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an issue would be availed of in the
crop-moving season and would af.
ford the bank immunity from the
fear that currency supply is limited
by artificial means.
If We had had a central bank
there would not have been any cur
rency famine, because the existing
banks would have obtained all the
currency they needed in notes OF
the central bank by rediscOunting
their paper there. On the other
hand, the power of additional note
issues in the existing national
banks would have served much the
same purpose of meeting the pres.
sure for currency.
In both cases the fact that the
bank could issue it's notes to meet
currency demands would have en-
abled it to husband it's gold and
other legal tender money and
thereby have prevented the impair
ment of legal tender reserves,
which is one of the most disturbing
features of panic.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30

their examinations, their little fail
ures and punishments at home or
school.
In order to realize the deadly eff
fects of worry We must remember
that all the various activities of the
body, breathing, digestion, blood
circulation, elimination of waste
and SO on-that all these are I'M
der the immediate control of the
nervous system; and that the nerv-
GUS system in turn is governed by
the mind.
Now worry is a kind of intellect
ual pandemonium-a state of men
tai confusion, indecision and dis
tress. Such a condition of mind
throws the nerves out of order and
thus deranges the functions which
these nerves control.
Let us trace this in single case.
Just as you are finishing dinner you
receive a telegram. You open it.
You read: Father badly hurt.
Come home Immediately"
Your mind is at once in a state
of great distress. You plan jour
ney and so on. All the functions
of the body are disturbed. The
gastric Juice, several quarts of
which were flowing into the stom-
ach, is at once stopped. The meal,
therefore, cannot be digested, and
the whole mass breaks down and
putrifies. In the course of this
putrefaction certain poisons are
formed, some of which are exceed
ingly deadly. These poisons are alb
sorbed from the stomach into the
blood, and are carried by the blood
to every part of the system. They
produce a wide range of symptoms
varying all the wa from simple
headache or dizziness to sudden
death from what is popularity call
ed heart failure"
This rs the effect upon only one
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
BRIEF CITY NEWS

E. r. Ennis, of Spokane, was
elected president of the State Bolo
club, organized by the Spanish war
veterans at Seattle yesterday. The
headquarters will be established in
Spokane.
The through Soo-Spokane train
between this city and Minneapolis
will be temporarily discontinued
after Jan. 1. Connection with the
Canadian Pacific will be made by
a local train run to Lethbridge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30

ingalls, was in sympathy with the
miners. Events seem to have
proved that the sheriff, in spite of
the very small force at his COM
mand, was perfectly able to handle
the situation
Almost every member of the
mine owners association says
that all Nthe owners have been
marked for death"
But not single mine owner
has ever been assaulted by a
miner in the history of Goldfield.
All the mine owners go heavily
armed, forgetting, evidently, that If
there were a real plot against them
they could easily be picked off with
rife in spite of their personal
adornment of artillery.
The bravado of some of the
owners is ludicrous. They pretend
to be constantly on the watch for
asSassins.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
SCENIC ROAD
AROUND RAINIER

NORTH YAKIMA, Dec. 30.-An
electric road to run entirely around
Mt. Rainier is proposed by Seattle
capitalists, according to Architect
K. Allenbaugh, who is here with a
view to picking a route.
St is proposed to construct the
road from a point near Buckley to
Cowlitz pass, a distance of sc
miles. 1t will run between the sum.
NIT of the Cascades range on the
west and the mountain.
Timber, mineral and scenery are
to make it popular and profitable
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
BY CHAS. A. CONANT.
Written for The Pres,

Especially. Written for The Press.
In my opinion important changes
are required in the existing cur
rency system to put it upon a sound
basis. The two proposals which
are entitled to serious considera-
tion are the creation of a central
bank of issue and the grant of
authority to existing national banks
to issue additional circulating
notes based upon their general
credit, the latter sometimes called
asset currency"
A central national bank has been
found essential to the regulation of
the money market in other adj
vanced commercial countries. With
in about a generation local bank
issues have been largely suppressed
ed by those of a central bank, in
Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden and
Switzerland. The action of Italy
and Sweden has been very recent
and the National Bank of Switzer-
land has just begun its operations.
The advantage of a central bank
lies in the fact that it represents a
cohesive, permanent force, able to
act upon the money market by rails
ing or lowering the rate of discount
and by importing gold in a manner
which is not likely to be done eff
ficiently and in sufficient season to
avert trouble by isolated individual
banks
If central bank is not obtain
able under existing political condi-
lions, the next best thing is to give
the power of note issue to existing
national banks without requiring
them to deposit United States
bonds as security. This is the prin-
ciple of the Fowler bill. Note is
sues should be based upon CONNER
cial paper whose volume is deter
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
BY w. r. c. LATSON, M. D.

Worry is the epidemic of the day
an epidemic more widespread and
deadly than any pestilence that has
ever afflicted this long suffering
world.
Everybody worries nowadays
The man worries about mis- bust
ness, his family relations, and SO
on. The woman worries about her
household, her children, her clothes.
Worst Of all, even little children do
not escape worry-their lessons,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
WORRY is THE DEADL EPIDEMIC OF TODA Y

organ. The influence of worry upon
the heart, lungs, liver and other or
gans is, however, just as direct and
as disastrous.
Worry Is a durable disease; but
he would would cure it must cure
himself. He must work out his
own salvation.
First of all he must realize that
worry is never of the slightest use
but that, on the other hand, by pre-
venting clear thinking, worry
makes matters worse.
So-stop worrying. Think, plan
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new TRACTION ENGINE
/ WILL HELP FARMERS

PROSSER, Dec. 30.-Charlie
Richie, of Prosser, one of the
largest wheat growers in Horse
Heaven, has just received a mod
ern gasoline traction engine from
Iowa, to use on his farm. 1t will
do the work of "a horses, pulling
three four-disc plows, and turn over
25 acres of sod in 10 hours. If
success, it will revolutionize farm
ing in the Horse Heaven wheat
country. w
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MAN STARVED TO DEATH

BELLlNGHAM, Dec. 30.-W. j.
Johnson, formerly of this city, is
dead of starvation. He was found
a few days ago in his lonely cabin
in the Bellacoola valley, 300 miles
north of Vancouver, nearly dead for
lack Of food, and after being
brought to Vancouver by the res
cuers he lived only a short time.
For six days oJhnson lay in his
cabin, far from the habitation of
man, without food, drink or fire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
BILL SEEKS OLD WIFE

DENVER, Dec. 30.-William F.
Cody buffalo BID will become
reconciled with his wife within q
few days, according to statement
made by J. l.. Sabin, a friend OF
Buffalo Bill. Sabin says the IA
nous Snowman will be in North
Platte, Neb., where his divorced
wife lives, this week.
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MONEY EXPERT FAVORS CENTRAL
BANK AND ISSUING ASSETCURRENCY

mined by the ebb and flow OF bust
ness.
Any question of the security Of
such issues in the case Of an indi-
vidual bank is fully met by setting
aside the taxes on circulation as a
guarantee fund to be such part of
the notes of failed bank as is not
fully covered by the assets. Such
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
LUMBER TRUST sUsTs

BELLINGHAM, Dec. 30.-The
Bellingham lumber trust, after the
first of the year, will be thing of
the past. One Of the largest mill
companies in the city has refused
to renew the agreement whereby
it's existence was made possible.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
UNION MoLDERs WALK OUT

In order to make test case OF
the new open shop order given out
by the iron and steel men of Port.
land, H. w. Corbett, president OF
the Willamette Iron & Steel Co.,
employed two nonunion molders.
The five union molders in the
works Immediately walked out.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
CHIEF JUSTICE CASSIDY DEAD

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 30-Chief
Justice John B. Cassidy, of the Wis
consin supreme court, died this
morning at his home. He under
went an operation three weeks ago
and suffered relapse Saturday. He
was the author of several legal
books OF note.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
STATE EXPENDITURES

OLYMPIA, Dc. 30-Since April
l, 1907, the state board Of control
has directed the expenditure of
1856, 308.47 of the money appro-
priated by the last legislature. This
amount includes all amounts that
of course, does not include Deem
Der bills, which will be paid about
the 10th of next month.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30

Chas. A. Conant is. one Of the
highest authorities on finance in
the country. He is banker and
author of The Principles of Money
and Banking" He was chosen by
the government in 1901 to recon
struct the money system of the
Philippines, and the dollar of the
islands is known as the Conant
dollar.
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thusiastic over the Nplay itselg,
which Is the work Of Jas. Fagin.
Very positively she declared that
~ must have some other name.
Scores OF titles were suggested,
but none suited the fastidious
Julia. Finally someone suggested
S"Gloria," and sne almost went for
10Y. So GLORIA" II will be.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
ASSASSIN CROP
A FAILURE

GOLDFIELD, Dec. 3u.-Because
the mine owners told Gov. Sparks
that Sheriff ingalls, couldn't
handle the situation" the federal
troops were sent to GOldfield.
There were also insinuations that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-30
Rejected By Julia

Julia Marlowe is to open with a
new play in New Haven, which was
originally labeled The Joke" Miss
Marlowe almost tainted when she
saw the title, although she was en-,
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of that amount. He wants it made
clear that there is no connection be-
tween this concern and the Plasman
Co. Of England, which pays him reg
ularly per cent on $4,000 stock.
let it be known, too, that his
hairpin works are prospecting.
Twain Is vice president and gen.
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erdl manager OF a spiral PIN COLI
pany that yields profit to it's stock.
holders while it ministers to the
needs of womankind.
Miner, scrapbook inventor, pub
Usher, milk products manufacturer
hairpin maker. Versatile Mari,
Twain.
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The Press, rs cents per month.
The National tribune., 1907-05-02

Captain in the 18TH Ohio, gives this de-
scription Of Tygart's Valley, in which
the main part of McClellan's army as
sembled:
1.-The Tygart's is indeed a beautiful
valley. nesting under the shelter Of the
Alleghenies, and hemmed in by crested
mountains covered with rich forests Of
oak, chestnut, pine. beech ard a score
Of other varieties, fringing its borders
and softening the harsh aspect Of the
rugged mountains. It Is 80 miles in
length, and varying in width according
to the caprice of the hidden forces that
lifted the crags and cliffs to mark its
natural boundary. On the very summit
of the highest of the Cheat Mountain
range bubbles forth the fountain spring,
which, gathering strength and volume
from the multitude of sparkling brooks
along its tortuous course, forms the Ty-
CARTS Valley River, one Of the feeders
of the Monongahela. Almost from its
source to the point where 1t pours forth
its refreshing waters to gladden. the
valley it has a fall Of 400 feet to the
mile. The rapid descent, thru piles of
broken rock and under cliffs, gives it
the aspect of a continuous cataract,
c!ouded with forest shade, and almost
bridged with moses, ferns and Ichen,
luxurious in their growth, because of
the continuous spray. From the noun
tain the river takes its sinuous course
thru beautiful farms, and for nearly 100
miles is clear and cold"
The National tribune., 1907-05-02
WAR DRUMS AND FLIES.
Musical Instruments With Histories
Wanted by Memorial University.

Editor National Tribune: Memorial
University wants instruments. every one
of which must have history, with
which to equip a fife and drum corps.
The University authorities are planning
to organize a drum corps composed of
students of that institution, sons and
daughters or descendants of veterans of
the civil war. to play the stirring music
to which their fathers slept to the
front, on the very Instruments used in
that service.
Stored away where moth and rust are
rapidly corrupting, these precious relics
will soon be forever lost, but many of
them may be carefully preserved and
at the same time may be put in COM
mission again and assist in teaching pa
| triotism to the coming generations. AS
soon as q sufficient number of these in
struments can be secured the history of
each drum and fife will be engraved on
| metal plate and attached to the drum
or kept with the bugles and flies, and
the instruments used in parades at State
and National Encampments. An eff
cient instructor will be secured by the
| school to teach the girls and boys to
| play the thrilling music which called
| the fathers to action and nerved them
| for war almost half century ago.
Who is willing to commit some such
| heirloom to the custody of Memorial
| University? Comrade John L.. Manning,
| of U. S. Grant Post, IS, Chicago, has
| placed in the care of the writer the
first drum, with splendid history. We
shall require at least 90 drums. as
| many flies and number of bugles. The
bugle with the longest and best record
for service will be used, instead of a
gong or electric bell, to sound down
thru the corridors of the College of
The National tribune., 1907-05-02

porting a battery Of two guns, planted
SO as to sweep the road completely.
I directed my advance guard to cross
the bridge on the run, leap down an
embankment at the farther entrance,
and observe the windows OF q large
brick house not farther off than Is
yards. Their appearance was the signal
for ar assault. A warm fire opened
from the house, which the guard re-
turned, with no other loss than the
wounding Of a Sergeant. The firing con-
tinued several minutes. led a second
company across the bridge, and by fol-
lowing up ravine got into a position
that soon drove the enemy from the
house and into a mountain to its rear.
My attention was then turned to the
battery on the hill. I pushed five COM
panies in skirmishing order, and at dou-
ble-Quick time, up a hill to the right.
intending to get around the left flank of
the enemy, and cut off their retreat.
Between their position and that of my
men was a deep, precipitous gorge, the
crossing of which occupied about 10
minutes. When the opposite bridge
was gained We discovered the rebels in
Discriminatory blent, with q mass of wo-
men and children, flying as IL for life
from the town. Having no horse. pur-
suit OF the cannoneers was impossible
After searching the town for arms, camp
at II o'clock at night"
The Theater OF Operations.
A. has been before explained, the
The National tribune., 1907-05-02

in war, and Mcclellan had an operator
near him all the time, and let few hours
pass without sending a message, which
was eagerly devoured by millions of eX-
cited watchers. At that time Napoleon $
fame still filled the world, and every
aspiring officer studied his achievements
and initiated his examples. McClellan's
dispatches had an amazing Napoleonic
ring, quite out of character with the
modest young officer whom his friends
in the old Army had known.
The campaign, ending with the Incl
dental and unnecessary death of Gen.
Garnett, was singularly complete and
decisive. In very few weeks seces-
sion had been exterminated in the whole
of West Virginia, clear to the giant wall
of the Alleghanies, with the General in
command killed and his army either
prisoners or in demoralized flight.
Mcclellan became the Young Napo-
leon,' and the Nations brightest star
of hope.
He had profited far more by circum-
stances than by his merits. Success was
primarily due to Ohio and Indiana rush
ing troops into the country in greater
numbers than could the Southern Con-
federacy. jefferson Davis was startled
| by the swift concentration of troops at
Washington and the entrance of the
Shenandoah Valley. and did not dare
spare more from Manassas, winchester
and Harper's Ferry to help Garnett.
In spite of the brilliant success of the
campaign, Mcclellan displayed the fatal
| defects of character which afterward
| prevented him from winning success.
His strategy was fine. but he seemed
| lost on even so small n battlefield as
that of Rich Mountain Gap. There was
the su:ne hating mismanagement h
afterward showed in command of the
| Army of the Potomac. Rosecrans, de-
| tached far to the right with enc brigade,
was left to fight out his battle alone,
for over three hours, in plain hearing
of Mcclellan with the other three bril-
| gades, which We're not allowed to do
anything, not enough even to prevent
| Garnett from massing his troops on
Rosecrans and crushing him, if Garnett
had been enough of a commander to
| improve that opportunity.
The sharp-tOngued Rosecrans did rot
fail to properly characterize this failure
of his commander to carry out the plan
of battle and help him, which accounts
| for Rosecrans being allowed no place
| in the Grand Army of the Potomac
which Mcclellan went East to organize
(To be continued.)
The National tribune., 1907-05-02

smaller ranges and the deep canyons
cut by the streams, extends to the Ohio
River. To the east of the iGure; Noun
tains the Cheat River cuts a deep, mar
row canyon to reach the Monongahela
and the Greenbrier, to fall into the
Great Kanawha. To the west Tygart's
River flows northward to the Mononga-
hela and the Gauley to the Great Ka-
nawha.
There had been an epoch of turnpike
building in Virginia, during which a
great trunk road had been constructed
thru the mountains TO connect the west
ern part of the State with Richmond.
This ran by the way of. Staunton and
Huttonsvil!e to Beverly, on the east side
of the Laurel Mountains. where it
forked, one branch running thru a gap
in the Rich Mountain to Weston and
Parkersburg and the other following
down Tygart's River to Philippi and
Grafton, turning off at the latter place
to Wheeling.
Another route from Richmond to the
western part of the State followed what
is now the route of the Chesapeake &
Ohio and reached slackwater naviga-
ton on the Great Kanawha at the
picturesque falls, two miles below the
mouth of Gauley.
The first step, therefore, on both sides
was for the possession of these great
thorofares. AS the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad was quickly passing into the
grasp of the Union troops the greater
attention was bestowed upon the other
two. Immediately upon the passage of
the Ordinance of Secession Gov. Letch-
er had begun assembling troops at Hut
louisville, and when Gen. Garnett was
placed in command, after Philippi, he
made his base at Beverly, and threw
his forces forward to Rich Mountain,
the gap thru which the Beverly and
Buckhannon road passed, and also to
the gap thru which the branch of the
road past leading to Grafton and
Wheeling. Garnett thought the Rich
Mountain gap the stronger position, and
sent thither Lieut.-Col. Pegram, with
1900 men and four pieces of artillery.
Pegram threw up rude but strong in
trenchments of logs with slashed tim
Der in front. Garnett went himself to
the other gap, five miles from Rich
Mountain and 16 miles from Beverly,
where he threw up some intrelchments
and stationed his 5000 men with four
cannon.
His first great mistake was that he
put his back to a poor country, from
which he could get no supplies. He at
harmon, but the advance of the Union
troops rapidly circumscribed his feed
ing ground.
Tyeart's Valley.
Comrade E. r. Monfort, Past De-
partment Commander of Ohio and a
The National tribune., 1907-05-02
CHAPTER XVII.
REsCUING WEST VIRGINIA.

RESCUING WEST VIRGINIA.
The Decisive Campaign of Rich Mountain
Overthrows the Confederate Power
Route of Garnett's Army and Death OF
the General-Secessfon Completely Ex-
terminated West of the AIIeghenies.
Gen. Robert S. Garnett in Command.
1.-The Philippi Races" had opened the
Union campaign with such brilliance
that it was incumbent upon the Con-
federates to make extraordinary effort
to offset it.
Therefore, Gen. Robert Selden Gar
old Regular Army, was assigned to
command on that important line. He
was born at Elmwood, Va, about 1922,
and graduated from the Military Acad-
amy, with respectable rank, in 1S41.
He was commissioned in the artillery,
and entered the Mexican War as Aid
on the staff of Gen. Wool. Later he
was on the staff of Gen. Taylor, and
distinguished himself at Palo Alto, Re-
SAGA, Monterey and Buena Vista, re-
ceiving brevets up to Major. He be-
came Major in the 4th U. S. IN 1855,
and distinguished himself in operations
against the INDIANS In washington Ter
ritory. Then he was Instructor at West
Point, but his health breaking down he
secured leave of absence, and travelled
in Europe. The outbreak of the war
brought him home, and he resigned his
commission April 80, 1861. He was
Immediately appointed Adjutant-Gener-
al of Virginia, and when Porterfield
met with disaster at Philippi was sent
to command in that section. 1t was
hoped that his prestige would not only
inspire confidence in the Confederate
The National tribune., 1907-05-02
Asks a Few Questions.

Editor National Tribune: 1 would like
to ask few questions of Comrade Ell
A. Weekly thru your paper, the best
soldier paper in the United States. With
regard to the F. T. McAlister, was it on
the Sound or was it on the Greecha
River? He said there were no torpedoes
discharged. I say there was one, and
one man torn TO pieces in consequence.
1 was one of Kilpatrick's scouts. who
were sent down the river to keep the
Johnnies in the fort, but would say it
was the incest and quickest charge
ever saw. T. Pickard, High Private,
Co. 1, 4th Mich Cav, Sheridan. Mich.