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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

al academy grounds to cost $1,000.
The opening of the south half or
the Colville Indian reservation as
soon as favorable reports are re-
ceived from Major Mclaughlin,
who is securing the consent OF the
Indians to the opening.
The matter was then delayed and
the bill for an increased appropria-
ton is the result.
The bridge over the river to the
fort will be of great benefit to the
city. 1t will allow of quick access
to the reservation and will also
open up an extensive country back
of the fort, which now is in an al
most inaccessible position.
The increase in the government
building appropriation has been
long awaited, and it is thought 1t
will be allowed at this session OF
congress. The original appropria-
ton was 100000. The site was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
DECLARE (QA5TW|5[lAW
WITH PHILIPPINES FARCE

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10
Shipping experts east and west are
all stirred up over the new coast
wis enavigation laws applying to
commerce with the Philippines
which will go into effect next July.
ut is about as foolish y piece of
legislation as could be DEVISED" de-
clared H. w. Peabody, the noted
Boston merchant, at the Arlington
this morning. 1T will prohibit all
ships save those that fly the United
States flag from trading between
Philippine and American ports, and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
PRIVATE b0ENKEN'S DEATH
REPORTED AS AN ACCIDENT

Since the attempted suicide of
Lieutenant McClelland an6 the sui
eide of Private Herman Beenken,
Co. G, Fort Wright, the attention
of the public has been focused on
affairs at the fort. Much comment
has followed the report of Been
ken's death, said to have been
made to the authorities at Wash
ington. 1t was death by accident.
Early Friday morning Private
Beenken, who was one of the as
sistants in the bake shop at the
fort, was found lying on his bunk
in the bake house, dead. His death
was the result of the taking of a
dose of carbolic acid. He was bur-
led the next day in the soldiers
field.
Sunday morning, it Is said, the
following report was sent to the
war department at Washington:
Private Beenken, who has been
working in the bake shop, acct
dentally killed himself on Thurs
day night or Friday morning by
taking a dose of carbolic acid,
thinking the same to be whisky.
He was buried the same day.
Comes now the question whether
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

The chamber of commerce has
received from Senator Ankeny cop
les of several bills introduced at the
session of congress, all Of them re-
lating to Spokane. The senator
sends with them a letter in which
he states he will do all in his power
to secure the passage of each and
ell Of those bills-that he will see
the various committees to which
the bills have been referred and
will urge their proper recommends
ton and passage at the earliest pos
sible moment.
These bills call for:
An increase in the federal build-
ing appropriation to $1,O00,000.
A bridge over the river leading
from the city to Fort Thomas, to
cost $150,000.
The erection of monument to
Ensign John Monaghan Oh the nav
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
BRADLEY SAYS HE
WAS DRUNK

Of the usual story of 81 was drunk
when | did It," Bradley in effect
says, 81 was so drunk that night
that l could not have done it, if l
had wished to-"
The accused roomed in the Web
stec blS;k on North Monroe street
and says that he was in a stupor
all the time that the Norden Bar
was being held up. Clarence Ather-
ton, the boy from Idaho, says that
Bradley was certainly dunk that
night, but the matter Of the time
when Bradley returned to his room
could not be positively fixed by the
boy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
FIVE
KILLED

exploded, wrecking the structure.
The fire spread rapidly.
The scene of the explosion is two
adm a half miles from the center Of
the city and is surrounded by man.
ufacturing plants.
The last reports are that rs are
killed. The boiler was located in
the center of the building, causing
a cave-in of the walls.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

viii result in the levy of wildly ex-
orbitant carrying rates. No such
monopoly should be tolerated, and
probably the law will be abrogated.
What ought to De done to en-
courage our commerce not only
with the Philippines, but with all
the world, is the payment of SUBJ
sides outright. This Is the only
way we can build up merchant
marine of any proportions, the only
means by which we can compete
with the cheap ships and cheap sea-
men of Europe"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

The trial of George Bradley be-
fore Judge Poindexter, for highway
robbery and the holdup of the Nor
den saloon, is not attracting as
much attention on the part of the
public as had been expected. From
the police officers who worked on
the case, Deputy Prosecuting At
torney Pugh has woven a strong
web about the accused man. Three
of the victims have identified Brad
ley as the one who did the work.
Bradley has issued a statement Of
his .doings on the night Of the hold
up Nm which he makes a variation
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
TUNNEL
CAVE=IN
(scripps News Association)

(Scripps News Association.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 19,'-Rescuers
are working hard to release num-
Der of men entombed in a cayein
in the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel
at Long Island City. They are in
danger of drowning from waters
from Newton creek. The mouth of
the sewer therefrom being stopped.
The two men were rescued by a
diver this afternoon. They had
been entombed since o'clock yes
terday morning and were exhaust
ed. 1t was first thought that more
than two were caught.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
FOUL PLAY
IS FEARED
(Scripps News Association)

WALLA WALLA, Dec. 10. --
Posses in search of G. w. George,
a former from State Line, who has
been missing for two days, have
been unable to find any clue of the
man.
Frank George. son of the missing
man and a guard at the peniten-
tiary, has taken up the chase with
bloodhounds in the hope of solving
the mystery of the disappearance.
Neighbors state that George has
been In possession of evidence of
crime committed by well known
persons OF the vicinity several
years ago and the finding of blood
clots and buckshot near the bed
In which the missing man slept,
gives rise to the possible solution
of the mystery in the theory that
George had been foully dealt with.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
in Ualsh's In
StitutiOnS Still Nervous
dndRun C0ntinues--City
UiX Not U'ithdralu Its
7U0 and Half Million.

nized. He refused to answer aues-
lions and appeared calm. He smil-
ed with assurance when asked if
he feared criminal prosecution. He
appears confident the law is not
violated though he refuses to say a
word
This morning United States Dis
trict Attorney Morrison said he had
received no official notice of any
prosecution. He said he could not
anticipate what the proper authori-
ties would do, and said he could not
instigate action until official notice
frmo Ridgely and Bosworth had
been received. He said if any re-
putable citizen made proper repre-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
BLANCH WALSH
MAY COME HERE
(Scripps News Association


NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-lf negotia-
lions now being made IN New York
by Wagenhals & Kemper go
through, Blanche Walsh win make
a supplementary tour of the north
west territory in the spring, play
ing all the important cities over
the Northern Pacific, including Vic
toria. Vancouver. Seattle and Port
land Her itinerary on her return
trip will include San Francisco,
Salt Lake and Denver. Miss Walsh
will, OF course, appear in The Wo-
man in the Case" which Is con-
coded to be the best of all the
Clyde Fitch plays.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-An expIo.
sion in the photographic establish
ment Of Charles Shont is reported
and the lives of many girl employees
are said to be lost.
1t is reported a hucored girls
were in the building at the time.
1t is believed many were killed by
jumping from the windows. 1t is
a six story building. The boiler
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
SULTAN
GIVES IN

PARIS, Dec. 19.-It was announc-
ed at cabinet meeting today that
the sultan had definitely agreed to
the demands of the powers as to
the financial administration of
Macedonia. The papers report the
Albanian revolt in Turkey and that
officials were murdered. The reb-
els were victorious over 5000 Turk
ish troops.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
DISMISS
CONDEMNATION
PROCEEDINGS

Three condemnation proceedings
for obtaining the right OF way of
the Spokane & Inland railway were
dismissed today on stipulation, thus
giving credence to the report that
the differences had been settled out
of court. The parties are A. L..
Stenson, William Bartlett and e. s.
Snodgrass.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
(Scripps News AS

(Scripps News Associationo
DENVER, Dec. 1.-THE story to
the effect that Vivian George or
Los Angeles, heiress, and Ralph
Loughborough, an artist. were lost
in the mountains near Araphue
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

(Scripps News Associntion)
CHICAGO, Dec. 10. - Whether
the defendants are guilty or not
guilty, they will not go to Jail II
the law of immunity covers their
cases, was the declaration by Fed
eral Judge Humphrey before the
case this morning entered upon the
examination of veniremen. He said
IL the law grants the packers i'm
munity because of their testimony
before Garfield they are entitled to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
]p0h6[ FA([D
MD ARRESTED
(ScrIpps News Association.)

VoCTTpps NeWS AsSUCIdtTbH-I
WALLACE, Idaho, Dec. &c. e.
Lewis was arrested here on sus-
picion of being the murderer of a
young woman at Cripple Creek,
Colo. Lewis is known as the
Sponge Faced Kid" and his arrest
it is believed will unravel a murder
mystery which has long puzzled
the Colorado authorities.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
(Scripps News Association.)

NScrlppS news ASSOclatlOn.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-Depositors
of the Chicago National and Home
Savings banks gathered early, TAX
ing the police unawares. Great
confusion resulted. Applicants are
getting their money as fast as the
tellers can count.
The finance committee of the
council met to consider the condi-
ton of $2,500,OOO of city funds in
the Chicago National. II was de-
cided it was safe and the city fully
protected. Walsh appeared at the
bank at 1890, alighted from his
carriage half block away and
walked through the crowd unrecog-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
SENATOR'S do
f0R H0L|DA1

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10
An exodus of senators is apparent
by the empty seats today. The
house and interstate commerce
committee decided to hear no more
rate testimony until after the holt
days.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
MINING MAN
IS RUN OUT
Csc Rips News Associatlon.)

No' VIppS NVWS NbSUCIHtIUH.J
BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 19.-Thomas
c. Grove, well known mining oper-
ator of Idaho Springs, Colo, was
driven from Butte early this morn
ing by six armed miners after be-
ing beaten and threatened with
death If he returned. He was iden-
tilted with the recent miners trou-
BILE in Colorado.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19

SHANGHAI, Dec. 19.-Merchants
are afraid to open their stores,
fearing footing. The British cruz
ser Diadem will land 500 more ma
rines today. German troops are
hurrying from Kiau Chau.
TOXIC, Dec. 19.-Two Japanese
warships have been sent to Shang-
hal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
COLLECTOR
AT HUMBOLDT

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 10
Among the presidential appoint
ments are assistant treasurer Of
the United States at Philadelphia,
Jos. Bosler; collector of customs,
Sterling A. Campbell at Humboldt,
Cal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
HfIlFSS IS MISSING

peak is not verified. The report
came from the game wa,den's of.
flee. Telephone advices from 81
dora and Mines near Arapho peak
state nothing has been heard about
the missing people.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
PLEAD GUILTY AND
Will HANG FOR
DOUBLE KILLING

output Of vol and were asleep in
camp, Mcclure crept upon them,
cut their heads open with an axe,
and throwing their bodies into an
abandoned well set fire to the wa.
CONS and came to town telling that
the Navajo Indians attacked the
caravan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
PACKERS May co FREE
[AF0LL[TT[
RESIGNED
(Scripps News AssocIation.)

(Scripps News AssocIation.)
MADISON, Wis, Dec. 10. - La
Toilette resigAd as governor today
to the extra session at the close at
noon to take effect Jan. /, complet-
ing five years of service. He will
take his seat as senator after the
Christmas recess.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
AMERICAN
WARSHIP
ARRIVED
(Scripps News Association.)

(Scripps News Association.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 49,
In response to appeals from Consul
General Rodgers at Shanghai, the
cruiser Baltimore, commanded by
Capt. Nathan Sargent, formerly
aide to Dewey, has arrived at Woo
sung, the port of Shanghai, to pro-
tect Americans and other foreign
ers. 1t is believed marines have
landed before now.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
TELL ABOUT
SALARIES OF
INSURANCE men
(Scripps News ASSOCIATION 4,

(Scripps News Assocfation.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-Henry p.
Townsley, president of the Life
Association of America, testified
about salaries paid insurance men
at the investigation today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
(Scripps News Association.)

N'~TfPPD xNC 1k5oOCidtfO11sV
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, Dec. 49,
This afternoon Emile Mcclure
pleaded guilty to double murder
and was sentenced to hang by
Judge Abbott. Last spring while
Nicholas Hanche and Carmel Baca
were coming to this city with an
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-12-19
DEMAND THEIR MONEY

sensations he would take cogniz-
ance. United States Attorney
Healy said he was not making an
investigation on his own account
and had received no complaints.
Ridgely appeared at the bank this
morning to complete MS investiga-
ton. He says he is nearly through.
He expects to be through today and
start for Washington.
AKRON, o., Dec. 10. Seven
years competition with Rockefeller
in an attempt to control the Ohio
gas field contributed largely to the
Walsh failure. For three years
Walsh's company has been giving
gas to the consumer in this vicinity
at about half it's actual cost.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-It develops
Grace Taggart has $4,000, practic-
ally her entire fortune, in the Equit-
able Trust, one of the delinquent
concerns.
At o'clock, the closing hour, it
was announced all inside the doors
would be paid, others would have
to wait till tomorrow. Officials re-
fuse to attempt to estimate how
much has been paid, but the teller
handling the cash all day is sure
$5,0OO,000 was paid today through
the clearing house.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-09

Application was made at half a
dozen stores before the man could get
one ten dollar bill for his roll of ones.
81 don't see," said the mans COM
panion, "why you went to all that
trouble. You are going to pay the
money right over to your tailor Why
didn't you give him the one dollar
billsY
Because 1t would make a bad i'm
pression," was the reply. II am broke
but don't want him to know 1t. When
ever you get in that fix pay your debts
In the largest bills that you can get
hold of. 1t enhances your value in the
estimation of tradesmen and paves
the way for further credit. A fellow
will think heap more of you If you
pay with one five dollar bill than with
five ones. A handful of chicken feed
indicates that you have had to hustle
around pretty lively to get the money
and that there isn't much left where
that came from. A man who really
has money can afford to pay in pennies
If he feels like it, but he who has little
can keep up his credit only by using
large bills. New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-09
Handel's Appetite.

Handel was blessed with wonder
full appetite, and many are the anus
ing accounts, true or otherwise, as to
the means taken by its owner for its
indulgence. His gastronomic propensi-
ties were frequently the object Of sa-
tires, and in one caricature the com
poser is represented as sitting on a
beer barrel. A ham and a pair of
fowls are attached to the pipes of an
organ, a turbot lies upon a pile of
books and the floor of the apartment
is strewn with oyster shells. 1t is
more likely that his adversaries in
vented and propagated many Of the
wild stories concerning his eating and
drinking powers than that they had
any foundation in literal fact. No one
would probably order dinner for
three persons for instance, and be-
cause it was being kept back for the
company to arrive blurt out to the as
tonished waiter: II am de company.
Bring up de timer bretlssimo."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-09
DON'T BOLT YOUR FOOD.
There Is Pleasure ms Well ms Health
In Deliberate Eating.

Fast eating is sure to be injurious,
because to properly prepare the food
for digestion it must be thoroughly
masticated.
Rapid eating is still worse when 1t Is
caused by the hurry of business or by
anxiety or nervous irrtabillty or by
the common habit of 'bolting' the food
Such eating is sure to produce indiges-
ton or dyspepsia
The teeth, as well as the stomach,
are made for labor, and neither can
have their proper work to do If only
paps and broths and puddlngs and
hashes and other soft and artifcially
prepared foods are crowded into the
stomach as though the cook in the
kitchen could masticate and digest the
food better than the natural grinders
and the chemical action and assimilat-
ing power of the stomach.
Those people who shovel great vulgar
mouthfuls of food into their mouths
and bolt it down as though they had
but ten minutes for meal are gor-
mandzers instead of polite people.
They know little. Of the pleasure of
deliberate eating or the luxury of sat
isfying hunger, and certainly they are
laying the foundation of disease.
Dry, hard food, vigorously chewed,
stimulates the flow of saliva strength
ems the teeth and keeps them healthy
and invigorates the digestion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-09
WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT.
Down to Time of Edward III. They
Had Right of Voting.

The ladies of birth and quality sat in
council with the Saxon Witas. The
Abbess Hilda presided in an ecclesias-
tical synod.
In Wighfred's great council at Becon-
Geld, A. d. 694, the abbesses sat and
deliberated, and five of them signed the
DEGREES of that council along with the
king, bishops and mobiles.
King Edgar's charter to the abbey of
Crowland, A. d. 961, was with the con
sent of the mobiles and abbesses, who
subscribed the charter
In Henry III. and Edward Is time
four abbesses were summoned to par
liament-vlz, of Shaftesbury, Berking,
St Mary Of Winchester, and Of Wilton
In the thirty of Edward III.
were summoned by writ to parliament,
to appear by their proxies, Mary,
countess of Norfolk; AlienOr, countess
Of Ormond; Anna Dispenser, Phillippa,
countess Of March; Johanna Fitz
Water, Agneta, countess Of Pembroke;
Mary de St. Paul. countess of Penn
broke; Margaret de Roos, Matilda,
countess of Oxford; Catherine, countess
of Athol These ladies were called by
their proxies, a privilege peculiar to
the peerage, to- appear and act by
Xy.-"Antiquities of Parliament"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-09
PERRYs MISSION TO JAPAN.
Friendship nnd Trade Were what
lie Went TO Secure.

The letter which Commodore Perry
bore from our government to the mi
kado asked for mutual treaty. The
original instrument was drafted in
May, 1851, by Daniel Webster, then
secretary of state, and was signed by
President Fillmore. There it rested.
In November, 1852, Mr. Websters sue
cessor, Edward Everett, fished it out
of the departmental pigeonholes, took
1t to pieces and refashioned it. Three
copies were prepared and were splen-
diGly engrOssed in English, Dutch and
Chinese. These We're inclOsed together
in Il sumptuous gold case, and to make
the whole presentment still more i'm
pressive to the japanese mind the gold
case was enshrined in Golfer of rose
wood.
The document intrusted to Commo-
dore Perry asked of the japanese court
two things, friendship and trade-first
and foremost, friendship, for the safe
ty of our seamen. Many hapless
crew had been driven into their ports
by storm or wrecked on their rocky
coast, escaping the perlls of the deep
only to be welcomed by those truculent
Islanders to dungeon or cage on
shore. This wrong must be stopped at
all hazards. And if, in addition, we
could persuade Japan to enter into
friendly relations of trade the two
countries by mutual interchange of
productions might each promote its
own prosperity and the welfare of the
other. 1t was thought that orientals
might see that as well as Yankees. In
the end they did. But it cannot be
oyster ever really yearned to be
"opened."-Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-09

At one time there was much com
mercial and social intercourse between
Ireland and Spain. Galway and Wa
terford were the chief Irish ports en-
gagged in this trade. To this day the
Spanish type of beauty is discernible
among the Galway girls. Probably the
most famous result Of the blending Of
Spanish and Irish blood was the ac-
tress and dancer Lola Montez. Her
true name was Marie Dolores Eliza Ro-
sanna Gilbert. She captivated European
monarchs as well as popular audi
ences and was for year or so practi-
cally the ruler Of Bavaria until revo-
luton compelled her to fee.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-09

On June Is, 1855, Englands newspa-
per stamp duty was abolished and the
reign of the cheap daily began. This
tax on knowledge" was first imposed
in 1112 and was made most severe by
the act of 1920, which fixed it at s
cents sheet, with 81 cents duty on
each advertisement. The Wings re-
duced the duty to penny in 1886, but
when the Crimean war broke out and
every one wanted the news even
penny duty was found to be intolera-
BILE. Its repeal is called the Magma
Charta of the British press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-09
SniDfnR In Warfare.

The method of sniping in warfare is
as follows: Three men set out, two
in one direction and one In another
The single man, when he believes he is
in the neighborhood of the enemy, lets
off his rife, no matter in what direc-
ton, and thus draws the fire of the
sentry. Immediately the two other
stalkers fire into the space lit up by
the discharge. When this goes ON, all
round the camp the result is constant
alarm at night time. Soldiers are
warned not to reply to a sniper, but
the temptation is well nigh irresistible.
Their exertions, however, meet with
little success, for snipers generally
stalk the sentries from behind stones.
London Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-09
A Stevenson story.

A book on Stevenson tells of a speech
he made at a gathering Of Scotchmen
in Samoa. He said II cannot say why
we are proud to be Scotsmen, but the
fact remains that we are. 1t is not
that our land is sunny like these trop-
ical isles, and its climate is not evsa
lovely. scotland's history contains Ii
tie that is not disgusting to people of
humane feelings. That long brawl
which is called Scottish history con-
tains scarcely one object that Scots
have patience with" The address drew
tears to the eyes of German who had
gone to the meeting violently pretu-
diced against Stevenson. No sooner
had the speaker finished than the meet
ing proceeded to clasp hands and sing
"Auld Lang Syne."