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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-25
THIRD TICKET AND CLOSED
TOWN FIGHT in SIGHT

last meeting that the church peo-
pie join hands with the saloon ele-
ment. Murphy was willing to save
the country if drafted to that serv.
ice. but now there is evident a dis
position to martyr Murphy with a
meat AK.
The local liquor dealers associa-
ton met Saturday night and care
fully considered the campaign out
look. A $4,000 fund was decided
upon. this to be held in reserve
until the bosses give the word to
turn it loose.
The present administration al
most has a guarantee of the sup
port of the association, but an ele-
ment of caution crept into the
meeting when Murphy was suggest
ed and it was ultimately decided
not to cite up" to any party unit:
further notice.
The suggestion of Murphy by
the republicans has caused halt in
all association plans. 1t matters
not a great deal whether Daggett
or Murphy is elected, figure the Ii
quor men In consequence, the
big pot" will be put in escrow
for the party proving itself to have
the best show to win. AS soon as
this is proved. then the sack will be
opened and the Influence turned
into channels where the current
seems strong against the party Sc
lected for support
In sporting slang, the liquor men
intend to play both ends against
the middle" the closed town ele-
ment constituting the middle"
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HOOD SAYS SHOT WAS
aimed At HIM

That a deliberate attempt to dis
credit him as an officer was made
by Ed Stauffer, of the Merchants
patrol, in regard to the broken
gateway at the Washington theater,
is the belief of H. w. Hood, now
private patrolman in Union park.
Stauffer in reporting the broken
gate said he suspected a former
patrolman in his employ, and the
tenor of his remarks to this effect
induces Hood to take the insinua-
ton personal. Hood had the beat
two years while working for tSauf-
fer. He says an investigation will
show that the gate hinge is weak
and a wind would have caused the
damage Stauffer took for vandalism
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ner, of Newport, and Mabel H.
Bertz, of Waukon, Wash: Paul G..
r. Brauss and Louise Dibjick, OF
Spokane: W. X. Bishop, of Keller,
and NJ. l.. Robinson, of Bellingham.
Rev. Hindley. of Plymouth
church, last evening preached on
the reformation of youthful offend
ers. He admised the establish
ment of a local detention home
where they could be influenced to
better advantage than at reform
schools.
In discussing the strike question
yesterday before the Economic club
w. F. Meier argued that working
men had no right to follow boy
colt course to the extent of running
a business. The argument had di-
rect bearing ON the w. w. P. Co.
trouble.
J. Kennedy, a lumberjack of
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, reported to
the police this morning that last
night while he was industriously
absorbing nose paint at the
VeneZia saloon on Stevens st. some
one denuded him of three $40 gold
pieces.
Sheriff Beck, of Mclean county,
North Dakota, reached the city last
night to take charge of w. H. At
kinson, the painter who was arrest
ed a week ago by Patrolman Nc,
Quillan after a man had pointed
him. out as the party wanted in
Washburn, n. D., for shooting a
woman.
The Harvard club of this city has
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Bits O. News
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The residence of D. F. Culvert,
E1923 Mission av, was burglarizeh
last night and about $50 secured.
Entrance was gained by forcing a
window.
Funeral services of Or. Frank
Homer, who died Saturday at his
residence on White Prairie, wei e
held this afternoon at p. N. Rev.
Mittmann officiated.
Funeral services of the infant
child Of c. S. Ptchin, who died
Saturday at his residence, 236 Third
av., were held this afternoon at 2
p. m. from the New England Under
taking parlors.
Carpenters are at work in the
yards of the Inland Railway Co.
building stations to be placed
along the line of the railway. The
houses are small and are only in
tended to serve as a shelter from
sun or rain.
Henry West. a Montana lumber
man, now in this city, had the
thrilling experience of floating 10
yards under ice in the kootenai
river before being rescued at a
rifle. He was in the last stages of
drowning when taken out.
Marriage licenses were this
morning secured by Edward Milt
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named a committee to arrange a
reception to James Harr Ames,
dean of the Harvard college law
school. who is expected to visit in
this city on his way to Alaska next
June. The club at its annual din
ner Saturday night adopted resolu-
lions in memory of the late J. F.
Harris.
A letter which will be sent to
Representative r. A. Hutchinson
was endorsed yesterday by all Spo-
kane churches represented in the
ministerial association. The letter
commends Mr.. Hutchison' for his
work in attempting to suppress OBJ
jectionable dancing exhibitions. His
bill makes it a criminal offense to
conduct such exhibitions.
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WILL WESTERN UNION RE|NSTATE
DISCHARGED UNION TELECRAPHERS?
Special Dispatch to The Press,

SPeciai Uispatch to The Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-While Col.
Clowry's order, as president Of the
Western Union, increasing the
wages CT telegraph operators 10 per
cent, will probably avert a strike,
there is still the question of recog-
milton Of the union to be settled.
This latter question is important
at this time. Men, who as officials
and committeeman of the unions.
have been working for a general in.
crease for their brothers, have been
discharged in various parts of the
country, notably Chicago and it is
not to be presumed that the 10 per
cent increase win callous the whole
body of keymen to a desertion of
those victims.
The position of the commercial
telegrapher for quarter of a cen.
tury has been one of discomfort 1t
has been critical. The Postal COM
pany saw the danger and granted a
10 per cent increase several months
ago.
The Western Union was, how
ever, the heavy employer and the
one against which the greater feel
ing existed. 1t was freely charged
by the keymen that the Western
Union maintained policy of sys-
tematic reduction in wages.
The Western Union has had no
universal fixed scale of wages. Its
pay varies in the different cities.
Former employees estimate, how.
ever, that the average maximum for
experienced key Founders is only
about $40 month.
Five years ago the Commercial
Photographers Union of America
was organized 1t has been grow
ing slowly. The Western Union
never encouraged the organization.
Members claim that the Western
Union has steadily Disseminated
against them, and even followed
them with it's influence when they
got other employment.
The alleged system of wage de-
crease, spoken of by the union tele-
graphers as the sliding SCALE" is
that if $40 man quits his position
or is transferred to another Office,
he is replaced from the ranks by
some one who may receive an In
crease, but no less than $40. This
plan, Systematically followed, be-
ing calculated to hold down all
salaries to minimum.
Organization in many of the cities
has been very secretly done. In
some offices the man who joined
the union could do so with only two
people knowing itAhimself and one
Of the national officials.
The ranks of the Western Union
employees always kept filed Mes
senger boys and check boys are al
lowed to study between times. A
good many new employees are rela-
tives of telegraphers, and have been
taught at home. Beginners po-
sitions pay about $40 and $25 per
month. A beginners siege is four
and five years. During that time
he or she may be put into branch
office where there is little to do at
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$25 or $50 a month. If they display
aptitude they may get main Office
position.
The hours are 10 a day. Some
times overtime is earned. Some
times not.
Railroad telegraphers have to
work II hours day and their pay
is smaller. They have an organiza-
ton of their own. 1t has given
moral support to the commercial
telegraphers' union in the present
crisis.
: Telegraphy has always had an at
traction for young men. 1t seems
to hold out the promise of gen
tleman's life" This gentleman
life" pals after maturity is reach
ed and it is found that the earning
power is so limited. BY this time
it is almost disheartening to begin
the study of anothe r vocation. Many
telegraphers study some profession
or trade while engaged in their
work and put themselves in a posi-
! ton more remunerative.
The telegraphers have blamed the
: reluctance of the Western Union to
grant demands upon it's very large
capitalization, $275,000,000. For
! many years the dividends paid by
this concern have been about per
cent in spite of large additions to
the capitalization. They claim that
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Welded 48 r. RS; SEEKS
SEPARATION.

PLAINWELL, Mich, Feb. 25.-
After a honeymoon of less than As
hours, Mrs. Audrey B. Scott, the
IS year old bride of w. B. Scott,
left her husband, and hled bill in
the Allegan county court asking
that the marriage be annulled,
claiming that the groom was men
tally incompetent. Soon after the
Scott went West. 1t is
believed he will not contest the
case,
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the struggle to maintain the divi
dend was waged at the expense Of
the thousands of employers; in 9th
err words, that the company is capt.
talized largely upon its rock bot
tom wage scale.
To carry On its enormous bust
ness the Western Union Telegraph
Co. used 1,256,147 miles of wire and
202,9 miles of poles and cables
in 1906.
From it's 24,323 offices 71.487 ,OS2
messages were sent. The receipts
were $50, 675,655, on which the COM
pany made clear profit of 5000
5S3
The company also owns 1902
miles of ocean cable, out of the
total of 1875, sos miles now operated.
These statistics do not include
messages sent over leased wires or
under railroad contracts.
The Postal Telegraph Co. in 1906
used 305,297 miles of wire and 49,.
476 miles Of poles and cables.
They estimate the number of
messages sent during 1906 at about
30,000000.
In foreign countries the only sta
tistics available are for 19O4-O5
These show that Russia sent 49,
1858 messages, Great Britain and
Ireland SS,9os,000, France 50,419,
776, Germany 47,576,6O0.
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BIG PIANO MEN HERE

Three of the biggest piano men
in the country are visitors in SpO-
kane today. They are Phillip F,
Clay, San Francisco, vice president
of the Sherman, Clay & Co.; G. j.
Johnson, general manager in the
Northwest for the same firm, and
c. Arthur Longwell. of the A. B.
Chase Piano Co. Today they are
the guests of w. H. Weir, local
manager of the Sherman, Clay &
Co. They leave the city this even.
ing.
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MIND A BLANK FOR 5 MONTHS.

AUBURN, Mo-, Feb. 25.-After
wandering around the country for
the past five months with his mind
a complete blank, from Denver,
Colo, his home, to New Orleans,
Nahum M. Wing is on his way back
to Denver from New Orleans, hard
Iy able to realize that five long
months have passed of which he
knows nothing. Mr.. Wing says that
five months ago he kissed his wife
and boy boodbye at the door of his
home in Denver and awoke in what
seemed to be an instant later in the
St Charles hotel in New Orleans.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-25

If
The republicans nominate Alonzo
J. Murphy;
And
The democrats NOMINATE Mayor
Oaggett.
Then
John Firch. millionaire and law
enforcement believer, will head an
independent ticket.
Such, to date, is the political out
look Murphy has declared him
self as in favor of an open town;
Mayor Daggett will do likewise.
But the mems clubs. an organiza-
ton of Is civic clubs from the
churches and wards, stand for a
closed town-closed in comparison
to what it has been. And so does
Mr.. Ftrch, very emphatically.
When the Mems clubs first or
gained leaders stated that should
the republicans nominate a ticket
SdtiSldCtOIA W lucLi tAS SluoH
would endorse it. i Lie republicans
in turn sought w. S. Estep, e. F.
Waggoner. the late John F. Harris
and George W. Crane and suggest
ed each as a possibility. But boss
carpenters" after canvassing senti-
ment, decided that none of the
possibilities" could win, as they
were not liberal enough to poll a
fair proportion of the saloon vote.
Accordingly Mr.. Murphy was
tagged and very promptly he open
ed his mouth wide. But someone
threw a ham into it. He lost all
hopes of endorsement by the Mems
clubs when he suggested at the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-25
ALL after the JOB

The board of health will meet
tomorrow afternoon to consider
propositions from eastern sanitary
experts ambitious to draw up
plumbing ordinance for Spokane
and draw down big bank account
board has communications from
plumbing inspectors of most of the
large eastern cities.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-25
QUIT THE OWL Roosr.

WALLA WALLA, Feb. 25.-Thd
ladies' auxiliary of the Brotherhood
of Owls, has divorced itself from
the male organization and will be
known hereafter as the Independents
Order of Samaritan Sisters. Mrs.
Samuel Hinton turned over the
charter and books of the sister or.
ganization to H. l.. Leavitt, organ.
izer Of the Owls. She says that
after the auxiliary has paid $25 for
the charter Leavitt wanted their
$125 bank roll. /,
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JACK LONDON
READY TO SAIL

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.-In
another month Jack London will be
off for his seven year trip around
the world.
A 10 mile trip on the broad Pa
cific convinced Jack London that
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BACK TO The LAND

Walter Cox, Is, and Lawrence
Duchmin, 16, two runaway boys
from Colfax, Wash, were arrested
this morning by Patrolman Walker
on Front av. They are farmers
sons and wanted to see the city. AS
they sat dejectedly in the police
station this morning they concluded
they had seen enough Of it and
wanted to go home.
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his sturdy craft, Shark, Just COM
pleted, can go anywhere in this
wide world.
On the day of the trial trip the
usually seren and calm Pacific was
at the height of it's fury, and the
little ship with all her sails thrown
to the wind gaily sailed out of the
Golden Gate, dancing on the waves
like a cork.
To New Zealand, Australia, Chi
ma, Europe, South America, up ex-
pansive rivers and into broad lakes,
is the plan he has mapped out. And
Jack London has said seven years.
If nothing unforeseen happens, it
will be seven years, for Jack Lon
don is sticker.
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that Gardner Hayden and Frank
Hockenberry, 16 and IA years of
age, respectively, ran away from
their homes. The parents believe
they have headed for California.
The Hayden boy is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. Houck, 532 Cataldo
av., and the other wanderer is the
son of John Hockenberry.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-25

Carrie Ellen Cozad has filed a pc
tition asking a new trial in the di-
vorce suit in which Miles c. Cozad,
her former husband, was recently
granted a divorce and also the
custody Of their several children.
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attempted to discredit his SYSTEM
Of night atching. Hood wants to
make 1t plain that tSauffer is away
off In his surmise.
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CA Snapshot by Staff Photographer Of This Newspaper)
The kind
900 Western Union Telegraph Co
tons Such works 10 hours sometimes longer.
Office experienced this kind
month his regular Life poverty
heart breaks his intelligence his
curacy supply type
regular
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Spokane Press, Is cent a month.
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Long Creek Locals

Long Creek, April 3O.--Tl.e fruit is all
killed. - '"f
Biemann Phillips is quite sick at this
writing. IE'
Mrs. Lena Ramey is quite Ill. Her
many friends hope for her a speedy re-
bossry. a'''" '.''. ~" ~ va
q Mrs. Narcissa Holmes Is on prctracted
visit 70 her son in Westminster.
Mrs. David Ramey and her litrle grand
sonvisitod the family Of J. e. Phillips
recently 80 - >Ne'" :" 1I'iNfEt"f
Ira and Rance Phillips visited Thomas
'Ramey Saturday liight and Sunday.
Marcus Lee was happily married to
Miss Tfissie Williams on April 14th.
Miss Leila Lee. of Westminster, is yis:.-
ing In this section. We are always glad
to see Miss Leila.
Wedding bells will ring in this sec ion
soon. N'E Cross Eyeg
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Corinth Locals.

Corinth, April 90 Our Sunday school
Is doing nicely. We have preaching
every third Sunday by our pastor, Rev.
r. Land.
After a three months stay in Ander-
son, Miss Emma Keaton has returned to
her brother, w. w. Keaton, whore she
will make her home. ok
w. T. Dodd and wife visited w. r.
Stephens and family last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. Taylor and babe
visited the family Of w. r. STEPHENS
recently. anRate
Miss Emma Keaton visited Miss Carrie
Stephens Friday evening.
w. B. Stephens and sister, Miss Car rie,
attended the New Hope school entert,s A.
mont Saturday.
w. w. Moss visited friends In This Sec
tion recently.
The farmers are about done planting
cotton. ~
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WESTMINSTER.


Westminster, April 3O.-The following
young ladies cumpose The graduating
class uf the West minister Graded Schools
for 1897: Misses Annie Miller, Mary
Reeder, Ruby McGee, May Haley, Beu-
lah Mcdonald, HorteiIse jones. Fostelle
Thornton and Laura Smithsou.
Miss Mayette Yonng, of roccoa, Ca,
is visiting relatives In Westminster this
week. s.u. .,.! q.
We got our wheelbarrow hack yester-
day, but we have no idea who borrowed
it. Allen Pugh, having read the notice,
had discovered on the rightof.way Of
the railroad, hes-ssn tbs Methodist
church and the Oil mill, at least three
fourths of o mile from where it waH
taken. Evidently the midnight rambler
lost his way or placed 1t there so the
mysterious disappearance could not be
easily cleared up.t> >iio IA rsf-.
The Peoples Store, the stores Of l.. A..
Tanpery, Mrs. Icie McGee, the central
telephone Office and the barber shop of
Alb. Houston have been wired and are
brilliantly lighted by electricity fur
nished by J. s. Carter's electric plant.
At the home of her sor, j. H. Barnett,
near Westminster, on Saturday, April 81,
after months of sickness and suffering,
Mrs. Rosa Barnett entered the etegnal
rest. She was 88 years old on the first
day of last February. Mrs. Barnett was
native of Clear Springs, Maryland.
The family moved to the South Ca, olina
coast and later moved to Oconee county.
Mrs. Barnett was left widow on the
Goth of May, 1882. The body of her hus-
band was buried at Richland cemetery
She was a member of Oak Grove Presby-
terian church, faithful and jealous
Christian, an affeotionate mother and a
kind neighbor. She reared to maturity
and usefulness seven sons and daughters
and leaves large family connection.
The surviving children are F. A. and j.
I'll. Barnett, Mrs. Frank Norris and Mrs.
Cbas. Parker, of Westminster; Mrs. j..
V. Sohaffer, of Wadmslaw Island, near
Charleston, and George Barnett, of Fort
Lawn, Chester county. One daughter,
Mrs. J. r. Potty, died several years ago.
Funeral services were conducted in the
Presbyterian church at 2.30 Sunday
afternoon, after which the body was in
tered in the cemetery at this place To
the bereaved family the condolences of
many friends is extended.
The young matrons were most delight
fully entertained by Mrs. d. /. Mulkey
at her home last Thursday week ago,
from four to six O'Clock in the afternoon.
Much interest and amusement was
aroused by writing telegrams." Each
lady was given o blank telegraph form,
which had one....word, charleston" !"
written on 1t, and requested to write a
telegram in o limited time, using the
letters in Charleston" TO begin each
word in the message. Mrs. w. j. Carter
won the prize, a beautiful hat pin. Deli
cious cake and ice cream were served.
Those present were Mesdames j. s. Car
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MY Best Friend.

Alexander Benton, who lives on Rural
Route l. Fort Edward, N. Y, says: CDR.
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10 simply marvellous" No other remedy
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Good Words for chamberlaln's Cough Remedy.

People everywhere take pleasure in tes-
tifying TO the good qualities of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Mrs. Edward
Phillips, of Barclay, Md, writes: 81 wish
to tell you that / can recommend Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. My little girl,
Catherine, who Is two years old, has been
a cold since she was two months old.
About a month ago contracted dread
full cold myself, but took Chant berlain's
Cough Remedy and was soon as well as
ever" This remedy is for sale by DR.. J..
w. Bell, Walballa, and w. j. Lunney,
Seneca.
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Fair Play, April 28.-Our Sunday
schools, on yesterday, were poorly repre-.
sented, quite a number attending the
singing at South Union. ''
Allen Marett and family attended the
reunion of the children Of G. d. Giles, Of
Townville, on yesterday. -
The many friends of s. p. Stribling will
be sorry to hear that he has been confined
to his bed for several days. ''.'
Miss jamie Wiley, of yRichland, and
Miss Myra Anderson, of Roberts, have
been on protraoted visit to the families
of s. P. and Mark d. StribliDg. g
"a Mesdames j. r. Heller and w. D..
Dobbs went over to Lavonia, Ga, last
Thursday shopping.
The friends OF Miss Matilda Marett will
be glad to learn she is some better at this
writing. 1-3-' ..E'a
Mrs. Maggie Land, of Atlanta, Ga, aud
Mrs. Frank Barton, of Lavonia, are ss-
peoted this week on visit to Mrs. Sallie
Land and family.
Mrs, T. r. Harris was shopping in Sc
neca city last Wednesday.
q Mr.. and Mrs. John Tompkins, of near
were visiting relatives here last
week. s..a..
Miss Helen Thompson, one of our most
amiable young ladies, was the guest of
Miss Hottie King one night last week.
Mrs. Mark D. Stribling and little son,
Joe, visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
p. Anderson, of Roberts, last week.
Miss Mimic Dooley Is visiting in
Gainesville, Ca. -...- :. ..
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