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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
FAILED.

All efforts have failed to find a
better remedy for coughs, colds
and lung troubles than Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t stops the cough.
heals the lungs and prevents seri.
Gus results from cold, ]. N. Pat
terson. Nashua, Iowa. writes: Last
winter had a bad cold on my
lungs and tried at least half a doz-
en- advertised cough medicines and
had treatment from two physicians
without getting any benefit. A
friend recommended Foley's Honey
and Tar and two-thirds of bottle
cured me. | consider 1t the great.
est cough and lung medicine in the
world"
Chas. McNab, i02 Riverside.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

Special Correspondence of The Press
+ DETROIT, Mich, Dec. This
|!towns one known devil has gone
into temporary retirement.
/ Herman Menu, owner of the gray
len image of his satanic majesty
also is about ready to retire from
public gaze, for he is a marked man
on Detroit streets. When Menu,
with the aid of friend, carved Old
Nick from a block of paving stone
he thought he was going to have a
Who'll lot of fun with his neighbors
in general. and church. going people
in particular, whom he dislikes in
tensely.
Instend he is a sad. morose, mel
ancholy individual, who no longer
laughs, and who seeks the seclusion
of his home as soon as his days
work is done. There, at least. he
can escape the ribald remarks of his
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
GREAT CHOKE ABER NIT!
DETRO|T'S DEVIL RET|RES

With her husband she has lived in
daughters share the nonreligious
views of the husband and father.
Mrs. Menu does not regret that her
husband carved the devil from stone
and placed 1t on exhibition before
their home. The spirit of the Nor
mans flows In her veins and she
fears neither contempt nor con-
tumely
"Of course our neighbors have
tried to make it unpleasant for u.s."
she said, 'tand tn Young Mems
Christian Temperance association
sent us a letter that they would
come out here and tear the statue
from it's pedestal. but we were not
afraid. The boys gave us the most
trouble. They congregated before
the house and threw rocks at the
statue. but finally the police chased
them away.
ut is absurd to say that my hus-
band, my daughters or myself wor-
ship this statue. We admire the
thought it expresses and the art it
typifies, but we do not revere it,"
A number of spectators have
tried to get hold of the statue of the
devil. One saloonman has offered
!, $500 for it, another $500. One liberal
minded citizen tried to buy it to pre-
sent 1t to the public art gallery. A..
II Crit
Art Museum. says 1t is not art work
at all.
we'll. I don't know. Maybe I
keeps heem, maybe 1 sells heem.
Dot vas my business"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

Special Correspondence of The
Press.
LONDON, Dec. 7.-Restaurant
dining is one of the principal me
cessities of life" of the London
money kings, and is the universal
fad of society. At present, fashion
centers about the restaurant of the
Savoy hotel, which owes much of
its prominence to the fact that it's
cooking butter, which is specially
made in France for the Savoy
Kitchen, costs rs cents a pound
wholesale.
Every evening princes, dukes,
marquises and Londons financial
leaders gather in the Savoy restau-
rant, which seats $50 people. All
the men are in evening clothes and
the women wear low necked gowns
and are ablaze with gems. The
tables are decorated with flowers
and smilax, VIII softly shaded can
dies burning, the light diffused and
reflected by mirrors. The ceiling
Is decorated in dull bronze, and the
woodwork Is mahogany.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
OF INTEREST TO SICK PEOPLE.

We have sympathy for sick and want
to treat them seriously. as there is
no humor in pain and affliction. 1t is
impossible for patient to impress
on others the suffering they endure.
To get well or be relieved is their one
thought. a remedy that will do this
has their lasting gratitude. We
have thousands of letters from peo-
pie who had dyspepsia. sick head
ache and bilious attacks, saying how
thankful they were fer having used
DIR. Gums Improved Liver Pills.
They cure disease by removing the
cause. one for a dose Sold by drug
glsts. 25c per box. Made by DIR.
Bosanko company. Philadelphia, Pa
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

LONDON, Dec. 7-London's poor
number more than one-half of the
population of the worlds metropo-
lis. The most poverty stricken,
computed to number at least TO-
900 have a frightful existence, able
to earn not more than 10 cents a
day by selling matches and boot
laces on the sidewalk. They spend
their days on the streets and their
nights in the workhouse or in cheap
lodging houses. The cheapest are
the shelters of the Salvation Army,
where a bed costs cents, supper
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
Local Bowling,
Football, Pool
and Box
Ing

The above is the powerful left
arm of Battling Nelson, who was
matched yesterday to fight Terry
McGovern rounds in Philadelphia
on Jan. 26. The two men have
been dickering for two months and
came to an agreement in Buffalo
Dec. 6.
Nelson wanted to fight winner
take all, but could not arrange for
this match. They agreed to fight:
Nelson take As per cent, Terry 35
per cent and the club 20 per cent.
The club has guaranteed a $25 900
house
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
BOOST THE
SOLDIERS
MONUMENT

Members of Reno post, G.. A. R.,
plan to give another boost to the
soldiers monument fund, this time
in the form of a dance at Masonic
temple on the 18th. There is al
ready $500 in cash in the fund and
pledges amounting to about $1,000.
The plans of the designer OF the
shaft contemplate an expenditure of
$500.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
ROTTEN EDGED
DIVINE SARAH

QUEBEC, Dec. MADAME Sar-
all Bernhart was the victim of an
angry crowd after her performance
at the Auditorium in this city.
Rotten eggs were thrown at the
entire company on account of an
alleged interview she is reported
to have given out, in which she
was supposed to have stated Can
adams were Iroquois Indians. She
later denied having said it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
World of Sport

cauliflower in the height of it's
bloom. His left wrist was broken,
likewise his arm. in battles for
small purposes while climinb to-
ward the championship. AS re-
suit of the break in the arm Mel
son can bend that forceful mem
Der only as far as Is shown in the
picture.
o o
Harrison is out for blood and is
looking for Kid Scaler. Yesterday
he was talking of recent story in
a local paper which stated he would
not sign articles for a fight with
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

st. Louis athletic clubs will test
the anti-boXing law in the courts
The police chief draws the line be-
tween amateur and professional
boxers, but the promoters say the
law contemplated no such distinc-
ton, and on this contention will go
to the courts for ruling.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
Is VICTIM OF
HIGH FINANCE

Before Justice Stocker this morn
ing S. w. Webb was arraigned on
the charge of disposing of mort
gagged property. John O'Connor Of
this city being the complaining
witness. Webb was released on
$500 bail. 1t is said by his friends
that he is the victim of sharp meth
DDS in finance and is not guilty of
anything criminal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
EDUCATIONAL.

Learn teleghaphy and railroad ac-
counting; $50 to 500 a month salary
assured our graduates under bond.
Our six schools the largest in Ameri-
ca and endorsed by all railroads.
Write for catalogue. Morse School
Of Telegraphy, Cincinnati. o.. Buff
falo. N. Y, Atlanta, Ca. Lacrosse.
Wis, Texarkana, Tex. San Francisco
Cal
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
LOND0N'S POOR mURMER IN STREETS
WHILE NAbOBS DINE ON TERRAP|N

Savoy who will have helped to
tickle the palate of the diner. The
dinner will have been served by
two walters, and another attendant
will have looked after the wines
while two more will have made the
coffee and served it and the cigars
at the end of the meal Sixteen
persons in all will thus have con-
tributed to the epicurean demands
of the diner.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

New York police descended on a
three round boxing match the 9th.
err night, and will make another
test case of the law under which
they are being held, One justice
has already decided that three
round bouts are legal. but the po,
lice hope to find a dissenting JUS
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
SPORTING BREVIT|ES

They are getting ready to kill
the boxing game in Philadelphia.
Rival promoters are at the bottom
Of the trouble, with conflicting
dates the bone of controversy. The
average promoter might be defined
as chump who learns nothing by
experience. With the boxing bust
ness dead as a herring in Chicago,
st. Louis and dozen other for
merly good towns-slain by selfish
promoters - the Quaker contingent
Is wrangling and snarling prepar-
atory to final close-down unless
they suddenly mend their ways.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
L. X. MoNFoRT 3 60.
$40 Riverside Ave.

Siooo'oo-New 4-room cottage, city
water, sink and cess pool, street
grade and side walk paid. $500
cash, $1,000 per month, per cent.
looo'oo-Five room house, stone
iouhdatlon, cellar, city water,
small barn, chicken house and
yard fine lawn and trees. lot rs
xl2o TT. $500 cash. $40 per month.
per cent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
Next Pan-AmeriCan
Congress Considered
(Scripps News Associatiou.>

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. T.
The diplomatic representatives OF
the South and Central American
republics will meet this afternoon
to decide upon the place where the
next Pan-American congress shall
meet. 1t is considered almost GER
tain. that in honor of the memory
of Simon Bolivar, the great liber-
ator, Caracas, Venezuela, will be
selected as the meeting place for
the congress in 1907.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

trundling barrow organs through
the streets. These are largely
aliens. They exist from day to
day, living in overcrowded tene-
ments. Even the babies are hired
out to street mendicants for IL
cents a day.
The third class c. the very poor,
who compose the great majority, is
that in which the bread winner of
the family earns just enough to
support a home. This is the class
designated as the uneducated Brit
ish workmen. The men are rail-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

Wines-Tokay, extra dry; MUIR
emberger Hofauslese, 1874; Moet
Dry Imperial, 1892; Pol Roger,
1893; Chateau LATTE, 1875; Cha
teau Iquern, 1874; Dow's Port,
1878; Fine Port, 1908; Liquors.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

Earch course from the caviar to
the fruit will have been prepared
by a separate cook, making II out
Of the 80 cooks employed at the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

tice. II they do, his decision Will
be accepted as the true one and
the boxing lid put on again in
Gotham.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

DIES MONIES. Ia, Dec. 5.Frank
Gotch, actor For 10 weeks the
ex-champion will appear nightly on
the vaudeville stage in several
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

Partisan Dyeing s. Cleaning Works
and Dress Pleating Factory. L. A.
Leahmann, proprietor. has moved to
sos First avenue. near Howard.
Phone 2137. No solicitors,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

HERMAN MENZ, WHO MADE THE
CRAVEN IMAGE OF OLD SAT-
AN, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
LOTS OF FUN, BUT INSTEAD
HE is NOW A MOROSE, MELAN-
CHOLY MANTLE DEVIL HIS
UNDOING.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
FOR SALE.


We are still retailing at wholesale
prices: Fir flooring. $40 and up.
Clear fir ceiling. $1,000.
Clear fir drop siding, $500.
Five cross panel No. 1 doors. $3.50.
Door and window frames complete
800 to $125.
Observation-Disclosures Lumber Co,
North End Division st. bridgs.
S2OOO-40 acres nine miles east on
Sprague St., team. wagon, two mich
cows and farming implements, rs
acres improved.
The Geo. X. Stocker company, 215-
Is Mohawk.
b room plastered, city water, lot
50x135 and alley, this is a bargain
and must be sold this week and
VIII take pair of horses in trade.
price only $500. the house cost
more than that to build.
JAMES 3. GRAY,
/o2 First Ave Tel. Main $40.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

Girls, IL you want red lips, laugh
ing eyes, sweet breath and good
looks use Holsters Rocky Nou,t.t,
Tea. The greatest
beautfier known. sx 90.
Tablets. "
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

Battling Nelson, champion light
weight fighter Of the world, bears
considerable resemblance to a mar
tyr of old who had been broken
on the wheel. His nose has a
1umpy expression from stopping
many straight arm jabs. His left
ear resembles nothing so much as
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

the Kid. Said Harrison: 81 would
fight Scaler any time and any
where told him | would fight,
winner take all. and weigh in at
1923 pounds. can win from him
and | know 1t. would not sign
articles prepared some time ago be-
cause 1t was Sunday and | was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

The Boston Americans have
signed Ralph Glaze, Dartmouth's
football hero and leading pitcher.
Manager Collins was two years
getting Glaze to enter the ranks of
the professionals, as he refused to
leave the college ranks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

Give us a chance to please you.
English Cleaning & Dyeing COM
pany. We sponge and press suits
for 35c, four suits for 81; repair
ing, dyeing, steam or dry French
cleaning at low prices. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed. S14 Monroe.
Phone 1887.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
SECOND HAHD eooDa.

Highest price paid for second hand
furniture. Tel. NJ 800. 214 River
side. so-a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

HEARTRENDNe CONTRAST BETWEEN FAMIsHED UNEMPLoY.
ED AND THE eoRoING OF The sWEELs AT THE HOTEL
SAVOY - THIRTY!THREE DOLLAR MEALS CENT
ONES SIGNIFICANT PROTEST.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
FUEL DEALH1a.

Standard Fuel & Ice Co., E4o1
Front. Tel. SOS. Carbonate, Rock
Springs and Summit coal Martin
Dolan. manager.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
RANKING.

81 opens a checking account. TIE
Peoples Bank, 112 Mill. Long hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
HoRsEsHoEINo.

Charles Staley. 219 Pacific avenue.
South of N. p. depot. 1886
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

BAR FIXTURES AND SUPPLIES.

FOR SALE-New and second
hand billiard and pool tables and
bowling alleys. We lead the world
in cheap bar fixtures. Easy pay
ments. Send for catalogue. The
Brunswick Bake ollender Co.. 6O4
Front avenue, Spokane, Wash. II.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
CAST OFF cIorHuo.

positively highest prices paid for
cast off clothing. N223 Stevens. II.
I'LL.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
MONEY TO LOAN.

Loans on furniture. pianos. horses.
etc, private; no delay. A. A. Bar
nett 625-6 The Rookery ESQ
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
LATEST TO
co into Vaudeville

large eastern cities. Gotch gets
$500 per week for meeting all
corners. The management offers
$1100 to the man who can stay Is
minutes with the young Iowan.
While on the vaudeville .ur
Gotch will endeavor to secure an
other match with his old enemy.
Jenkins. The match, If arranged,
will not take place in the east. No
more eastern crowds or referees
for Gotch. Des Moines, Ia, will
have first bid. Des Moines has
pulled off more important matches
in the past four months than any
other city in the country. These
matches have been promoted by
Doc Fillmore. and he will have
charge of the Gotch-Jenkins af-
fair if it takes place in this city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
SITUATION WANTEp-FEMALE

WANTED-Boy over Is years OF
age. Western Union Telegraph
company.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

s1400-Five room modern cot
tage, furnished. easy terms.
$7O00-oregon farm for trade ON
Spokane property or merchandise.
LIGHTLY d CO..
Ga Jameson Block. Tel. 1192
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
PAWN BRoKERs.

II you want loan. go to p. Bick-
ford, 33S Main avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07
PACIFIC TRANsFER 90.

Freight, furniture. baggage ard
parcel delivery. Tel. 392. 1900
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

In London a few days ago a mob
of the unemployed in front of the
Hotel Savoy hooted until driven
away by the police. The Hotel Sa-.
voy Is the resort of the nobility
and plutocracy when it dimes. The
contrast between the well fed ma
hobs and the starving populace
was a startling object lesson.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

way employees, porters, carriers,
street workers, bricklayers, bus
drivers, laborers and the like. Some
get as little as $3.50 a week and
others earn as much as $3.50, but
the average is about $3.50. On that
amount a British workman is able
to form a home and bring up a
family of children only because
London is the cheapest city in the
world in which to buy food.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

Worley's artists from Canada
United States and Australia.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

OF tea and a thick slice of bread
with jam 2 cents, and breakfast
the same. Sometimes the home
less beings have to walk the
streets and wait for 5 o'clock in
the morning, when for half price
l cent, they can buy mug of stale
coffee from the night coffee stalls.
In class above this are work
ers who earn about so cents day,
making clothes for Sweaters" or
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-07

Do you want the best lots In the
city for the money? See us -oday:
we will show you. Fine lots. on car
line. SITS and $3.50: $40 down and
SIS a month. for few days only.
Northern Investment Co, $50 River
side avenue. Phone 1879.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-25
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
State Census Proves Astounding by
Showing a Decrease In PopuIa-
tlon Compared With the
Federal Census.

Iowa people are astounded at the
announcement that the population as
enumerated by the state will show
falling off, compared with the federal
census of five years ago, Of over 15,-
900. The returns of the state census
are complete in seventy-ive counties
out of the ninety-nine. Advance in
formation received from the auditors
|of the remaining twenty-four counties
permits a complete tabulation, and
shows the population of Iowa to be
2,216,O6S. In 1900, Iowa had a pepu'
lation, according to the federal count,
of 2,231,S53 which shows distinct
loss of 1875. Only twenty.three OF
the ninety-nine counties of the state
showed gain by the state census
The largest gain is made by Palls
county, which increased 14,10S in
population during the past five years
The biggest loss occurred in Mahaska
county, which sustained falling of
of 2,799. Among the cities, Des
Moines made the largest gain-1S,2S9
pes Meipes ceptinues to be the lar
gest city in the state. pubuqpuss
ranks second. Sioux City succeeds
Davenport in third place: All thhe
cities over 5000 population in 1900
show gain, except two-Keekuk anG
| Council Bluffs.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-25
Reciprocity Conference.

The reciprocity conference at Chi
cage. called to devise means of bet
tering the trade reiatIeas between the
United States and foreign countries.
finished the work Thursday for which
the meeting was called; arranged for
a committee to prosecute the plans of
the convention and formed perma.
pent organization styled as the Amefi'
can Reciprocal Tariff League. The
principal speaker At Thursdays SEES
Sion was gogeeFFpper 4. p. oummins q
Iowa, who, II 4 spssch fiji e'f fire anld
eloquence. hurled defiance 1T the enc;
mics of reciprocity. Mr.. Cummina
brought the audience under his spell
and except when interrupted with up
rorious applause, he held full sway
for three-quarters Of an hour Gov
ernor chmmins ia his speech urged 9
fight before the people I'll behalf d
reciprocity. but advocated the prtn
ciples telf PFseetss.eHoR,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-25
To Found a Negro City.

B. p. Blair, a negro from sully
county, S. D., has been endeayorinlg
to interest Iowa negroes In scheme
which he feels confident will put them
on a higher plane. His scheme is to
found in the heart of the fertile fields
of South Dakota city to be popu-
lated by members Of his race. For
over twenty years Blair, who acquired
1000 or more acres from the govern
ment, has been the only negro in Sully
county, living on his large farm there
and becoming wealthy from the sale
of his agrlcqltarai preducts: He las
been making plans for tbs csleRiza;
ton Of the country In the vicinity OF
the farm by importing respectable ne.
groes, preferably selected from Iowa,
who, by combining their efforts in a
community of interest, will be enabled
to prosper more than they weould in
the average American city. sully
county is bounded on the east by the
Missouri river, a large bend in this
stream being selected as site for the
proposed togp, Mr., Blair has been
comforting With the mest prominent
negroes OF the State. L. "a
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-08-25
SUIT AeAlNeT BANK DIRECTORS.
Those of a New Liberty Institution
A,oused If lack of DILIGENCE,

Those of a New Liberty Institution
Accused Of Lack Of Diligence.
Claiming that the directors did not
use due diligence and that the Off
Gals of the New Liberty Savings bank
made bad loans, without property Sc
eurity, George Leuders, receiver OF
this bank, acting on the order from
the court, has brought suit against the
directors of the bank for $45,5OO. me
petition states that M. Bethuen was
president of the bank, and Arthur
Bethuen, cashier, and that through
the negligence of these parties and
without due diligence on the part OF
the directors, loans were made which
cannot be collected. The directors
names are William Lensch, William
Dahms, Fred Thiering, Hans Meeves
and j. H. Arp. The petition states
that all of these loans were made
without security and that they are
non-collectible The Iowa banking
law provides for the appointment OF
an examining committee from the di;
rectorship Of the. bank. requires
quarterly examination of the bank, as
well as quarterly reports of such ex
aminations to be made to the entire
board of directors.