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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-02
LINER, TO BE FASTEST
STEAMER IN WORLD, SOON
TO START ON MAIDEN TRIP
FOR NEW YORk-TWENTY-
SIX KNOTS AN HOUR AND
MOST GORGEOUS APART.
MENTS. l,,. g,

LIVERPOOL. Sept. 22--The giant
turbine Lusitania, Of the Cunard
fine, has just completed her trials,
and early In September she will
start on her first voyage to New
York to win back for Great Britain
the blue ribbon of the Atlantic She
will be tho frst 5-day boat.
twenty-five and half knots an
hour was her test trial record un.
der full steam, and in weather not
entirely suited to racing. With
ideal wind and water, her quad
ripple screws will be able to push
her alapg at 20.knot pace. This
doesn't ssnean SO much until the
Lusitanias h1gasAbulk has beSn
fpaAzefs she ds as long as the
.kuditors0n hotel and Annex at
Chicago. and she Would line up with
a. blocks In the business section Of
New York. " > q
In Ker engines IL the power OF
$4,000 horses. There are pomen-
ade decks. the top one covering
IN acres, and 81 times around is
a mile. There are 20 miles OF
framing and beams and 100000
rivets in the ship. s. I
But even this gives no adequate
idea Of the size Of the vessel. It
is in the huge drawing room or
the dining room that the proper.
tiOns of the Lusitania are ade-
Quately realized. There are no
long tables in the dining room
The whole space Is filled with
small tables that can accommodate
800 persons. That number OF
diners would crowd the largest
restaurant In America.
A ball room the size of the Lus-
itania drawing room would be a
feature of kings palace.
The cabins on the boat are az.
most as large as hotel bedrooms.
The rooms have telephones in
them. and when the vessel arrives
In New York there will be cOnnec-
ton with all the land wires.
Brass bedsteads, silk tapestry
lined walls and silk curtains are
common. Two regal suites are the
pride. They could not
be bettered by q spendthrift mil.
lionaire on land. Each contains 2
bed rooms. a dining room, a draw
Ing room and bath. The dining
room is paneled with fine Italian
walnut. enriched with carved orna.
ments and holdings OF FURNISHED
gold. The buffet writing table, din
ing table and revolving chairs are
also in italian walnut and gold. The
chimney piece is a particularly fine
specimen OF Fleur-de.Pecher mar
BILE. with marble hearth to match.
and log fire. The paneled ceiling
In white and gold, the green silk
portiere. and carpet, com.
plete a very artistic portion Of the
suite. A sliding glass screen sepa.
rates this room from the drawing
room, which is paneled in white
with carved gilt moldings enriched
with beautifully painted panels of
flowers. ~ go. -
On the promenade deck there Ia
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-02

series Of en- suite rooms, FUR
nished by different firms who were
given carte blanche, each decorator
trying to outrival the others. The
result Is a set of rooms of such
magnificence that probably no hotel
in the world could afford to sup.
port.
Electric lights are scattered ev.
erywhere, and there are so CLOCKS,
all electrically regulated from the
bridge chronometer.
The second class accommodation
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-02
CITY LEAGUE

AZ Mallory, the new pitcher for the
kCubs. shut out the Union Iron
Works at Natatorium park yester-
kAay. The final score was Cubs 4,
NJ. I. w. 0.
y The second game on these
grounds was won by the Fairbanks
Morse team that defeated Varney
|Wfg. Co., 2 to 1.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-02
SWALLOWS 1ATfuN sfH! lone

CHICAGO. Sent. 2.z-s&artled by
the sharp ripg9f OF tst9n0Ge
bel near the mlsfor befdEs which
she was dfes$ane Cor an al hpbite
ride. Mrs. 90. Ferris of 0esbsit
swallowed a inatpin 5 itchss lone
in Der room al the Auditorium An
mex Su9aaW AisAN :rof Il hours
her has 6spd apd fksass feayed an
,s ssss'i s9e rs Il ~ 8
.rss ..sSs d IT, aQ
tdeodeb<the ssIS So SSqpk y
's e IS sN|Il !! !. I
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07
WHAT MONEY is.

Bait for the matrimonial hook.
The most effective substitute for
brains.
Money is the most difficult root to
cultivate.
That which women look for while
men sleep.
Money is the loudest sound In the
voice of life.
the rich don't need and the
poor don't get.
a curse to some that have 1t and a
curse to all that haven't.
A proyider for everything but happi.
ness, passport to everywhere but
heaven.
The one thing that makes crooked
things look straight and straight things
crooked.
That which speaks language we
can ali understand. but In which SO
few are able to converse.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07
New York Money Market

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Money on
call easy 1-2 n per cent; ruling
rate ga, closing bid 2; offered nj
. IL. Time loans dull and steady
sixty days and 90 days s Ia; six
months IA 1.2.
Close: Prime mercantile paper s
3D. G Ia per cent. Sterling ex-
change weak. with actual business in
bankers bills at 1880 484.55 for
demand, and Mt 4SO.50 4S0.55 for
sixty day bills. Posted rates $50 1-2
a 1855 1-2. Commercial bills 4S4 Ia
Bar silver GS H. Mexican dollars
90. Government bonds steady. Rail.
road londs steady.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07
The The Buying Demad lspssd Into a
State Of Practical Paralysis At.
ter The Opening.
BEARS we're AFRAID OF THE LIST
There Seems to be No Solution for
the Queer Movement of Prices
There Was a Slight Evidence OF
Investment orders-Total Sales
and Closing Quotations.
tBy Associated pressl.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-There was
only moderate extension today OF
the rally in stocks which occurred
Yesterday and the movement of prices
then became extremely uncertain and
sluggish. Dealings shrank to little
more than nominal proportions and
the marekt seemed to be without any
definite incentive in either direction.
The. buying demand lapsed into a
state OF practical paralysis after the
small gains of the early part of the
day. In spite of this lack of sustain.
ing power in the recovery and the be.
= lief In the existence of an organized
bear party in the speculation on the
alert to take advantage of favorable
operations to force renewal of the
fall of prices. the bears held warily
aioof and made no aggressive demon.
stration against values There was
little in the days news to throw light
on the movement of prices. Pennsyl-
yania was prominent in the recovery
on account Of q brief settling of the
laboFS~outlook in the matter of dis
( pute with the trainmen. The re-
, sumption Of the reports of transac-
tons in "odd lots" ON the tape re-
.Healed a shrinking of orders for
stocks in small parcels, which is sup
! posed to indicate the presence of in
Hestment orders on the market. But
this buying was not OF material eff
feet In holding prices. The existence
sof weak spots in the market was re.
called from time to time and this
Ehelped to keep sentiment unsettled.
There was further selling OF Great
Northern preferred from the same
ISOurces as yesterday and this was
supposed to be the closing of spec
inlatiye account or accounts in the
stock, which were crippled by the
kong decline in the stock since the
announcement of various reports to
stockholders.
seKcute weakness was also developed
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07
CHARGED HIGHER RATE
Number Of Cotton Mills Claim That
They are Disseminated Against.
New WORKERS CAN SHIP CHEAPER
South Carolina and Georgia Concerns
Enter a Formal Protest With tho
Interstate Commerce Commission
Steamship Companies Involved.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON. Feb. G-Complaint
has been filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission by the EN-.
tcrprise, Sibtrian. Granitevillc Com.
panies, and the Monroe cotton mills
and the Riverside mills of Georgia
and South Carolina engaged in the
manufacture and sale of cotton,
against large number OF Southern,
Western and Trnnscontinentnl rail-
roads, alleging that they charge for
Tie shipment of cotton goods and
cotton waste from points in Georgia
and South Carolina to Pacific coast
terminals n greater amount than for
similhr shipments over longer dis
lance from New York and Now Eng
land points.
The Enterprise, Monroe and Gran.
iteville companies, which also are en-
gagged in shipping cotton goods to
China and Japan, In another COM
plant aaginst the same railroads aud
against the Great Northern and the
Occidental and Oriental steamship
companies allege that in the ship
ment Of such from Georgia and South
Carolina points to Pacific coast ter
minals Il greater charge Is made than
from Maine. New Hampshire and
Massachusetts, points n much longer
distance.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07

Physicians and others desiring an
excellent article are respectively no.
quested to give this whiakey a trial
on my guarantee. Mellowsd by age.
8. r. coFER. sole Agent.
34th Street, near WsHhinRton Avenue.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07
CONSCIENCE MONEY.
What the Old Time Publishers Pnid
From Sense of Justice.

What the Old Time Publishers Pnid
From n Sense of Justice.
Some interesting details have beea
given out lately rs to the sums volun.
tariiy paid TO British novclsts by
T American publishers before the days of
International copyright. Any American
firm could reprint ut once whatever Is.
sued from the English presses. but
some publishers arranged with British
authors for advance sheets of forth.
coming works. thus enabling them to
get the start OF 'pratical" firms which
paid the author nothing. 1t Is interest.
ing to observe the occasional disparity
between the merit of the book aud the
price paid. The whole thing was In
the nature of Ii leap In the dark Often
the sum given by the American pub,
Usher was really more thnn the Amer.
lean rights would probably have been
worth had 1t been possibl" TO secure
them by copyright Thus Anthony
Trollopc got $500 for "Sir Harry Hot.
spur" one of his poorest novels; George
Eliot $500 for Daniel Derondu" and
Charles Rcade $4,000 for "a Woman
Halter" No publisher today would
pay any such sums for these books II
he We're permitted to read them before
buying.
On the other hand, by way OF com
parisOn. the very best books brought
their authors only tri1ing returns from
America. Charles Reade received only
$3.50 for Put Yourself In His Place."
$1,000 for Hard Cash." these being
two Of his finest novels, and $1,000 for
Love Me Little, Love Me Long"
Thackcray got only $3.50 for "rhe New
comes" and $500 for Henry Esmond."
Trollope obtained from the Hnrpers
S125 for "The Bertrnms," $3.50 for
"Castlc Richmond" $500 for "Phineas
Finn" $3.50 for THE Eustncc Dia.
monds," "Orley Farm" Lady Anna"
and "Ralph the Heir" The $500 for
his "Cicero" Is fully as much rs any
American publisher would give today
for the copyright of such book
George eliot received only 500 for
"Adam Bede' and $500 for "Sllns Mar
ncr." "The Mill on the Floss" brought
her $1,000.
Wllkle Collins and Dickens were the
most popular authors OF the precopy.
right period, and they Jared best of all
at the hands of their authorized Amer.
icnn publishers. The former drew from
this country 81 800 for 1.-THE Woman In
White" S3,T50 each for "The Moon
stone" and "Man and Wife" and $4,000
for "Poor Miss Finch" To Dickens
the Harpers paid $3.50 for Little
Dorrit," $500 for "Bleak House,
$1,000 each for "Our Mutual Friend
and "a Tale of Two Cities and $500
for Great Expectations" this last rep.
resenting the high water mark of such
voluntary payments.-Bookman
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SCHEDULE TO ALL POINTS
SOUTH AND WELT.
N. B.-Followins asurea pusERhsA
only 40 information, ara nra nee
guaranteed.
TraIns From Norfolk.

$500 a. m. Daily. Local for Suffolk,
Franklin. Emroria, glafkvillo, Dan.
vile. Cxtor,., Durham and intsrmes
diate stations. Close connections a
Danville with fast i-roush SraiRn u
all points South and West.
1880 p. 10. Daily. Fast express trails
for all points Bouth and West, enr.
ryinR through Pullman ulesriAa car
to Asheville.
Trains From Richmond. b
1900 a. m. Daily. Local for Ckerlosss.
Chase City. Clarksville. y"
11:15 n. M. Daily Limited Buffet
Pur nan to Atlnnt and BirmipR.
ham, New Orleans, Memphis. Chat
tanooga and all the 8outh. ThrouEA
coach for Chase City, Oxford. Dur.
ham and Raleigh.
$500 p. m. Except s1nday. EsysviNa
11:So p. m. Daily. Limited. PullmRn
ready, $3.50 p. m, for all the South.
York River Line.
A:S0 p. m.--Except Sunday. No. ae.-s
Baltimore Limited.
ISIS p, m.-Except Sunday. No. TO-
Local to West Point.
4:45 q. m.-Bxcept Sunday. Ne. IA.
Lo~al to West Point.
G. II. ACKDRT, yice.presidcua
and Genl. Mgr, 8, II. HARDWICF,
p. I. M, w. II. TAYLOR. q. .
p. A., Washington, D. @.
STANTON CURTIS. p. a..
Norfolk. Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07

in Missouri Pacific owing to rumors
In circulation of coming appeal for
additional capital This decided re.
action In prices and the last prices OF
the day were generally slightly lower
than last night. Bonds were steady.
Total sales, par value $1,754.O0O
Bonds unchanged on call. Total
sales 600,700 shares; Copper, 33,40O:
Sugar 1,400; Tobacco. 300: Atlantic
Coast Line, 1900 st. Paul, 23,4OO;
Missouri Pacific 20.1O0: Pennsylvania
32,1o0; Reading 141. 400; Union Pacific
74.700: Southern, 2,700 Southern pfd.
100; United States Steel. 45.4O0; Vir,
ginia-Carolina Chemical 400.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07
Baltimore Produce Market.

BALTIMORE. MD, Feb. G.-Flour
quiet and unchanged
Wheat-strong; spot so 3-S 1.2;
southern white corn 40 IA.
Oats-firmer: No. 2 white A 1.2 n
As; No. white 43 1.2 A; Moe
mixed AZ 1-2 n 43. H
Rye-dull; No. western domestic
II asked; Is cent asked choice.
Eggs-firm and higher; % cents.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07

The new and powerful Iron Palace
steamers. Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk VIII leave daily a. fol.
loHHn
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES.
Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Co.

The new and powerful Iron Palace
steamers. Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk VIII leave daily a. fol.
lousa
NoRTHBoUNp.
Leave Portsmouth,, foot OF
North street ......... $500 D m
Leave Norfolk. foot Of Wa
ter street ............ 500 - IN
Leave Old Point Comfort. 1900 p m
Arrive In Washington -. 1890 q m
Arrive In Philadelphia.
Penn. r. R. ."'1o:6o q IN
Arrive in Philadelphia, B.
Il o. II. r .........s.. sell: 10 N
Arrive in New York, Pom.
r. n. ......,........ s1:lo q m
Arrive in New York, b n
O. r. r. ............ ss:es , m
oouTHBouNp.
Lv. New York. Penn. II, r. .sl2:oa D m
Ly. New York, b. q o. r. II. 1900 p IN
Lv. philadelphia. Penn.R.R 2:S6 p M
LV. Phila., B. q o. r. r.. z:08 p m
Ar. Washington. Penn. II. r. 6.10 p IN
Ar. Wash, B. a. O. r. R.. seq: 90 p m
LIZ. Washington ...,....... $3.50 p m
Ar. Old Point Comfort 80. 1890 q m
Ar. Norfolk ............... $500 a m
Ar. Portsmouth ........... $3.50 q m
eDst]y. "aDaily except Sunday.
The trip down the historic Potomac
River and Chesapeake Bay on the ele.
CANT steamers of this company Ia un.
surpassed. The steamers are compar.
atively now, having been built in 1891.
and arc fitted up In the moat luxuriant
manner. with electric lights. call
bells and steam heat In each room.
Tho tables ara supplied with every
delicacy OF the season from the mar.
kets CT Washington and Norfolk. For
ticketa, reservation OF staterooms,
and further information, apply to d. j.
CALLAHAN. Agent. Norfolk. Va. -
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-07
Norfolk Ferry Schedule

Pine Beach Route. Steamer Endeavor
Leaves Ivy avenue pier for Pine
Beach or Norfolk %6:45. 's7;30, 500,
1880 n. m. IL M; 1870. $500, 1880,
600, 1880 and 900 p. m.
Leave Norfolk. 1880, 300, 1890 q!
m, and 1900 m, 1880. 300. 1870.
600, 1880 and 900 p. m.
*Daily except Sunday. ''Sunday
only.
Schedule subject to change without
notice.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-01-31
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 100
The Railroad Commissioner Bill.

Mr.. Greasy bill creating Board
OF Railroad Commissioners will en-
counter good many snags during
its progress through the Legislature
the most formidable Of which, pro-
badly, bei1g the fact that he is
Democrat. Both parties are practi
cally pledged to such legislation
and there ought to be no partisan
politics either in the measure or its
consideration. But the Republi-
cans are exceedingly sensitive on
the point of precedence and imagine
that all the prestige of the reform
could not come to them if bill
ltroduced by a Democrat should
l. c,me law. They pu. rather
ant estimate upon the intelligence
the people and think the average
Ian can be fooled by trifles. They
will probably insist on substituting
another bill for that of Mr.. Greasy.
There is some question as to the
constitulionality Of the proposed
legislation, moreover, which may
be difficult to overcome. The fun
damental law vests in the Internal
Affairs the regulation OF railroads
aad those who are opposed to regu-
lation will probably insist that the
authority lodged in the Board OF
Railroad Commissioners by the
Greasy bill is already located by
the constitution in the Secretary OF
Internal Affairs. That contention
will be impaired in force to some
extent by the fact that Governor
Stuart has recommended legislation
along those lines and that his At
torney General, said to be an ex.
pert in constitutional law, has ad-
vised him on the subject. But it
will be used against the bill, never
theless, most assiduously.
In any event, however, the value
of such legislation if enacted and
enforced would be worth the ex.
pertinent. There is pressing and
iuSiStent cause Tor compelling the
railroads to show some measure OF
respect for the organic law of the
State and if the Secretary of Inter
nal Affairs has the authority and
fails to exercise it, there ought to
be a compelling force or the remov,
al of the authority. There is a pos.
sibility, of course, that enabling
legislation is necessary to put tha,
provision of the constitution into
operation as there is to make the
seventeenth article OF that instru.
ment effective. In that event the
plain duty of the Legislature is tc
enact such legislation and that i.
practically all Mr.. Creasy and the
Democrats want.-Bellet0nte Wateh
man.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-01-31
Whipping Post for Boys.

Judge Endlich, of Berks county
believes II the whipping post for
boys convicted Of petty larceny.
Six boys were recently brought be-
fore the judge who had pleaded
guilty to larceny Of copper sheet
ings, which they had sold to Junk
dealers. Sentence was suspended
pending an investigation into the
boys careers. His Honor expressed
the view that the whipping post
might with propriety be instituted
for this class of offenders. Before
msny years, i'll my opinion, the
legislature will be asked with some
degree Of propriety to establish a
whipping post for boys who CON-
NIT crimes of this character. Con-
viction does not seem to lessen the
number of offenders. Perhaps fear
of the whipping post might have a
better effect"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-01-31
May Abolish February Election.
Reform Elements May Advocate Constitution
al Amendment.

Republican and reform ar'y
leaders favor the abolition of the
February election at Philadelphia
A bill to provide an amendment to
the Constitution with a view to do
ing away with municipal elections
in February will be introduced in
the Legislature this eek. Such a
measure has had the approval of
the political leaders since the enac-
tion of the personal registration and
uniform primary acts These laws
have made the political parties ac-
tive practically all the year, and
have placed an additional burden
upon the state for conducting elect
ions which would be saved by hold
ing all elections in November. The
bill provides for holding the state
elections in the odd years and the
city and county elections in the
even years in November. Under
the new actsthere must be an extra
registration day before the winter
election as we'll as primary cleo
ton. In addition to this, the as
SCISSORS must make an assessment
tor this Specific election. 1t is es-
timated that the cost of the Febru-
airy election, including the printing
of ballots, the pay Of assessors, re-
gistrars and election officers, is
$3.50, 900 in that city alone, while
the state is forced to pay nearly
$500, 900 for the election.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-01-31
Curious Fire Alarm,

An improved and very sensitive fire
alarm has been brought out by a
Danish inventor. 1t only acts when q
sudden wave Of heat is generated. A
tuhe four inches high is filled with
mercury. the upper parts containing
suiphuric ether. and both ends being
closed. One side of the tube is COW
cred with a non-conducting material.
An even and gradual rise of tempera-
ture warns the entire apparatus, but
a sudden heat. as in fire. vaporizes
the ether under the unprotected glass,
forcing down the mercury. and rig
ing an electric bell by the closing OF
a local contact.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-01-31
The Days of Elwen.

The Milton Standard says: The
evening sessions of the Columbia
county court have recalled in ths
minds OF many Bloomsburgers the
days when Judge Elwell was or
the bench. Any feature in the
conduct of a court that would liken
it to Judge ElwellPs court would be
all tight. No higher compliment,
could be paid Judge Evans than to
compare his administration with
that of the dead julist.