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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Sheriff Dixon has rounded IN a
bunch Of horse thieves on the Alpowa
ridge in Asotin county, Harry Hayner.
a stranger about p years of age. on
a charge of stealing a horse from
Henry Brockman of Garfield county.
Hayner, ii is alleged, had taken the
morse a few days before and had tried
TO sell the animal to its owner.
Sugar beets have been grown in
the Okanogan valley and have shown
a nigh percentage of saccharine con.
tent out a movement is now on foot
TO give the matter a wider test.
The supreme court docket for the
Nay term was arranged by Clerk
helnhart, and includes 1914 cases
Ihls is the largest docket ever gotten
out for a May term. The term he.
gins on the l4th and will run to .Julv
~. Cases dOcketed are as follows.
hltJltas, l case, June 20; Yakima &
cases June 20 and p; Chelan, ? cases
June p; O~kanogan. > cases. June 81.
Columbia, l case, June p: Lincoln 2
cases, June p to p; Warla WaIla
cases June rs and %; Douglas
: cases June 81 Adams. l case. June
20 Spokane, 80 cases, June p to .JuIv
Louis H. Bearce of Concord n II
Is quoted as saying that he will es.
,aoIish a starch factory in Spokane if
supplies of potatoes are
guaranteed.
Inc single mills bureau. at a
,ecent meeting in Seattle attended nv
LOO manufacturers representing more
nan oO per cent Of the total sbinple
output OF the state, voted to close the
Mills for 80 days, beginning Dacer.
'eI WIN the exception of the com.
'tna.Ioh mills, which are to close for
TX weeks, beginning December IL
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
TRADERS INSURANCE co. FAILS.
Loss Placed at s3,74s, oOo-Assets Are
About $4,000 Short.

Byron L. Smith. president of the
Northern Trust company Of Chicago.
has been appointed receiver for the
Traders Insurance company by Judge
Julian Mack in the circuit court of
Cook county. The company is one of
the largest fire insurance companies
In the west and its distress is due to
the heavy losses it sustained in the
San Francisco fire, the amount which
Is stated in the application for the
receiver to be approximately $3,74s,.
900.
II was stated in the application that
the assets OF the company will not ex.
coed SO. 100000.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
Electricians Strike in spokans

Spokane "A dozen inside wiremen
working for the Washington Water
Power company went out on STRIKE
Monday morning in sympathy with the
linemen Of the company who omit wo-L
last week.
The wiremen themselves have no
grievance against the company, but de-
clded to 90 out 70 support the linemen
VINO are looking for a reduction in
hours and an increase in pay
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
Mr.. Roosevelt Talks to Newspaper
Men on Rate Bill.

Thirty-six members Of the corps OF
Washington correspondents represent
ing the leading daily newspapers and
press associations in the United
States, met President Roosevelt by
invitation in the cabinet room OF the
executive offices recently Il discuss
with him the status Of railroad rate
legislation and to learn the presidents
views as 10 certain pending amend
ments 10 the Hepburn bill. The meet
ing lasted more than an hour. While
the president made il clear at the out
set that he desired not TO be quoted
directly as 10 the views which he
might express, he was perfectly will
ing that his views should be known
and stated in the language Of the
members OF the press who were pre-
sent.
The discussion dealt chiefly with
the various propositions for a court
review, from the board amendment
proposed by Senator Bailey Of Texas
to the restricted amendment offered
Senator Long Of Kansas. The presi-
dent in the beginning indicated clearly
and positively that he would be salts
led with the enactment of the Hep
burn bill rs it was reported TO the
senate from the committee on inter
state commerce. He pointed out. how.
ever. that senate advocates of railroad
rate legislation-as sincere friends of
the legislation as he himself was-be-
lieved it would be wise so to amend
the measure as to provide specifically
for a review of the decisions by the
interstate commerce commission by
the courts.
To this end the proposition evolved
BY Senator Allison of Iowa, which now
practically has been agreed upon by
the republicans Of the senate. was
offered. and after consideration was
accepted by the friends of the meas
ire, including the president. The
president expressed the opininon that
the effect Of the Allison proposition
embodied in the Hepburn bill. but
I was also his opinion, as he stated
Il today, If there is the slightest
ioubt that the Hepburn bill. by impli-
,ation does not carry the effect of the
Allison proposition, it ought to be in
;~orporated explicitly in the measure
its enactment into law. Per
ionally he favors the narrower re-
.trictiOn of the amendment Of Senator
-ong. but some other advocates of the
egislation do not favor the amend
nent.
He made it clear that the judgment
Il the friends of the measure vas so
yenly balanced Oh the question Of the
.ong amendment that it was scarcely
7orth while to make a contest for il.
S a year or two of the laws operation
'ould demonstrate clearly whether it
7ould be necessary further to amend
he act in the way proposed by Sena-
Or Long.
The president assured his hearers
hat he and every advocate of the
ending measure would be satisfied
e~rfectly with the Hepburn bill with
amendment proposed by Senator
IiSOn
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
GREAT FLOOD
OCCURS in China

Washington, May 9.-The state de.
partment has received the following
cablegram from the American consul
at Hankau, China:
Immense flood in Human province
Great loss of life and property. An
foreigners safe"
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
SPORTING NOTES.

9FCn INV W. go
The sca.er-Thompsou affair was a
q great battle and some fans think i-
the best ever pulled on al the 5. A.
a. C.. at Spokane. One could see at
every stage Of the game that both
men were trying hard 10 best the
other. and a harder 20 rounds were
never fought in the iry. Il was a
draw.
Frank Kramer Of TalesJurg. y. j.
The American champion bIcyclist. won
the International professional mile, 2
half and three quarter mile bicycle
races al the Crystal Palace. London.
In a game TO decide the girls basket
ball championship Of the state Of
washington and Of the northwest the
Colfax girls high school defeated
the girls OF the Everett high school in
a ag..y contested game Al Coltax, win
ming by the score Of IS 10 Il.
The final round OF the amateur court
tennis Tor the championship at the
Queens club. London. Jay Gould Of
Lakewood, y. j., beat s. L. Hill by
8 70 O..
BY the close score Of 81 to SO Whit
man college defeated the Washington
state college Of Pullman in Of the
most exciting track meets eve held
al Walla WaIla.
George Bowerman. a noted trainer OF
trCtuers, was stricken with paralysis
while sitting in a sulky IN the track
ar Lexington, Ky, and is IN a serious
less but recovery is not impossible.
The naval academy Of Annapolis,
Nd, defeated Tie Yale boat crew Sat
urday afternoon by a length. The
winners finished strong, while the Yale
7arsmen were greatly distressed
Time. 1915.
The University Of Idaho defeated the
Lewiston high school at Moscow in a
handicap track meet.
President Frank J. Dorsey Of the
Spokane league bail team and Malcolm
ellis OF Butte have returned from
Seattle from the conference with
lanes p. Agnew Of the Seattle club.
Dorsey is more confident than ever
hat the We northern towns Of the
Pacific Coast league will come into
~reorganized northern circuit
With an unfinished run Of 234 points
an average OF 100 in his cham
'iOnship match with Willie Hoppe.
Sutton wiped existing billiard
ecOrds OF the board.
Western amateur golfers will not
lay their championship on early sum-
ler dates after all. The directors
ave 0 set the championship for
as on the Glen Echo links
L St. Louis. the Olympic cup com
as curtain raiser. coming on
.abor day, September 8.
The University Of Washington
cam won the open track meet scor-
ng 50 points 10 p for the Seattle
athletic club and eight for Everett.
surprise Of the afternoon was the
Of the half mile run by Par
a promising freshman, in 2 min
ties and Z seconds. !
Colfax high school won the field
Of the Whitman County Athletic 3
s%sociation. ,
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
killeobY Burglar.

New York. Charles L. Spier. a
prominent business man Of Staten Is
land, and said 70 be a copfdentist
Sgent Of Il. h. Rogers, vice president
Of the Standard Oil company, was SHOT
snd killed in a duel with a burglar in
bis nome in New Brighton, Staten Is
land early Monday.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
FEW WE'RE SHOT TO DEATH.
Denial That Executions Occurred In
Frisco,

Frisco.
The records of coroner Walsh Of
san Francisco disprove the widely
~lrculated stories that large numbers
Oh people were shot and killed by
me soldiers during the great fire that
loliowed the earthquake. OF the
cases handled by this officer, in one
only was 1t found that death was due
70 gunshot wounds. The exception was
b Tilden, killed by a civic guards
man. who had the mistaken idea that
the automobile in which Tilden was
riding was being used for looted pur-
poses. The military authorities have
records of two cases of killing for
llsobedlence of military orders, but
mere is not a single record of any
person being shot to death Tor footing.
My office has reports showing 1858
Deaths said coroner Walsh. "In the
time OF great excitement we heard OF
man" cases of shooting, but the fact
mat we never got the bodies c~onvinces
me mat the stories were false. In all
our sos cases. with the exception
mentioned, death was due to one OF
lhree causes-fractured skull. crush
ing OF the body or asphyxiation."
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11

San Francisco, May 9.-Safety de-
posit vaults in several big institutions
were made accessible Tuesday and
everything was found TO be in fine
shape. Nothing was harmed.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11

The speed Of the electric current in
copper wire is 463. 100000 meters a
second. The fastest ocean steamer
makes only s.s meters : second.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
The Idle Have the Drink HabI,

The drinking Of intoxicants is de.
creasing among the middle classes Of
me world. and is increasing among
the very poor and the very rich. Such
IS the conclusion drawn from a foreign
tour by John G. Woolley. once bro.
hibition candidate for president who
has returned to Chicago after a "a
mouths trip abroad.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
OREGON ITEMS.

Umatilla county prohibition conyen.
lion was held last week.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11

London motor bus drivers who avoid
accidents for a week receive a bonus
Ihey are fined for accidents.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
NORTH YAKIMA FIRE
LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT NEARLY
100000, WELL INSURED.
Northern Pacific Freight Depot and
A Block Of Wholesale Houses Went
Up-man and Boy InjU' ed-chanse
in Direction of Wind Saved Town
From Destruction.

North Yakima, Wash. May 6.-Fire
has wiped OUT a block II wholesale
warehouses bounded by the Northern
Pacific right Of way, Selah street, A
street and Yakima avenue, entailing a
loss Of 5000, 900, only partially covered
by insurance.
The Northern Pacific freight depot
was entirely consumed. It was filled
with freight and the company is the
heaviest sufferer from the fire. For o
time IL appeared as if the western parl
OF the city would go, but a change in
the wind saved this section BY hard
work. The Northern Pacific passen-
ger depot was saved, which prevented
the big buildings on Front street
from catching fire.
Thomas Clemain. a II year old boy.
was struck by a shot Of an exploding
shell in the Yakima Hardware com
pan and seriously injured about the
face.
James Metcalf. a volunteer fireman.
fell from a building and was badly
hurt. Both injured were removed TO
the hospital.
The fire originated in the Pioneer
Lumber company's plant from an un-
known cause and burned with great
rapidity. Six Of the eight buildings
in the block were frame, as was the
Northern Pacific depot.
The fire leaped from Yakima and
Selah street, but the blazes were ex-
tinguished before they gained head
way. Had it gained a foothold on Sc
lab street a large part OF the resi-
dence district would have been con
Big Fire the Day Before.
Fire starting from crossed electric
wires or a defective iue destroyed the
Yakima county courthouse. The
started near the roof. which gave
Of time to save the county
records. In Offices having vaults the
records were hurridly placed in safe
ty. Scores OF persons labored to
carry books from the other Offices and
deposit them in the streets and near
by houses. It was a frame structure
and burned rapidly after getting a
start.
A dozen prisoners we're in Jail in the
basement of the building. When the
was discovered they were mar
shaled in the real OF the jail. and when
II was seen the building was doomed
they were h%andcuffed in pairs and re-
moved to the city Jail. The Indian and
negro prisoners appeared as cool as
the white men. as Sheriff Grant. with
Drawn revolver, accompanied by sew
eral deputies, brought them through
he big crowd at the rear of the Jail.
The basement was damaged only by
water. =
The new 100000 courthouse has 7
'een under construction for three s
months. 1t will be completed during {
he summer, and until then the county
'fices will be located in various build. ,
ngs in the city. +
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11

Many mistake auidity OF MINI for
.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-28
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR:

A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR:
haowed
American Union the purpose giving
Giver of all for benefits conferred 1t fitting that this should be
things
In this hundred hrty-frst independence
neca and financial prosperity has been the the history
while realize
gushed public private
polite
citizenship The work of education
Bounfu all kinds
o of the husbandman found
Labor all departments of
lavish and
conformity with the proclamation of the President of the United
Thursday
A.
THANKSGIVING DAY,
recommend that it be observed generally throughout the
In Witness Whereof have hereuno hand
be November
housan mir
Attest: ALBERT F. MEAD,
SAM H. NICHOLS, Governor
of State.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-28

the trusst sense the result of GOd's y
bounty. We turn over the pages of
our country's history and discover that
our cherished institutions have not
come down to US through the unaided
efforts of our patriot dead, but that
they were simply instruments in God $
hands for working out the destiny of "a
new nation where character might
develop and freedom might reign.
God does not need our thanks. He
sends his rain upon the just and the
unjust. But we need to cultivate the
thankful spirit. We need to realize
our dependence upon the Allgiver, the
bOuntiful Father, the Creator and sus-
tainer of all Life. Gratitude expressed
in other words establishes u sym
pathetic relation between the recipient
and the giver. Gratitude expressed in
deeds broadens the soul life and makes
us more like our Father in Heaven who
gives us each day our daily bread.
Thanksgiving Day should retain its
place as the greatest of our national hol-
idays. because it stands for the spirit
of gratitude, and the expression of
thankfulness to God for his goodness
to the children Of men. 1t is day in
which we as a thankful people should
say with the psalmist of old:
Il will give thanks unto the Lord
With my whole heart;
] will shew forth all thy marvellous
works.
| will be glad and exult in thee:
! will sing praise to thy name,
o Thou, Most High.
REV. VIM. M. PROCTOR.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-28

fair and just and Spokane is entitled
to all she asks. 1t is not only right
in both law and ethics but the steady
and rapid growth of this city as dis
tributing center is an additional rea-
son why the railroads should have
made this concession of their own free
will in recognition of a large and in
creasing volume of business that has
been built up by virtue of it's location
and resources and through the energy
and enterprise of Spokane merchants
and business men, instead of waiting
till such time as the government may
compel such recognition.
No one knows yet how far the com
mission, even under the new law, will
feel warranted in going in the matter
of correcting determinations between
localities, but it is evident that this
fight, which is typical and of vital i'm
portance to the entire country, may
develop into one of vast proportions.
Already San Francisco has joined
forces with Portland and the Sound
cities, it having the prospect of sim
liar contest with Reno, Denver and
other southern inland cities.
In this section Walla Walla, Lewis
ton and the entire Inland Empire is
lined up on Spokane's side. Thus the
coast cities are fighting not only Spo-
kane, but the entire Inland Empire.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-28
They Oppose Spokane.

Seattle and Portland have joined
forces with the object Of opposing the
petition of Spokane jobbers, manufac-
turers and merchants for reduction in
rans-continental freight rates to this
city, says the West Trade, to be argued
before the Interstate commerce COM
mission in the near future.
Spokane is not discouraged, how
ever, by this interference on the part
of the coast cities. A special commit
tee of the chamber of commerce is
raising an immediate fund of 5000
to carry on the war, and if needed it
is believed 100000 will be forth
coming.
All Spokane asks is for rates that
will be no higher for the short haul
to this city than for the longer haul
to the coast terminals. This is only
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-28
The Spirit Of Thanksgiving.

There are two uses to which Amer
leans are most apt to put holiday.
One is to make it the occasion of a big
dinner, the other to make it the oc-
casion Of a big game, either of base
ball or football Base ball has all but
monopolized Memorial Day, while foot
ball has made Thanksgiving Day its
own. 1t is a good thing to encourage
athletic sports; it is good thing to
gather families together for an annual
big dinner, but it is also "a good thing
to give thanks unto the Lord, and in
as much as Thanksgiving Day was
originally set apart for the purpose of
acknowledging Gods Providence in
preserving the lives and providing for
the physical needs of our Pilgrim fore
fathers, it behooves us to bear in mind
the true spirit of the day in the midst
of our feasting and rejoicing.
No one would accuse an American of
being backward in speaking of the
bountiful crops in this neighborhood;
of failing to appreciate the resources,
mineral, agricultural and industrial of
his state; or of being unmindful of the
glory and past achievements of his
country's heroes. But it is the rare
thing, the exceptional thing for the
average American to pause long enough
in the incessant round of his activities
to acknowledge Gods part in his own
and the Nations destiny. 1t is not
that we are a Goddess people, but be-
cause we are careless people. We
are more interested in counting our
dollars than in counting our mercies;
more taken up with immediate political
chickering's than in meditating upon the
noble deeds of great statesmen; more
desirous seeing golden eagles material
ize out of some pet financial scheme,
than concerned to discover the golden
thread of Gods purpose as it has been
woven into the warp and woOf of our
country's history. We are practical
people and it is hard for us to stop and
think about that (which eye hath not
seen and ear hath not heard.
This is just the reason. however, why
Thanksgiving Day should be honored
and observed among us. 1t raps upon
the narrow shell of selfish interest with
which we have encased ourselves. and
bids US come forth for a day and see
what God has wrought. On that day
We behold the warehouses bulging with
wheat and realize that all this is not
simply the fruit of mans labor but in
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-28

the same whether it be between man
and man, or between man and his God.
The sensory nerves of the Gods soul
and the soul of man are alike: and as
our hearts fail to respond when they
are bruised with the club of ungrate-
fulness, in like manner does the great
heart of God. Or. as our spiritual
horizon is all aglow when men APP
preciate our efforts for them until
there arises an expression of thankful
ness, l like incense from the Altar SO
does the heart of the Almighty respond
with increased favors.
God is the ineXhaustible fountain of
every blessing; the untiring guardian
angel that keeps watch by night as
by day; that sends the rain and sun
shine; the seed time and harvest,
though we asked it not, and while He
has thus poured out numberless bless
ings we have perhaps done many things
that grieved His spirit and while we
have permitted many opportunities to
pass unheeded. He has remained the
same patient Heavenly Father of us
ALL
AS contemplate the many. many
blessings of God, and the numberless
mistakes my own life has evolved am
constrained, with Howells, to cry out:
Lord: for the erring thought
Nor into evil wrought;
Lord, for the wicked will
Betrayed and baffled still;
For the heart from itself kept,
One thanksgiving accept.
For ignorant hopes that We're
Broken to our blind prayer;
For pains, death, sorrow. sent
Unto our chastisement;
For all loss of seeming good.
Quicken our gratitude.
There is nothing so stimulating to IA
life as full recognition of received
blessings. Not in emotion only, but
expressed in words and actions. The
satisfaction of Gods heart when our
own are truly grateful is not the only
result, but, like magic, our souls are
flooded with the most satisfying JOY
and enlarged in the most artistic
manner.
The one day of all the years
That demands my heart,
The day | should hold dear
Is by the president set apart,
1t is the thanksgiving time
To remember in gratitude
Gods blessings so sublime
Given to us in plentitude.
W. II. HARRIS.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-28

J. o. GLENN, D. y.
OsteOpathic Physician.
Graduate of American School of Osteo-
pathy, Kirksville, under A. T. Still,
founder Of the School of Osteopathy.
Offices, Opp. First National Bank Bldg.
RITZVILLE WASH.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-28
Thanksgiving.

Appreciation is doorway that not
only gives out rich treasures but re-
ceives back ten-fold more than it offers
because it is trait of character that
causes other hearts to beam forth with
such flood of sunshine that the appre-
ciative heart is full of light and joy.
The life that manifests no Thankful
ness for favors received is a dungeon
without key, or being without a
soul. 1t congeals the emotions within
the arteries of the soul and stiles all
possible assistance even in time Of
actual need.
Magnanimity is paralized when no
flow of gratefulness issues from a life
that has profited through the generosity
of others. Such selfishness blocks
the channel of the philanthropic spirit,
and sets at variance the liberal soul
and unthankful heart. The result is