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The Washington times., 1907-04-05
Senator Denies Babbling
of "Rich Mems Con-
Spiracy."
Says He Never Heard of
Such a Combin-
alton.
President, However, Co
ing Right Ahead With
investigation.

PHILADELPHIA, April o.
United States Senator Boies Pen
rose this morning in an interview
had this to say about the story
that he babbled at q Washington
dinner the tale of a @rieh mems
conspiracy to prevent the seIee-
ton of President RooseYeIt's choice
as successor:
SIT Is absolutely an untruth,"
declared Senator PenrOse. 81 have
never said any such thing. It is
all untrue. have alWe-s been a
supporter OF and believer in Presi-
dent RO0sevelt's administration and
all ifs policies"
Never Heard of Conspiracy.
Had you ever heard OF a S5ooO.ooO
fund 10 prevent Roosevelt naming ais
successor
No, absolutely not"
"Had you ever heard Of the rich mems
conspiracy to tfwart the President IN
the development Of his policies?"
mo. 1 have never heard of any such
combination. and have no knowledge
OF that"
Did you attend dinner Of such na-
ture as was mentione67'
"I never attended a dinner where such
a subject was mentioned. Just cams
back from q Vest Indian cruise with
Secretary OF the Eav= Metcaif and Sen
ator Flynn I arrived in Philadelphia
Tuesday night During the last month
did not follow the newspapers OF keep
in touch with affairs in the United
States"
Rega rdinE the alleged offer OF 5000
for the Presidents friend to go along
with the conspiracy. Senator Penrose
said his dental of the dinner and of any
knowledge Of the alleged scheme %
thwart the President was the answer
70 that question.
The Washington times., 1907-04-05
Always Supported Roosevelt.

Whom Go you think the Pennsylvania
delegation ct the Presidential conven-
ton viii support?"
II do not know" replied the Senator.
1T is too early TO say. Matters have
not come to a point when sentiment
has crystalliZed upon any one man.
7 have always been a supporter Of
and believer in President Roosevelt -
he repeated. Il have not the slightest
idea where that report could have come
from, what the object was, or who in
spired it."
The Washington times., 1907-04-05
Non-Residents Not Eligible.

A query was received today by the
Beauty Editor as follows:
Beauty Editor. Times:
Dear Sir:-I should like to know
whether or not It is necessary for con-
testants IN the Beauty Contest to be
residents Of Washington city.
l know of an instance where a party
lived il Washington for the greater
part OF her life, but who temporarily
moved away last year. with the inten-
ton Of returning in another year
What I want to know Is. rs the con-
test open to readers OF The Times no
matter where they live or the contest
ants live. or is il restricted to those
ladies living in Washington at the pres
ent time
think it would be a good plan to
state definitely IN The Times that only
parties now living IN Washington are
eligible' IL that is the idea Of the con-
test.
I trust to see this inquiry made clear
IN The Times within a day or so at
least A READER.
This query has been answered before in
these columns. but again the definite
statement is made that the only women
eligible 10 the contest in any way are
bona fide residents Of the District OF Co
lumbiR. If woman has lived in this city
all her life. but nov has a residencs
somewhere else, she i nos eligible II a
woman intends to live here in the
future, bat lives somewhere else At
present. she is not eligible.
This is q contest among the women of
Washington and the District Of Column
bia. No others are eligible. obviously,
the woman referred to IN the cuerv
signed "A Reader" IS not eligible.
A letter came to the Beauty Editor To-
day saying the photograph of Mrs Ben
jaTnin K Leon. of the Falcon, on Four
teenth street. should be entered in the
beauty contest. II anybody will send
Mrs. Icons photograph it viii be help
20 the contest and to the city.
Only one week more remains for the
taking OF free photographs. After April
u. as has been explained heretofore. no
more can be taken by the Photograph
ers who are already Overworked by the
demand for the pictures. Up to that
time any applicant can secure an order
for Z free sitting for the beauty con-
test.
The Washington times., 1907-04-05

nAbbey & Co.. sth st and New York ave,
The Washington times., 1907-04-05

HkRPERS FERRY, ". Va. April g.
10th rivers clear. and in fne condition.
The Washington times., 1907-04-05

Alabama Fl0orinl6 mostly edge grain.
The Washington times., 1907-04-05

Libbey s Co.. 9Th st and New York eve.
The Washington times., 1907-04-05

Boards vida brisht. 500 per 100 It.
The Washington times., 1907-04-05

Redvced to go Pc. lOO teet.
The Washington times., 1907-04-05
Third Weekly Contest
Closes This Mid
night.
LULU H0sMER,

The third weekly contest Of The
Sunday Times to determine who is
the most beautiful woman in Wash
ington viii end tonight at midnight.
Unless photographs have reached
the Office of The Times before mid
night. they viii be entered in next
weeks contest instead Of the one
closing tonight.
As this third contest has drawn
to its close, the photographs have
been submitted in ever-increasing
numbers. There seems to be no
limit to the lovely women who re-
side in Washington.
Wants Working Girl to Win.
That a working girl" should be the
winner Of the final contest is the opinion
Of one Of the correspondents of The
Sunday Times. The Beauty Editor to-
day received the following letter:
To the Beauty Editor: The reason
I send you the inclosed picture IS this:
if the city OF Washington can't furnish
a beauty 70 beat Chicago, then we're no
good. II this city can't furnish
the beauty from the working class, then
our name is mud. for il will be no
honor for this city 10 put a society bud
against a working girl: and, as Chi
cago has put Della Carson Up against
the world, hope we viii find working
girl and a beauty OF that class to go
against Chicago, and TO do this she
must be on equal terms all around
Therefore, the picture send IN Is
working girl"
The writer OF this letter is a young
man.
The Washington times., 1907-04-05

Boards. wide, all heart. 500 per 100 II
The Washington times., 1907-04-05
Did Penrose Tell7

The first het-stuT chapter to follow
the developments Of yesterday is likely
TO come from Senator Penrose Of Penn
The Washington times., 1907-04-05
'EMPERATURE.
DOWNTOWN TEMPERATURES.
sun TABLE.
TIDE TABLE.

Sun sets today COS
Sun rises tomorrow w-.--..-......-....... 5.37
The Washington times., 1907-04-05

Continued on Second Page,l
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
OREGON sQUlBs.

The payment of gold and silver in
any amount to those who desire it was
formally resumed by the Portland
banks, Monday .on the CLOSE Of the hol-
iday period which existed in Oregon
for several weeks.
The Portland & Seattle railway,
which connects Spokane with Port
land, has opened offices in Portland in
the union depot. The line will be in
operation from Portland to Pasco
shortly after New Years.
The summary removal of United
States Attorney Bristol has excited
general attention among politicians al
over the state.
Indictments will be returned agains
the officials of the defunct Title Guar
antee & Trust company.
j. Frank Watson, president of thu
Merchants National bank of Portland
is discussing the reopening of thu
bank with the comptroller.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
Santa Claus Letters.

Hereafter and until the close of the
first day Of January, 1908. postmasters
are directed to deliver all letters ar
irving at their respective postofflces
addressed plainly and Enthusiastically
to Santa Claus" without any other
terms of expression Identifying the
person for whom such letters are in
tended. to any regularly organized
charitable society in the city or town
of address, to be used exclusively for
charitable purposes.
In the event that claims be made by
more than one society for letters SO
addressed, such letters will be equally
divided, according to number, betwesn
or among the societies making such
claim.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
Explosion Killed so.

Yolande, Ala. Dec. II. - A disas-
trous explosion took place in mine No.
of the Yolande Coal and Coax COM
pay Monday morning. 1t is impossible
to tell how many are dead as result
of the explosion, the estimates varying
all the way from 40 to 60. The work
of rescue has been extremely slow be-
cause of the debris in the mines and
the large crowd of women, children
and sightseers at the opening.
The explosion is now known to have
occurred in either the fifth or sixth
right entrance. All Of the bo les have
been recovered from those entrances
and some of them were so horribly
mutilated that identification is almost
impossible. The bodies of 10 white
and seven colored men have been ident
flied.
According to Superintendent T. G.
Huckabee, the explosion was undoubt'
edIy due to windy" shots. Mr.. Huck.
abee had just made tour of inspection
and congratulated some of the men on
the condition of their rooms. A few
minutes after reaching the top and
when he was about to go for a days
hunt the explosion occurred.
Parties of miners from Alternate
Searles, Davis creek and Brookwoot
are here ready to help in the recovery
Of those who are still entombed.
The last report says 35 bodies hav'
been taken from the mines and tina
the rescuers believe between S5 and Al
are still in the lower entrances.
| Latest Report.
On Wednesday 40 bodies had beel
taken from the Inflated mines. Nine
teen more are reported in the mines
making total of 81 victims. All tn
time the rescue parties have toiled il
the mines at fearful odds. The hot al
and the smoke from the explosion hav
made it difficult to get into the low en-
tries, and several Of the rescue partie
have been overcome at different time
and have had to be brought to the gu,
face for fresh air.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
Democrats Feel Good.

Members OF the democratic national
committee were among the most in
terested of the readers of the an
nouncement that President Roosevelt
had reiterated his determination not to
accept another nomination for the
presidency, and while most of them
were reserved in their comment. it
was evident that they saw in it a
favorable omen for their party.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
MONTANA NOTE8-

NUN AVA W. Eo~
The Northwestern branch of the
Mutual Life Insurance company Of
New York will be removed to Spokane
from Helena about January 1.
A man supposed to be Alfred Field.
a stranger, was found dead in the
brush near the railroad track, one mile
east of Columbia Falls, last Friday
night.
Robert Peterson, forest ranger, sta
toned at Trego in the Lewis and Clark
forest reserve, was recently shot thro
the head by Major George E. BellDoll,
the crack shot. Doll mistook Peterson
for deer and sent a bullet through
the right eye.
The county attorney of Flathead
county has refused to surrender the
two alleged bandits, G. Mcdonald and
Ed Smith, who were arrested in Spo-
kane in October on the charge of hold
ing up Great Northern train near
Rondo, onTSeptember IL last, Ito the
federal authorities.
Charles Donnelly, who has been as
practice of law at Helena for four
years, on January / will assume the
position of assistant general counsel
of the Northern Pacific railway, with
offices at st. Paul
Judge William H. Hunt of the fed
! eral court at Helena has ordered the
grand jury to make thorough inves
| tiagtion of the charges of irregulari
ties made against officials concerned
| in the administration of the Crow In
dian reservation.
Attorney General Galen has filed q
motion in the district court to dismiss
the suit brought by the commonwealth
against State Treasurer Rice to re
cover approximately $4,000 alleged
to have been collected and retained
by him as interest on deposits of pub
lie funds. The petition sets forth tina
evidence to convict is unobtainable.
For many months the reports hav'
gone the rounds that the Northern Pa
cific would move it's Missoula shop
away from the city 1t is now be
lieved that the company has change
it's plans and will leave the presen
shops as they are.
; Fire which broke out in the Con
bination block, on South Main stree
: Livingston, is supposed to have oris
\ mated from an explosion in the bas,
: ment, caused by an employee who a
:. tempted to draw alcohol from barr,
]. while he was smoking a pipe. Til
t loss will range from 100000 to $50
q 900, partially covered by insurance.
J. After hours of elaboration in T
newed efforts to bring the Rock
Mountain Bell telephone strike to g
z end, Montana union men and repr
, sentatives of the Butte Merchants a
, ISOLATION, acting jointly recently, hi
" no alternative but to report once NOR
y no settlement
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
SAYS TAFT
is THE MAN
CHICAGO AMERICAN is
SURE HE'LL WIN.
CLAIMED THAT HE HAS 25s
VOTES OUT OF 4ss TO
NOMINATE.
The chicago Examiner says:

The Chicago Examiner says:
Secretary William H. Taft can al
most read his title clear to the repub-
lican nomination for president, if the
forecasts of the political leaders are
reliable. Dispatches to the Examiner
from the leaders of II states and one
territory have declared for Taft.
The states that have declared for
the presidents political executor are
Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North
and South Carolina, Texas, Virginia,
Massachusetts,. Arizona. Maryland,
Alabama and Florida. OF course, the
declarations have only been by CON-
mitteemen and other leaders. and
there Is many slip between the
prophecy and the fulfilment.
The prophecies, however, give Secre-
tary Taft 256 votes in a convention
that will take 489 to nominate. Grant.
ing that he will also get the 46 votes
of his own state, Ohio. he will have
3O2, and further granting that now
that he has killed the Cortelyou boom
the president can carry the other
southern states of Georgia, Tennessee
and Mississippi-with 20 votes-foI
his favorite, when, then Mr.. Taft will
have 372, or only lit less than he
needs.
Taggart Picks Fairbanks.
Thomas Taggart, chairman of the
democratic national committee, de
cleares the belief that Charles w
Fairbanks will be the choice of the
Chicago convention for presidential
nominee on the republican ticket.
Chancellor Day for Hughes.
Declaring that calm, statesmanlike
men" were wanted in the White
House, Chancellor James r. Day o
Syracuse university. the guest o
honor Saturday night at the seventh
annual dinner of the New York chap
ter of the American Institute of Bank
ing, came out for Governor Hughes TO
president. The declaration of Mr.. Da.
was greeted with rounds of applause
In his speech Chancellor Day dis
cussed and deplored attacks mad
upon corporate interests and upol
banks. He said that committees hal
usurped the place of the constitution
of the United States and that the
we're in effect nothing more thal
"star chamber sessions
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20

ity to hear such motion in q criminal
ease at chambers after the decision
has been rendered. The defendants
perfected their appeal to the district
court Of appeals, and filed their bonds.
The defendants were convicted at
Moscow last spring on charge of
timber land conspiracy. They fled a
large number Of afndavits in support
of the motion for . new trial, alleging
improper methods Of Influencing jury
men and ether irregularities.
President MacLsan Of the state uni
versity has just returned from the
east, where he was in attendance on
the meeting Of tho National Assoeia'
ton OF state Universities.
The annual football banquet wa
held Saturday.
Idaho university has at present one
student from Holland and one from
Japan in attendance. There are q
students from Washington, 6 from
Oregon. 3 from Iowa, 3 from California
and Ohio, and one each from severa
other states.
The contract for the new administra
ton building Of the state universit!
calls for tho completion Of the mail
portion of the building by Decembe
30, 1908, at a cost of $163,S17.
The records of Shoshone count.
show that the name of John KIM
appears as original locator in at leas
half Of the most valuable pieces o
ground in the Occur d'Alenes, and
strange to say. he located very littl
ground that subsequent development
has not proved to be valuable.
The manager for the Western
Union Telegraph company in Wallac
has been notified by the city author
tiles that, by keeping the TELEGRAPH
office open on Sundays, he is violatin
the Idaho Sunday rest law" and mus
close hereafter.
vo,lmer came into it's own this weel
when the first train reached there o.
| it's slow, constructive journey t
Grangeville.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
Kansas City Bank Reopens.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE
Union Avenue Bank of Commerce,
which was obliged to close by the sus-
pension of the National Bank of Com
merce. has reopened for business. All
the small banks carried down by the
failure of the National Bank of Com
merce have been rehabilitated.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
IDAHO NEWS.

While Joseph Johnson was cleaning
a fiue in his residence at Preston re-
Gently a basin Of kerosene he was us
ing became tgnited. He ran and threw
it out just as his wife, with her baby
in her arms. was entering. The baby
was burned to death as the result OF
the fluid which was thrown over it.
From a semioff1cial source it is
learned that work on the Clearwater
river bridge will be resumed soon after
the Christmas holidays.
Six cars in the center of a heavy
freight train jumped the track and
ran on the ties for half mile, two
miles south of Moscow, recently. be-
fore they finally toppled over, caus-
ing a wreck which delayed traffic sew
eral hours.
Professor Dutton of Spokane has
been elected as principal of the Mos.
COW high school, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Otto R
Bond.
Judge Dietrich Of the United States
court holds he had no Jurisdiction tc
hear the motion for a new trial In the
Kester-Kettenbach land fraud case
from Lewiston. This is for the reason
that the term of court at which tn,
defendants were convicted has I'D
journed. and the judge has no author
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
Implement Works Start.

Racine, Wis.-As evidence that the
financial situation here has improved
the Case Plow company has resumed
work at its plant, employing 400 men
and running 10 hours a day. The
Mitchell-Lewis Wagon company will
also start its plant, employing 1900
men.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20

The At survive-ths unfit perish.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20

A successful politician works al
steadily as interest on a note.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20

A thin man always likes to get
weighed with his overcoat ON.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-02-15
AIM AT WIFE DEsERTERs
Associated Charities Prepared to Act
with vtxOr This EVIL.

with Vtxor on This EVIL.
Men who desert their wives and
leave their little children dependent
upon public charity are to be gone
after in vigorous fashion by the Asso-
ciated Charities, says the Washington
Star. The organization has been gath
ering ammunition In the shape of an
exhaustive and interesting study of
Family Desertion and Non-support
Laws" which includes review of all
the legislation In the United States on
the subject of wife desertion- william
II. Baldwin, member of the board Of
managers of the Associated Charities,
has devoted months of voluntary labor
and several hundred dollars from his
private purse to the completion of this
valuable inquiry.
pamphlet embracing 40 pages of
printed matter Is the result of Mr..
Baldwin's work and demands for
copies are being received by the Asso-
ciated Charities from nearly all the
States of tho Union The movement
for the reduction OF family desertion
and for the development of means
whereby a recreant husband can be
brought back and made to support his
wife and little ones is spreading rap
Idly throughout the country, and the
Associated Charities OF Washington is
| contributing Mr.. Baldwin's study to
the advancement of the movement In
other places.
This interesting study begins with a
view Of the number OF deserted wives
assisted by the Associated Charities
during the last nine years In this
time, by adding the number of deserted
families aided each year, Mr.. Baldwin
secures a total of 1908 families who
have required charitable assistance be-
cause their proper supporter had run
away from his responsibility. The
later pages of the report suggest 8
model law which provides for the pun.
ishment OF the man whs deserts his
family. 1t is proposed to bring him to
public trial and to sentence him to 8
term of hard labor In tho workhouse
suspending sentence In most cases upon
the mans agreement to contribute 6
reasonable sum for the support of his
family.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-02-15
STUDY OF AGRICULTURE.
Value Determined by Attitude of
Teachers Toward 1t.

The value or agriculture as study
In the rural schools Will be determined
largely by the attitude of teachers to-
ward It, says the New York Tribune
In the high school and the consoli-
dated rural school employing three or
more teachers the problem of teaching
agriculture successfully is not a diff
cult one, for in such schools the facili
ties for illustrating the work are bet
ter than in smaller ones and there, too,
Il teacher trained in agriculture can be
employed to teach agriculture and the
other sciences Even In the oneFoom
rural school the difficulties, while they
are numerous, are far from being in
surmountable. In such schools, 1t Is
true, teachers with college education
or with special training in agriculture
are seldom found, and teachers having
sufficient originality and energy to free
themselves from a condition of abso-
lutte dependence upon the textbook
soon command good salaries In other
positions or take up some independent
occupation.
In tho high school Of Norton County
Kansas, prior to last year, there were
offered college preparatory, normal,
but no course relating in any direct
way to the leading industry of the
country, farming. The county superin-
tendent of schools, says ID. J. Crosby
In the Yearbook OF the Department of
! Agriculture, had his attention forcibly
directed to this lack In the curriculum
Of the high school by the experience
Of a young man who went to school
from one of the many large farms In
the Vicinity, took the four-year bust
ness course, worked one year In local
, bank at $50 a month and then cOnclud
ed that he would be the gamer by go
| ing back to the farm Such young
man, and there were many like him IN
/ the Norton County high school, would
have welcomed an agricultural course
and would haye gone back to the farm
much better prepared for the duties OF
life than he was with a business train
ing. 1t was therefore decided that an
agricultural course should take the
place of the general science course, anc
a graduate OF the Kansas State Agri
cultural College was hired to teach ag
riculture and other sciences In the higt
school. The teacher OF agriculture re
ports that he is well pleased with ths
way the boys take hold of the work
1t Is proving popular In the school anC
Is entirely free from the prejudice h'
had anticipated at the outset
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-02-15
-Theaters in Spokane
At the Columbia.

''Olivette," a French opera in two
acts, will be the bill presented this
week at the Columbia theater by the
linn Musical Comedy company. The
piece has been rearranged, more COM
edy put in and many successful east
ern song hits substituted for the opera
music The chorus will be in it's
glory. Many new dances have been
arranged. The costumes and scenery
will be entirely new and many gor-
geous electrical effects will be used.
Among the musical numbers will be
Gliding Down the Bay" knights of
the Mystic STAR "Moon Dear, Fuss
ing Round, Sob song, Mother
Goose" Spanish dance, mo One in
the World Like You and Love in
Springtime."
Miss Jessie Brown will introduce a
number of new dances. Popular prices
prevail at this theater, which is under
the able management of George M.
Dreher.