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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07

and the gain by the state of s2,500,-
600 for it's holdings in the property
of the road and reduced the state
taxes from % cents to 16 cents on
the hundred dollars.
When he introduced this resolu-
ton, his critics minated that he
was not serious in the matter, but
his strenuous defense of the meas
ure on the floor of the senate and
its final passage put them to
shame.
Today, Marylanders speak of him
as the strongest possibility for the
toga among the younger men of the
state, irrespective of politics or
party.
In the meantime young German
is quietly conducting his law Office
and seemingly pays little attention
to the whisperings of his friends
But those who know, say that two
years hence, after a return to the
state senate, he will yield to the
popular demand and allow his
name to be used as a candidate to
succeed to his fathers place, now
being temporarily filled by Senator
Whyte.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07

minority report. All who have
taken any interest in the work OF
the commission realize that an
able, fearless man not in the lead
ing strings Of the big local power
monopoly had the opportunity of
his life to bring in minority re-
port placing the blame where it
rightfully belongs, on the city Of
ficials who are empowered to look
after this work and the the Wash
ington Water Power company.
1T has been suggested that Mr..
Miller was on this occasion only
given a tryout, as he Is a candidate
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07
0VERTAKEN
BY DEATH

WASHINGTON, July Tho
navy department was notified today
by Admiral Brownson on board the
train at Banff, Canada, en- route to
Puget Sound, of the death of Cap
tain Joseph Woodward, naval con-
structor.
Woodward was en- route to watch
the trial trip of the battleship Ne
braska. He died of heart disease.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07

for position on the board of pub
lie works. The mayor and the
Washington Water Power company
may have wanted to see il he was
Of the kind Of material suited to
their purposes. From the happens
ings Of the last few days 1t would
appear that Mr.. Miller will receive
the appointment he so much de.
sires. It also seems plain that Mr..
Miller is not competent to sit in a
game with such past masters in
the political game as Mayor Dag.
gett, Political Engineer Gill and
Washington Water Power people"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07

WASHINGTON, July bids on
public buildings authorized by con.
gress will be opened on the follow.
ing dates:
August 7, Great Falls, Mont. 4;
Lewiston, Idaho; Missoula, Mont. /;
Moscow, Idaho.
August s, Eugene, Ore; Logan,
Utah; North Yakima, Wash; Pro.
vo. Utah; Bellingham, Wash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07

herself in a room and saturated her
clothing with kerosene with the in
tention of committing suicide, but
he broke in and overpowered her
before she had applied the match.
Neighbors declare that while
Mrs. Anderson was much given to
neighborhood quarrels she has
shown no evidences of insanity.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07
SPECIAL RATES EAST,

The Northern Pacific railway
announces dates for special rates
to eastern points as follows: July
2 and 3, August 7, 8 and 9, Septem-
Der s and 10, st. Paul, Omoha or
Kansas City and return, $3.50; st.
Louis and return, $4,000; Chicago
and return, $4,000.
G. A. MITCHELL, G. A.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07
SIX BIT" INSURANCE
CRAFTERS UNDER GUN
ling delay.

OAKLAND, July 7.-Startling
developments are expected in a
joint meeting of the ms urance ad-
justing committee and a commit
tee of five of the dollar for dollar
companies called for Tuesday. 1t
is rumored that action will be TAX
en- to remove the six bit" COM
panies from subcommittee to stop
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07
WHY NOT
SPEND YOUR VACATION
AT THE aEACH2

Special round trip rate $40 via
o. r. & N. Stopovers allowed at
Portland both ways. Seaside, Clat-
sop, Long Beach, Ocean Park,
NahcOtta, etc. Elegant hotels,
camping facilities, etc. Full par.
ticulars, 430 Riverside. H. c. Nun
son, G. T. A.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07

The German congregation of the
North Side will have services at it's
church, corner Indiana avenue and
Lincoln street; Sunday school at
$3.50 a. m; preaching at 1913 by
Rev. E. j. Fleer, on THE Longins
For Redemption" Both the choir
Of the church and the children's
choir will sing. No evening ser.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07
(Scripps News Associa tion.l

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE
following cable has arrived: wv
II. Hart died of cholera on July A
Notify Lizzie Peppard, Caldwell
Idaho"
There is a decided improvement
in the situation. The daily death
average has dropped to about hall
what it was.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07

delay.
The dollar for dollar companies
are preparing to checkmate those
paying no Frisco losses, but who
are cutting rates heavily and writ.
ing insurance throughout the coast
in desperate effort to amass
premiums before exposure by in.
surance commissioner.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07

the child endured and then passed
from earth. Then Anderson first
le1rned OF the condition of affairs
and notified the police.
IL did not see Elsie in those three
weeks" he said. my wife said she
was tending TO the children, and 1t
was none of my business"
Anderson says his wife. locked
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07
CAN AMERICA CLAIM THE
GREAT, DIVINE SARAH?

Amazing Statement BY Supposed
Relatives May Prove That She
Was Born in New York and
Raised in a Little Town In Iowa.
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The Spokane Press delivered TO
your house for Csc a month. TeIe.
phone Main 375.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07
ROB THE PAWNBROkER.

Burglars last night entered the
pawnshop of A. Setter 203 WASH
ington street. and stole IL watches.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-07
CAN IT BE TRUE?

That Sarah Bernhard was {
} born in Rochester, n. Y. {
That her name was Sarah {
King?
J That she was raised in
Rochester, small town in G
} Iowa?
That Mrs. Lucy King, OF G
Minneapolis, is her sister? G
That the Divine Sarah" G
made her stage debut at 6
Muscatine with a strolling G
troupe of Uncle Tommers? G
That she married a man {
named Bernhard, who was {
manager Of the show?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

II is with full confidence of succe IS
that H. A. Barker, who is, perhaps,
the best known English practitioner
of "bloodless" surgery, will soon be-
gin his projected demonstrations in
New York city, offering $4,000 for
felt for case he cannot cure
Il shall not stay In the United
States longer than five weeks, and |
shall spend all of that, time in New
York" Mr.. Barker said, yet | ex-
pect to convince the American sur
geons who investigate my method
that there is no case of joint disease
which | cannot cure by manipulation,
"As this will be my first profess
sional visit to America, | shall invite
the closest scrutiny of my system. |
shall ask each hospital to pick out
from among it's patients as case Of
joint disease that has been pro-
nounced incurable by the local sur
geons, and submit that case to me. If
the hospitals will do this, | will de-
post $4,000 in responsible hands,
and If | do not cure within month
every one OF those patients, will
give the money to the hospitals. 1t
is my ambition to place my method
before the world"
An onlooker thus describes typi-
cal operation: The patient, mid
dle-aged countryman, in whose right
knee cartilage has been out of
place for eighteen years, simply sat
in an easy chair, and, after barring
his knee, submitted to quick an
aesthetic. In less than sixty seconds
he was unconscious Standing in
front of his patient, Mr.. Barker
picked up the latter's leg, and, brac-
ing the foot against his own knee
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

This name is given to them on account
of a disk on their heads, by which
they can attach themselves to any
smooth surface, like the side OF a
shark, ship or the shell of turtle.
This disk is like the soft leather
suckers that are popular with
schooiboys. When this fish has once
attached himself to anything you can
pull him to pieces rather than force
him to release his hold.
Turtle hunters go In boats and carry
several of these remoras in tubs.
When they see turtle and get near
him the sucker is sent after him He
Is held by the ring on his tail, which.
in turn, is attached by stout cord.
Soon the fish is securely fastened to
the shell of the turtle and turtle and
fish are hauled into the boat together,
Once in the air the remora loosens
his hold and is dropped back into the
tub to rest until another turtle is
sighted.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24
HE "STOPPED THEM SOME"

Some years ago there lived in the
town of Stockton, Me-, now the termi-
nal of the Seaport railway, man by
the name of Crookes He was noted
shipbuilder and was known as Master
Crookes the whole length of the Pc
nobscot river. He owned well
stocked farm and carried on farming
as well as ship building. Among his
stock was a fine flock of sheep.
One rainy day, when they could not
work in the shipyard, he thought he
would kill and dress lamb for his
own table. So he told his boy to drive
the sheep into the barnyard. Every
one who knows anything about farm
work knows what barnyard is on
rainy day,
The boy drove the sheep into the
yard and carefully closed the gate.
Master Crookes thought the chances
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24
HOW TURTLES ARE Caught

Turtles are always captured at night
and usually on moonlight ones This
Is the time they go on the shore 10 lay
their eggs. They select a smooth,
sandy beach, dig holes in the sand, de-
post their eggs there and leave them
to be Matched by the heat of the sand.
When the turtles are on shore for
this purpose the hunters come upon
them and they are easily oyertaken
for turtles are slow movers. The hunt
ers have not very strenuous under
taking. All that is necessary to be
done is TO turn the turtles on their
backs and leave them until the next
day when they are removed
Another more curious way of catch.
ing turtles, according to the Washing
ton STAR is by fishing by the remora,
a fish found in tropical waters. The
popular name of this fish and the one
by which the children Of these coun-
tries call them is the sucking fish.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

The biggest boy carefully selected
the most comfortable section of a sand
heap, and sank slowly and painfully
into it.
Teddy got a norful spankin'. He,
he!' vouchsafed his infantile brother,
cheerfully.
Jaw, you shut up!" remarked the af-
ficted one.
The rest of the group looked ex-
pectant.
"Playin' hookey?a inquired one who
evidently understood.
Nope replied the culprit, uncom
municatively.
"Smokin?"
Nope. Tried to fix Mary Ann She
thinks she's so smart. Sends me out
O. the kitchen and tells ma every time
she ketches me stealth jam. Found
me takin the kindling wood to build
a house with, and called pa. He came
down and sat on me. But I'll fix her
yeti" and the sinner looked defantly
unrepentant.
"What'd you do?" asked the one
who understood. put water in the
punch bowl, so she'd get soaked when
she took it DOWN."
Nope"
Put the cake dish in the oven when
she wasn't lookin', an then take it out
and Jay 1t where she'd pick it up?"
Nope. Them's too easy. tried all
of EN- long ago. I've tried crackin'
the eggs an leavin 'em fer her to
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

Tor catching the lamb would be better
IL ne had them driven into the sheep
pen, while he stood in the doorway
and designated which one he wanted
the boy to catch.
The boy said, Father, you can't
stop them when Jump for the lamb"
"oh, yes, | can stop them" an.
swered his father, as he planted him
self in the doorway.
After looking them well over he told
the boy which one he wanted. The
boy rushed for the lamb and the whole
MOCK rushed for the doorway and out,
knocking the old man down, and every
one, including the one the boy was to
catch, ran over him.
After the last one had got out the
old man picked himself up, and, while
shaking himself and brushing off the
hith' he remarked, Il stopped them
some"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24
Especial Correspondence.)

"reminiscences of old Paris prisons
are very interesting, indeed. About
the Bastile everybody knows, but the
story of the Conciergerie, the Chate-
let, the dungeon of Vincennes, Lab
baye, Sainte Pelagie and ST. Lazare
is new to most Americans and 1t Is
generally thrilling.
The Oldest prison in Europe Is the
Conciergerie, whose remains now
form part Of the Palais de Justice at
Paris. 1t was famous for its exquis-
lite tortures. 1t was here that Nine.
de Brinvilliers, tied down to a trestle,
was forced to swallow three buckets
of water that was poured down her
throat through funnel; it was here
that La Voisin was stretched on the
rack while she smilingly observed
that the torture suited her well, as
she had always complained of being
too short; 1t was here that the high
wayman Cartouche, the idol OF the
gay ladies of Paris, was broken on
wheel, after having undergone the
boot to soften his heart. For several
centuries executioners from all parts
of Europe came to the Conciergerie.
to take lessons In their gentle art,
and hundreds OF thousands of guilty
or innocent prisoners gave up the
ghost in its mephitic cells. At last,
in the year of American independence,
1t was burned down 1t was rebuilt,
regardless of expense, by Louis XVI,
who little thought that he was con-
structing lodging for his wife.
Consigned to the Conciergerie by
Fouquier Tinville, Marie Antoinette
made the place the fashion, and until
Ihermidor it was the main source
Of supply for the guillotine. Prison
ers of all classes and both sexes,
herded SO closely that there was no
room for the decencies of life, swarm
ed there in disorder, dirt and disease,
bullied by drunken turnkeys with say
age dogs at their heels, and thinned
out when the tumbris called for
batch for that days meal for the gull
lotine.
From the Conciergerie the guillo-.
tine received over two thousand VIC
Tins. among them the Girondins, the
Duke of Orleans, the Duke of Lauzun,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24
SCHEME OF REVENGE FAILED

drop, an hidin' the silver SOS mad
think she stole it, an tyin knots in
the clothes on the line, an putin
cheese in the fire. too. But this tim6
| tried sunthin new | went down in
the cellar just before time for her tG
shake the furnace. | found the coal
shovel and stuck the handle in the fire
an left it there till | heard the cellar
door open. Then | took it out quick
and stuck it in the coal pile Then
went an hid behind a barrel. heard
her come down quick. but couldn't
see from where | was hidin'. In min
ute there was the awfullest yell you
ever heard, an the cellar became
howlin' wilderness O swear words
Say, dye ever hear Mike Dugan at the
corner swear at a yeller dog? Well,
it amt nothin' to the swearin' ! heard
this mornin N then | felt myself
yanked out by the seat Of my breeches
an carried UP stairs like a bundle OF
wash"
"Why didn't you kick an scream?"
cried sympathetic listener. WAS
you afraid of her?"
afraid of herr Nawthfn' It was
pa who'd got hold of the shovel An
the way Mary Ann LATED when she
saw me try to sit down afterward
made my insides hurt worse'n my out.
Sides and the afflicted one gritted
his teeth together as he rubbed the
place where whippings fall.-New
York Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

Charlotte Corday, Lavoisier, the
chemist; Danton, Camille Desmoulin
and Robespierre himself, and such
was the exaltation of the time that
many went to the scaffold singing,
laughing and shouting: Long live
France!"
Vincennes Once State Prison.
A rival to the Conciergerie was Vim
cennes. Under the kings 1t was a
state prison--the prison of the great.
In it's cells Henry of Navarro, the
Prince de Condo, the Marshal de
Montmorenci and the Cardinal de
Retz, with many prince and duke
and count, slept and groaned, and In
more modern times 1t housed Diderot.
Mirabeau and, for brief hour, the
Duke d'Enghien One of its inmates
in the old days was La Mole, who,
when he was sleepy, laid his hand
some head on the lap of the beautiful
Marguerite de Navarro, and for such
impudence was doomed by Catherine
of Medicis to die at Vincennes.
When the deed was done and night
had fallen, the executioner was at
supper with his family. A knock
came to his door When he opened
it he saw an armed man and a yelled
woman standing outside.
you are the executioner?o asked
the lady, in an imperious voice.
YES. madame"
"You have here the body of gen
tleman? must see it, And she laid
a purse of gold on the table.
But consider, madame. You could
not bear the sight"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

2 The Japs want to be as big as they
feel, so they are going to abandon
rice and fish and stop squatting on
tae floor When they get to be as big
as they feel lot of them will be
pushed off into the sea.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

A Boston pedagogue in the past
five molths has admin stored 524
floggings to an average attendance Of
500 boys. The regular course at
his school must be almost as excit-
ing as football.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

crying, calling on heaven to save her,
shutting and cutting her cards, and
fainting when her name was called,
declared that she would not be guillo-
tined-there must be some mistake!
Here Josephine de Beauharnais
scratched her initials on the wall. In
course of time the functions which
Sainte Pelagie had fulfilled were
transferred to the Salpetriere. and
afterward to St Lazare. The latter
is still In use for the incarceration Of
unfortunate women"
GuiIlotine Not Visible.
After traveller has visited the fam
Gus prisons of France he wants to see
the guillotine and its operator, the exc
cutioner or bourreau. He cannot
crafty his first wish. During the
terror the guillotine stood permanent
ly on the Place de la Revolution. Ever
since it has been taken down after
each execution and set up again when
it was required For nearly half a
century the place of execution was
the Place de la Roquette. There the
supreme penalty was inflicted on La
cenaire, the parricide Benoit, the regi-
eide Fieschi, Morey and Pepin, Orsini,
Pieri, La Pommerais, Troppman, Mo-
reau, Campi, Pranzini, Voillant, Emile
Henry and score Of others. There
four slabs of stone sunk in the soil
mark the spot where, at 5 o'clock in
the summer, and somewhat later In
winter, the red timbers of justice are
set UP by the headsman's assistants
and the knife is adjusted in its
groove.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

Edwin Markham's position is that
good government is simply good
housekeeping and that women are
needed in it just as much as men
Now why doesn't he put that in a
poem?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24
System of Manipulation
to Cure Joint Disease

violently manipulated the diseased
Joint for about thirty seconds. As
the patient slowly came to himself,
Mr. Barker explained that he was
curing this case by a series of these
treatments, which break down any
improper formations that may have
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

grown round the cartilage and grad.
ually work the affected part into its
proper place.
Mr.. Barker always works rapidly.
The operation described above did
not last more than five minutes, in.
elusive of the time of recovering
from the anaesthetic gas,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

Three plumbers robbed man on a
Kansas City street car. It is not good
form for plumbers to rob people on a
street car
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

1t turns out that Johann Hoch died
from a fracture OF the transverse proc
ess of the second yertebra. However,
justice was done.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

1t is not true that New York's new
4O-story skyscraper will have cap
tive balloon elevator service to the
upper story
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

1t has been rudely borne In upon
young Mr. Vanderbilt that all auto
mobilists look alike to the average
citizen of an Italian town.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

There's one thing about remorse-
ceited person, for somewhere in the
answer to why did | do it, is sure
to be the reflection; Il am fool"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

Count Boni will be content ii his
wife settles the claims against him. Z
But that will equip him with new
line of credit.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

That Moroccan war cloud may i'm
press them nightly in England, but
to us 1t looks too much like our old
friend that used to hang over the
Balkans
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

Newfoundland has found the catch
the discovery that they could be
tanned and taught to stay aground
over one tide to be MIXED.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

AS the increased output of eggs
shows, the American hen is doing her
share to expedite the pure food move
ment.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

It will be. a great comfort to Com
mander He y when he gets the dry
dock Dewey safely to the Canary isl
ands, so that he can go ashore and
hear the canaries sing.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

A new speed war between three rail
roads Is announced, but the long
hoped-for emulation in reducing the
amount of man-killing on the tracks
is not yet In sight.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

In London a will of three words
stood the test Of the courts II 1t had
contained 5000 words the lawyers
would have found all sorts of flaws
in it,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

The time Is coming when 1t will be
the fashion to speak of any decayed
politician as that grand old war aut-
omobile OF the party
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

Count Boni declares that he will
never beg for bread. Is 1t possible
that the count would choose the dread
full alternative Of work?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

Mrs Craigie told London reporters
she did not see "a single drunken man
during the three months she was in
America How does she know they
were all married?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

SO the Chinese want republic.
Took the cue from us this time, 1t
seems.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

WI Tingfang seems to maintain In
his native land the frankness that
had been noticed while he was here
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

According to a female novelist,
The JOY Of living, after all, Is not in
having a thing. but in wanting it,"
But will the world agree with her?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

London Punch is to have a younger
editor. Let us hope the retiring editor
has a copyright on the old jokes and
will retire them with himself.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-04-24

We fear that by heavy feeding the
Japanese will only make themselves
grow taller around the waist.