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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-09-26

PAW1 A8OIH1A
II you want loan. 90 70 p. Bica.
ford. as Main avenue
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-09-26

Do you want the best lots In the
city for the money! See US today:
we will show you. Fine lots, on car
line. $175 and $3.50: SO down and
IS a month, for a few days only.
Northern Investment Co.. $50 River.
side avenue. Phone 1889.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-09-26
PERSONAL.

The Matrimonial Register, 10c,
contains descriptions of many
ladies and gentlemen recently en-
rolled. Box 1905, Spokane, Wash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-09-26

$1,000 buys a new, modern, five
room cottage on Bridge avenue.
close in; nice lawn, big shade trees.
Terms.
$1700-Buys six-room cottage,
new and modern; $500 cash.
LIGHTLY & CO.,
81 Jameson Block. Tel. 1898.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-09-26

Trains leave Post street station
(old c. & G. milD five minutes
earlier than above.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20
Buoyant Spirits Of Kenosha High
School Boys Land Seven of
Them in the Jail.
WERE DISTURBING THE PEACE
Boys Spend an Hour in the County Jail
and Appear Before the Chief This
Morning to Secure Release
on Promises.

There was weeping and wai1ing
and gnashing.sof kteeth in a half a
dozen of the leading households of
the city last night on account of the
fact that seven young boys, all SEN
iors in the Kenosha High School
were landed in the county jail on a
charge of creating a disturbance on
the streets.
The boys were just out working off
little of their .surplus class spirit,
and in emulating the actions of the
boys in somesof the colleges and uni
versities they had started out to
'sshoot up the town" in great shape.
They started work on Prairie avenue,
and going down the street in bunch
they started criesEof fire. and ''mur-
der = The frightened residents of
the thoroughfare who were awakened
from their early s1umber on account
OF the shoutings were considerably
worked up and they turned out in
force to looks.for the fires and muir
ders. They found the boys hurrying
onto anotherspart of the avenue, and
the boysssthought it was great sport.
Just at this time there was a new
characterSintroduced into the rather
strenuous career of the boys DIS Police
OficerG .Bienneman came along and
finding that the boys were disturbing
the peaceshe rounded up the whole
seven of them and Rmarched them in
body to the county jail, where they
found asconvenient place to get rid of
their animalEspirits. One or two of
the boys begansto cry, but the others
began to negotiate with the sheriff
and his assistants IN an effort to find
a way toIkeep: from spending the
nightsinsjai1. The news of the arrest
of the boys was quickly conveyed to
their parents. sand in short time
Chief Reinold, who had been hur-
riedly called to This office was be-
sieged with petitions for the release
of the boys. The Chief finally re-
Tented nd:ordered the release of the
young men with the understanding
that they would appear this morning
in the Justice Court. This morning
the boys were taken to the Office of
the Chief and given a good lecture
and allowed to go on promise that
they would be decidedly careful in
the future.
Chief 9Reino1d has notified the po-
lice oficerssto keep a close watch on
the boys and if they make another
outbreak charge will be launched
against them in the Justice Courts.
The Chief holds that class and So
ciety spirit is all right at the High
School, but.he will not tolerate the
display of such spirit on the streets Of
the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20
COWELL NOT FINED.
Report in Chicago Papers That
kenosha Man was Fined $500
is Without Foundation.
SENTENCE is STILL WITHHELD

Reports from Chicago papers stat
ing that Walter M. Cowel1, of this
city, who was convicted with Wallace
M. Lowell, of Chicago, in connection
with the "Wild Cat Insurance Cases.
had been fined $500 by Judge McEwen
are found to be without foundation,
as telephone message from the clerk
of Judge!McEwen's court this after
noon states.that no order to this effect
had been issued by the court and that
the case is still on the docket as unde-
cided. Lowell, who is alleged to have
been the main leader in the ''wi1d-
cat" business, is now out of Jail on
bail and has made an application for a
rehearing of the case.
Whenssssseen this morning in regard
to the story of the fine Mr.. Cowe1l
said that it.cou1d not be possible that
he had been fined, as he had not been
summoned into court and had re-
ceived no notice of the termination of
the case. He stated that he had
placed a.sum of money in the hands of
his attorney for the purpose of pay
ing fine, if one was assessed against
him, and gave it as his opinion that
this fact hadigiven rise to the report
that the fine had been assessed.
People who have kept close watch
on the case are of the opinion that
the Kenosha man under his plea of
guilty wi11sreceive light punishment
and it is possible that the fine will not
exceed SIS. CCowel1, it will be remem-
bered, turned states evidence and
rendered valuable service to the state
in securing the conviction of Lowell.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20
Pay OF Uncle Sans Soldiers.

a military expert is out with chal-
,enge to the proposition that the United
States soldier is the best paid soldier
in the world. In recent number of
the Army and Navy Journal this au-
thority reaches the conclusion that the
American soldier is the poorest paid
volunteer in the world and gives fig
ures to prove it. The German, Austrian,
Russian and Japanese soldiers are paid
mere pittance in comparison with the
earnings of British and American sol
diers, but their service is due to the
state, and theoretically they receive an
equivalent
British soldiers are volunteers, like
the American, and mag draw 'sgood
conduct pay" and service pay in adj
dition to ''regimental pay" the latter
being STA month as against $13
drawn by the American soldier. The
writer in the Army and Navy Journal
assumes that the average enlisted man
remains in service from three to ten
years, and comparison Of pay on this
basis of service and increment Of pay
due to service shows the following re-
suit:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20
Gold In Sea Water.

The report that a syndicate had been
formed in England for the purpose of
extracting gold from sea water is con-
frmed by the United States consul at
Nottingham. A new process has re-
ce1ved the sanction of no less person
age than Sir William Ramsay, the en-
inent chemist, whose researches in the
field of radium and the radio active
elements attracted worldwide atten-
ton. The process is patented, but no
further description of it is given than
that it resembles the treatment adopted
in the mines Of the WitWatersrand in
South Africa 1t is said that the syn
dictate has been quietly picking up ia
vorable sites on the English and Irish
coasts until it controls some fifty miles
of foreshore rights. Experiments have
shown that gold in minute quantities
Is dissolved in many rivers and
streams, while the amount of gold in
sea water is placed at about one grain
to the ton A grain of gold being
worth cents and the tons Of water
in the Atlantic ocean being estimated
at 6O,0O0,OOO,OOO it is evident that
the new company, if it can do what it
processes itself able to do, has unlim-
tied possibilities before it.
1t will be recalled that an American
company some years ago established
an elaborate plant on the New England
coast with the same announced inten-
ton as the English syndicate. 1t turned
out, however, that the real purpose of
the company was to sell shares Of it's
stock to visionary investors and that
the only gold it removed from the sea
had been previously deposited therein
in accessible caches by the employees
Of the corporation. The president of
the company, one Jergason, was at
last reports sojourning in foreign
lands extracting sunshine from cucum-
bers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

Cry employees who do good work
should be retained in their positions
without regard to politics. What in
centive has city employee, anyway,
to do his work we'll if the fact that he
has been valuable for the city is not
to be taken into consideration when
he comes up for a disappointment?
1t costs the city just as much for an
incompetent as it does for a good
man, and if good work is not to count
in a mans favor, why should he do
it? 1t is to be hoped that the council
will take these things into considera-
ton when it comes to parceling out
the city jobs for next year. This sys-
tenn of paying political debts with
city jobs almost invariably results in
decreased efficiency in the working
force, and the city employees should
work on exactly the same basis as if
they were working for a private con-
Germ, and that is that they can be
sure of their jobs as long as their
work is satisfactory.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

TIE Legislature will in all probable
ity pass the bill prohibiting spring
shooting and the law will work no
hardship on the true sportsmen of the
state. To their credit be it said that
most of them favor the bill The
pot hunters will have no kick coming
either, on the ground that they are
being Disseminated against, as SINH
lar laws will be passed in surround
ing states.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20
Horace Greeley's Paris Adventures


In his recently published recollec-
tons Hon. Andrew D. White relates an
anecdote of Horace Greeley which re-
calls long forgotten episode in the
life of the great editor. Says Mr..
White:
A day or two after his release from
PRISON. | met him at the student restau-
rant Of Nine. Basque. A large company
OF Americans was present, and shortly
after taking his seat at table he tried to
ask for some green string beans, which
were then in season. Addressing one of
the serving maids, he said. "Flawronce.
donney moy-donney mcy-donney noy'-
And then. unable to remember the word.
ne 1mpatiently screamed out in high
treble, thrusting out his plate at the same
time, "Beans!" The crowd Of us burst
into laughter, whereupon Dom Piatt. then
secretary of the legation at Paris and
afterward editor Of the Capital at Wash
ington, said, "Wf4& Greeley, you don't I'm
prove bit; you knew beans yesterday"
Greeley's arrest was brought about
by an obscure French sculptor, who
took advantage of the presence in Paris
Of a distinguished and presumably
rich American whose name figured
among the directors of the worlds
fair held in New York in 1853. The
sculptor claimed $1,000 damages for a
statue which had been injured at the
fair. Greeley passed two days in dur
ance vile, and most amusing account
of the affair, including the sensational
arrest and incarceration in the cele-
DRAFTED prison at Clichy was printed in
the Tribune over the well known ini-
tails n. G." Greeley never hesitated
about making copy" out of his per-
sonal experiences, providing the laugh
was solely upon himself.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

THE health officer is having his
regular spring rumpus with property
owners, trying to get the alleys in the
down town district cleaned up SO that
there will be no danger of an cpl
demic being started by the rotting
refuse when the hot weather starts in.
You would think that property owners
would have personal pride enough to
keep their places in a sanitary condi-
ton without any urging from the
health department, but they haven't,
not by good deal. The health officer
has to threaten to take drastic action
before he can get some of them to
clean up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20
Working In the simplon Tunnel

Working In the Simplon Tunnel.
The standard Of health maintained
by the 5000 workmen constantly en-
ployed in digging the Simplon tunnel
was remarkable. The dust from the
drills was converted into mud by the
exhaust water and washed away. An
engineer who was connected with the
work describes the precautions for the
health Of the men as follows:
Admirable arrangements for the comfort
OF the men were made. for protecting them
from sudden changes Of temperature for
cleansing and drying their clothes provid-
Ing douche baths and substantial food at
very moderate cost. Great attention was
paid to providing excellent ventilation in
all the headings, galleries and working
places, so that such q thing as foul air
was unknown. This kept the workmen
healthy ard enabled them to do far more
work than would otherwise have been
possible. Three shifts of eight hours each
constituted the days work, and no man
left his work or dropped his tools until his
successor actually stepped into his place
One Of the chief causes contributing
to the rapid advance Of the excavation
has been the enthusiasm and discipline
existing among all the employees from
engineer down to the commonest la
borer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

If all the Guatemalan revolutions re-
ported by the newspapers were actual
political commissions, that Central
American country would easily lead
the procession Of turbulent Latin.
American republics. Guatemala has
had fair share OF revolts and more
than fair share Of earthquakes, but
the fact that the present executive,
President Cabrera, has been in office
for seven years would seem to be eyi.
dence of a comparatively stable gov.
eminent. The country has been some.
what backward industrially, but the
prospective opening of the Northern
railroad of Guatemala, connecting
Guatemala city with the coast, prom
Uses to begin new era. The Guate-
malan M lister in Washington, taking
this eye as a text, appeals to the
Americs h people to turn it's attention
to his coUntry and consider the oppor-
tunitieS there offered for merchants,
hopes that the United States will an.
ticipate European efforts and secure
the benefits OF the commercial expan-
sion which, he believes, is surely COM
ing.
The first question in regard to any
Latin-American republic is Of course
In relation to it's fiscal condition In
this respect Guatemala is not so badly
off. Her total funded and floating
debt was given in 1903 as little more
than $12,OOO,OO0 It is true that inter
est on the foreign debt Of $8,5OO.OOO
Is in default, but with continued peace
and opportunity to trade the country's
financial situation should be excellent.
The revenues and expenditures Of the
republic are not capable of exact state
ment, owing to the fuctuating and
deprecated paper currency issued by
local banks. The bureau of statistics
In Washington gives the average reve-
nues as 100000 in gold. The for
eign debt must be arranged and the
currency reformed before any, large
influx of outside capital can be expect
ed.
The industrial resources of Guate-
mala are measureless. It's forests con
tain valuable woods, and it's mining
possibilities are great. Agriculture
and cattle raising are now the chief in
dustrieS. It's coffee is of a superior
quality. Sugar, bananas, corn and CO.
Goa are produced in large quantities.
United States Consul General Winslow
reports the mineral deposits as very
rich and extending over wide terri
tory Little work Is being done on
any of the properties because Of lack
of capital and scarcity of labor. = In
former times no less than 40 rich gold,
silver, lead and copper mines were in
operation.
The eastern gateway Of the republic,
Puerto Barrios, is only three days sail
from New Orleans. When the Norths
ern railway, an American enterprise,
is completed, which should be within
year. Guatemala city will be but six
days from Chicago and seven from
New York, and the freight rates should
be half what they are now.
II President Cabrera establishes his
government on sound financial basis
he can make himself and his country
notable in the history of .Latin-Amer-
lea. ,s
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

.Dow1E always seems to be able to
get money somewhere or somehow
whenever he thinks he needs it and
if he wants Winthrop Harbor he will
come forward with the purchase price
when the proper time comes. If
Dowie increases his holdings in this
section by investing at Winthrop Har-
Dor he will put an effectual stop to
the rurnors that Zion City is to be
abandoned for site in Mexico.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20
Net earn Net earn
ings u. s. ings Brit.
,Snidinr cOldlo~

The allowances outside Of pay vary
in both armies, but on the whole are
about equal There are other consid-
erations besides the rate Of pay which
should enter into comparison of the
compensation Of the soldiers Of the
two countries as, for instance, the pur
chasing power Of money in the land
where the service is rendered and the
prevailing rate Of wages for men of
the same class in industrial employ
ments In this respect the British sol
der would also seem to De the better
off Of the two
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

A NEW idea has been advanced
which, it seems to us, would meet
with general approval on the part of
The people, when modified so as to
preserve some architectural beauty,
and it is on somewhat similar lines as
that suggested by The Observer two
months ago. The suggestion is, that,
cutting loose from conventional
methods, Wisconsin erect a modern
Office building, a steel sky-scraper,
instead of the prevailing monument
of marble and imposing architectural
effects sought by most states. They
think such building could be put up
for 81, 100000 and they "see no reason
why we should waste SIS, 900, 900 to $1O,-
600, 900 in architectural beauty, for if
large corporation had an Office build
ing to erect, it would not think of ex-
pending 100000 for the sake Of
arts" Our readers may remember
that weeks ago it was suggested in
these columns that a building of four
or five stories, with adequate elevator
service, would give the state needed
room for transacting its business,
and still preserve to it fine structure
of which it might be proud, and with
out imposing great burdens upon the
people. Such Al building, furnishing
enough room, preserving beautiful
lines, and built at moderate cost,
would be acceptable to all. -Fairchild
Observer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

THE congress Of the national soci-
ETY. Of the D. "A. r. which meets in
Washington this week promises to be
a warm function The ladies rise to
heights of fine fighting over the cleo
ton Of president that mere men
never attain.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

DTHERE is not the slightest excuse
for riding bicycles on the sidewalks
at this season of the year and the
riders should have sense enough to
stop doing it, If they expect to be
granted the favor of using the walks
in the winter when the streets are i'm
passable for wheels, they should have
enough appreciation of the favor to
keep off of them now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

A writer In the Household describes
a new process of treating vegetables
as well as eggs, meat and fish with hot
air which bids fair to revolutionize the
methods of preserving foods. Nothing
but the water is taken out Of the ma
terial treated, and this may all be re-
stored. The bulk and weight of the
preserved stuff are In most cases less
than 10 per cent Of the original.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

THE police are not Inclined to be
too severe upon the boys and young
men of the city, and so long as their
fun disturbs no one the officers never
interfere with it, but there is a limit
beyond which it is not safe to go. A
good deal can be forgiven to the ex-
uberance of youth and minor infrac-
tons of the ordinances are generally
overlooked, but when the fun gets be-
You'd bounds it has to be suppressed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

A decoration somewhat in the nature
Of the service stripe and the medal OF
honor has been instituted by the Bel
gian government as a means Of encour-
aging workmen to continuous service
in the same establishment. A candi-
date for tue decoration must be recon-
mended by his employers and have
served them not less than twenty five
years. The decorations are Of two
grades, one for twenty-five years Of
service and one for thirty years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

Chinese laborers who have been at
work on the new Russian Notifications
at Vladivostok say that the czar's en-
gineers believe that they have made
the place impregnable. The channel is
lined with forts and planted with tor.
pedoes, and all the approaches from
the sea are defended by forts. subma.
rine mine fields and submarine boats
Of American build. Even though the
Japs cut the railroad and isolate the
place, as they did Port Arthur, the
main citadel may be long time in
falling.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

IT costs over $500 day to run the
city-and the taxpayers do not now
get even the poor satisfaction Of
knowing where the money goes to.
All that will be changed, however,
when the new system of bookkeeping
gets in working order and it will be
possible to tell exactly where the city
stands at any time as long as the
books are kept written up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

America wants the ashes of ell Of her
heroes and heroines, and those Virgin
ians are right in line who propose to
transfer the remains OF Pocahontas
from the English grave where they
have lain more than 200 years to the
sacred soil of the Old Dominion. Po-
cahontas was heroine, and James
town island should be her resting
place.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

THE bachelor tax is recognized as a
device to relieve the tension of life at
Madison during a strenuous session.
Evening Wisconsin. That may be
ali true enough for Wisconsin but
how does such fooling impress people
outside the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

Professor Felix Adler's scheme Of
temporary separation as cure Of the
divorce evil has more sense behind it
than George Meredith's limited mar
riage plan. Lots Of disgruntled couples
would find out in short order that they
had only jumped from the frying pan
into the fire." and the end would be a
Jump back again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

The banana skins scattered about
the walks make walking nearly as
dangerous now as it was in winter
with the ice and snow on them.
There are garbage boxes on Main
street, put there especially for this
sort of refuse, but it never enters the
head Of the average banana eater to
use them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1905.

The street assessment committee
of the council will be expected to save
the city from being mulcted by the
sewer contra ctors even if they have
to go outside of the state to get the
work done.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

Maxim Gorky used to say that Toll
stoi was the freest man in Russia
that is, the freest in the use Of speech.
But Gorky finds that there is no room
for second Tolstoi, at least not in the
younger generations. There is all the
difference in the world between the
rawlings of an old man and the shouting
of lusty young lSnave able to carry a
gun.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-20

To BE of any use at all there must
be depth of at least twenty feet of
water in the harbor. Most of the ton.
mage that comes to this port comes in
deep draught vessels and with the big
fellows shut out by the shoal waters
the city would make sorry showing
in the annual report.