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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
new RULING
ON POSTAL Law

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.-Judge
De Haven has made a ruling which
upsets the one heretofore in force in
regard to the actual delivery of let
ter by the postoffice department. II
was previously ruled that when let
ter had been delivered at the address
upon the envelope that the authority
of the department ceased. If the let
ter was not to be prosecuted by the
government, but only in the state
courts. In the case of John Myer
charged with stealing a letter address,
ed to John Lava, "a Filbert street, and
embezzling $40 currency note, the
court said
Although the delivery may have
been made at the place addressed,
and yet not actually delivered to the
party addressed, or his. authorized
agent. and the embezzlement and dcs-
truction of letter which has been in
the postofiice before it was actually
delivered to the person to whom 1t
was directed, or the authorized agent,
is an offense against section 1892, Re-
vised Statutes"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23

sion. The questions that the COM
mission was expected to consider
were Of the highest Importance. and
their nature was such as to demand
not only a profound knowledge of the
law. but the theory and practice of
diplomacy. Throughout the trying
negotiations Of the joint commission
Senator Fairbanks conducted the case
of the United States in such a way
as to command the respect of the
British and Canadian commissioners
and to retain their cordial personal
regard and good will.
Mr.. Fairbanks home Is in Indian
apolis. He also occupies q large
house in Massachusetts, avenue,
Washington. when congress Is in ses-
sion. Mrs. Fairbanks is one of the
most clubwomen in the country and,
through that medium. is almost as
widely known as her distinguished
husband.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23

Surveyors under the employ OF the
government passed through here to-
day en- route to the head Of the Pend
d'Oreille river A complete and cir
cuitous survey will be made of the
country surrounding Box canyon.
During the survey data will be gath
cred to determine the cheapest way
to widen the river channel, either by
blasting out the present channel or
by changing the rivers course en-
tircly.
For the past years residents and
interested parties in the valley have
been directing the governments at
tention to this project by asking an
appropriation to do this work. This
would prevent the continuous high
waters Of the Pend dOreille and Kali
ispell rivers from flooding the valley.
as they have done in the past. By
widening the gorge of the canyon
this will be accomplished. AS it is
the normal waters find a sufficient
passage. but when June rains and
melting mountain SHOWS swell the
river the swollen body of water can
not possibly pass through the narrow
rock gorge fast enough to prevent
the Pend dOreille river from over
flowing and flooding the level basin.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
SPOKANE MARKETS

There are no Hood river or Walla
local berries are ripening and have
supplanted the imported berries. Rasp-
berries are cheaper. Tomatoes from
Puget sound are on the market. The
quality is very good.
The following quotations or prices
paid to producers by Spokane COM
mission men and jobbers have been
corrected today:
Eggs-S8.5O per case; fresh ranch 23c
dozen.
Poultry-Chickens, live weight, roos-
tiers loo, hens l2c; squads 81 dozen.
5aSc ID; carrots 2Oc dozen.
Dairy products-Butter fat, first
grade 2l1tc, second grade l9hc; coun-
try butter, first grade 10000. second
grade (cookins) s@l5c ID; creamery
butter 2l@24c.
Observation-Disclosures 45@55c cwt
onions $3@3.25 cwt; root vegetables
&c cwt; California new potatoes $3.50
ga cwt.
Green vesetables-Homc grown as.
paragus 85@90c box; onions l0@l5c
dozen punches; radishes l5@25c dozen
lunches; rhubarb 10000 box; lettuce
7@l2c ID; green peas 5(aSc ID; green
beans l5@20c ID; turnips $l@l.25 case,
5@Sc lb.
Fruit-Cherries 50c@$l case; canta-
loupes $4G460 case.
Berries 81 .25GRl rs case
gooseberries l5625c gal; currants Sc
ID; raspberries $250@3 crate.
Hay-Timothy sl4@l5, alfalfa $l2.6O;
grain hay $l2@l4.
Grain-Wheat (Tacoma prices) club
Tic, bluestem 8lc; oats 81 .209l 80 cwt /;
barley $l@l.05 cwt; feed wheat $l05@
Ito cwt.
Live stock-Steers $3@325 cwt; cows
50 5O@3; mutton 2G3c ID; hogs, dress
ed &c; veal, dressed &c.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
HOW LINCOLN
WON A SUIT

OMAHA, Neb., June 23.-William
Beverly of this city enjoys the novel
distinction Of having once retained
Abraham Lincoln as his attorney.
The dispute in which Beverly be-
came Lincoln's client did not involve
any of the great questions of the
times, but it was simply over an ordin-
airy horse trade.
81 was breeder of fine horses in
Logan county, H." said Beverly in
relating the story, "and l made a
trade with neighbor of mine for a
beautiful stallion which was worth full
ly $1,000.
81 was well pleased with my bar
gain until l discovered that the horse
had a SPAWN which I had failed to
notice, but of which l felt satisfied
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
SKETCH OF LIFE OF
SENATOR FAIRBANKS

A little more than ten years ago
Charles Warren Fairbanks was hard
ly thought of as a factor in political
life. Yet in 1892 he was made chair
man of the Indiana republican con-
cention, and one year later received
the entire vot eof his party in the
legislature for the United States sem
atorship. The vote. however, was
not large enough to elect In 1897 his
election came. and scarcely seven
years after his appearance in Indiana
politics he was talked Of for the high
est honors in the gift Of the people
Of the United States.
Senator Fairbanks is a native of
Ohio, having been born at Unionville
Center. that state. I'm 1852. He was
graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan
university at the age Of 20 and be-
gan his career as a newspaper man.
Through the influence of his uncle.
william Henry Smith. president of
khs Associated Press at that time,
be secured q position with that or
ganixation at PtJttsburg. He found
Elmo TO practice Journalism and read
Saw at the Same time. and soon after
be became a graduate Of law his abii-
oty secured for him the position Of So
oicitor for the Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad. His success in corporation
law gave him wide reputation, and
IT the time Of his election to the
senate he was known as one of the
most skiifui railroad attorneys and
onanciers OF the west.
l Soon after his election 10 the sen
~ . high compliment was paid to
~. TairbanlEs BY his appointment az
pheiruna Of Tie United States branch
~ Ne Angie-Amsrlcan Joint commits
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
The Mother-in-LaW.

An
niaw claimed eHenuans released with the mini
public
self a mother-inIaw.
like nauirng
defending
considered
half dozen instead
might his knowing the at all He could
-.
are men, a, ,hat.-who have real liking for their
children
become of the melancholy subjects existence
He mother
then turned and heartach and loneliness
Yes there
inlaw is nothing a continuous
Yes there wholesome realize that
distress
the last adie
most
her heart with her. and her heart
a calm
eyed speak
hs"nd then hiding hearbak
mohere children
ange
motheinaw US applaud
the Oklahoma
perpetualy
a the
neros secret of their souls
and gratitude worship
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
'5p[[(H Of SENATOR
ALBERT b[v[R|DQ[
Brilliant Young Senator Seconds the Nom
ination of Roosevelt.

American methods changed. but
American character remained the
same. They outlived the stage coach.
but not the Bible. They advanced
but forgot not their fathers. They
delved in earth. but remembered the
higher things. They made highways
Of the oceans, but distance and eli
mate altered not their AmericaniSm,
They began as children Of liberty.
and children Of liberty they remain.
They began as servants of the F'AtRer
Of Lights. and His servants they re-
main. And SO into their hands Is
daily given more of power and ,0p-
portunity that they may work even
larger Righteousness in the world
the blessed seeds Of human happi-
ness
Wonderful beyond prophecy's fore
cast their progress; noble beyond the
vision of desire their future. In
1901 Jefferson said. 1.-The United
our descendants to the thousandth
and thousandth generation; three
generations behold the oceans our
boundaries. Washington never dream
ed of railways. Today electricity and
steam make Maine and California
which no seer could have foretold,
we made because we are Americans
because a free people with unfet-
tered minds and unquestioning belief
joyfully faced the universe Of hui
man possibilities These POSSIBLE
tiles are not exhausted; we have
hardly passed their boundaries. The
American people are not exhausted;
We have only tested our strength.
Gods work for us In the world Is
not finished; His future missions for
the American people will be grander
than any He has given us. nobler
than we now can comprehend. And
these tasks as they come we will &C.
cept and accomplish as our fathers
accomplished theirs. And when our
generation shall have passed and our
children shall catch from our aging
will still be the old flag of York
town and Appomattox and Manila
bay; the music to which they in their
turn will lthen move onward will still
be the strains that cheered the dying
Warren on Bunker Hill and inspired
the men who answered Lincoln's
CALL; and the ideals that will be in
them triumphant as they are in us,
Will still be the old ideals that have
made the American people great and
honored among the nations of the
earth.
This is the republican idea of the
American people, this the thought
we have when we nominate today our
candidate for the nations chief; this
the quality of Americanism a repub-
lican dard-bearer must have And
this is just the Americanism of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Full of the old-time
faith in the republic and its destiny
charged with the energy of the re-
public's full manhood; cherishing the
ordinances of the republics fathers
and having in his heart the fear of
God inspired by the sure knowledge
that the republics splendid day Is
only in it's dawn. THEODORE Roosevelt
will lead the American people In
paths of safety to still greater well
fare for themselves, still broader bet
terment of the race and to the added
honor of the American name"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23

the animals former owner was fully
aware when we made the trade.
well, l tried to get some sort d
satisfaction out of the other fellow
but he refused to trade back and tho
matter finally developed into law
suit.
81 knew Lincoln personally. He
was fine young fellow and was just
starting his career as a lawyer. He
made short work of the other side and
| recovered damages for the amount
| paid for the horse.
'The remarkable part of the deal
however, is yet to come. When the
case was settled, | said to Lincoln,
Abe, what's your price for your serv-
icesg' and Abe said: $40. Now if that
had been a lawyer of the present time
he would have taken the stallion and
a couple of hundred dollars thrown in,
as his fee."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
KILLING BEAR
|I[AR U5k

USK, Wash. June 21.-(Special
Correspondence. George Oswald. q
German farmer and stockman living
about two miles west OF here, while
looking for some Of his stock in the
woods yesterday encountered two
cubs and . female black bear. He
killed the haif-grown cubs. but only
wounded the old bear, which hid
away In the dense brush and fallen
timbers near by.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
ZIG WILD XAY Crop.

The high waters, which for the
past six weeks have inundated large
area of the valley. are rapidly reced-
ing. The wild hay meadows which
were flooded promise unusually good
yields this year. The hay crop on
meadows not flooded will remain
short unless an abundance OF rain
falls in July. Stock is in good condi-
tion and pastures also are very good.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
rr1sr IRRIGATION DITCH.

The construction of the first irriga-
ton ditch in Kalispell valley was be-
gun yesterday. about four miles north
of here. 1t is being constructed by
George Gassell and f. r. Hughes. two
prominent ranchers near Cusick.
Trimble creek will be the waterhead
for the ditch, which will extend
through the farms of the construct
ing parties toward the pend d'Oreille
river.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
WE'D TODAY

DANvILLE, KY, June 23.-Miss
Leila 8. Mckee, who recently resign
ed the presidency of the Western
College for Women at Oxford. O.,
was married here today to James b.
WEIGH OF Kansas City. The cere-
mony took place at the home Of the
brides mother and was attended by
many friends. Mr.. and Mrs. WEIGH
will spend several months In Europe
before taking mp their permanent
residence In Kansas City.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
SPOKANE Man BUYS.

c. Il. Taylor of Spokane last week
bought the Ramey place. located
about five miles northwest of here.
He paid $4,000. Mr.. Ramey expects
to go into the cattle business in the
Alberta country in Canada.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
F. Flint 9 Co.

Established 1850
S01h Riverside. Phone ~. $50
9l300-Hsre Is q bargain: A neat
four-room cottage and three lots ON
corner, with 40 bearing fruit trees.
lawn and shrubbery. good location.
Sl78-Each for choice lots, Lidger-
wood park. overlooking city; Is per
cent down and $40 per month.
ol60o-New fiye-room modern
house. Corbin park; house alone cost
this amount.
e6Bo-For two choice lots on cor-
ner, city water, near North Monroe
street. ,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23

N. J. Nicely and II. S. Nucum of
the Nicely real estate firm of Spokane
spent several DAYS here looking over
some farm and hay land in the valley.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23

A new overcoat for men is water
proof, heavyweight, cut and fashioned
exactly like an oyereoat. with no sug-
gestion of the rain coat.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23

P1oT. LEoYoLD scXADH, N
struotor In Violin ana Plano Music,
has established himself in Spokane.
Prof. Schade 10 o graduate Of ths
Conservatory Of Music at souder'
hansen. Germany.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-23
THERE ARE TWO BoBs NOW.
ZIG ZOE. LITTLE BOZ,


BY0 ZOE. LITTLE BOZ,
SEE THEM.
9l000-Six-room house. two lots
stone cellar, small barn; will trade
for vacant lots or will take horse and
buggy as part pay.
Sle00-Eight-room house, two lots
city water; $3.50 cash, balance $40 per
month; near car line.
We have ali kinds OF business
chances, also farm lands 10 trade for
city property.
NO Trouble TO Answer Questions.
OAv1TTE \ GLADSTONE,
Real Estate, Rentals and Insurance,
315-sl6 Rookery. Tel. NJ. 1929.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-14
GO S i
LA YANG cosTTit e TWO GOV.
ERNMENTs VA PRETTY
PENNY. NE

! BERLIN Nov ia German mill
ttary expert has just figured out the
cost in ammunition to both power1
! Of the battle of Lao Yang He figures
that 100000 Russians and 24o;0 Jap
anese were engaged, but only half OF
these, OF 100000, were lighting az
once
The battle ragged for about 100
hours, and with rather conservative
estimate he figures that each soldier
fires about 20 shots per hour, so that
each man during the battle must have
fired 2,400 shots, making a total OF
G00,0O00O0 shots for the two armies
This ammunition cost rather over
100000
During the battle of Liao Yang 300
cannons fred 100000 shells during
sixty hours SO the expert calculates
that the 500 cannons engaged in the
last battle must have fired 1,70O0O0
shells at a cost of So each or, alto
Sether, little over s5,0O0OOO.
Thus Russia and Japan spent in this
one battle more than s250O0,O00 on
ammunition. This does not include
the wear and tear of the weapons,
which is considerable. The field guns
cost on an average about $1,000 each,
while the great siege and fortress
guns cost as much as $1,000, 900 each
and fire away $3.50 at each shot.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-14
How 1t Happened.

| Election is over. The racket is end
| ed. " Silence, like a poultice comes
! to heal the blows of sound" What
caused the deplorab1e calamity? This
is the question which the fore
most Democrats are asking and trying
to answer. One of the most saSacious
Of them puts it thus: Roosevelt left
no stone unturned. He was young and
ambitious and appealed first to the
body Of the voters, then another. He
protested to the Russian government
against the Kishineff massacre and
got the Hebrew vote. He compelled
the settlement of the coal strike and
Gin spite of the Miller case) got the
organized labor vote. He invited
Cardinal and archbishors 10 dinner
and kept the friar lands for the priests
and got the Catholic vote He invited
Booker Washington TO luncheon and
paid the salary of the Indianola post
mistress and got the negro vote. He
pushed 10 success The suit against Tie
Northern Security Company, aud so
the antitrust vote. He refused to run
amucll against corporations and got
the trust vote. He pushed great irri-
cation projects in the Rocky Noun
tain region, and got the Western vote
He made hurry-uD annex Of the Far,
anna republic. and got the first voters
vote. Hows that for a full explara |
tion?" II seems nearly complete, bu1
one might add land he has perfect
and unwaverinS belief in the Roose |
Welt star 1t looks as If the Demo |
cratic party would not elect another
President during the first quarter Of
the Twentieth Century.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-14
A PERILOUS FEAT
WAS THE PLACING OF TT :
STATUE ON SUMMIT Or
DENT DU GEANT.
PRIEST CARRIED 1T c&-c s:~if9>
Perry SLOPES AND ~
CRAGS.

GENEVA Nov 11.-An altlminl1r
statue of the Holy Virgin nov crow1',
the snow. covered pinnacle of zhcDep<
above the sea.
Father Louis Clarassou. Cure %
Courmayeur, known all over Swtzer
land as the "'mountain- climb ipS
priest" had collected the money 10
have the statue made, and acco1i
panied by three fellow priests aro
several guides. lie himself erected m
ter nearly losing his life in the r
tempt ...
Over slippery, ice-Eound rocks 1pe
party had to climb. across unsafe
snow patches, up perpendicular ch Sr'>
neys and steep slabs of smooth rock
like the sides of a house they wende :
their way with their butdcn, cliusCrS
for life to ropes fixed to iron Stan eli
ions in the rocks,
To add to the danger: fmiouS
snow storm came on and several tirne5
the guides bearing the statue weIf
nearly swept from the mountain siaG.
but at last they succeeded in reachins
the summit.
in the midst of a snowstoru1 great
holes We're drilled in the rock to re
ceiye the iron supports of the Statue
and two hours later the statue OF VII
gin was securely fixed on its moup~
tain pedestal.
Then on the edge of the precipice.
with the snow-storm still ragins the
Vicar of Courmayeur, Father Vesaur
attached by two strong ropes to the
face of the rock, performed has
more than once interrupted by the
FURY of the elements E@
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-14
SEVERE METHODS
ARE BEING TAKEN TO GERMAN
lie PORTIONS OF ALSACE
LORRAINE.
CHILDREN WILL BE FORBIDDEN
TO LEARN THE FRENCH
LANGUAGE.

BERLIN, Nov. 14--After 1ull OF
I many months the German authorities
have once more returned to most
| stringent measures to Germanize the
larSe part Of the population of Alsacc
Lorraine which still remains loyal TO
France.
As it has been noticed that the
younger generation-that is to say,
children of French parents-are even
more attached to France and the
French language. all teach ers in pull
lie have been given orders to punish
severely all children who are found
using the French language during les
sops or at play and to report them to
the department of education, which
then severely reprimands the parents,
The persecution of all French is
even driven so far that special gov
erLnent detectives have been present
in the Catholic Churches during the
last Sundays to see that the priests
did not pronounce the Latin in the
French manner. which is quite differ
emf from the German pronunciation
OF that ancient language.
This measure, however, aroused
STORM Of indignant protests, and the
bishop Of Straszburg appealed to the
Kaiser who, fearing the enmity OF
the. clergy, who WELD an enormous
power in these provinces, has advis-
ed the governor to drop this part, of
his attempt of Germanizng a people
who absolutely refuse to become Ger
man.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-14
Served Their Sentences.

Sam Drayden and Frank Register.
both colored, we're dismissed fro.:,
the county jail to-day These men in
company with Charles Laster were
charged with entering the houses OF
some Italians at New England las
summer. Laster was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary and
Drayden and Register to four months
IN the county Jail Both are glad to
get out and have sign;f.cd their intcn-
ton OF leaving this part Of the coun
try.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-14
CAN MIR. BRYAN
ACCOMPLI IT?
EX-SENATOR LINDSAY SAYS TIL &
DEMOCRATS NEED A MAN TO
UNITE ALL FACTIONS.
(By Publishers Press.)

LEXINGTON, Ky, Nov. l4.~For>
mer United States Senator Villa NJ
Lindsay, of Kentucky, arrived here
last night from New York. Disclosing
the prospects of the Democratic pa r.
ty of the future he said '''Thera is 10
satisfactory explanation that can be
made for the overwhelming H..feat of
Judge Parker, other than it was u
mistake to put men in control OF tie
party who had bolted it in 1896 and
again in 1900. The vote i'll Irdlanu
showed that Roosevelt received 4c,>
900 more votes than Mckinley, While
Parker got more than 5000 less than
Bryan did. The Democratic PART
needs a leader who can unite 1.-THE
factions and it is5union rather Than.
reorganization that's most pressing
now, and the time to begin the Work
Of reunion is at once 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-14

I,l1ilir lou,gi.
eed 81 ont tsrGay win hIS
and .fatrr1i1 at Syfolt Summit.
5Dur.re left yeste-day fol
isItlt I.oa1fs1 ana Purchase Ese
posit
Ohm Iasrltl IS. vic,
sEsirs s5ward, on saturta eve,.-
me bap ysgirl
E 1fsestTic - at, ss2 accom-
1iis oId lest daughter. Miss
to-day AMI call
see us 3sS s3,3r
e,arpe inter and. familN.3of Vim
istri ct,,ss eaye the latter part of
for Hazeltonj Kansas,
hey expect to 1ocate&la
sssasilte James Linn ard .,Attor-
china went Is. Wheeling
ternoon to attend the bis Re-
btlee there tor ght-.
Meredith and Iiss.iDessie
sincent were married Saturday
Sat seven % clock at the First
iparsonage by Rev. Q. D. King.
Lee Parker, of Evansville.
sE aturday evening last for a
eks visit among friends II
lEfn ST c. and Hyattsvi1te,
iarence r. Kelley and Miss Minnie
brennan were united in marriage at
n O'clock Saturday night by Rev. O.
ssTlsS King at his home in The First
1rIley Reed who has charge of the
lIatrrnont Coal Company's store at
nLchinson. # has fever He was
though to- his fathers ho,&e5 on Ben
EissssInf venue Friday
zee Currey and Miss Susie e
TAI prominent young people OF Mo
Sgraung ga h. were united in marriage at
home of the officiating minister,
4 IseF. I.s5 Engle, Saturday evening at
clock.
sssss AZ IA and Mrs. E. b. Carney returned
4 LAST evening from a ten days visit 10
\ " Viiite7sD Day, Wetze1 county. They re-
port most pleasant trip. Mr.. Carney
spent most of the time bunting aud
aseEauc ceeded in getting a fne iot CT
sEzarpe