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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28
FORTY-N|NfRDfAD
(1cripps News Association.I

EUREKA, Feb. 20. - Sheriff T.
M. Brown died suddenly this morn
ing at the court house. He was
the Oldest sheriff in California and
perhaps in the United States. He
bass erved since 1860. He crossed
the plains in 1S49.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28
At
AN End
(Hcripps News Associatton.)

SPRINGFIELD, o., Feb. %. -
Except for soldiers on guard there
are no signs this morning Of last
nights rioting. Troops are neld in
readiness at Columbus and Dayton
to rush in if trouble is renewed to-
night. The extent of the negro
territory burned was less than half
q block. No lives were lost. A few
were slightly injured.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28

SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 28.-Mayor
Todd this afternoon asked the ad-
jutant general to send four more
companies. He issued a proclama-
ton urging citizens to remain in
doors.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28

Plerpont Morgan is going to Eu-
rope for a long rest. If it's in
Europe, no doubt he'll get it..
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28

clared unfair the musicians had a
iona fide contract to furnish 4usic
for the rink.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28
AID FOR JAPS

(Scripps News Associatiou.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. Is
The Red Cross cabled today $25, 900
for the famine stricken Japanese
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28
NO STRIKE
is OPINION
(Scripps News Association.)

NCNfIPPS NeWS Nss'CIdtIUH.J
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-M'tchell
says the miners demands have
been mailed to Baer. He thinks
Baer will call a meeting of the op-
orators. Speculation as to the out.
come is rife. General opinion is
there will be no strike.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28
IN THE HALL OF HAS-BEENS,

Unanimously elected-Gen. Chas.
H. Grosvenr of Ohio.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28

Can a man read his fate in the
stars?"
Eyes, if he's a Pittsburg million
aire and they're in musical com
edy."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28
SUIT
WAS POSTPONED
(scripps News Associationy

PARIS, Feb. 2S.-The Castellane
separation suit was called today
and postponed two weeks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28
MONTANA MAN
GETS GOOD JOB
(1cripps News Association.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. Is
The president this afternoon nom
mated Carl Rasch to be United
States attorney for the district of
Montana.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28
Is [NpR[55
dad?

(Scripps News Association
LONDON, Feb. Pa Honqkono
dispatch says the dowager empress
OF China Is dead. II is believed
here to be an exaggerated report
of troubles at the palace.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28

PEklN, Feb. 2s.-The govern
ment has instructed the governor
of Nanchung to punish all partlcI.
pants in the massacre and declares
willingness to make any reason.
able reparation demanded.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-02-28

A prompt answer turneth away
wrath.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16
EASY.

signora P.-I had a dozen proposals before yours. All from smarter men than you.
 Sig. P.-They must have been. How did they manage to crawl out of 1t? La Carlcaturista.
 School Exaniner-What is the mean ing of false doctrine?
 choolboy-Please, sir, it's when the doctor gives the wrong stuff to the peo- pie who are 2ick,-Christian Register.
 Wagg- Talking of accidents, only last night 1 had a fall which rendered me unconscious for hours.-Wigg- You don't say so. Where did you fall? Wagg-I fell asleep.-Boston Tran schipt.
 Harker-"Who was it said that 'one- half the world doesn't know how the other half lives?
 Parker-"I don't know; but whoever the party was, he evidently didn't have any neighbors in a fiat"-Chicago News.
 Wholesale -Doctor-WeI Matthew, did you take those pills I sent you yes- terday?
 Patient-Yes, doctor; but couldn't e do 'em up in something different They little boxes be terrible hard to swal- low--Punch.
 Kind Lady-"What do you mean by putting my spoon in your pocket after eating the pudding?'
 Sandy Pikes-"Oh, pardon me, mum, it was force of habit, was rich once and contracted the souvenir habit, "- Chicago Daily News.
 I sec" remarked Towne, "that a statistician says that considerably more than half the population of the world is feminine"
 Ridiculous" retorted Browne. If that was so, how would he account for the fact that one-half of the world doesn't know how the other half lives?" Chicago Journal.
 Easing His Conscience.-Th Rev, MT. Goodman Gnspecting himself in mirror) I don't really believe I ought to wear this wig. It looks like living a lie.
 Mrs Goodman--Bless your heart, Avery don't let that trouble you That wig will never foo. anybody for one moment.-Chicago Tribune.
 Politics. Mornin', Congressman; --"
 Well, it's old Jim Smith, Jim, how are you? Have a cigar, Jim"
 Thought I'd come around to tell you that I'd moved out of your district, but"
 Indeed MT. Smith"
 "You see, I wanted to find out if-''
 "Yes, Smith"
 "If you could use your influence to -"
 Sorry, my man, but can't stop. Good morning. Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16
FADING.

We are great civilizers, and one of the agencies that has been powerful in spreading our civilization is New Eng land rum. It's influence has been felt among the North American Indians, the negroes. both here and in Africa, and our little brown brothers in the Philip pines have come under 1t. Now, it ap- pears, the Japanese are feeling it. In Boston railroad yard are thirteen carloads of New England rum-nearly ,OOO barrels-billed for Japan via seat- tie. A reporter was assigned to the duty of interviewing Grand Secretary M. seregue of the Good Templars about this spectacle. We feel highly indig- nant," said the grand secretary. Tt is an outrage that the civilized people of New England should send such quan- tity of rum to country like Japan"
 Perhaps when the Japanese have had enough of our rum they will be even more wonderful than they are. IA spirit such as theirs, fired by New England rum, ought to be more formidable and conquering than even the Yale spirit.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16
TWO RETOLUTIONS.

There was rioting yesterday in Rus- sia. There is rioting there every day. There was rioting yesterday on the line of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit railroad, as there is every day, The rioting developed over the assaults made on passengers who refused the payment of an excess fare to Coney Island, Before the riot was quelled one man was badly injured and several others were placed under arrest. Two hundred citizens, fifty policemen and several employees of the company took part in the fighting.
 There is revolution going on in Russia, and there is a revolution going on in New York. In Russia the people are opposing the rule of the Czar, and in New York they are opposing the rule of a corporation, There doesn't seem to be much regard for law and order in either place. It is pretty evil dent that the Czar isn't treating peo- pie right, and it is asserted that the corporation isn't. It will be interesting to watch the progress of the two revo- lutions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16

had been in prison for three weeks, however, her sister Edith Merritt, con- fessed that was the culprit, and So once again did justice err, though, according to well-known barrister, the likeness between the two sisters was so uncanny that the mistake--for the evidence was largely circumstantial - was not alto gether surprising.
 The official figures of judicial errors, however, are very striking. In 1898 no fewer than seventy-flve prisoners were acquitted after being in prison for four months, while in the same year more than a hundred prisoners were freed after two months enforced and wrong ful detention in jail. In the previous year thirty-one men and women were released evidence proving their inno- cence having turned up after they had been in prison for three months.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16
CASES OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

Errors Through Which Innocent Per-
 sons Have Been Imprisoned.
 Probably the most extraordinary case of mistaken identity and wrongful im- prisonment occurred some ten years ago, when a man named Stewart was charged with being an escaped convict. In vain did the accused declare that he was not and never had been a convict, and that his name was not Stewart, but Stickler.
 The evidence against him was too great, says The London Tit-Bits. h. deed, the Governor of the jail himself swore to his identity, and the chain of evidence seemed complete when it was seen that on his right hand the prisoner had a wen, which had, strangely enough, been one of the es- caped convicts distinguished marks. This extraordinary coincidence decided matters and the man was sent back to prison to finish his sentence.
 Two years afterward the police ar rested @ man who was literally Stew arts double in every respect, even down to the wen on his right hand. Further investigation proved--and af- terward the man confessed himself-that he was the convict who had made his escape from jail by climbing over the prison wal lwhen taking his daily ex- ercise in the courtyard.
 Stickler was therefore, of course, at once released, but the only consolation on which he had to congratulate him. self was the fact that he had not served his full term. Strangely enough, it afterward trenspired that during Stickler's trial the real escaped convict, disguised as a country farmer, with mutton-chop whiskers and corduroy riding brooches, was actually in court, and with the exception of his wrong fully accused double was without a doubt the most interested spectator of the proceedings.
 Some three years ago there occurred
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16
cHEEBED, BUT NOT QUITE HAPPY

Wages will probably never be high enough, and the cost of living will al ways be high enough, but it is some what cheering to know that in this country the discrepancy between wages and the cost of living isn't as great as some have said it was. It appears that in 1905 the average wages per hour in the principal manufacturing and mechanical industries of the country were 1,6 per cent. higher than in 1904; that the average hours of labor per week remained the same as in 1904, and that 6,3 per cent. more persons were employed in the establishments investi- gated. AS there were no reductions in the average hours of labor per week, the average weekly earnings per em- ploye were 1.6 per cent. higher than in 1904 As there was an increase in the number of employees, as well as in the weekly earnings per enploye, there was a considerable increase in the weekly earnings of all employees; or, in other words, in the amount of the weekly payroll. This increase was 8 per cent. in the establishments investigated
 When the figures relating to wages and hours of labor and those relating to retail prices of food are brought to- gether, it is seen that the retail prices of food, due weight being given to the quantity and cost uf the different con- nnodities consumed, were O.6 per cent. higher in 1905 than in 1904 As the av- craze wages per hour increased more than the retail prices of food, the pur- chasing power of wages increased. IT 1905 the purchasing power of both hour ly and weekly wages was 1 per cent higher than in 1904 or, expressed in other words, an hours wages in 19O; would purchase 1 per cent. more food than an hours wages in 1904,
 And yet We are not entirely happy Give us some more figures, please,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16
Ages of q Fool.

Quite soon began the passion Which was his life to rule, They rocked him in his cradle When but a tiny fool When grown a great deal bigger His destined role was played By rocking in a hammock With Mistress Summer Maid He fourished and waxed greater And came to a special note' To make a fitting climax He up and rocked the boat A place he thus discovered His practices to keep, For now he still is rocked m
 Brooklyn Life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16
NEW TIMES.

"The times have been that when the brains were out the man would die" The times have also been that when the heart was out the man would die. But the times are different now Men live without brains, and it may be that they will yet live without hearts. Any how hearts are not what they were once thought to be. We read that in Los Angeles, California, after his heart had been cut out and held in the hand of a surgeon for the space of six pulse beats, A. Mccartney is still alive and regaining strength rapidly. The re- markable operation was recently per- formed by Dr. w. P. Thompson, of Burbank. While riding motorcycle at a high rate of speed, Mccartney collided with seven-foot iron prong of a buckrake. The prong entered Me Cartney's left breast and penetrated his body seven inches. It pierced the low CT lobe of his left lung, broke the bron- chial tube leading to it and pushed the heart four inches out of position. Dr. Thompson took out the patients heart, deftly rearranged the other injured or- gans and then replaced the cardiac or gan.
 Good work. Men may yet be able to live without hearts, just as it is said the new woman lives without heart
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16

The United States Civil Service conn., mission seems to be pretty particular about some things Charles Elmer watson. a government clerk, has been arrested on the charge that he person. ated his brother, James Watson, in an examination for a government position before the Federal examining board. Watson, who is clerk in the navy de- partnent, denies the charge. It seems that James Watson made an applica- ton for appointment in the Agricultur- al department. The examination papers of James Watson were in handwrit- ing different from the handwriting in the application. Great similarity was shown in the handwriting of Charles Elmer Watson and that of the success eul applicant. On the advice of hand writing experts the Civil Service com mission caused the arrest of Charles Elmer Watson on the charge of person. ating his brother James at the examin- ation. James lives in St. Louis, and il Is alleged when notified to come tc Washington to take the examination had his brother appear for him. Charles Elmer declares that he can prove an alibl.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16
ADVERTISING RATES.

situations. Wants, Rents. and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents a Word for a full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one insertion. s1.2O: each subsequent inser- tion. 70 cents; one week. ss.2O; one month. S1O; one year, $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16

Next month Montenegro will hold the first election in it's history. Under Prince Nicholas decree it will choose a parliament to serve four years. Each captaincy, as the districts are sugges- lively named in this domain of moun- tain fighters, will elect a member, as will each of the six towns of the princi- pality.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16

Chiefs of naval bureaus are relieved to obtain a decision from the control ler's office to the effect that certain trade and technical journals may be re- garded as newspapers within the mean ing of the law which authorizes the de- partment to subscribe for such periodi- calls. For time there has been an ex- clusion in the department of valuable journals which, under a decision of 8 former secretary of the navy, were not ito be classed as newspapers" Most of the bureau chiefs regarded this con- struction of the law as too technical, and have been maintaining that con- gress must have intended that they had the right to subscribe for valuable trade and technical journals. The controller says that these technical publications are newspapers, and may be taken by the bureaus.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16

At a dinner recently in Washington Senator Long was asked by a young woman to define diplomacy. The sen- ator did so at some length, but the girl was not satisfied. "Well, now" said he, what do you do at a ball when a man asks you for waltz and you don't wish to dance with him? That is when you can show diplomacy" T tell him." she replied, that my card is full" "But supposing it isn't and he still persists?" "Then insist it is, and at the same time let him see 1t isn't"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16
What is so rare as day in August?

MT. Saunders, former schoolmaster,
 told the British house of lords commit tee on juvenile smoking, that he could detect smokers by their handwriting that pf boys who smoked being of a loose, flabby kind. Handwriting, he said, was a cinematograph of the heart.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 12 CENTS A WEEK. 50 GENTS A MONTH. S2 FOR SIX MONTHS, S6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. 3 GENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16

The Muskogee Tribune relates that in 1883 Russell Sage sent a private car to the Indian Territory to carry fifteen Creek, Choctaw and Cherokee girls to the Northfield school, and that in 1888 he placed nearly twice that number of Indian children at the Carlisle school About this time," continues the story Miss Alice Robertson started mis- sion school at Muskogee for Indian girls and others. She needed funds to en- large the school and appealed to Rus- sell Sage. Mir. Sage made the remark able statement that he would not give money for a school here because the women dressed too we'll"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUBs
 LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, Sssued Thursdays, One Dollar Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-16

Sorry my man, but can't stop Good morning. Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
SCHOOL OF SHARKS ATTACK SHIP
Vessel Itself as Evidence of the Sea-
mans Story.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The metal on the sides and bottom OF the
ship W. F. Babcock. now in drydock, tells
story OF the sea that has few equals in It's
line Above and below the copper line
where metal has been placed to meet the at
tscks OF the sea germs that eat into the
wooden sides. the metal is curled up in
places by attacks upon the ship by sharks.
Capt. Bailey, who brought the ship from
San Francisco 10 Philadelphia with a cargo
Of scrap iron. is not alone responsible for
the story told. A ship brought to a stand
SSH Tor one day by sharks that extended
IN ali directions to the horizon and followed
b. sharks for nearly three weeks at sea
Is the story OF the gnarled and curled plates
OF sheet copper that had TO be torn from
the sides OF the Babcock when she was
doclled in Baltimore.
Mate. spin US the yarn was asked by
visitors. who became interested in the ex-
PLANTATION OF the curled condition OF the
Babcock's bathing suit. And this Is what
he told:
I'VE sailed from San Francisco Noven1-
Der "a, 1898. When on the passage in the
Pacific our crew became worried at the
multitude OF sharks that were following
the vessel. One night an awful splash was
heard about the vessel, as II we were In
company with Chesapeake bay side
wheeler. In the morning we had a revela-
tsoH. The ocean as far the eye could
reach vas filed with sharks.
They made charges against our sides and
some skipped away with a piece OF copper
between their teeth. Their movements were
80 fast that we Were satisfied they were
going TO hunt up the dentist We had been
making pretty fair Roadway through this
mass OF lively fish when the breeze fell off,
and our momentum was not sufficient to
force the vessel ahead, We lay besharked
F-aFftx- b.f
to so ahead. A light breeze sprang up and
soon placed US clear OF our convoy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

corners and under overhanging rims. Vel
these deposits contain an assortment of thu
germs that have grown in the previoui
patches of milk. They are like chunks OF
yeast and start up souring In the milk In
the same way that yeast makes bread
ferment. Even though the germs are
scalded to death, new ones soon fall on the
deposit and then conditions are as bad az
ever. Cleanliness of every hidden cornef
is the only condition that is safe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
Dig Out the Milk Pail.

From Farming.
OF course everybody washes their milk
pals and cans and pitchers, but not every
one digs out the deposit that forms in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

and F. R May, lottery on street: G.
Brooke, literary depot, avenue and 10Th
street; W. B. Lamb, grocer, 18th and F
streets JAMES CROGGON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
Willard Hotel Square.

That square in which the hotel interests
are so well represented by the New Willard
at one end and business interests by the
Corcoran building at the other, has more
than mere local interest, having been the
scene of many occurrences in which people
of worldwide reputation were participants
1t Will be seen that though Gen. Washing
ton had no personal interests in the prop
erty, one of his wards, Eliza Parke Gusts,
The wife of Thomas Law, held property by
trustee at the northeast corner OF the
square, so long the residence OF Col kear-
ney. Some of the buildings upon 1t were
used at times by the national government
The offices of the Attorney General and
first auditor were, sixty years ago. in a
building at the southeast corner Of + and
18th streets and here was the cradle of the
Interior Department, then the Home De-
partment, through which, In 1919, Mr.. Lin
coin sought the Office of commissioner OF the
land office falling, 1t is said, through the
trickery of a clerk In keeping back some
OF his Endorsements when President Taylor
and the cabinet had called for the papers of
the candidates
A building ON F street east of 18th street
about 1880 was the scene of a suiciie In
diplomatic circles. The Spanish minister,
who then resided there, while, it is believed.
suffering from a temporary Iteration or
mind hanged himself in his bed room The
church building in which Rev Dr. Laurie 8
congregation worshiped for half a CEN
tary, besides having church history, was
of much interest as the scene of the ses-
sions OF the memorable peace congress IN
the winter OF ISG0-G1, presided over ~ ex-
President Tyler, when. for a number of
weeks, efforts were made to prevent the
civil war.
owen MacDermott Roe, Thomas Met
cafe. Benjamin Blodgett, Waiter Stewart,
f. S. Moore, Thomas Law and p Gilman
were among the lot holders before 1880. AMI
the eariiest valuation OF the ground was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

Are positively best on earth at this
price: hence. the most popular
low shoes in town. Hand-turned
or Hand-welted. % 60 IN
matchless styles. .... VZ.OO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

SIQ5 Six $50 styles White Sea
" O0 Isle linen turn sole Cuban
or white heel pumps and Gibson Ties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

CT en- Women's half-heel and
WI . Misses finest $3.50 grade
hand welt big eyelet butchers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
Realty Deals In 1902.

In the square south of the avenue though
there was little evidence of real estate
transactions till 1902, II was not long be-
fore the avenue front was well built up.
Isaac Pollock, who had operated In the
West End. owned most of the lots on E
street. and w. H. Dorsey those on the