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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-19
PACIFIC COAST GONE CRAZY
OVER ROLLER SKATE TWO-STEP

I The roller skate two step has
sarrived" on the Pacific Coast. All
the way from the Canadian boun-
dairy line to the Mexican border the
new fad is raging. Just plain roller
skating, despite it's delirious risks
and its exhilarating danger to life
and limb, is being relegated. To
be up with the times and in with
the swim one must be at this new
whirl on wheels, the latest, mad
dest, widest invention of the roller
skating craze.
To master this new method of
counting death is the ambition of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-19
EAT Up THE
CLAM D|GGERS

Do you remember when you were
one of those dirty faced kids that
took delight In playing hockey and
stoning tom cats?
Do you remember the old corner
lot where you played ball?
II you don't, had you been at
the baseball game between Grays
Harbor and Spokane at Recreation
park yesterday you would be re-
minded of that old corner lot where
you use to swat the leather like
bitten and keep tally by notch
ing a stick-and then cheat a lit
tie
Manager Ferris and his Injuns
managed to get away with the
game by score Of II to 8.
There were total Of 33 base
hits and IA errors, due mostly to
the paralized condition of the arms
OF Goodwin and Brinker, the Grays
Harbor pitchers, who handled
themselves like men stepping on a
woman's train.
Spokane hit for a total of 20
and batting averages went up con-
siderably.
At Butte, Mont, yesterday the
Miners went down to defeat before
Tacoma by a score Of 3 to Z.
Tee Samuels and Tonneson will
be the opposing pitchers at Recrea-
ton park this afternoon.
Umpire Walton did very salts
factory work.
Suess and Terry McKune each
got five hits out Of six times at
bat. Suess got home run and two
doubles into the bargain.
Swain got but one hit-but it was
good for three sacks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-19

Nice corner lot and inside lot o.
Eleventh avenue. Cannon Hill
&1050 for both, or will sell sspap
rately. Onefourth cash. Gray q
McCuns Co.. First and Wan streets.
Phone $50. 80
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-19

3 FINE GRADED LOTS-South~
east corner Jefferson and Efne:
street graded and sidewalked; two
blocks from two car lines: three
blocks from the big spring; must
be sold quick; no commission to
pay; deal direct with owner. +. p.
Waters, 626 Alice avenue. Phone
1857. -2I
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-19
comlque Theater

Freddy Breen's Funny Farce
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH
And the Comique Company in the
Four-Act Comedy Drama
1.-THE FLAG OF TRUCE"
40-Vaudeville Acts-4O
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-19

get q notification Of the impending
transition several hours In advance
of the occurrence. | consulted a
physician. who said the pains were
not caused by rheumatism. as that
affection always comes In the
joints. The only way | can account
for II Is the contraction and expan-
sion Of the muscles caused by the
weather."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-19

At Butte, Mont, yesterday the
Miners went down to defeat before
Tacoma by a score Of to Z.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-19

o1Co1D RAND oOoDA
Highest price paid for second haaA
furniture Tel - 800. 11l Aivsgs
size. 49,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-19

OY1xNo AID UxDAIU0 wo2IR
Psrisfan Dysfns . Clsanin0 Werks
ana Dress Plsatins Taotory, Z. \
LsahmanA. proprietor, has moved -
sos First avenue naas HevarA,
Phone 3137. No Solio1toea
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-07-19

Standard Fuel 4 lee Ca, Ulo1
Front Tel sss. Carbondalo. Rect
Springs ana Summit coal Martin
Dolan. manager.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17
COUNCIL IS CREATED
BY new irish Plan

Dublin. Nov. 10.-The Evening Her
aid declares that it has reliable infor
nation that recent conference at
tended by James Bryce, chief secre-
tary of Ireland; John Redmond, lead
er of the Irish party in the house Of
commons, John Dillon, member Of
parliament for East Mayo, and Sir
Anthony Mcdonnell, under secretary
to the Earl of Aberdeen, lord lieuten-
ant of Ireland, Sir Anthony Reed pre-
sented draft of the plan for the reor-
ganization of the government of ire
land
The draft provided for the establish
ment of central castle board, an edu-
cational department, department of
agriculture and for the transfer Of
land
1t creates an Irish council with be-
tween two-thirds and three-fourths of
its members elected on the existing
parliamentary franchise and the re-
nainder on restricted franchise, or
nominated.
tleISy mou VI OIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IA
eligible for membership in the coun-
ell. Ireand is to retain her present
representation in parliament, the po-
lice are to remain under imperial con-
troll, but the force will be reduced
numerically, and the judiciary remain
unaffected.
Mr.. Redmond and Mr.. Dillon
strongly opposed the police and judic-
larry clauses, but it was pointed out to
them that certain members of the
cabinet we're obdurate on these ques-
tons. The proposed measure is not
yet complete, but the essential fea-
lures have been settled definitely and
the entire cabinet is agreed threon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17
ppFsJnENT AGAINST TERRITOR.
IaL FORM FOR ALASKA.
There are Many Things of More
Imnortance to the Northern
r. untry than Local Govern
r,ent---Cale Expected to Urge
Matter this Session.

Washington, Nov. ID. President
poosevelt is opposed to a territorial
.orm of government for Alaska at the
resent time. He has recently ex-
dressed his opinion in regard to the
pavement to grant local self govern
mont to the people of Alaska, and he
Aid if IN such terms as to leave no
donbt of his adverse position in the
matter.
IN so doing, however, the president
,oid that he wished to do all in his
nower to help the majority of the
Alaska people to get the legislation
that they need; but he expressed the
belief that there are other matters of
more vital Importance to the territory
than territorial form of government.
DESPITE all efforts that may be put
forth this winter on behalf of this
proiect it is pretty generally conceded
here that the movement will fail.
Several Influential senators and repre-
sentatives still believe that the terri
tory is too sparsely settled and the
taxable property too limited to make
local self government advisable at this
time. 1t is expected that the move
ment will not take very definite
shape during the coming short session,
but that Thomas Gale, the delegate
who was recently elected to represent
Alaska for the long term, will urge
territorial government above all other
measures for Alaska in the Sixtieth
congress.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17
LIFE IN THE KLONDIkE.
Wages Are High but the Prices Are
In

Wages Are High but the Prices Are
In Proportion.
In Dawson City and other places In
the Klondike 25 cents is the smallest
piece Of money in circulation. and
there are children who never saw any
thing smaller, says a writer In Leslie's
Weekly. A man who had not been out
Of Dawson for five years exhibited a
dime which he was keeping as a curl
Osity.
Wages are high, but the necessaries
Of life are CORRESPONDENCE expensive,
80 after all it Is only the handling of
larger sums Of money. Canned goods
are universally used, and as spoken of
by the housekeeper as. "tinned goods"
Evaporated potatoes are eaten until
midsummer, when the Yukon boats
bring in fresh supply, and even these
sell at Is cents pound. Crystallized
eggs are used for cooking purposes
and fresh (O ones are cheap in mid
summer at 81 dozen. Three eggs to
order in restaurant will cost the
diner from IS cents to 81, and in win
ter perhaps $1.5O. Fowls do not thrive
and chicken rarely appears on the menu
card. Caribou steak Is common and
may be had for 81. A light lunch.
consisting of piece Of pie and a small
glass Of milk, costs the business man so
cents. Cans of condensed milk are
found on all restaurant tables. A small
hole Is punched in the top and from
this milk Is poured into the coffee or
tea. Table d'hote meals are served for
81, easily within the reach OF ALL"
While almost everything eaten at this
meal is Of the timed variety, the
food is very palatable. The dinner con-
sists of soup, fish, roast of some sort,
potatoes usually the evaporated kindly,
q vegetable, pie or pudding, and tea or
coffee Dawson boasts of several hot
houses, and during the early summer
for so cents extra a few leaves of let
tuce or half dozen frail-looking spring
onions will be added. The fish are de-
licious, and people often refuse the
roast and take large portion of fish
Instead.
Clothing Is likewise expensive, and
q tailor-made gown is a luxury, and one
which sells anywhere in the States for
$40 will bring $50 in Dawson. The
cause of this is not the rapacity Of the
merchant, but the cost Of Transports
ton.
There is no place In the world which
has wider range Of temperature than
Dawson. In winter the mercury drops
to 60 and 70 degrees below zero, and
the ordinary thermometer goes out Of
business and spirit instrument Ia
used to register the degrees OF cold. In
midsummer 1t sometimes becomes 80
warm that the sluice boxes at the
mines are worked at night, which IL al
ways cool. instead Of during the day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17
CORNISH COURAGE.


The man who handles sails must
think for himself and act for himself.
When the fisherman starts for his fish
ing grounds, or the pilot turns home
ward again, there is no coach road
along which he can drive straight
sail-trimming, finding his own way
across shoals and currents. In "Mast
and Sail' the author gives an example
Of Cornish courage.
There was the skipper, Roger Sen
nett, and there was a crew Of six men
and the boy. One Of the men was Ill,
and Uncle Dick" went In his place.
Uncle Dick, by reason of his being
sick with malaria, was wearing all that
deep-sea fisherman wears In winter,
including vast sea boots and complete
set Of oilskins. 1t was thirty miles off
the Lizard lights when everything was
ready In the st. Michael to shoot the
nets for the night. It was running
down-wind with small mizzen and fore
sail, and the big westerly seas rolled
up astern, backed by the fierce breeze,
which. with falling glass. threatened
a stormy night.
As it was cautiously jibed, prepare
tory to bringing 1t to, to lower sail. the
boy, against orders, got down to lee.
ward, and when the foresail sheet gath
cred itself up and with the crack of
pistol went rigid as bar Of steel, 1t
caught the astonished boy beneath the
armpits, hoisted him into the air, and
shot him twenty yards away into the
glooming seas.
Uncle Dick stood on the weather
quarter and saw, and as he stood,
plunged over the stern after the boy.
The cry Of MAN overheard" does
not avail to bring vessel into the wind
when running at ten knots before an
Atlantic blow. With helm hard down
and all bands hardening In the sheets,
1t will be four hundred yards to lee
ward In the time that you can say It
So the sweeps and all available floating
stun sent overheard after the men were
almost lost to sight BY the time the st.
Michael had brought itself up to meet
the seas.
Another hand had thrown OF his
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clothes. and with the end Of small
line In his teeth, sprang overheard.
While the boy soon had to act as res.
cuer to the old man, spent by sickness
and encountered with his vast weight Of
clothing. the new arrival collected all
he could of the floating stuff and fought
his way to his fast-drowning shipmates,
"Cheer up, Uncle Dick! Hold on, I'M
clew the boy kept saying. Here she
comes! see Rogers face quite plain.
l do"
At last all were alongside, and the
exhausted men were taken on board.
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lis can easily be done, as throughout

This can easily be done, as throughout
the summer the sun comes up before
3 in the morning and goes out Of sight
after 10 In the evening. The red glow
remains all night, and one may read
newspaper by window at midnight.
The "Cheechaco" (the Indian word for
newcomer, and the popular term for
tenderfoot) finds it difficult to go to
sleep on account of the light. This Is
reversed in winter, and during Decem-
Der and January there are only three
hours of daylight each day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17
FOUND STRANGE PEOPLE
Natives of Prince Albert Land Had
Never Seen White Men.

Nauves OF Prince Albert Lana mao
Never Seen White Men.
Victoria, B. c., Nov. 10.-Interest-
ing details regarding the finding Of
speople who had never seen white
men, on Prince Albert Land in the
Arctics. are given by an officer OF the
returned revenue cutter Thetis, who
learned details from Capt. Klinkin-
berg, of the steam whaler Olga, who
visited them.
Last winter, when his vessel was in
the ice near Prince Albert Land, Kiln
sinberg, accompanied by an Eskimo.
started inland on hunting trip. He
went $50 miles in a northeasterly di-
fectlon over the snow, finding traces
OF people. Other whalers had also
found traces of natives in this region,
out never sighted them. Capt. Kiln
H1lnoerg came up with $50 or more.
When they saw him they came toward
nin, each armed with copper knives
and bows and arrows. They held
snese above their heads and he pointed
Grille at them One advanced alone
ala he laid down his rifle, the native
auuing down his weapons. They be-
n raae friendly, and, by means Of signs,
- a1iinSlnberg learned that, other than
u a1e old woman, who came from Prince
- a,oert Land, they had never seen
"ulte men previously.
he visited the village and found
b bu 600 people, all of whom lived
~ ~ hunting and fishing. They used
tu ue most primitive utensils, fashioned
s LOih bone and native copper. Their
m mess was not like that of other Eski-
c. Gus but was similar to that Of tho
t,eeniand natives, made of softly
M anned skins sewn with deer sinews.
aneir winter houses were Of sod, with
~ - inner lining of skins and different
t,;s Snape from those of other known
s,4 Ges' They are nomadic. The only
ast ticle seemingly brought from civili-
s;on seen by Capt. KIinkinberg was
81 piece OF steel, evidently from some
~ which had been converted into
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17
DENIES ALL INTERVIEWS
Executive Officers Say President Must
Not Be Quoted.

Washington, Nov. 12-The follow
ing statement touching on the quoted
conversations with the president has
been made public at the White House:
"For many years it has been the inva-
riable practice never to attempt to
quote private conversation with the
president. 1t has been found that as
q matter of fact, the man who quotes
such q conversation usually misquotes
it, whether consciously or unconscious
", and such an alleged conversation
is under no circumstances to be held
as calling for explanation or denial by
the president. The president is re-
sponsible only for what he himself says
in public, for what he writes, or for
what he explicitly authorizes the pro-
per government officials to state in his
behalf.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17

New York, Nov. 10.-The directors
of the State Bank OF this city have
declared q dividend of 900 per cent,
navable in cash on the banks caitali-
cation of 500, 600. The directors also
declared the usual semi-annual divi-
dend Of 80 per cent The large surlus
the bank had amassed became I'M
wieldy because of its small capitalism
ton. and in order to obviate this the
directors decided to distribute the sur
nlns in the form Of q dividend. II
also was decided to increase the cap
italisation from 500, 600 to $1,000
600.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17
PAPERS WALL WITH CHECKS.

Remind Owner of Time When He
Was Prosperous.
Sitting many hours day gazing rem
iniscently at the walls of square
room papered with Cancelled bank
checks, Gerald de Costa, queer old
character, is passing the last days Of
his life, says New York World CORE
spondent at River Denys, Cape Breton.
Physicians say that he has an incurable
disease and order him to lie down, but
he insists on sitting up, that he may
look at the checks
De Costa went from London to Chi
cago after the great fire which devas-
tated the Windy city and became a
prosperous grain merchant. He contin-
ued to wax rich until the panic of 1893.
when he was forced to the wall and left
practically penniless. While wealthy
he did a big business through banks.
and as he always kept the checks after
they had come back by way Of the
clearing house he had nearly trunk
full at the time he failed.
These checks ne mas always treasured
as souvenirs of his prosperous day and
when he came here In 1898 and bought
a small house between River Denys and
Port Hood he papered the walls Of one
OF his rooms with them. They are
drawn on at least twenty banks, and
DeCOsta declares he can tell what
each paid for. That is all the more re-
markable, as the man settled his per-
sonal as well as his business obliga-
lions with paper. He never carried
more than a dollar in cash in his peck
cts at one time, and If man didn't
want to cash a check he made no sale.
De Costa says that he would rather
look at the checks than eat bis dinner.
and this is literally true, for all hiS
meals are served in the check ROOM
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17
TO RECOVER COAL LANDS

Suits Instituted by Government Against
Utah Coal Companies.
Salt Lake, Nov. 1O.-The suits In
stituted by the federal government 70
recover thousands Of acres OF coal
lands now held by the Utah Coal Com
pany and the Pleasant Valley Coal
Company are now on trial before Judge
Iohn A. Marshall in the United States
district court. These coal companies
ara known as the Gould corporations
nd ara controlled In the interest o.
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
svstem. A great array Of legal tlent
"a arguing the case on demurrera
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17
RELATING CHARGED
RAILROADS and GRAIN COMPANIES
INDICTED.
Federal Grand Jury at Minneap-
oils Returns True Bills Against
Corporations and individuals.
Eleven Indictments and Large
Number of Counts.

Minneapolis, Nov. 1O.-Eleven in
dictments have been banded to Judge
Lochren in the United States district
court, and they cover the giving Of re-
bates by certain railroads and the re-
ceiving of the same by grain concerns
and individuals. The list of corpora
lions against which the indictments
were returned, as given out by Dis
trict Attorneys Ewart and Dickie. who
have had charge of the case, follows.
The Great Northern Railroad Com
pany, four indictments and about sew
enty counts; the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha railway, one in
dictment and seventeen counts; Min
neapolis & st. Louis railway, one in
dictments and five counts.
Some Of the Charges
The indictments against the rail-
roads charge the giving of rebates,
and under the head of receiving re-
bates, true bills were returned against
the following: w. P. Devereaux Com
pany, Mccall Dinsmore Company,
Minneapolis; Amos Brooks Company,
Duluth Milling Company, Duluth.
Two indictments against the Great
Northern were for giving rebates. to
the Superior Grain Company; one for
giving rebates to the McCaull, Dins-
more Company, and another for giving
rebates to the Spencer Grain Com
pany.
The Omaha railroad, the Wisconsin
Central and the. Minneapolis g. st.
Louis were charged with favoring the
Spencer Grain Company. The COM
panies indicted who were not railroad
companies are charged with accepting
rebate.
Beside these corporations indict-
ments were returned against eleven in
dividual officials of the roads named,
but United States District Attorney
Haupt said he would not consent to
the names being given out for publica
ton, owing to the fact that no service
had been obtained upon them.
The general offense charged in the
railroad indictment is the absorption
of grain charges with elevator charges.
Investigations to Be Continued
After the bunch of indictments had
been given out to the court, the jurors
were excused for the term and told to
convene in St. Paul. That a further
and more searching Investigation into
the rebate questions will be made is
not denied by Assistant Attorney
Ewart, and further revelations are ex-
pected to be made at the next sitting
of the grand jury.
Perhaps the most surprised people
of all those indicted were the rail
road officials, for none of those inter
ested expected indictments to be
brought. Each company had made its
best endeavors to disclsim any crimi-
nality in it's relations with the grain
companies.
The grand jury has been in almost
continuous session on the rebate bus
mess, except for short recess and to
look into the matter of naturalization
frauds, and it Is understood that in
dictments under this head were re-
turned, but as they were against indi-
viduals upon whom service is yet to be
made, no information was given out.
It is said that some matters of sensa-
tional nature will be made public
when the cases are brought before the
court.
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selfish degree hardly to be appreciated or have pecu
liar ideas in other directions hard to define There
something radically wrong with him, and pity 1t is that
the fact is not before his wrong doing
found out.
The footing Of the Milwaukee avenue bank of Chicago
s,ppes an illustration Of of such charac-
tiers or all of them combined. The more the affairs
of that bank investigated the apparent does it
become that officers and directors nothing
than private combnatonof gamblers used the mon
ey of deposors real estate speculation market flyers
and horse betting Its papers contain fake notes.
forgee records of plain stealing such before
have been found in the vaults of defunct institution
These papers show that the game played with
shrewdness indeed shrewdy to deceive the bank
examiners. Yet theft could have been detected and
should have detected il the bank examiners
qualified for the performance Of their duties Bank
plundering this account than any
other.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-17
THE IMPROVING WORLD.


the reiterated accounts Of the arrest of the
boodlers. the arraignment of trusts and the
- prevalence Of crime in high places an occa-
IMkMWANH sion for declamlng upon the increasing de-
vGShSJ generacy of the age, not only raise false
note, but they fail utterly to interpret Alright
the signs Of the times.
The world is getting better instead of worse. The
fact that the guilty being detected brought
to justice and the grafters and unlawful forced
to dsg0rge evidence of this The widespread interest
in municipal reform and the Importance attached by the
whole country to the overthrow of vice cities
substantial testimony that conditions every way 90
far as public morals are concerned are improving
The ruthless suppression of the social evil efforts
to compel adherence to the law part
saoonkeepers marks great advance conditions al
they existed twenty five ago. So great the public
interest In efforts of this kind that the that
forced closing of saloons In Kansas City Sunday the
publication of portion of Pittsburg the demoraz
ing influences of places Of evil resort and similar
in other cities Is made the subject Of elab-
crate dispatches dozen years ago these things would
have been considered purely local issues to-day SO sens
tive Is the public conscience to this whole question Of
moral reform and civic regeneration that the greatest
service in the country regards them sufficient
Importance to telegraph them broadcast The world 10
growing decidedly Observation-Disclosures Press.