that the operator was the agent {
the employer, and as such bis negl
glense rendered the employer liabl
ior damage OF death caused there
10y.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26
Aae lcan railways,


report TO the government Of India
on American railroad manage i
ment, which carries with it re-
msrkably convincing argument
against state~owned lines and in 4
favor Of private ownership. For
instance, be sums up his obssrva-
tions on Anne riesn management !
thus:
/ American railway men are quick
10 see a new idea; they are quicker /
still to try il; they take > great /
pride IN their profession, and are
all striving to get at the science Of /
il. That their methods are not
always perfect is what might have
been expected; but they have man. /
aged to do what no other country
in the world has done, and that IS,
carry their goods traffic Prohtadiy
at extraordinary low rates, not
withstanding the fact that they
pay more for their labor than any
other country.
And Mir. Priestly adds that the
true test Of railroad management
in its most efficient aud benehcent
form is its measure Of success in
carrying traffic proStably, at low
rates, with high wages. Tried by
that test, American railways, be
saws, lead the world. The man
agement OF the ssate-owne1 rail-
roads falls far behind the Ameri-
! can standard. This is shown by
the experience OF France, Germs
ny, Austria Hungary, India and
Australia. In each and-al Of these
countries freight rates are from
two to four times higher than IN
y the United States, while the wages
y paid are much lower than here.
i In some OF these countries, the
c railroads age run al loss, and the
y deficit is made up out Of the pub
n lie treasury Palpable injustice
u to the tax payers. In Germany,
II they are run as a revenue-produo-
a ing branch Of the government; and
$ the national treasury receives
good profit every year but the
d merchants pay it through much
j. heavier freight charges than those
in the United States.
=" Another evil Of the state owner
ship system is the large increase
y in the cost OF operation, because
: always more men are employed &c
do public work than would be un.
- der private ownership. The gov
" erument employe has no incentive
TO do his best; on the contrary, he
tries TO shirk whatever he can.
" Under our system OF private own
ershlp. as Mt. Priestly says sew
cry man does his very best uuTe-
" strained aud is always striving 70
bring himself to notice either by
suggestions tending to improve
ment or economy, or 10y showing
good results, OF both. This ans
the system OF advancing men by
= merit, are responsible ioT the high
l. ly intelligent service to be found
ot today in the railroad profession ia
"a America. This, from mau
sc trained under the state ownership
x system. is a most convincing stat
ie ment,
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26
TIE BuRLlRGTOK'S ATTRACTIVE
SUMNER TOURS.
To CuIuraau, IJiah and HIack RlIls

ouly one iana plus 70 ceuts roand
trip 60 Beaver. Colorado springs.
Pueblo. salt Lake Clty and the
BLACK hill& Daily trom JRna I. al
summer llnits.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26
Just what the Delegate said.

Harye Johnson was Up from Rich
Hill attending court and oompli-
mented The Times pleasantly. Mr..
Johnson made most admirable
race for sheriff and Is deeply appTe-
cia,ive Of his friends who loyalty
supported him. He has no sore
spots, but has his coat of for Nose
Morris and the whole Democrats
ticket. He is worth and competent
and hts time viii come.--Butler
Times.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26

Oar sshools closed lasg Fuday,
Auoshsg year OF saeSessial work.
What the small boy viii do With
himsgls nov, she Pagenss aud usish-
bors MIL lssra before Vaeatea "a
over
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26

DR.. Short. Of Woflaud, has par
chased the Dr. d. Z. Smllley place
on Pine Street and win repair the
property and remove 10 Rieh Hal
with bis family TO make this his Fs~
turg home.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26

The Farm Implement Co, have
in stock carriages, buggies, and
harness for sale. IL will pay you
10 look at their goods and gei
their prices. OF
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26
10 CaniaEnla.

From August = "a Septemter 10.
Ihe round tFIp ioF $tjoo from fhc
Missouri river. Only xli.0o more
rtarnlag via Puget sound.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26

Watch for tue Opening ui the Bar
hugton's new aud shorter uile-.Ts
ailes long--betweea Sc. Louis and
Kansas CITY.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26
Iha HaIId's En-,

thc most maSBlaeent creation hy
the Expnsition perl,d. Cons,llt v,,ur
nearese tk.keg agent Tor rxact rates.
also Tor information relatlve q ho-
teis and stopping places.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26

Coach Excursion tickets on sale
May aIst. 10 ST. Louis aud return
$s.SS good 60 return 5 days from
date of sale.
X, A BAILKY, AoT,
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26
st. Louis & North
Arkansas Railway

Connects At SeligmEn with the 81
Louis aud San FFAncisco.-New time
card iva effect Sunday June. -, 1902
MORNING TRAINS.
No / Lv Eureka Spgs. 5:50a. IN.
A SeligniRn GAO q. m.
No ~ Seligman 7:l0 a. IA.
Ar. Eureka Spings S:0I a m.
EvENING TRAINS
y Nv Eureka opings 5:55 p. m.
AT 5eugmau. 6:45 p m,
NJ isV SpiigmAn 7:l5 p 10.
Ar Eureka Springs 500 p N
No Nv Eureka Springs $3.50 p IN.
Ar. Seligman 500 p IN.
No. Lv SeltRman $50 .. M.
Ar. Eureka Springs l0:47 . M.
CouDecliop fIom Rich Hill. Mo.
made With the Frisco via the Pacific
81 Carthage or via the Memphis At
Nichols Junction
A haud-une ueW Pamphlet Buide
u Eur~ts Springs as a Heaitb Resort
bss been tsrnvd. with new beautiful
illus tration-. a copy -ent tree 10 any
address Address aii inquiries and
orders go Geo. Wes,. Manager Eureka
springs. Arb.
GEO. WEST Manage
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26

Slopoyers Tor the Exposition
allowed on through tickets. Buy
through over the Burlington C'oI-
suit inltiai ageUs, orwrife the under
siglied FOR rates, ruutss. births. sfss-
cine Information and puoliea tions.
&. /. BRfckER. 4. ". NAkELEr
E.f. A. 90 Aaia st,, Gsal htsa. Az
ksAaas lftl.sN1. So L1eta. ha
.. 9. SHARON
AN. A. - Nsia So.
kAaaAs clu ~
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-26

GEO. WEST Manage
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
NEwsPAPER MAaNArE AGAIN
TELLS CONGRESSMAN OF IN
ACTIVITY ON PART OF ArToR-
NEY GENERAL IN THE AN
rHRAcTTE COAL COMPANY
TRUST SUIT.
(Scripps News Association.)


WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Hearst
today followed his testimony of yes
terday by fling with the attorney
general bill of complaint against
the anthracite roads and mining COM
panies, alleging q violation of the
Sherman antitrust law and praying
the United States to take action and
restrain further violation.
Hearst goes fully into the history
of the alleged combination, which he
states was for the purpose of sitting
competition. He AYERS the device Of
holding company is Illegal.
Yesterday he spoke at length, but
failed to impress the republicans on
the committee. who attended In full
force to prevent additional snap
actions.
Hearst's resolutions of inquiry
were voted down by the republicans
and then referred TO subcommittee
Hearst contended that Attorney
General Knox has failed to take ac-
ton nor has he permitted other OF
the officials of his department To act
He submitted correspondence on
the subject with President Roosevelt,
Attorney General Knox and District
Attorney Burnett.
The motion to favorably report
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
MORNING
SESSION

Spokane's streets this morning re.
sembled Fair day. Crowds Of people
representing every corner of the
county We're in the city to attend
either as delegate or visitor, the repub,
hcan convention. That important
event in local politics was billed for
the Auditorium theater at 10 O'Clock.
The function did not open until l0:30
O'Clock, however, owing TO delay in
arranging the hail.
d. I, Ham called the convention to
order. References to Roosevelt, Me
Bride and railroad commission in
his opening remarks called forth gener~
Gus applause. He stated that any reso-
buttons or instructions OF today's con-
vention would certainly be regarded.
From the looks Of the convention
before me-" said Mr.. Ham. IL think
railroad commission shall have an
important place in our platform"
Gordon Names Lund.
After the reading Of the convention
call Mr.. Ham called for nominations
for chairman of the convention. Judge
Gordon, the railroad representative
ON the floor, was recognized ard non,
mated Charles Z. Lund, 1t was second
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
hANFORD ATT
THE SPOKANE

Everything will be dark at the Spo-
kane theater until next Saturday aft
ernoon, when Charles B. Hanford will
appear in the Merchant of Venice, y
followed by Tanning of the Shrew''
Saturday night, and Richard III''
Sunday night.
Hanford has had wide experience
as a Shakespearan actor. For years he
appeared in leading roles with the
foremost Shakespearan artists in the
country. He now appears ably sup
ported with his own company and low
ers of the old romantic and poetic
drama may expect to be highly enter
tanned when Hanford appears at the
Spokane.
Hanford's support is headed by Ma
RE Drofnah, who is not without hon
ors already achieved She will appear
as Portia, Catharine and Mary Ann.
These leaders will be found ably sup
ported by strong company.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
CURTAIL LUMBER
OUTPUT

"On account of the presidential cleo
ton year members of the Western
Pine Shippers association will begin
to curtail the output of lumber" said
r. A. kellogg, secretary of the associa-
ton yesterday.
I'VE expect no drop or rise in the
price of lumber and will have plenty
for all building purposes. Several of
the mills in the Colville valley have
been closed down on account of high
water, and one mill in Harrison, Ida
no, for the same reason"
81 expect a great deal of building to
go on in the cit this spring. Lumber
rates on the railroads remain about
the same"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
(Scripps News Association.)

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-T. A.
Baldwin, the famous aeronaut, made
q successful ascension this morning
in Greths dirigible airship. rising to
n height of 1900 feet and making a
number of complete circuits with the
ease and grace of gull.
After being in the air about 10
minutes he stopped the engine and
apparently was unable to start 1t
again. as the balloon rapidly drifted
to the southwark. 1t landed six miles
from Blanltin's, in a swamp. Baldwin
was slightly bruised. The inventor
claims that the machinery was all
right. but 1t was not understood by
Baldwin. Gerth Immediately started
the machinery and there seemed to
be no defect.
The test was made quietly and
without previous public announce
ment soon after . o'clock this morn
ing. The fans, rudder and engine
were tested by Baldwin and an aero
nautic engineer named Belcher first
making an anchorage ascension. I'M
meUlHtely uIteT inc htuTt buluWln De-
gan to rise with considerable speed,
all parts working perfectly. Baldwin
ordered the engineer to jump out and
then instructed the men at the ropes
to east off. When released the ma
chine shot upward with great speed
and soon reached height of 600 feet.
The engine continued to work per-
fectly, enabling Baldwin to make a
number of circuits. Baldwin then
stopped the engine ana tho balloon
continued to rise until II reached a
height of 1900 feet.
Tho ship sailed on an even keel
throughout the flight. even after the
motor had stopped working. Baldwin
claims that he attained q height of
5000 feet. The descent was perfect.
The landing was made without diff
Guilty. Baldwin holds that tho atmos-
pheric change was responsible for the
choking Of the earbonator I'm the mo-
tor, preventing the advance OF the
tpark. A small army OF boys hauled
the machine to the ground and after
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
GOOD STRING OF
! { RACES ARE
81 COMING

A number of the best stables in
california have entered for the stake
events to be pulled off at the Portland
apd Seattle meets and will probably
come to Spokane for the meet during
the interstate fair. Among those who
will be seen in the northwest this
summer and fall are the d. L. Fountain
string of IL with Modicum, which won
the Burns handicap; George Went
worths stable of Is horses, including
Lady Kent, which won sensational
race at Oakland the other at odds of
40 tb !: Pat Morrissey, the evergreen,
Mooorito and Red Cross Nurse, the
latter being considered the best g.
year-old mare in California. w. D.
Randall Of Montana will also be seen
in Spokane with Administer, 1llouon
and Clivoso. The Silas and Jones sta
BILE with Rim Rock, Forest King and
Misty's Pride will be at the Spokane
meet
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
THE SPOKANE
ENDEAVORERS
The Winners

The Woman's board of the Presby-
rian missions of the north Pacific closed
its meeting in Portland Thursday. The
meeting was largely attended, large
number of foreign missionaries being
present. The First Presbyterian church
of Spokane is the banner church in the
northwest. The Christian Endeavor
society of this church contributed the
largest amount of money for missions.
The Spokane church was in competi-
ton with the churches of Portland,
Seattle and Tacoma and the honor il
therefore the greater.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
LuND UNANIMOUSLY
ELECTED Chairman

kane, through the courtesy of Mr..
Charles Lund, a cousin of Mr.. Daven-
port, and whose guest he was, mem
bers of the Press club were invited
to meet Mr.. Davenport socially, but
not professionally. During this meet
ing many subjects were incidentally
discussed, among them Mr.. Hearst and
his campaign. Mr.. Davenport stated
that he thought Mr. Hearst could not
win, and this was stated in the con-
fidence that his fellow newspaper men
would not betray him. Over the phone
last evening Mr.. Davenport stated that
the man who wrote that story and the
paper that published it were the first
in the United States to betray his con-
fidence, which fact distressed him more
than anything else.
Gwen if it were true that / did not
believe in Mr.. Hearst's candidacy"
said he, IL would be the last man to
express it publicly, as it would be the
height of improperly for me to ex-
press any opinion might have because
of my former business association with
Mr.. Hearst, and because of the fact
that as newspaper man / might at
one time have been in his confidence.
| want to again emphatically deny the
authenticity of that interview.
The Press takes pleasure in denying
the reported interview and as a Spo-
kane newspaper and in behalf of Spo-
kane newspaper men apologies to Mr..
Davenport and the newspaper frater-
nifty the country over for this breach
of newspaper etiquette and especially
regrets that it should have occurred
in Mr.. Davenport's own town, where
he had reason to believe he was among
friends.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
Old man
SEEKS HIS
DAUGHTER

What has become of Mrs. Addie
Flynn! Last night there arrived on
one of the Occur d'Alene trains an
old man, over 70 years of age, by the
name Of Cecil. who had come TO Spo-
kane to look for his daughter, Mrs.
Flynn, who until recently had a room
over the Pacific bakery. Mrs. Flynn
arrived in Spokane about March l, ana
until week ago had the rooms men,
toned. She has now disappeared,
leaving no address nor has she left
word that she was going to leave the
city.
Cecil has no money and last night
was pat in the Ondawa Inn by the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
ODD FELLOWS

The Odd Fellows are about pre-
pared for the celebration of their
eighty-fifth anniversary in this coun-
try, which is to be held next Tuesday.
The celebration will open with a
parade at p. M, which will form on
First avenue near Post street. H. L.
Lilienthal will be the marshal Of the
day and will be assisted by c. X.
Monfort, A. c. Edwards, Ben F. Davis,
Charles r. Conner and Fred S. Kon.
The parade will start at 2 o'clock
sharp and the members who will join
are expected to be in their places be-
fore that time. The parade will be
headed by a band and platoon of
police, followed by Canton Spokane,
No. 2, in full uniform. After them
will come themembers of the various
lodges Of Spokane and Hillyard. 1t
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
Government SUES
LUMBER COMPANY

The United States commenced suit
this morning in the federal court
against the Cameron Lumber COM
pany and its president, Donald G.
Cameron. The company is charged
with using timber unlawfully cut
from government land and with eject
ing Special Agent Schwartz of the
general land Office when he attempted
to seize the logs in the company's
boom at Harrison, Idaho.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
.klMBALL WILL BE TOO
BUSY NEXT WEEK

81 have no time to look after the
jenkins matter now until after | have
gotten the criminal docket off my
hands. | have case set for every
day next week and it will keep me
busy. l am busy now preparing the
cases for trial" The above was the
statement made by Prosecuting Attor-
what had been done in regard to the
street car accident matter which &C.
-curred over n month ago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
Anti-MCBride Forces Concede EleC-
ton of Lund, But Make Gallant but
Hopeless Fight to Have Delegates
Nominated by Convention and not
by Committee..MCBride Was Over.
whelmingly Victorious Hot Scenes

ed by Jack Foster. The election was
made unanimous. The nomination by
Judge Gordon was a complete surprise
to most of the delegates for Jack
Foster was known to have been chosen
by the railroad forces as their temper
AIRY chairman.
Ham introduced Lund, who made
short Introductory speech compliments
ing Mcbride and Senator Jones. jerry
Flowers was made sargeant-at-arms.
and Messrs. Knight and Wilson his
assistants. Captain Koontz and D.
M. Crow were unanimously elected
secretaries.
Slate II Jared.
The slate program was broken by
a motion of DR.. Morrison to make
the committees seven each, instead Of
five. This compelled Mr.. Lund to add
two names to each of the committees
he had prepared last night. Commit
tees of seven were appointed on plat
form, rules, order Of business and
credentials.
Mr.. Lund named as the committee
On credentials: Geo. b. Koontz, II.
w. Zimmerman, j. f. Foster, Samuel
r.. Stern, +. G. Soule, Chas. E. Mac
Donell and H. F. Notbohm.
The platform committee consisted Of:
F. 7. Root, j. w. Merrill, H. L. KIM
ball, P. j. Kelly, w. B. Roberts, L H.
Houck, of Cheney, and H. M. Stephens.
The committe on order Of business
was: Horace Kimball, Fred Blomberg,
w. F. Morrison, j. E. Candy. w. 8.
Dyer, H. c. Lynd and F. L. Michaels.
A recess of Is minutes to allow the
committees to reIS~t was taken.
Foster Not willing. y
Judge Gordon stated during the re-
cess, concerning his unexpected nomin-
alton of Mr.. Lund, that it was because
at the last moment j. E. Foster had
expressed desire not to run. He
added, however, "1r is the only con-
eession that we will make the Mcbride
people"
After the recess the committee on
rules and permanent organization re-
ported in favor of making the temper
airy organization permanent and author
lied the chair to appoint committee
of five to select the 40 delegates to the
state convention. 1t also reported in
favor of no nominating speeches, and
that all speeches should be limited to
10 minutes and all votes shout be vive
voce.
The order of nominations was fixed
as follows: -
Judge for Spokane and Stevens
counties. "a
Superior court judge to succeed II.
L. KEENAN,.
Superior court judge to succeed j.
w. Belt.
CONTINUED on Fourth Page.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23

George OFT and Mathilda p. OFT
today served a notice on The Press
Publishing company of suit for
$1,000 damages. The suit is brought
OH account of the article which APP
peared in The Press under the date
Of April ~. The article was headed
lott Was Afraid to Accept the Or
der" The article was one of the
many which appeared in The Press
during the expose of the traffic in
the souls of young girls.
OFT alleges that the words of the
article were malicious. libellous, de-
famatory and false. He quotes al
most all of the entire article in one
place or another in his complaint He
asks $4,000 damages for the great
shame. humiliation and sense of dis
grace and infamy caused by the ar
ticle and the further sum of $1,000
for the loss of business caused by
the publication of the same. lie
states that since the article appeared
his business has been reduced from
$125 to $50 a month.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-23
{ Guild NOT OUT RUN
THE OFFICER

Deputy Sheriff Hamlin had run
for his money one day this week when
he arrested George Woods on the
charge of selling whisky to an Indian.
Wood was caught in the act in stable
on Main avenue.
Woods was held in the stable while
Hamlin attended to some business. As
a horse was being taken from the sta
bic Woods ducked and lit out. Hamlin
was a close second behind him and fol-
lowed him to the Cleveland house.
There Woods showed fight, but was too
wnded to do any harm.
He was bound over by United States
Commissioner j. w. Marshall yesterday
to await the grand jury, which will not
meet until next September.