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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-02-06

Notices of sales, for which bills are printed at
this Office, will be published under this he'd until
day of sale for 80 cents When bills are printed
| elsewhere sl.OO will be charged. Terms cash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
Wise Mr.. WamS|iy.
BY Sara SerI.

the floor Wamsey holds
whom he believes
opportunity in wicked
minutes
disclose his business methods He without
he said opening pointing
a
ANYONE who would think
looking wouldn't What
sporting
fndso something will
PENITENTARY STARING HIM IN
pentenay
managed right
possibly meaning
at risky girls British Columbia
sending them of this country for immoral purposes
will order wanted maids
your looking him
his 8
"Oh, don't | will fix that you"
he
would o
waited watch Wamey down this order the
OF ledger:
Zelpha Lyons girls. Nelson, q. c. SIS per-
Wamsey handed a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
IN SIBERIA WHOLE TRAIN
CREWS ARE MADE UP OF
MURDERERs AND ONLY Po-
LIrICAL PRISONERS ARE IN.
HUMANELY TREATED.
BY JOHN VANDERCOOK.
Staff correspondence to the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.

MOSCOW, April lit is the gen.
eral impression that criminal in Rus
STA is the most ill.treated Of human
beings, who soon succumbs to the cruel
punishments exacted by savage legal
code. This is true about political Of
Tenders, but as to plain, ordinary
thieves and murderers it is not.
The Russian government is the most
lenient in the world to those who mere
ly smash the ten commandments. Cap
it'll punishment is very exceptional
and even imprisonment is rare. The
erring man is simply sent "out east
(which corresponds to our "out west }
and given job on the railroad.
Being sent to Siberia sounds pretty
had to western ears, but large parts of
that country are no worse off in eli
mate and other respects than North
Dakota and Montana.
Land can be had for the asking, and
good land, too. Then Russia has hard
work finding men to work her great
eastern railways, and an able bodied
murderer or safe blower with taste
for mechanics is quickly given job
as fireman or engineer.
To the paternal government at st,
Petersburg, every human being of Rus
sian birth is regarded as a distinct
national asset TO kill off criminals
would be, in this sense, Il waste OF the
couutry's capital. Hence, they are
sent to Siberia, where, under official
supervision, they more frequently than
rot develop into useful citizens.
| 4 friend Of the writer who made a
journey through Siberia found the en-.
tire crew of one train were convicted
marderers. They seemed a hard-work-
ing. decent lot of men and looked after
the lives Of the passengers entrusted
! to them with the greatest care. But
When the passengers heard about IT.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
LENIENCY TO CRIMINALS
PART OF RUSSIAN POLICY

it made them feel little queer just
the same.
Even political offenders rarely suffer
capital punishment. In some respects
Russia has scarcely emerged from bar
barism. yet there is general prejudice
against official blood-shedding.
The Russian makes tribute to sem
timent in not killing the revolutionist,
but squares up by subjecting him to
inhuman forms of exile and imprison-
ment often worse than death.
The thief or murderer is given a Job
on the railroad OF nice farm in the
fertile grain belt of central Siberia,
but the political offender is shipped off
to the most desolate and CHASTITY spot
that can be found. One of these IS
Scredne Kominsk, nearly a thousand
miles north of Yakutsk. and supposed
to be the coolest place on the earth,
the north pole not excepted
In August the ground thaws two feet
down, but below that il remains fro
zen. In winter the mercury freezes
solid and the spirit thermometer hovers
around IS degrees below zero. Inside
the houses 40 degrees below zero is
not an unusual temperature.
Most of the exiles in this place are
men who have actually made an at
ttempt ON the life Of the car.
Saghalien, big island in the north
Pacific. is another place for political
exiles, Escape from Siberia is possible.
but escape from Saghalien almost ini-
possible. Across the open sea Il frea
Alaska, but there is no record Of an
exile escaping in that way. Politics,
the best game in America, Is the most
dangerous Of all in Russia.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10

To the Editor of The why you write up the
employment agencies who try to get young girls to go to
kind of job was offered only poor girl
to work for living but do not like to be nsutsa
Spokane. Wash, February ss 1904. '''
On February "a The Press received the above
communication Unlike most letters of kind, did not
hnd it's into the waste basket 1t ring
Its suggestion needed The Immediately began
an Investigation of the charge made therein careful
scrutiny into the business methods
employment agencies convinced management Of The
Press that the charge not only unounded but
without doubt true
But to prove that it
No man could do it. Only be able to get
the facts and she must be of than ordinary
whose word would be accredited
outcome of the expose might be-
At little secured the services of Sara
Ser a thoroughly trained young Of the
reliability questioned and her news.
paper training made possible for accomplish this
great expose made in the interest of the working girl of
was agreeable task that asked Of her-there
was nothing pleasant in assuming position that would
probably result in insulting offer being
nothing to commend to her womanly instinct taking the
part OF of the underworld search Of girls place
Nothing! except that by playing these
enabled to and by such stop this
grading business thereby protecting her sisters young girls
who must work for living, from the humiliation Of being
subjected to insult and protecting those girls Who perhaps
the brink Of ruin from being pushed into
e depths by some INSCRIPTIONS employment agent.
, She setursa Inc lao ana he Press VIII publish them
know sighted except charitable Institutions
Press positive this agency dealing
this shameless business The Press has reliable
it from securing the absolute proof When Il can
secure that evidence the facts win be made public.
articles
Whenever Sara ser was out on her ASSIGNMENT she
always either the managing editor the city editor of the
paper.
effectively hdeous conditions existing
Sara Serbs simple narrative Of facts. EDITOR.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
ARE GIVEN Big SCARE
They Fire on Pilot Boats and Merchantmen,
Thinking That the Boats Are Jap Destroyers

affair of last seasons vintage. The
man who wore it did not seem to be
particularly proud of the fact. But
though he wore a battered headpieee
with a faded black ribbon around it,
he had the distinction of being the
first man to appear on Riverside this
season under a straw hat.
been submitted by the company and
had had a second reading before the
council. The city contended that the
street would have to be graded accord.
ing to plans of the city engineer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
REAR ADMIRAL JOHN INGLES
SHOWS HOW READILY THEY
PASS FROM PLEASURE TO
PAIN, FROM lNACTION TO
ACTION.

War is a serious business, and it is
the japanese feet prepared for the try
ing ordeal through which they are now
passing. The first attack on Port
Arthur was made On February 8, and
this is what occurred exactly a week
before, according to Japanese paper
which has just reached me:
"The crews of the several warships
belonging to the standing squadron
lying at Saseho held an enthusiastic
athletic meeting The field selected
was Mount Eboshi, standing at the
rear of the port, 1000 feet above the
sea level. At 8 o'clock a. m. the blue
jackets assembled in front of the prem
ises of the marine corps, and then,
dividing into two bodies, assembled the
mountain at a quick pace, one division
being led by Lieutenant Shiraichi and
the other by Lieutenant Shirane. The
summit was reached by IL a. m, not
single member of the party having
exhibited signs of anything like fatigue.
But the most exciting and interesting
feat of the day was a climbing race,
participated in by FIVE companies select
ed from among the crews. The com,
petition, which consisted in running
up the same mountain, ended in a
victory for the representative of the
Asahi, those from the Chihaya, Taxa
sage, Yoshino and Takachiho following.
The winner was awarded prize by
Vice Admiral Togo, commander-in-
chief of the standing squadron, besides
substantial presents from Princes Higa-
shi-Fushimi, Kacho and Yamashina.
The party descended the mountain at
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and
were invited to an entertainment given
on the premises of the marine corps.
A second meeting was held on the
following day
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
THEY SHEER AT THE
VICTIMS. BUT FEAR
POWER OF THE LAW
BY Sara SerI.

Employment in Spokane thriving by a in
honor and virtue of working girls Their valued clients
herders Of shameless
This revolving fact learned by visiting far know every
licensed Office the city except those conducted
nzed charitable institutions
looking for
young
reputable business
pandeng the awful form There
They found business horougha
Office blocks.
, LAUGH At THEIR VICTIMS.
serious at the thought OF the penitentiary
They the gold tremble
GREED GREED, a
lives Of the girls whose they Offering
of ayarice.
go the and earn
business
there
With braggadoca
while they continue solicit orders of
Embodened by their
became ensnared in the net set to catch them
LITTLE COURTESY FOR WORKING
In guse a working courtesy me
degradation treated with poteness
working listen nsinuatng
world treated with Difference.
There exception. The of the III, H."
girls He sury plainly minated
the left his Office the better would
pleased
Spokane Agency
kind and when called the
informed
n refused
med that 1t that aai
detectives were watching them and that they would
~Infnh Af tho
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
Employment Agencies Emboldened by
Greed, Traffic in Virtue, Lying in Lurk
on Street Corners and in Office Blocks
Ever Ready and Anxious to Hurl to-
the Depths Of Degradation Working
Girls for a Mere Bagatele----PRESS
Makes Wholesale Expose of Nefarious
Practice Of Supposedly Reputable Bust
ness Men of This City.

practice by explaining
FELLOW would and going have the might
well be them.
Foolish gddy girls
that worldly experience brings regarded legitimate
fined young going into
bring higher prices.
Not content with furnishing their clients with girls
enough their minds
are being persuaded take found
stances for $40 and in others
children
of i'll
cHEERFULLY UNDERTAKE RUIN.
found that employment agents Spokane willing
cheeruy undertake the total of girls lives
hardly more than buy them cigars and drinks for week.
Never for did
keep houses OF i'll fame supplied with
ing to turn their victims into path the terrible end Of which
fully realizes
hard believe that povertystrcken
drift
art apt to be converted within
ght district nevertheless 1t The soft cheeks Of the
when they came the city have been blooming with country
but in they
hair beaced dyed hardened
their shame,
world will that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
PEERLESS WILL FIND
INEXPERIENCED PRETTY
GIRLS OF FOURTEEN
By Sara SerI.

The Peerless Employment Agency Of ss5
highest bidder in respectable business
the aes ahs Dennis Trip
The market price of a girls s SIS
@ 5 5
a s1s shane es SD sss
sh TO be the
tteme fame Snw Nelson e was to well for
The Peerless dnsy little place with rude
wooden hra with dust Several
names for prospective jobs when evidently clerk
don't to talk manager" said rather
was then escorted into little back furnished
minutes found to be brazen of
He dressed Clothes black hair
Aa Ss @sen SAAs0 @ @oR House IN NELSON
ss my my ars a, a could
@ ns Co o@ the -four 3
and viii pay well providing
HIS EYES CLINT WITH GREED
with u1 the @nan up with and his
Well am the man you looking for" he get
s yes 's Could you get any
You bet" he replied know bill. On. i. only
% So'T wants The e ssss s hot went ys 10 On ,sv on ii,
me- @ n a ,spss promptly had invented the
just opening her house in Nelson
m from 10
orders for her
whom she wanted"
The willy broker minute holding tips of
his fingers together.
swell, get Of suddenly
He demued stating his knowing had been
instructed him He finally an offer
"Will you get them for under II for 1852"
FIX THE PRICE.
The proposition suited him O he
ITS then" he said. whore
the girls before
send them up?" - ~
heancy furnishing the girls for tho
Of children
than Jumps saeable mechan k5orH<s
describe to me those ssN he had in m!21uI
ments with the I.yl
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
TRAFFIC IN VIRTUE
INVADES RIVERSIDE
I. AVENUE BUILDINGS
By Sara Ser|.

The insidious young
ter of the business district In Vlkenberg
wives and daughters
weldressed like clothing
They Bean of the Denver Employment D.
Wamsley of the Eagle Employment
These well the their
the highways and byways gathering
OF i'll fame rendered agencies
accepted by the two named with
! Beams specially is tempting girls at public dances
He
Zelpha
Il IT'S EASY, SAID BEAM
called Thursday, April
he and accepted quicker than ordinary
could Robinson.
"Get you; he easy"
contracted with furnish
dsreputabe before
I discussed proposition
"By putting matters before girls the light he sad ait
them. They all good clothes"
n He girl Nelson, if possible
her
for transportation for his victims.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10

NEW SCHWANG, April l0.-Mis-
understanding of the customs house
fiashlight signals caused a great excite
ment here at midnight. The officers
in command of the forts thought the
japanese were making an attack and
opened fire on fleet of pilot boats
and merchantmen outward bound.
Two Chinese seamen were struck by
a shell and killed. Several shots were
fired before the artillery discovered
the mistake. The incident shows the
mental strain under which the Rus
SLAMS are laboring. Feverish activity
prevails among the military, who are
doing the best they can to prepare for
japanese assault.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
ELANCH WALSH
TONIGHT

Blanche Walsh win appear at the
Spokane theater tonight in prcsenta-
tion Of Tolstoi's Resurrection" Miss
Walsh's personal triumph no less than
the salient features of the piece have
been an almost constant topic for con-
versation among theatergoers ever
since the FIRST production Of the play.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
MOUNTED SANITARY
INSPECTOR

A special meeting of the board Of
health has been called for tomorrow
afternoon to elect mounted sanitary
inspector. There are now three in
spectors in the department and the
health officer says third is needed.
Gorge E. Stone and f. C. Heath have
their applications before the board.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
HOW THE JAPANESE SAILORS
PREPARED FOR THE WAR

The death of the great Count Saieo,
the elder brother of my minister Of
marine, was really very instructive
example of the peculiarly prompt habit
of mind of the Japanese. They even
60 from lfe's gayety to death with
hardly thought of regret. The count
was in instruction against his own
emperor in 1873, and was nearly in the
tolls, and he knew it. So in his strong-
hold he employed his leisure time in
playing chess with his immediate
friends. Reports kept coming in from
the outposts, each one more dishearten-
Jig than the last. But the count still
went on pla"ing chess, while the ut
most good humor and pleasant raillerH
continued among the party. "Youf
move, sir, etc, were the words that
broke the absorption of the moment.
Then when there was a pause in the
game, at which he could rise without
being discourteous to his guests, the
count got up and said: Gentlemen,
now it is time" He directed someone
to send for his swordbearer. The man
advanced and Immediately received his
orders. A few seconds later Count
Saigo was no more, body and head
having been severed at one heavy blow.
The head was buried by the servants,
30 that it might not fall into the hands
of the attackers, an incident which 10
regarded as ignominous i'm Japan.
What is there in modern history OF
the western world to compare with
this sangfroid, this instant passing
from game of chess to death?
The exuberant patriotism of the Jap.
anese people has found expression in
many ways during the present crisis;
princes, peers and commoners compet-
ing to show by some service or sacrifice
their love of country and their loyalty
to the emperor. Before they sailed,
titled ladies of the Patriotic league
visited the warships to encourage the
men. But even more significant than
anything else of which l have heard
is the action of the poor deep-sea
fishermen, whose livelihood is at best
precarious and seanty. Recently they
made preparations for fishing expedi-
ton to the Korean coast, and asked the
naval department at Toxic If they
could go with safety. The authorities
advised them to give up the enterprise
on account of the risks to which they
might be exposed in case Of war. The
fishermen then decided to utilize their
boats as sort of volunteer fleet, to be-
employed as occasion might dictate.
One can imagine that such vessels,
handled by daring, knowledgeable men,
might prOye of great service az atldi-
tional "eyes and ears" Of the battls
fleets. JOHN INGLES.
Rear Admiral British Navy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
FIRST STRAW HAT

Darling through the long line of
Easter fnery on Riverside last night,
the first straw hat of the season made
its appearance. 1t was not preten-
tious head piece, but modest little
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10
TUO CLWWERC
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

There it said time
Who went astray in his youthful prime.
Can the brain keep cool and the heart keep quiet
When the blood is a river that's running riot?
And boys will be boys the old folks say,
And the Is the better who's had his day.
The sinner reformed; and the preacher told
OF the prodgal son who came back to the fold
And the Christian people threw open the door,
With warmer welcome than before.
Wealth and honor his command.
And spotless woman gave him her hand
the world strewed their pathway with blossoms aboom
Crying God bless ladye, and God bless groom,"
There a maiden who led
the golden dawn of her life's day.
She had passion and heart than head.
And she followed blindy where fond Love led
And Love unchecked is dangerous guide
To wonder at will by fair girls side.
The woman repented and turned from sin.
But door opened to let her in.
The preacher prayed that she might be forgiven.
But told her to look for mercy-n heaven
= e this IL the law of the earth. know
Tks&t the woman Is stoned while the may
*Ns~sssse welded her after ALL
Isord said. frowning~ I'VE shall call"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10

-Ae japanese pass easy from pleasure
to pain-from inaction to action. They
do not seem to suffer from that inertia
of mind which makes mountains out
of molehills," or, as Carlyle put it,
The government has to make super
human effort before it can make up
its mind to fog a garrotter." The
japanese have nothing of this. They
pass from one occupation to another
swiftly, and are always intent on the
task of the moment. Not unlike the
English bluejackets, they are devoted
to healthy exercise, and | can picture
their enjoyment of the stiff mountain
climb.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10

to
Even going
he spoke the afternoon streamed through the window
old the child which
the internal designs the the purity
Spokane girhOod rushed
mind those words of Christ
"Suner
such is the kingdom OF
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-04-10

The Law.

\ Section of Chapter 1923, $780, of the 1903
laws of this state reads follows ANY person
lives witho who shall invite direct solicit
to to house OF Ill fame for immoral purpose
be deemed guilty of felony and conviction
shall be imprisoned in the pententiary
than five years and fined in any
one thousand dollars than five thousand dollars
Passed the house, March g. 1903.
Passed the senate, March II, 1903.
Approved by the governor March &c. 1903
CITY ORDINANCE.
Section of Ordinance No A1299 city relating
to the revocation of licenses reads follows: THAT all
licenses be revoked by the city council
lation of any law of the state of Washington"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-22
REL Us NOTES.

s- Ic,'i- 9 slfN
8Preaching at Presbyterian churcl
next Sunday at IL a. m. and Y 40 n
it,. Subject for night: aBasic p.inci.
pies Of Free Masonry y Tho publi,
!, are invited.
Rev. G. w. Boyd came over from
Cheraw on Saturday night and held
services at st. Paul's Church SUNDAY
morning and night. He also attende ed
the Gould" meeting Monday after.
noon before he returned home. dc
will hold services again next Sunday.
The Epworth League Prayer meosin,
~ held every Tuesday evening in tht
Sunday SCHOOL room Of the Meth odis,
church ut 8 O'Clock. The public invited.
Prayer meeting ut Presbyterian church
Thursday afternoon at S p. m.
Tho hour for evening services at the
churches is now 1880 o'clock.
Prayer meeting at the Baptist ohurot
every Thursday evening at 7.3o.
Prayer meeting at the Methodipt ohur,
every Wednesday at 7.3o p. m.
The hour for Sunday School at The
Methodist church has been changed tc
$3.50 o'clock in tho afternoon.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-22
Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Ulcers, Ec
2ema, Carbuncles, Etc. Medicine EIrea.

Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Ulcers, Ec.
zema, Carbuncles, Etc. Medicine Free.
Robert Ward. Maxey's. Ca, says: "I
suffered from blood poison. my head, face
and shoulder were one mass of corruption,
aches 10 bones and joints. burning, itch
ing scabby skin; was all run down and
discouraged, but Botanic Blood Balm
cured me perfaO,ly. healed all the sores
and gave my skin the rich glow of health.
Blood Balm put new life into my blood.
and new ambition into my BRAIN Geo.
a. Williams, Roxbury. foce covered with
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suppurating swelling on neck, eating ul.
Ger on leg. bone pains. itching skin,
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sores oil healed. Botanic Blood Balm
cures all malignant blood troubles. such
as eczema, scabs and scales, pimples
running Sores carbuncles, scrofula, etc.
Especially advised for all obstinate cases
that have reached the second or third
stage. Druggists. 81. To prove it cures,
sample of Blood Balm sent free and pre-,
paid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlan>
ia, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical
advice sent in sealed letter. For sale at
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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-22
Doing Eurone.

Facilities for travelling nowadays are
30 accelerated that it is quite possible
for the tourist to pass through five Eu-
ropean countries in fourteen hours,
barring accidents-namely, England,
France, Belgium. Germany and Hol.
land. Take the express from Charing
Cross to Dover and cross over to Ca
lais-two countries. Then with the In
tercontinental express you proceed to
Brusseis-three countries. from the
Belgian capital by train to Aix-ia.
Chapelle. which is German territory
making the fourth country, and after
allowing time for q meal a drive to
Vaals, in Holland, makes the fifth
eountry-and all in fourteen hours.