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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-03

OF all relics Of the Civil War the
ones which most touch me are the fad
ed, yellow letters from soldiers ut the
front or IN hospitals and those other
letters from home 70 the soldiers, show
Ing the marks and creases caused by
being carried long n pocket and KNAPP
sack, until by some chance they drlfted
back home again across the lines Of
faction and war
C'ne Of the most pathetic and yet no
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-03

Speak little with others, much with
thYself German.
The amount Of coal taken Into Lon
don each year is well over 100000
tons.
Rreylty Is to be commended, but il
is hard 10 be civil with a plain Eyes
or no"
King Edward has taken up with tn,
primate the matter OF revising tn,
Prayer Book II is sometimes forgot
ten that he is the head Of the churca
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-03
Nam Neckties for a Leaislator

Representative Snyder Of Schuylkl,
who was the father Of the bin making
the minimum school teachers salary ia
this state $40, is devoted 10 fancy neck
ties. and the school teachers Of the state,
knowing this, have in their gratitude
been sending him neckties as a reward.
Up to date, since the adjournment If the
Legislature. be has received two thou
sand neckties from all parts Of the state.
philadelphia Record.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-03
ACOUSINFROM AMERICA.
A Missing

Auho Deenes Silence
etc.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-20
Steel for New Bridge.

KENNEWICK, Tuesday, March
19.-Three hundred car loads of
steel and building material are at
the Findley yards and 1000 cars are
on the way and expected to arrive
within the next three weeks. The
material is being rapidly unloaded
and sorted and will be forwarded to
the front as needed. The extension
of the road, which was delayed for
Wallula, is again resumed anil the
track is being pushed forward to-
wards it's destination as rapidly as
possible.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-20
Investigate Governor of N. Nj.

SANTA FEE, N. NJ, Tuesday, March
19.-By a close vote after a bitter
fight the lower house of the New
Mexico legislature adopted a reso-
luton to investigate the governors
alleged -. with the dis
posal of seven thousand acres of tim
Der to the Pennsylvania Develop
ment company of Pittsburg.
The report is bitter arraignment
of the governor and finds that the
disposition of the lands in the man
ner mentioned was a fraud on the
people of the territory and it's in
situations. The report recommends
that the district attorney bring &C
ton to set aside on the grounds of
illegality not only the deeds signed
by Governor Hagerman, but those
deeds made by the previous admin
istration involving almost 100000
acres.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-20
Spokane Rate Hearing Up.

CHICAGO, Tuesday, March a.
Evidence in the Spokane rate case
was heard by Interstate Commerce
Commissioners Prouty and Harlan
today. The merchants of Spokane
assert that the rate to their city IS
made up by adding to the through
rate to Portland and the local rate
from Portland to Spokane. The first
witness, Thomas Cooper, land COM
missioner of the Northern Pacific,
told of the values of the railroad
property to assist the commission in
deciding whether the rates charged
were excessive. The coal properties
of the company were given in as
worth $50,72O,17O, and with the ex-
ception of the ones at Red Lodge.
Mont, which were purchased by the
company, they were all secured by
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-20

grants. Cooper also testified that
nearly all the Spokane terminal
property was obtained in similar
manner. H. A. Gray today supple
mented the testimony concerning the
value of the property held by the
Northern Pacific. He is comptroller
of the company, and according to his
statement, on August 81, 1896, when
the railroad was sold under fore
closure proceedings, the total value
of the property was $241, O67,770,
of which amount $22 ,O05,207 was in
euuipment. There were then 4,499
miles of railroad costing $53,575 per
mile. On August 80, 1906, the mile
age according to the witness had in
creased to 6,09S miles and the Of
ficials had expended $1S,S31,S57
for improvements and s2,00S,596 for
equipment which had been paid out
of the income account. When asked
for a valuation of the entire proper
ties of the railroad Gray said he es-
timated it as being worth $324,675,-
4S6 on June 80.
Inquiries regarding the earnings
of the road brought out the infor-
nation that for fifteen year prior to
1896 the yearly earnings upon the
outstanding capitalization amounted
to five-eighths of one per cent, but
in the year ending September 1
1906, the earnings were 4.6 per cent
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-20
Diplomat Involved in Thaw Case.

NEW YORK, Tuesday, March 49,.
The latest sensational development
in the Thaw case involves Craig
Wadsworth, second secretary of the
American embassy in London, in an
embarrassing situation. AS a result
The Throne, the leading society pa
per in England, practically demands
his dismissal. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
in the recital of ner testimony re-
fered to the secretary as "a disrepu-
table person" She told of meeting
in London with WadswOrth that puts
the young society favorite in an I'M
enviable position and has caused a
great stir in London court circles.
In reply to the story circulated
the American embassy has issued the
following statement:
Regarding the story that one of
the attaches of this embassy sent in
formation to District Attorney Je-
rome for the purpose of upsetting
the story told by Evelyn Nesbit Tha.
there is not a word of truth in It.
Mrs. Nesbit, now Mrs. Holman,
mother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, ap-
pealed to the American embassy in
1903 for pecuniary assistance, and
was referred to the American Be-
nevolent Society,""
The story printed in the Times is
characterized at the embassy as ''ab-
surd and ridiculous"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-20
DIGEST OF
WORLD EVENTS
An Epitome of the Important News
Local, National and
Foreign.
May Send Thompson to Pen.

TACOMA, Wednesday, March 20.
A decision handed down yesterday
by the United States supreme court
establishes the authority of Superior
Judge Smell of Pierce county to
send Chester Thompson to the peni-
Tertiary, even though jury acquit-
ted the young man of the charge of
murder for the killing of former
Judge George Meade Emory.
Thompson's fate rested on the
question whether the action of the
lower court in the case of Thomas
Brown was legal.
Brown, like Thompson, was acqult-
ted of murder on the plea of insanity
and was Immediately thereafter
Jailed by order of the superior court
of Lewis county. The case was TAX
en- through the various courts to the
United States supreme court and that
tribunal held that the case did not
warrant interference by the federal
court. BY this decision the judge
of the Lewis county superior court
may send Brown to the state peni-
Tertiary, to a state insane asylum
or order his release.
The Chester Thompson case is ex-
actly similar to the Brown case.
After his acquittal Judge Smell or
dered him back to Jail until he de-
termined what to do with him. In
an effort to prevent sending his
brother to the penitentiary, Maurice
Thompson entered complaint alleg
ing Chester Thompson is insane and
asked for civil inquiry. The court
elected to conduct its own examina-
ton and set the date. Thompson
obtained a writ of prohibition from
the supreme court pending hearing
and decision on a writ of mandate
to compel the superior court to pro-
coed with the civil action brought
by Maurice Thompson. The supreme
court is now considering whethe'
this writ shall issue.
Attorneys believe the action of the
United States supreme court will
hasten the decision of the state SUI
preme court, especially as it's former
ruling was upheld.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-20
LOOK BEFORE YOU BUY
A Government Report on IncubatOrs
Worth Reading.

One of the government experts
on poultry breeding, artificial incuba-
ton and brooding made exhaustive
tests of different makes of incubators
and wrote a full report of his find
ings. This report is known as
Farmers Bulletin No. 236, and if
for free distribution, if the edition
has not been exhausted.
To get a free copy of this valuable
report, take a postal card and write
on it as follows:
Secretary Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. c.
Dear Sir: Please send me a copy
of Farmers Bulletin No. 1885,"
Be sure and write your name and
address plainly.
Every reader of this paper shoul@
write at once for this interesting
bulletin.
The Agricultural department keeps
a close watch of the poultry industry,
because it is source of enormous
revenue to the farmers. The depart
ment employs the foremost author
tiles to make experiments and report
results for the farmers benefit. The
information given out in the form OF
bulletins is of great value, and the
department is glad to. send them to
all parties interested.
Farmers Bulletin No. 236 was pre-
pared by DR.. Richard H. Wood, a
well known poultry expert. DR..
Wood says the Sure Hatch Incubator
Matched the surest of the lot The
makers Of the Sure Hatch have is
sued large book telling all about
their machine and giving wealth
of practical Information on raising
poultry for profit.-Tribune Farmer.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-20
Walter M. Olive
A CHA N G E

have changed my Office and am
now located in the new Columbia
Valley Bank building, and I here
by extend a hearty invitation to
the general public to call on me
at my new Office and get acquaint-
ed. I want your business, and l
shall put forth every honorable eff
fort and use my best endeavor to
win your confidence, SO that may
be able to cooperate with you in a
way that will prove both pleasant
and profitable to all parties con-
cerned. 1 have no desire to take
advantage of any one and realize
the fact that my success or failure
depends upon my ability and will
ingness to do the right thing with
those who intrust their business
with me. / am here to stay and
earnestly solicit your patronage.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-20
Daniel Gensinger
The East Wenatchee Land Man.
New Columbia Valley Bank Build
ing.
WENATCHEE, WASH.
BARGAINS

Groom house, plastered, bath
room, closets, only minutes walk
from the postoffice. Worth $500.
Price 81 400.
lots close in, best residence
district, for a few days only at
$3.50. $3.50 cash balance 9 and
IS months.
I have several choice pieces of
acreage at prices that will sell
them. If you are looking for bar
gain better see me.
Chas. F. Brown, Rosenberg Block.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-29
THE PUBLIC AND THE SALARY GRAB"

THE PUBLIC AND THE SALARY GRAB"
While the public press generally ex-
presses only one opinion of the evasive
and underhand methods by which
congress has brought about the in
crease of the salary of its members
from $1,000 to $500, and that opin-
ion is strongly uncomplimentary
there is no sign of such revulsion of
sentiment as followed the famous
salary grab" a generation ago. It's
especially offensive feature was the
back pay" the law being retroactive
as to more than half the term already
expired of the congress which passed
it, as well as applying to the future.
Public clamor was so great that most
Of those who voted negatively and
even some who voted afirmatively re-
A great number of the latter we're de-
feated either for denomination or re-
election, and the act was hastily re-
pealed nine months after it's passage.
III Tic pI6S6uJ case the lnCTedS6 10
at least free of this obnoxious pro-
vision Public feeling is perhaps also
somewhat affected by the higher scale
of salaries now in force in private oc-
equations, and undoubtedly the cost of
living and the expenses customary and
in a sense unavoidable for a congress
man at Washington and elsewhere
by reason of his Office are greater now
than they were then. But when all
possible is said on this side of the
question, there is manifest distinct
public disappointment and disgust
that congress should refuse in such a
matter to take the country into its
confidence and trickily contrive to
cover the truth of the record. The loss
of dignity and impairment of public
faith through such unworthy methods
are greater than the dollar gain to
to the authors, even though they hon
estly believed themselves entitled to 1t.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-29
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.

Schuyler Free Lance: If Mickey would
look over our exchanges and see the edi-
torial opinions expressed as to him he
would not think he was such a wonderful
governor after all.
Grand Island Independent: Ex-Governor
Mickey is quoted as saying that II the Lord
will only forgive him, he will never run for
Office again II is Related in-but we hest
tate to quote the scriptures to Mr.. Mickey.
Pierce Call: The first thing Judge Boyd
should do after donnng his congressional
suit is to pry of the lid in Thurston county
and see what's rotten on the Winnebago
reservation. Those high minded reform
ers 90 down there at Fender certainly
wouldn't object to little house-c cleaning.
Kearney Hubs At the recent meeting of
the Farmers Cooperative Grain and Live
Stock association at Lincoln It was charged
that the Omaha grain market is disorimi-
mated against in favor Of other markets by
means of false gradings. and It is proposed
to investigate the matter with a view to
improving the Nebraska home market
Omaha is growing as a grain center and,
with an equal show in the matter COM
planned Of would undoubtedly within a few
years become the leading grain market in
the west with vast increase of elevator
facilities and the creation of an important
milling industry
Fremont Tribune: The Nebraska supreme
court has just rendered a decision that
may prove valuable for those who are in
sisting on Mr.. Roosevelt standing for
another term. The statutes Of this state
provide that no county treasurer shall hold
his Office more than two consecutive terms
In Saline county Treasurer Bowlby was
first appointed to the Office. He has been
twice elected since and his contestant for
the place in bringing suit maintained that
he was on his third term. The court held
that he is serving on his second term and
that the term for which he was appointed
was not legal term. There is no law ex-
cept the unwritten law With respect to pres
idents. In the light OF the Nebraska decis-
ion It can only be claimed that Mr.. Roose-
welt has had one term. This precedent may
come handy and should not be overlooked.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-29
pIYERTINa THE SCHOOL FUNDS.

The discussion at the last meeting
preaching need of another wing to the
new high school, for which bonds
would have to be voted, serves to call
attention to the methods of the board
with respect to the erection Of school
buildings, which are decidedly ques-
tionable to say the least.
The board recently advertised for
proposals for the erection of a new
Vinton school and rejected all bids be-
cause the lowest Appropriated
$4,000 and exceeded all the esti-
mates. The purpose plainly is to un-
dertake to construct a new school
house costing at the lowest $4,000
to $4,000 without submitting a bond
proposition to the vote of the people.
No such expenditure of school funds
is contemplated by the law, which in
so many words prohibits the use of
more than $25, out of current rev.
enues for permanent improvements In
any one calendar year. The School
board, however, has repeatedly ex-
ceeded this limit of S25, 1000 a year in
construction work and has also at
tempted to whip the devil around the
stump by spreading the expenditures
for constructing a building costing
more than $4,000 over two or more
years.
The intention of those who framed
the law must have been simply to per-
NIT the school board, when it had
available funds, to invest it's surplus
not over $4,000 in a school site and
buildings, while buildings costing
more than $4,000 should be paid for
by the proceeds of bonds on which the
people of the school district should
have an opportunity to vote Yes" or
No" The erection of a $4,000 or
$4,000 building piecemeal, paying
$4,000 out of funds available in sep
arate years, works out in practice to
be the expenditure by one school
board of money not yet in hand or In
sight, and the obligation of the sue
ceeding board by it's predecessor to
carry out plans which it might not ap-
prove.
The Bee does not want to be under
stood as opposing the erection OF the
new VintOn school or of any school
building which may be required to
meet the growing demand for school
facilities. But 1t believes that these
buildings should be authorized and
paid for by the voting of school bonds
in the amount required and not by the
illegal diversion Of school funds that
should be devoted to other purposes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-29

informed opinion was then, that the
calling of Alger to the head OF the
War department was a mistake. He
was not equal to the place. II there
had been no outbreak of war at a
time when the department had fallen
into notorious ineficiency and dis
organization, Alger might have gone
out as a mere perfunctory secretary.
In all the formidable difficulties that
developed from utter unpreparedness
for an international war a really great
executive chief like Elihu Root would
have found only opportunity. The
emergency brought humiliation to AL
ger and harm to the national interest,
though corruption or evil motive is
not seriously laid to his charge.
General Alger had an enviable rec
ord as a fighter in a small cavalry COM
mand during the civil war; and he la
ter achieved notable success in bust
ness. The public would now at his death
have been disposed to forget the fiasco
of his connection with the War de-
partment with the same kindness with
which Mckinley treated him, If this
untimely publicity does net prevent
this it will be because McKinleys
friends are as forbearing as Algers
have been indiscreet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-29
ALGER AND MKINLEY.

1t is unfortunate that a Milwaukee
editor. the associate and intimate
friend of the late General Alger,
should publish a long-suppressed in
terview rejecting bitterly upon Presi-
dent McKinley's part in the generals
resignation as secretary of war. The
reasons, which were ample for sup
preston since 1900 OF such an obvi-
ously colored and unfair version. are
tenfold stronger now that the author
is dead. General Alger in his history
of the war with Spain gained some
commentator for at least an effort to
be fair toward Mckinley, and he GER
tainly excluded therefrom the depre-
ciatory and personal matter which
now appears in the belated interview.
1t would have been incomparably
better for the generals memory to
have left the subject there. because
the attack on Mckinley is a challenge
to his friends to set forth emphatieally
the truth, and the fall truth will not
rebound to the credit of his secretary
of war. 1t is well yknowp that what
the latter stigmatizes In the postum
nous interview as hack or backbone"
was really McKinleys excessive kind
ness. He showed backbone enough In
protecting Alger and by resisting pub
lie clamor and the ihsistencs OF closest
friends that he should be ousted from
the cabinet. Mckinley would have
been justified to refuse, and most presi-
dents would have refused to. smooth
so patiently TO his own hurt the way
for the secretaryis retirement before
the storm OF nubife eeursaEe. z,
The general verdict is now. as the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-29
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Newspaper photographers cheerfuly turn
from Swettenham to the uplift of art in
Omaha.
Another uprising is threatened in Cuba.
distinguished general has been fined for
promoting cock fight
A member of the Missouri legislature
makes a strong bid for a hero medal by
persistently refraining from introducing
bills.
One of the conundrums now perplexing
inquisitive minds is why Washington
weather is not dried up by the hot air so
abundantly on tap.
Governor Vardaman of Mississippi init
mates that a man OF his size and vocal
capacity would cut large swath on the
tail of the Bryan ticket in 1905
New York undertakes, following the
example of the ice men, propose to raise
the price Of their goods to discourage con-
sumption. Surely this should make life
worth living in the metropolis.
Justice takes a squirt in Ohio occasion
ally and soaks a sinner enthusiastically,
A life sentence for man who stole a
side Of bacon is the latest proof of what
Buckeye courts can do to a crook without
a pull.
record in Massachusetts bill has been
introduced in the state legislature requir-
ing hotel and lodging house keepers to
equip their establishments with automatic
extinguisherB.
1t is reported in knowing quarters that
the warmth of the gulf stream now tapping
the Atlantic coast has been increased sew
eraI degrees by the EXPLANATIONS tossed
overheard by Admiral Evans when he
heard from Swsttenham.
States are ungrateful. There Is Mime
sota for instance. Magnate Hill desired
to irrigate his stock with some OF the
surplus waters of the state, but the state
objected, fearful lest the precious fluid
would be piped into the dividend tanks of
the east.
The senate OF Massachusetts resolved 70
exclude lobbyists from the floor Of the
senate and also from the cloak room, read
ing room and corridor There are many
places in Boston outside OF the capitol
where business may be transacted without
batting the eye of the sacred Goldfish.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-29
story.--Baltimore American.
THE RAILROAD FIREMAN.
s. e Kiser in the Record-HeraId.

s. e Kiser in the Record Herald.
/
With tireless hands he feeds the coal in the
laundering monsters maw
AND hour by hour he trusts his soul TO the
God whom he never saw,
And hour by hour his life depends on the
care of the other man
Who, scanning the track where II slopes or
bends, Keeps vigil as best he can.
Swiftly the miles go fitting away as the
tireless monster speeds,
And braVely he labors "s best he may Civ
ing the food II needs.
And II dangers rise wh..e his eyes are dim
as he looks In the fiery glare,
He must trust to the skill and the care of
him who watches beside him there.
III.
He may not sit with his arms at rest and
watch for the danger sign,
he may only hope that they do their best
who are guarding along the line:
Hour by hour his work is done and hour by
hour his fate
Depends on the care and the call OF one
who may give him the word too late.
W
The hiss of steam is the sweetest song that
ever he hears or knows.
And in every throb as they rush along the
worth of his toiling shows;
With treless hands he feeds the coal In the
laundering monsters nav,
And hour by hour he trusts his soul TO the
God whom he never saw.