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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01
TRUST COMPANY FAILS.
Collapse Of Great Philadelphia insti-
futon.

delphia.-Unable to meet its OBJ
legations because OF the large amount
of money loaned on security by its
president, the Real Estate Trust COM
pany OF Philadelphia. which up to last
Saturday was considered one of the
strongest financial institutions in the
city, closed its doors Tuesday.
Soon after the doors closed George
H. Earle, a prominent fnancier, was
appointed receiver.
The liabilities of the company are
placed at $10,000,o0o, against which
which there are quick assets of about
S2,500,000 and collateral of about 49,,
100000, which is not negotiable or
readily convertible. This doubtful col
lateral is held mostly as security for
loans of about $5300,oo0, made to
Adolph Segal, promoter of this city.
The Real Estate Trust Company was
the second in point Of standing Of the
Philadelphia trust companies. 1t has
a capital and surplus of $2,900,00 and
derosits Of $500, 900. 1t was estab-
lished in 1885 and Frank X. Nipple was
its president up to the time of his
death last Friday. The company did
a large business in call loans, having
lbout $6.700,000 Of such loans outstand-
ipS I,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01
Strange Stery-But True.

F. l.. Vandegrift has new story.
II is illustrative of the marvellous fe-
cundity of the English sparrow.
Il was pending Sunday with the
Dumont Smiths, at kinsley,' said
Van, in recounting his experience.
1--WE had been up late the night be-
fore and | was a trihe drowsy. | sat
out on the front porch listening to the
church bells and gazing off into the
illimitable space that lies between
a shortgrass town and the horizon
beyond.
Presently I dropped my hat into
bed of virginia creeper and dozed
off to sleep. ! could not have slept
more than an hour, for the children
were passing the house on the way
from Sunday school when | awoke,
/ rubbed my eyes and glanced over
at my hat. In it sat an English spar
row brooding a setting of eggs. While
slept the sparows had built nest
in my hat, the mother bird had laid
full complement of eggs and had be-
gun the work of Matching them. -
Kansas City Journal.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01
ERRORS ABOUT THE WHITE
HOUSE.

To the Editor:
noticed somewhere recently-I
would not say positively that il was in
your columns-an article on the White
House which contained several mis-
statements.
In the first place it was stated the
White House was first occupied in
1909 and that its first occupant was
President Madison. The fact is, its
first occupant was President Adams
who took up his residence there in
1900.
The original mansion was begun in
1892. In 1914 it was burned by the
British and rebuilt in 1918.
Another of the errors in the article
referred to was the statement that
ready-prepared paint is used on the
White House to make it beautifully
white
noticed this especially because
have used considerable paint myself
and wondered that canned paint
should be used on such an importan.
building when all painters know that
pure white lead and linseed oil make
the best paint.
1t SO happened also that l knew
white lead and linseed oil-not ready
mixed paint-were used on the White
House, because had just read book
let published by a firm of ready-mixed
paint manufacturers who also manu-
facture pure white lead. In that book
the manufacturers admitted that for
the White House nothing but the
best and puress of paint could be
used" and said that their pure white
lead had been selected.
Above all people, those who attempt
to write on historical subjects should
give us facts. even if it is only date
or a statement about wood. or brick.
or paint, or other building material
| Yours for truth,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01
GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.
No Medicine go Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.

Lying awake nights makes it hard
to keep awake and do things in day
time. To take "tonics and stimu'
lants" under such circumstances is
like setting the house on fire to see
If you can put it out.
The right kind of food promotes re-
freshing sleep at night and a wide
awake individual during the day.
A lady changed from her old way OF
eating, to Grape-Nuts, and says:
For about three years l had been
great sufferer from Indigestion
After trying several kinds of medi-
cine, the doctor would ask me to drop
off potatoes, then meat, and so on,
but in few days that craving, gnaw-
ing feeling would start up, and l
would vomit everything l ate and
drank.
When l started on Grape-Nuts,
vomiting stopped, and the bloating
feeling which was so distressing dis
appeared entirely.
MY mother was very much both
cred with diarrhea before commenc-
ing the Grape-Nuts, because her stom-
ach was SO weak she co':id not digest
her food. Since using Grape-Nuts she
is well, and says she don't think she
could live without it.
ut is great brain restorer and
nerve builder, for can sleep as sound
and undisturbed after supper of
Grape-Nuts as in the old days when
could not realize what they meant
by bad stomach" There is no
medicine so beneficial to nerves and
brain as a good nights sleep. such as
you can enjoy after eating Grape
Nuts"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's q reason"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01
eNEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings CT the
Past Seven Days.
lnter~siinE Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condemned
lat0 Small space for the
Benefit of Our Readers
pernOp al.

Aunt Mahala Lewis. who was
Albert G. Lane, OF Chicago, former
president of the National Educational
association and of the Illinois State
Teachers association, is dead at his
home in Chicago.
Brig. Gen. j. Franklin Bell. chief
Of staff of the army, and Clifford
Pinchot. chief of the forestry bureau.
were visitors at Sycamore Hill recent
ly.
Edward NJ Ames. of Altoona, Pa,
has been elected commander-la-ot.ie
of the Sons of Veterans.
Cash NJ. Cade of Shawnee, Ok, a
member Of the national republican
committee, has rendered TO the presi-
dent his resignation as receiver u he
land Office at Guthrie, Ok.
President Riesco OF Chile has aP-
pointed an astronomical committee TO
study the recent seismic disturbances
Miss Leila Ward, daughter Of the
missing treasurer OF Cloud county.
Kan, has been appointed to fill the
vacancy caused by the disappearance
Of her father.
William Noble. of Oklahoma. has
been elected president OF the Ma
tional Association of Pustmasters.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01
BATTLING RAILROADS.
Morgan and Hill Fighting Hartman
fer St. Paul System.

New York-A financial battle. with
S25 100000 in cash and the control of
| the Chicago Milwaukee, s.. Paul rail
way system, is on between J. Pierpont
Morgan and f. H. Hartman.
In the battle are involved twice as
many millicrs O. dollars and three
times as many thousands Of miles of
railroad as were represented in the
famous fight for possession Of the Chi.
cago, burlington 4 Quincy, which re
suited in the memorable Northern Pa
cific corner, when the price of that
stock was rushed up to 81 geo a share
ana panic in Wall street followed.
The opposing forces consist of j. P
Morgan, James J. Hin and their
friends, foreign capitalists. on one side,
and f. H. Hartman, practical owner
of the Union Southern Pacific roads
with Sir William Van Horne. Sir
Thomas Shaughnessy, as controllers of
tho vast Canadian Pacific system,
with their friends, on the other
Remaining neutral for the time be-
ing, but inclined to throw their weight
to Hartman, are James II. Smith and
William Rockefeller, as principal
stockholders in the ST. Paul.
On the outcome of the war depends
whether the st. Paul road is to be ex-
tended to the coast, for which purpose
a S25,000,00o new stock issue was
voted, in a northerly direction, and so
seriously fnjure the traffic of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific sys-
TENS. cr southerly to impair the future
profits Of the Union and Southern Pa
|cifc.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01
Important to Mothers.
When pope Plus Receives.

People who are received by the
pope must appear in full evening
dress, although the hour is usually at
II O'Clock in the morning. The outer
office looks like that of good New
York lawyer A pleasant young sec
retary in secular garb meets the Wis
itors. All is very simple, not in the
least awe-inspiring. Visitors must
kneel and kiss the pope's hand.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01
Another Triumph for XRays.

So successful has the application OF
the X-ravs been in the tratment of
children suffring from ringworm, that
the Metropolitan Asylums Board, Lon
don, has been enabled to discontinue
the use of one Of the two institutions
reserved for such cases.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
ON FARMER BRYAN'S NEBRASKA RANCH

slope can be seen two frame
barns and a frame house. the latter
the residence of the manager, VIM.
B. Millson. Bryan's nephew. The
orchard stands on the north side
of the house with the garden and
dollhouse between.
The path through the alfalfa field
leads to the cinder driveway near
the house. A swing. chairs, flower
beds and shade trees give the lawn
an appearance of LONELINESS and
comfort.
Fairview is. indeed, well named.
Standing on the lawn. one can see
for several miles across corn fields
and orchards of prosperous farms
and suburban places. to the north
west where the city lies, and to
the south where beyond fields Of
corn, broken by the sinuous line
of trees which marks Salt creek.
stands the large college of the Ad-
yentists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19

LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. 19.-"Fair-
view" the farm home of VIM. j.
Bryan. lies three miles southeast
of Lincoln. You leave the street
car at what is known as Bryan
Station" and then you see house
set on a hill with a landscape OF
corn fields, alfalfa and a grove
around about it. 1t is the farm
home of William Jennings Bryan.
The house is built of Clipped
brick with brownstone trimmings
and slate roof, which slants in
long. graceful lines from lofty
gable to low caves. A broad porch
with brownstone coping extends
partly around the soucn and west
sides in a graceful curve. Steps
lead down to the driveway on one
side and to the lawn on the other.
A Clipped brick barn stands back
Of the house. and back of this a
hundred yards down the gentle
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
WANTPEDDLERS
SHUT OUT

The council committee of the
whole last night voted out the new
peddling ordinance, which was pro-
posed by Butcher" Brown. He de-
sires that no peddlers be allowed
within the fire limits under penalty
of paying a fine of $40 for dis
obedience. The ordinance specifies
fruits, vegetables, butter and eggs,
in the sale of which Brown is
pecuniarily interested.
An effort was made a year ago
to put through such an ordinance.
but it was turned down as work
ing a hardship on many private
families. Passage of the ordin-
ance would mean a big gain in
market receipts.
Strong opposition to shutting out
peddlers is expected from the resi-
dence districts, where families
have been buying from farmers
and gardeners.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
WORKINGMEN NOT
TURNED DOWN

1t seems that the statements pub
lished in the papers throughout the
state that the Workingmen's league
was turned down cold by the King
county democratic convention is
not true. With two exceptions the
names presented to the convention
by the league were Endorsed. The
two names the convention refused
to place on the ticket were not
democrats and they were rejected
for that reason. The action of the
democrats in treating workingmen
so literally aroused the ire of the
Seattle Times, and it is possible
that the "Kernal" will not support
the ticket this year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-Is the
drink habit a sign OF insanity?
DR.. T. D. Crothers. superintend-
ent OF Walnut Lodge hospital, Hart
ford, Conn, In recent sensation
al address, delivered before the
British Medical association, de-
clared that inebriety as 1t has been
known under varying aspects
through all the ages of men, is the
result and not the cause Of insanity.
DR.. Crothers maintains that the
uncomfortable appetite for intoxi-
eating drinks destroys the lives OF
a hundred thousand men and wom-
en- every year and !s phase Of a
certain form Z. Insanity, manifest.
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e.. AEe- VeIz-s Hamilton, one
II liz e-s- Authorities. said:
-TEsrs zre 4 large number, in
a. : majority OF distinguished
z.e-se-s who have repudiated Dr.
CrC-kerx' theories Of which We
have long been familiar l, how
ever, entirely agree with his views.
There are many and various
forms of drunkenness. but the re-
curing. uncomfortable passion for
strong drink, following and being
followed by long Intervals Of abso-
lutte temperance, = c.asse1 as dip
somania. How can any physician
Of experience in mental diseases,
who has watched the premonitory
symptoms Of these outbreaks, the
nervous irritability, the chronic
dyspepsia, the bilious headaches
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
ISDRUNKENNESSAF0RM OF INSANITY?

ress. cumulative symptoms and fin
al effect The symptoms described
by DR.. CrOthers, the cases in which
men, realizing the approach of the
drink fever, have put their affairs
in order and then temporarily van
ished from the ken Of all who know
them to return after long inter-
val, absolutely sober and clear in
mind, are familiar to every man
and woman with experience of life.
We have all met such cases. They
are all incurable."
Or. Carlos F. Macdonald, an
alienist of worldwide reputation,
declines to accept DR.. Crothers'
theories. He said:
"To lay down the broad general
proposition that a man possessed Of
an appetite for drink is Of necessity
afflicted with insanity, is absurd.
DR.. Crothers' argument is fatty
contradicted iby all our experience.
'Dipsomania, or drink madness.
as it is called, is a disease in Itself,
arising from no distinct and speci-
fed cause. In nearly all cases the
morbid craving for drink has orig
mated in a certain physical or
mental depression. induced by n
given set of circumstances. Bust
ness or family troubles, acute sor-
row arising from a bereavment,
may have their part in arousing the
desire for stimulants which may
| have lain dormant in the blood
through the greater part of a life
| time.
"Dipsomania, in one word, orig
| mates from a certain diseased con.
| dition of the nerves rather than the
mind. The craving is purely ami
NAL and corresponds with the alb
normal appetite of gourmand for
rich foods. While insanity, tenn
porary or permanent, is in nearly
all cases the consequence OF pro
longed drinking, it cannot fairly be
classed as a provocative of dip
! somania."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
CAN'T QUARREL OR FLIRT
WITH CENTRAL ANY MORE

= PORTLAND, Sept. 19-No more
will the telephone subscriber en-
joy the sensation of calling up cen
trail and asking the time of day
or where the fire is; no more will
the Portland citizen hearthe dull
Get tones of the operator cooling,
The line is busy, call again; the
gentle request, Drop nickel,
please" is a thing of the pastor
the vocation of the ''hello girl" is
gone.
Gone is that mysterious divinity
who used to treat you to the un-
expected pleasure of conversing
with SEX" when you wanted
"82Q"; gone the click of the open.
ing switch as you retail gossip
with your friends and confide your
business secrets to the other end
of the wire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
WOOD PILES INFEST
RESIDENCE STREETS

There are several piles Of wood
in the streets of Brownies addition
that are a menace to public safety
and an abomination to young men
at large after dark. No street
lights are near enough to illumin-
ate these shin traps, and it is only
a question of time when some one
will drive into the piles with a
rig. Then the city will face a
damage suit.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19

The automatic telephone has de-
scended upon Portland and central
is out in the cold, cruel world look
Ing for job.
Early in November between 5000
and 5000 automatic telephones will
be in operation in Portland. Build
ings are now being erected in
which will be installed the girl
less" exchanges. Then all the sub
scriber will have to do is step to
the phone and connect himself. If
the line is busy he can't blame it
on central, and If the line buzzes
he will have to tell his troubles to
the Office boy. So passes one Of
the most influential institutions of
the age. An institution that was a
matrimonial promoter, school for
scandal, Information bureau and
outlet for outraged feelings.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
GOOD FORTUNE TURNS BRAIN.

DENVER, Sept. 19.-Good for
tune was too much of a strain on
the mentality of M. W. Simon. OF
1928 Clarkson street, who won the
Maxwell automobile at the Cur
tbs street theater drawing the other
night, and he is now dead. having
gone crazy when informed of his
good luck and succumbed to the
nervous strain of his dementia
The big touring car was sold for
$4,000. and the money turned over
to the widow and children.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
FORTY-NINE SUlTORS
AROUND THE DOOR.

PORTLAND, Sept. 19.-Forty-
nine men made love TO Matilda
Kuhn and proposed marriage to
her. Henry Hendricks, a machin-
list, was the forty-ninth and she
has consented to accord him the
privilege refused the other forty
eight.
Miss Kuhn is comely, but not
beautiful, and she attributes the
number of her suitors to her own
good nature, which she declares is
more attractive to men than mere
beauty.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19

FAINT daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Laughrin, of Washington and Ma
tional avenues, Corona, has the
unique distinction of being the first
baby ever born in a New York
FERRY house.
1t was in the woman's waiting
room of the Thirty fourth street
ferry on the Long Island side that
the baby was ushered into the
world a suburbanite. If her ad-
vent had been delayed 20 minutes
she would have been a New Yorker.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
CHINAMAN DRAWS
COLOR LINE

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. 10.
Joe Fun, a wealthy Chinaman Of
this city, has had five suits brought
against him in the superior court
alleging that he drew the color line
and refused to serve negro citizens
in his restaurant. The suits alto
gether amount TO 5000.
Joe Fun was at one time married
to a negro woman, but no longer
lives with her.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19

preceding the drink storm Ito use
Dr. Crothers' figure of speech
doubt that the insane impulse for
drink-an impulse beyond the con.
troll Of the subject-arises from
pgycopathic condition?
Insanity must find some outlet
or manifestation. In some cases
We have hallucination, In others
still suicidal or homicidal impulse
and in others the fierce appetite
for drink. All treatment based up
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
PORCH CLIMBERS
Leave A LADDER

Porch climbers entered B. ].
Lewis residence at 1888 Washing
ton street last night but secured
nothing. When Lewis awoke this
morning he saw ladder leaning
against his back porch and dis
covered the bedroom window open.
He called the police.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
QUAKE MAKES WELL GEYsER

OAKLAND, Sept. 19.-Imme-
diately after the earthquake a well
near San Lorenzo spouted first salt
water. the ninky water, then water
that looked white and was more
or less fresh. The well started
spouting Immediately after the
quake and claimed down in a short
time, but it was several days be-
fore the water was fit to drink.
These facts were brought to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
A MELANCHOLY ENDING.

POMONA, Cal, Sept. 19.-Great
excitement prevails among the col
ored population of Pomona, grow
ing out of a free fight which broke
up the festivities at a chicken pie
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
MUST PRAY ON THEIR
OWN TIME

. CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-Four girls
have been discharged from the
Zion City Lace works for praying
during working hours. 1t is a rule
OF the concern that the girls shall
pray ION their own time" If they
are to pray at all The company
feels that 1t cannot afford to have
work stopped whenever the girls
feel religiously inclined.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19

supper given by the colored church
in Liberty hall. Two or three Of
those present had been taking
quiet nip on the side and began
an argument which resulted in
general row. In the meantime an
outsider grabbed the watermelon,
with which the feast was to con-
clude, and made his escape.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
WILL INTEREST MANY.

Every person should know that
good health is impossible if the kid.
neys are deranged. Foley's Kidney
Cure will cure kidney and bladder
disease in every form, and will
build up and strengthen these Or
gans so they will perform their
functions properly. No danger OF
Bright's disease or diabetes II
Foley's Kidney Cure Is taken In
time. Watson Drug Co.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19

on the utterly absurd theory that
a man loves drink because he loves
vice, that he can cure himself by
the effort of strong will power;
that in one word he can be reform
ed are false and bad.
"Dipsomania, the faint of which
IS carried in the blood from gen.
GRAFTON to generation Of family,
corresponding with other forms Of
insanity, can only be treated as a
mental disease with cause, prog
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19

light in the trial Of a suit brought
by Ward & Clark, we'll borers,
against A. n. Dethlefson to recov-
er money claimed to be due for
boring the well in question.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-09-19
BABE BORN IN FERRY STATION

BROOKLYN, Sept. 19.-The in
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-07-04
ABROAD.

Cordial greetings have been ex-
changed between President Roosevelt
and Mutsuhito, the Emperor Of Japan,
over the American cable connecting
the island of Guam and Japan, which
recently was completed. The Presi-
dents message, expressing the good
will of the American people and him
self, was sent yesterday and the EN-
peror's reply reached Washington to-
day.
The Colombian Government has
withdrawn its minister, Senior Don
Diego Mandoza, from Washington to
show its resentment at the failure Of
the United States to pay it for the
loss of Panama. The United States
once practically offered to compensate
Columbia for the loss of Panama, but
Gen, Reyes, who was then the Column
bian envoy, curtly refused the offer
and demanded the return Of Panama.
Gen. Reyes as President of Columbia,
is now trying to get this offer of
money renewed, but it is SAID that no
money will be paid.