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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01

Southern, semi-annual, $2,967, 800,
and New York Central, quarterly,
$2,6s9,23O.
The largest amounts to be dis
tributed by industrial companies
are United States Steel, common
stock, quarterly. $2,541,512; Ana
conda, quarterly, $2,100, 900; Ameri-
can Telephone & Telegraph, quar-
terly. 1881 OPS; General Electric,
quarterly, $1,304,314, and Western
Union, quarterly. $1,216,757.
Some OF the banks and trust com.
panies have done very well. The
Fifth av. bank pays q special divi.
dend Of $50 per cent in addition to
the regular quarterly rate Of rs per
cent. The Colonial bank pays a
semi-annual dividend Of 10 per cent.
The New York Trust Co. increases
its dividend rate from 20 to so per
cent, New York Life Insurance &
Trust from 10 to AZ per cent,
Bankers Trust from 10 TO 16,
Knickerbocker from 40 to 80, Trust
Company of America from 80 to 40,
Metropolitan from 20 to "a, and
United States Mortgage & Trust
Co. from 20 to "a per cent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
MUST PAY FOR
INSPECTION

The Spokane Falls Gas Light Co.
must pay for an inspection OF it's
gas or plant, according to an agree
ment made when It was granted
It's franchise under the new Roger
H. Williams Co. Councilman Pratt
recently, in open council, called the
gas company robber and one thing
and another and now he has stated
that he will publish an ordinance
and ask the council to provide a
gas Inspector, AS pointed out in
The Press, no action by the council
to appoint an inspector is needed.
The franchise OF the Williams COM
pany distinctly says:
:; t.All governors, works of and gas
furnished by the said grantee shall.
at reasonable business hours, be
subject to inspection by the board
Of public works. or such expert as
they may appoint
said grantees shall pay all such
reasonable costs ard charges OF
such inspection when grantees are
found In default"
This ordinance passed the city
council May IL, 1904.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
Z CASES AND STILL
NO QUARANTINE

Health Onicer Grieve this morn
Ing stated that the worst center Of
smallpox in the city Is at EFT Riv-
erside av., where there is a room
ing house. During the winter 16
cases have been taken from that
place, and yesterday another. Just
why he has not caused the place
to, be quarantined altogether, the
health oflcer does not say. He did
say. however, that the proprietor
had promised to report promptly
each case as 1t appeared" Judging
by this, both the proprietor and
health officer anticipate more cases.
Perhaps they have discovered the
smallpox fountain-the source from
which the city gets its supply. Dur
ing the administration of the affairs
Of the department by DR.. Charles v.
Genoway there was much dissatis-
faction expressed at the lack Of
quarantine. 1t would appear that
the. new health ofIicer intends to
pursue the same cource.
Seventeen cases appearing in 1
lodging house ought to be excuse
enough for quarantine, II there is
any excuse on earth for sucn
measures.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01

a yard, and in a recent job on Riv-
erside av. for surfacing damaged
pavement the Barber people agreed
to do this for $1.44 yard. Adding
their work for private parties at 80
cents for the concrete, would make
a total of $3.50 a yard, which the
Division st. job should have been
done for.
Commissioners O'Brien and Roy
have already refused to sign a
recommendation that the council
pay the bill. The former went over
the bills at the request of Press
reporter and figured that it was
$646 higher than it should be and
would have been, had the proper
course been pursued in letting the
contract.
Captain John Gray, councilman
from the Second ward, when he
learned about the discrepancy, was
loud in protest against paying the
bill. He said that the provisions of
the charter should be carried out
to the letter and if he was correctly
informed, Commissioner ONO had
done wrong
1t seems strange that ONO, after
taking 1t upon himself as an in
dlvidual to let the Division st. con-
tract, should have caused bids to
be made on the Riverside repairs.
The history of the Barber Asphalt
Co. wherever 1t does business has
been l Of graft, bribery and worse.
Whether there is any graft in this
city in connection with this COM
pany's operations, remains to be
seen. ONO has always borne a
reputation for honesty, integrity
and good business judgment, but
there seems to be no possible ex-
cuse for his apparent assistance in
the attempt to rob the city Of $646
in this instance alone
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01

,niacent proportions of the July
melon this year. The payments
viii be 318,097,674 greater than
those Of last July. Some corpora
lions that never before paid divi-
dends come up smiling with profits
for their stockholders. Others that
were obliged to suspend dividends
now cheerfully renew, and many
companies announce an increase
over their regular dividend rates.
The dividends to be paid are:
Railroad. $36,750,0S9; industrial,
34f,D17,273; traction, $7,0S6.675;
bank and trust companies, $780,
900. Total, $92,553,G37. The amount
last July was $50, 753,331.
The interest payments will be as
follows: Railroadfi $71,250,000; In
drstrial, I'll, 100000; fractions, ST.
100000; government, e3,52S.SoS. To
tai, SIS, 1926, 808, as compared with
So, $780, $40 in July last year.
Among the railroads the most
notable increases in dividends have
been made by the Vanderbilt lines.
TIE largest amounts to be dis
bursed by railroads are: Chicago
& Northwestern, semi-annual. 49,
4S6.661; Lake Shore & Michigan
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
ANOTHERDEMONS TRAT|ON
OF FAKE ADVERTISING !,

talk in a way that Hunt never yee
was heard to talk. He preached 8
sermon for the benefit Of Chronicle
and Review readers on whom DR.
Karnopp might have designs, on
the folly Of all humanity In not
coming to Karnopp.
But Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt make at
fidavit that the article was false
and unauthorized and that II ex.
posed them to ridicule and con.
tempt, which Is not at all unlikely,
from the reading of the Chronicle
and Review reporters alleged In
terview.
II was no interview, as q matter
of fact, but both people were will
ing to say 1t was II the advertiser
paid for 1t.
The testimonial was Of such
character that the compliments
consider their good name villifed.
An attempt to dodge the charge
was made by Karnopp on the
ground that he was not responsible
for what his agent might have pub.
lished, but the court held differ.
ent view.
No oracle worker" advertise
ment will be found any more gen.
uine than this. one. They usually
come from people tat have no ex-
istence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
RECOMMENDS
PAY INCREASE

Commissioner O'Brien tomorrow
will submit to the city council his
recommendation as FIRE commits
sioner, that the salary increases in
that department be allowed. He
will also submit comparisons be-
tween the salaries paid firemen In
Spokane and In other cities. II the
council grants the new scale, the
chief will receive 5000, the assistant
chief and electrician $165, secretary
and captains SIPS, first year men
$S5, second year men $50 and third
year men 800. Substitutes SO a
day.
Among other figures the report
will show Is the number of volun-
tary designations, which were 20
during the past years. In each
case the fireman resigned to accept
a position paying better wages.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
ARE
COMING IN

Vk.Delegates to the B. Y. p. u. inter-
national convention, which opens in
the armory July 4, are beginning
to pour mot Spokane on every
train, and the various committees
are already head over heels in
work getting ready for the opening
Thursday.
A number Of ministers identified
with the work attended the various
services In this city yesterday.
The armory Is almost ready for
the convention and few finishing
touches Is about ill required. A
postofiice station, telephone and
other conveniences have been put
in.
From present indications the at
tendance will exceed 5000 dele
gates and laymen.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01

Mail Clerk Williams, who was
given a judgment for $4,000
against the Spokane Falls q North
ern for injuries received in a
wreck, is reported to have narrow
ly escaped from further injuy at
Los Angeles by climbing onto a
street car although he was believed
to have been permanently para
lyzed.
Williams case was made famous
by the fact that the supreme court
first affirmed a judgment for $780,
600 in his favor and then reconsid.
cred and cut the amount to $780,
600. Will G.. Graves, counsel for
Williams, roasted the court q dark
brown at the time and had to ex-
plain that he didn'. mean anything
very bad, no matter what he said
Just why the court reversed Itself
has never been explained satisfac-
torily.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
ONO IS THE WHOLE BOARD
Lets Asphalt Work at Fancy Prices Without
Advertising for Bids or Consulting
Board Of Works.

Why did Commissioner James T.
ONO, without authority from the
board of public works, make con-
tract with the Barber Asphalt Co.
to repair Division st. at a cost of
$2.75 yard, when the work should
be done for $2.33 a yard?
How does it come that the con-
tract was made without bids being
advertised, as the charter provides?
Commissioner O'Brien, through
whose hands all bids first must
pass and who as purchasing agent
for the city must sign all bills, this
morning was reticent about the Di-
vision st. job, but finally admitted
that he knew nothing about how the
contract came to be awarded. An
investigation of the records of the
board failed to reveal any contract
with the asphalt company, or any
advertising for bids.
The distance repaired on Division
st. where 1t was torn up in laying
the new water system was 1887
yards. The first bill sent in by the
barDer people was at $Zfo yard.
Evidently there was some kick
about it from some source or other,
for another bill at 1910 yard.
totaling $6,S84.90, was later SUBJ
mitted. In the letter accompany
ing this last bill, Manager w. M,
Woodward Of the company, stated
that after going over the figures he
had decided that the company
could do better than $2.75 a yard
by the city and had reduced the
price to $2.75.
Former repair jobs by this COM
pany, as well as the Independent
Asphalt Co., have been taken at
$3.50 a yard. Even that Is a great
deal higher than 1t should be.
These companies put in concrete
work for private parties at SO cents
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses
were issued today: Adam 8. Ross
more, Of Hover, and Rosanna John
ston, of Sheridan, Wyo.; Olaf Han
son and Mary Hanson, Spokane;
George Hoffman, Denver. Col. and
Harriet Humphrey. North Yakima;
Fred Bechtold and Emile Theel.
Spokane; John Fitzgerald and Mar
garet LOTUS. Rockford; Marshal A.
Stoel. Victoria. B. c.. and Mabel
Warren, Minneapolis; Herman
Porter and Addie SAKE, Wilbur.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
KICK ON PERRY ST. WORK

The example set by the city in
promising to return Contractor
Uses $4,000 forfeit on the First
ward sewer because 1t was money
furnished on speculation by q bank,
is bearing fruit.
Complaint was made this morn
ing to the board Of public works OF
the inactivity Of Contractor II. l..
Lillienthal on his Perry st. grade
Job. He has the contract to grade
the street from Fourteenth to
Eighteenth avs, but has not yet
started the work. The assessment
roll was confirmed April 8. and the
contractor was given until July 8
to complete the job.
A city ordinance requires that q
contractor pay $40 day into the
city treasury for each day his con-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
JOHN D. HAS
EvAPORATED


NEW YORK, July John d.
Rockefeller, churchman, supporter
OF colleges, great example TO the
youth Of the country, and incl
dentally head OF the Standard Oil
trust, is again engaged in his fire.
Quent pastime OF lodging the sum.
mons to come into court that the
ordinary citizen has to obey or 80
to Jail.
Ofiicers from the federal court ct
Chicago watched his residence AL
night and couldn't get . glimpse OF
the richest fugitive from justice on
earth. Rockefeller's henchmen re-
fuse to divuldge his whereabouts
and guards his premises as II he
were a baron and this the feudal
period.
This afternoon Marshal Henkel
sent word to District Attorney Sims
at Chicago that he hoped to land
John d. and also william Rookie
feller and C. III. Pratt before night
The officers are acting under the
instructions of Judge Lands, who
ordered the tSandard Oil gang
brought into his court to testify.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
REPORTERS ALLEGED INTER-
VIEWS TELLING OF GREAT
CURES NET THE WONDER
WORKER A DAMAGE SUIT OF
$4,000 FOR DELIBERATE MIS-
REPRESENTATION.

The amount Of reliance that may
be placed in the ready made testi-
monials produced by fake doctors
Is shown in the damage suit Of O..
B. Hunt and wife to recover $4,000
from H. G. Karnopp, another Of the
"healers" promoted by the Chron'
icle and Spokesman-Review at SO
much per.
These papers published a long
statement purporting to come from
Mrs. Hunt to the effect that the
drugless marvel had cured her af.
ter she had suffered 20 years.
This statement Is given In the
form Of an interview with q report.
er from the papers carrying the ad-
vertisement. That great family
journals seem to have been SO In
terested in suffering humanity that
they detailed men to interview the
rescued sufferer that came to Kar-
nopp after 20 years of woe and was
healed.
Mr.. Hunt was also interviewed
by the same reporter and made to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
QUAKE
SOMEWHERE
(scripps News Association,


CHELTENHAM, Nd, July L.
The observatory here announces an
earthquake shock beginning at STA
this morning and lasting some time.
The severest shock occurred from
$40 to S:26, the greatest motion
being from north to south. The
rocking of the earth was more dis
tinct than caused by the Kingston
shock. but not greater than San
Francisco's.
SANTIAGO, Chill, July 1.-Val-
devia dispatches announce the
Rinilahus volcano in renewed &C.
ton. 1t is now ejecting columns Of
boiling water, causing deaths of
Indian families and scores Of cat
tie. The eruption stopped the
course of the Papasuin river with
stone formed from lava. This dam
broke, flooding the surrounding
country.
Great explosions were caused by
molten stone striking the water.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
FOUR FACE DEATH

EVERETT. Wash. July Cling
ing to the bottom of an overturned
boat half mile west OF the jetty.
while choppy seas swept over them,
boys spent 2 wearisome hours
last evening until rescued by ID. r.
Doucett and mill man, who had
heard their cries.
As the rescuing boats neared
them. OF the lads gave up and
sank, but was picked up. remaining
unconscious all night. The boys
were: Harry Jones. Ralph Viii.
liams. Wilfred and Herbert Ham
mond. The former 2 only arrived
Q days ago from Minneapolis.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
NEW YORK RIOTS
(scripps News Association

(Scripps News Association.)
NEW YORK, July This city
Is the flthiest In America today.
The odor OF accumulated garbage
is unbearable. In some streets
teams cannot pass. Citizens are
trying to kill the stencil by bonfires
and powerful disinfectants. The ad-
ministration Is unable to get men
to take the place of striking street
cleaners and will not consider
terms.
Fifteen hundred men promised
by Philadelphia failed to arrived.
Police are unable 70 cope with the
situation on account ola demand
from ice companies for their pres
ence to protect Ice wagons from
striking ice drivers.
Several special ohicers were
dubbed and dragged from wagons
this morning. Barge and bridge
stablemen today Joined the strikers.
Sixty strikebreakers also quit.
The city employees are striking
for hours
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
ST0CKMAN ARRESTED

w. M. Kilgore, a stock buyer
from Iowa, is under arrest, charged
with receiving stolen property. s.
H. McCrocklin, the employment
agent, from whom a horse and
buggy was stolen few days ago,
recognized the outfit Kilgore had
as his and demanded it. Kilgore
had bought 1t and refused to recog-
nize McCrocklin's claims. The lat
ter swore out a warrant and caused
Kilgore's arrest. Kilgore put up a
bond OF 500,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
WOMEN DOCTORS ON TRAINS

LONDON, July 1.-The Great
Western Railway Co. has just
made an innovation in it's express
service. On every train from this
city to Penzance, q distance Of 800
miles, woman doctor Is to be in
attendance. She will occupy a
special compartment at 1 end Of
the train and is supposed to 60 to
the assistance OF sick passengers
at a moments notice. Other rail.
way companie in England are con.
sidering the adoption Of the same
nlqu
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
SAY slMoNs ROBBED EN-

Tom Simons was arrested today
by Patrolman Scott and charged
with grand larceny. Knut Olson
and Caspar Stran, the men who
took a stranger to bed with them
last night in room Al Pioneer lodg-
ing house and we're robbed Of $40,
accompanied the officer on his
search for the culprit. Simons was
found In shooting gallery on Main
av, near Howard st.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01

tract runs overtime. LillienthAl's
exucse is that he has too much
work on his hands.
or course he has 4 forfeit up, but
the administration has established
the precedent that such provisions
are trivial and OF NO moment In
case the contractor doesn't feel like
carrying out his agreement. The
good faith guarantee 10 all right
as far as II goes, but II doesn't 90
very far.
No written complaint has been
filed with the board IN the Perry
st. matter and consequently the
board will not take the matter W
seriously until there 10. Evidently
the board intends to conform to the
strict letter OF the law--when the
tax payers side ID concerned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
JAPS PLANNING
BOYCOTT
(scripps News Asso> -.ttion.)

(ScrippS News Asso> --ttfon.)
TOXIC, July Measures of re-
taliation, such as boycotting Ameri-
can goods, are contemplated by In
fluential political business men who
insist San Francisco demonstra-
tions are the outcome Of racial
hatred. According to Japanese con-
tention the latest discrimination in
San Francisco ia fragrant viola
ton of treaty rights.
Newspapers here having CORE
spondents at San Francisco have
ceased to hear from them, and the
impression prevails that the people
of San Francisco are influencing
the correspondents not to serve
their papers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
TELLS THE STORY OF
P|NKERTON'S PERF|DY

BOISE. July 1.-When court re-
convened today for the hfty-hrst
day of the Haywood trial, Morris
Friedman, formerly stenographer
for the Denver Pinkerton agency,
was recalled and a fight to get into
the evidence records he copied
while there began. The COM
potency OF these documents is Sc
nously questioned by the prosecu-
ton.
Arguments were length and tech
meal.
Judge Wood admitted the re-
ports of Friedman. Much OF it 10
rehash Of previous testimony. and
all reports showed that Pinkertons
absolutely controlled the situation
In every union. When the luncheon
recess was called barrow was still
reading from the reports.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
". W. p. 70 CHANGE
Street CAR SYSTEM

The Washington Water Power
Co. contemplates making q COM
plete change in its system. Almost
every line will be affected. HILL
yard cars will be not only run to
the corner of Howard st. and Riv-
erside av., as now, but will be con-
tinued through the city to some
terminal and back. The Aston
Pacific av. line will also be
changed. Liberty park-Boone av.,
Broadway-Second av cars will also
be run differently. Since the new
curves and crossings we're installed
at the busy corner Of Riverside av.
and Howard st., the company win
be enabled to make many much de-
sired alterations.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
EM6AtMERS SAVE LIVE MAN
FROM THE GRAVE

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 1.-Only
for the fact that embalmers were
called In to prepare his corpse for
burial. James Frasher, a resident Of
Madison county, would in all prob.
ability have been buried alive.
Frasher. who for years has been a
hopeless paralytic. was pronounced
dead by his physician and his death
certificate was being made out
when the embalmers suddenly an
nounced that the corpse which they
were called in to prepare for ship
ment home was no corpse at all,
but a live man. 1t is said that
Frasher is likely to live for some
time to come.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
SALARY GRAB SCHEME

OLYMPIA, July 1.-Governor
Mead has reappointed ]. H.. Davis,
H. T. Jones and Mat Piles members
of the state board of control. This
action is a makeshift engineered
to enable the present hoard to draw
increased salary which is prohibited
by the state constitution to officers
serving at the time the legislature
granted the increase.
State Treasurer Clausen is hold
ing out against the salary grab,
and Davis will begin a mandamus
suit today to make him pay the
bigger salary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
DEMAND STRIKE
tScripps News Association

tScrlppS news AeSociatlon.D
CHICAGO, July 1.-Of1cials of
the telegraphers' union believe a
crisis will be reached today. Many
operators do not expect to win by
the present tactics and all seem
anxious for a strike here, claiming
the Gripping Of big center like
Chicago will make them victorious.
SAN FRANCISCO, July with
a force of 80 men which now 1t
claims to have at work, the West
ern Union declares today it Is
handling business in better shape
than at any time since the opera
tors went on strike. It is also
claimed by the company that 2
strikers returned to work Sunday.
Several San Francisco branch Of
fees were re-opened today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
JUDGES ON VACATION

For the next months there will
be only l superior court Judge on
duty at l time. 1t is vacation time
for the judiciary and they viii fish.
plant gardens and do other things
to relieve their minds OF the
weighty problems with which they
have been beset for the past few
months. Judge William Huneke Is
ON duty today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?

In Abilene, Kas., and Phoenix,
Ariz., the maximum temperature for
the past "a hours was 10; San An.
tonic, Tex, 104; FL PasO, 100; Los
Angeles and ct. Louis, 90. And
they will all probably get hotter
dose In the next "a hours.
Spokane's highest mark was the
comfortable, civilized and alto
gether lovely record of 78.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
MINERS AGREE 70
NEW FEDERATION


DENVER. July both the
Miners federation and Industrial
Workers will meet In Chicago Oct.
] to form a new Industrial union
along lines indicated in the new
preamble to the miners constitur
ton, adopted this morning. which
says:
I'VE hold = class struggle exists
In society. caused by unfair eco
nomic conditions. ana declare such
a struggle win exist until the Ia
borer receives his share Of the
wealth he produces"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-01
TO FIND OUT WHO
IS FRISCO MAYOR
fscripps News Association

(Scripps News Associatfon.l
SAN FRANCISCO, July LANG
don will take the matter of the
legal status OF Acting Mayor
Gallagher to the superior court this
week to determine his exact stand
ing. The end of the fiscal years
leaves many unpaid bills and de-
mands that the situation be cleared.