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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-02

The Standard Oil Company is not like
ly to plead that the S29,000,000 fine Is
confscatory.
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Admiral Dewey Is still enamoured OF
the Philippines. They must be his
affinity. ...
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-02

A biographical sketch of Senator
Tillman states that his friends consider
him poet and a dreamer fighting for
his dreams. Poets who fail to make the
business pay are inclined to think the
pitchfork is mightier than the pen.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-02

A great-grandson of Robert Burns is
police judge in Louisville. If his jus
tice is not tempered with mercy the
sympathetic warmth of the famous
plowman must have been lost in the
descent.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-02

Wall Street may be going to the devil
As Hetty Green asserts, but we wager
it's only for a tip and on return ticket.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-02

Within a year the number of stock
holders in one prominent railroad COM
pany has increased from 5000 to $4,000.
Confidence in dividends and honest man
agement is good backing for popular
uses.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-02

The new turbine steamers put on be-
tween New York and Boston easily
make the run in fourteen hours, and one
has developed speed Of twenty -seven
knots in favoring tide, which is ahead
of the Deutchland's time. ,.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-02

Jack Frost on Wednesday struck the
west in the corn belt; the only question
is did 1t strike below the belt.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-02

Coal enough to load 24,l05 railroad
cars was locked down the Monongahela
River in August. This is the one river
in the United States that has been thor
oughly improved, and its steady traffic
is immense.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-02

ae any ever allowed to rot under tn,
treess
Bob Fitsimmmons Is to leave the
stage, To elevate it?
This sort of weather Is bad enough
ior a Ben Davis apple crop,
There is little question that the Pen.
nsylvania grafters deserve capitol pun.
ishment.
Egypt reports fine corn crop. Strikes
lis As sort of familiar, that famine-re.
lieying corn crop in Egypt.
With snow flying ON the Great Lakes,
the last week OF September seems to be
sanlpling an early Winter.
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Admiral Dewey Is still enamoured o
the Philippines. They must be hi
affinity.
The Standard Oil Company is not like
ly to plead that the S29,000,000 fine il
coniscatory.
American farmers seem to have learn
ed the important art of raising goo(
crops after the late springs bad start
The reporter who went through the
Lusitania's machinery room says it is q
cave This new vein is worth the at
tention OF the novelists.
Persons who expect panic because
dishonest methods are exposed have ar
unreasonably poor opinion of the basi:
on which business rests.
The sea water injection cure is max
ing sensation in Paris. One of the
merits of the new remedy is that nc
trust can corner the supply.
The number of democratic votes cast
in Oklahoma at the recent election in
dicates beyond a doubt that the new
state has the requisite population.
A Standard Oil dividend was 'ac-
companied by larger dividends in sub
sidary companies. That is the sort Of
chaser to keep investors in good humor.
Some diet reformers who advise the
people to be vegetarians show a lack
of current information when they men
tion economy as one Of the induce
ments.
The 100000 branch Of Standard Oil
in Indiana made a profit in one year of
over Sl0,500,000. Such figures might in
duce even an Indiana man to abandon
literature and its midnight oil.
Some democratic papers are wonder
ing who will be named by Bryan, if he
decides not to run himself. This is a
desperate extremely Mr.. Bryan may not
consider for twelve or sixteen years
more.
Within a year the number of stock
holders in one prominent railroad COM
pany has increased from 5000 to $4,000.
Confidence in dividends and honest man.
agement is good backing for popular
uses.
A great grandson of Robert Burns is
4 police judge in Louisville. If his jus
tice is not tempered with mercy the
warmth of the famous
plowman must have been lost in the |
lescent.
Coal enough to load 24,l05 railroad
,ars was locked down the Monongahela |
River in August. This is the one river
n the United States that has been thor
'ughly improved, and its steady traffic
q immense.
The new turbine steamers put on be-
;ween New York and Boston easily |
make the run in fourteen hours, and one
has developed speed Of twenty -seven
tnots in favoring tide, which is ahead
# the Deutchland's time.
A biographical sketch of Senator
rillman states that his friends consider
lim poet and dreamer fighting for
lis dreams. Poets who fail to make the
business pay are inclined to think the
'itchfork is mightier than the pen.
The antics should keep their eyes on
he new island Uucle Sam proposes to
'uild at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.
such position, commanding the water
approaches to Washington, and sur
ounded by battleships, would be for
nidable imperial stronghold.
Great Britain's importation of apples
as reached 100000 barrels year, of |
Which half is from the United States.
he fayorite apples in the British mar
:et are certain kinds from this country.
lther F1lrnnaan sno11ntriae want. Ayonr
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
REFUSES
PAPERS

WALLA WALLA, April Is
County Clerk Dorsey Hall on advice
of Superior Judge Brents has de-
cided TO have nothing further to
do with naturalization of aliens,
owing to the conflict of state and
federal laws.
Clerk Hill has been following the
federal laws in regard to fees. ow-
ing to heavy penalties provided for
their violations, but since Attorney
General Atkinson gave the opinion
that state laws should be followed,
Hill thinks the only safe course is
to refuse to naturaliZe anybody.
There is no law making ii the
duty of the county clerk to natural
i2e aliens but they have usually
done so as a matter of accommoda
ton. Here after all applications for
naturalization in this county will
he made to Deputy Clerk +. f
Wright. of the United States dis
trict court, and papers will be final
" passed upon by Federal Judge
| Whitson.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25

BEGIN FIGHT

The republican committeeman
met at Masonic temple last night
and appointed ID. NJ. Thompson
chairman of the central committee.
Charles P. Lund, David T. Ham and
Gordon c. Corbaley were appoint
ed campaign committee to have
complete charge of selecting head
quarters, proclaiming a platform
and to generally begin at once a
vigorous campaign.
Chairman Thompson named as
the platform committee Jack Will
mot. l.. R. Hamblen and Frank
Allen. c. Herbert Moore, the re-
publican nominee, will be consult
ed as to just what the platform
Shall contain. The committees will
report at a meeting to be held Fri
day night in the municipal court.
room.
A suggestion that ward meetings
be held and finance and other com
mittees appointed to operate there
in was adopted
Some dissatisfaction is express.
ed today over the fact that no
Doust men were appointed on com.
mittees last night except Jack Will
mot, saloon man.
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Bits O. News

The WOman's Home Mission So
ciety, Of the NJ. E. church. south,
will meet tomorrow afternoon at
the residence of Mrs. Smith, 904
Virginia.
w. II. butcher and Nora Boyles.
both of Springdale, Wash, were
united in marriage at the parson-
age Of the Hillyard Congregational
church last night by Rev. Frank A.
BOwan.
A full dress rehearsal of The
Ulster" will be held tonight. The
play will be offered at the high
school auditorium tomorrow night
as the initial production of high
school dramatic society.
A jury in Judge Remnants court
yesterday evening returned a YER
dict for the defendant in the suit
for $4,000 damages brought
against the Washington Water
Power Co. by William Fairburn.
Mrs. D. c. Collins and family, of
S27 f. Baldwin av., left yesterday
for Dublin. Ireland, for months
trip abroad. They will attend the
worlds fair at Dublin and visit the
principal cities Of England and
Scotland
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
WHOLE FAMILY DOOMED
TO DEATH BY POISON

CHICAGO, April 25.-Deadly poi
son administered by a fiend with
intent to annihilate an entire family
has already filed two graves.
Three attempts within three
weeks have been made, two of them
while police were on the case.
All the survivors have been twice
sent to the hospital.
This is the terrible fate of the
Mette family. bounded by mysteri-
Gus, daring goth century adept, who
has bafiled the police and coro-
ner's forces.
Food-the home prepared food Of
the Mette family-eaten unsuspect-
ingly and with all confidence. has
been the medium of the murders
and attempted murders.
Last March 80. the entire family,
consisting of Frank Mette. his wife,
daughter and three sons, was
stricken after eating fruit cake
made by Mrs. Mette. Mrs. Mette
died.
1t looked suspicious to the attend
ing physician, and the police were
called in. Arsenic was found in the
-four. The only other woman In the
household, the daughter, Mrs. Mary
Slatek, whose husband had just left
her after a quarrel, and who was
said to have twice attempted sui
eide recently, was closely question
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
MONTANA MINING

From Libby. Mont, J. c. Bur
goyne writes that the right of way
for g railway to the mines in that
vicinity is being cleared, and that
about ) miles Of track will be com
pleted during the summer. The
Silver Cable Co. is installing an air
compressor and will begin work
about May I. The Snow Shoe Min
ing Co. will begin work at its saw
mill in about week. Work on the
Gillis = Burgoyne property, on Bear
creek, will be- begun about June /
and the F. II. & c. Mining Co. will
resume as soon as the snow goes
off.
At the present all supplies are
exhausted and the snow is SO deep
that an attempt TO reach the prop
erty with provisions would be
futile.
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ed. but nothing developed.
On April -. two weeks after the
first illness and after all the sur
vivors had recovered, one of them,
the father. was again taken i'll and
died the next day.
On the day following Mary Slatek
became i'll and was taken to the hos
pital when the police again ques-
toned her repeatedly without devel-
oping a clew.
This time poison was found in
the -four bin.
And two days after that. with the
father dead and sister in the hos
pital the boys. Joseph. Rudolph and
Charles. were again poisoned by
eating oatmeal in which poison had
been placed. Two Of them are not
yet out of danger.
The persistence of the prisoner is
making the police frantic and ter
roriZing the Mette family.
1t develops that most of the men,
bers of the family are insured, but
all for moderate sums.
One theory is that during the
funeral of the elder Mette, when
the house was unguarded, some
fined slipped in and prepared for
the later poisoning. Mary Slatek
is now under guard in a hospital
pending her recovery to appear be-
fore the coroner's jury.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
LEFT BRIDE WAITING
AT The CHURCH

TACOMA, April 25.-Just short
time before his wedding was to
take place, Emil Linden, young
Swede, employed at the Tacoma
smelter. mysteriously disappeared.
The Tacoma police have been work
ing diligently for days on the case,
but so far have been unable to get
the slightest trace of the groom.
Linden was to have been married
to a Miss Francis at Ellensburg.
She is sister of w. B. Francis. a
prominent contractor of that city.
The guests had assembled for the
wedding. the bride was attired in
her gown and the minister was
present, but the groom failed to
appear.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
REDEMPTIONISTS WILL
HOLD MISSION

Next Sunday the Redemptionists
fathers will begin a mission in Our
Lady of Lourdes church. Services
will be held daily and in the even
ings for the entire week. Father
Joseph Chapeton and Father Dougal
Mcdonald will conduct the mission.
They are from the Seattle head
quarters Of the RedemptiOnists and
are noted in Catholic mission work,
AS the meeting are in the nature of
a revival, non-Catholics are invited.
The first service will be held at the
morning mass Sunday at 1880.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
JEWELER LETS
GOLD THIEF
ESCAPE

The police today took possession
Of 500 worth of dental gold which
had been left at f. j. Hyde S
iewelry establishment on Sprague
ay and not called for. A stranger
went to Hyde 3 days ago with the
gold and wanted TO sell II, HYDE
suspected it was stolen and told the
man so. To make certain he called
M DR.. +. y. Fiske, who with others
some months ago was robbed OF
dental gold and other things. Dr.
Fiske was not in. SO Hyde asked the
stranger to walk up TO the dentists
Office.
The man was willing to 90 and
they started out. When passing the
Maze saloon on Howard st. he said
to the jeweler: Il left the man
whom | bought the stuff from in
here" He went in and did not re-
turn. probably going ont the back
way. Then Hyde notified the po-
lice and Detectives Weir and Mac
donald investigated. That mig,
the stranger telephoned to Hyde
that he would return in the morn
ing for payment for the gold. The
detectives were on hand in the
morning, but the man failed to keep
his word.
DR.. Fiske was unable to positively
identify the gold. but Dr.. Z. Worth
. ington. who has offices IN the Gold
en- Gate block. identified some of it
on account Of some work he had
done on the settings.
A gang Of Office breakers infested
the city a few months ago. One
night they raided about 10 offices in
various blocks. They forced the
locks with some strong instrument
and broke them in every instance.
Three men were afterward arrest
ed by Detectives McDermOtt and
Stauffer 1t could not be proven
that they were the robbers, SO each
was charged with vagrancy, fined
and ordered to leave the city. The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
BRINGS MAYOR
SMALLPOX

A bartender named Mundt
caused decentralization in the demo-
cratic ranks this morning by APP
pearing in Mayor Daggett's Office
with the announcement. I've got
the smallpox" He had all right,
as Otis Anderson, the mayors secre-
tary, saw at a glance.
Get out onto the sidewalk" he
yelled. The bartender got out. Then
Health Inspector Heath was sent
for and took Mundt to the isolation
hospital behind the Jail to await the
arrival of the pesthouse convey
ance,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
SHOOTS FALSE LOVER
AND HERSELF

OIL CITY, Pa, April 25.-Miss
Belle Stroud, a dressmaker from
Bradford, killed her former lover,
Thaddens Stevens Ross, of this
city. and then shot herself through
the heart late yesterday. Ross was
to have been married to Miss
Druisella Sampsell last night He
wrote letter to Miss Stroud a
few days ago telling her of his COM
ing marriage, whereupon she came
here and called Ross by phone to
the Offices of DR.. Magee. There she
ended both their lives. 1t is said
that Ross had promised to marry
her
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
SHIPPERS FORM UNION

SEATTLE, April 25.-Represen-
tatives of all large shipping com
panies of Puget sound met here
yesterday and organized the Puget
Sound Shipping association. This
is an outgrowth of the recent de
mand for higher wages made by
the Longshoremens union, and the
association will take up all future
labor troubles for its membership.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
CATHOLICS PLAN fine
CLUB HOUSE

At Gonzaga hall last night about
$1,000 was pledged for the proposed
Catholic club building for st.
Aloysius parish. A , story brick
or fireproof building. including ban
quet and ball room and lodge hall,
will be erected The total cost is
Appropriated at $4,000 A com
mittee was appointed at last nights
meeting to select a site.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
TO PRISON FOR LIFE

CHICAGO, April 25.-Charles j.
Hunson. found guilty of numbering
Policeman Luke Fitzpatrick. has
been sentenced to life. On Nov. Is
Hunson and Guy Van Tassel were
suspected by officers of being fugi-
tives An attempted arrest was
preceded by battle in Madison
ay. elevated station in which Fitz-
patrick was killed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25

has been rid of the other rats, but
the way to get rid of the belled one
has not been discovered.
Sleep is a stranger in the house.
AT all hours the rat. which is there
with the bells on can be heard--in
the wall, under the floors, over the
ceilings, never quiet, always rest
less, getting even for all it is worth.
The Pennington family is nearly
frantic from the annoyance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
WIRE BURNS BODY in TWO

BRISTOL, Tenn, April 25.-J. w
Hill was killed here by an electric
light wire. He was starting for a
drive when he saw a wire in the
way. He attempted to remove it
and received the entire charge OF
100 volts. He fell with the wire
across his body. His clothing was
burned off and his body burned in
two before the wire could be re-
moved.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
SEEKS NEPHEW IN SPOKANE

Mrs. d. J. Brannen, wife of DR..
Brannen. of Portland. Ore. has
written to Chief Of Police Waller
asking as to the whereabouts of
Edward Thompson, who left his
home years ago at the age of 16.
The letter said the young man had
been heard of in Spokane less than
year ago. He is described as
tall. slender and with dark brown
hair Mrs. Brannen is the boys
aunt,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
HILL TACTICS IN MONTANA

HELENA. Mont, April 25.-The
new Montana railroad commission
will begin its work with a case
against the Great Northern in
which that company is accused of
the usual rate discrimination Mine
owners in the northern part of the
state are unable to work valuable
properties on account of favoritism
shown competing companies by the
Hill road.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
HANGMAN CREEK
BRIDGE OPEN

The lower Hangman creek bridge
is now open for traffic, work having
been completed yesterday 1t is
situated at the foot of Riverside
av. J. J. Mccormick superintendent
its erection. There are trestle APP
proaches and 100 foot span. The
roadway is % feet wide and one
side there IS an 8 foot sidewalk.
The bridge was built by day labor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
NEW POSTAL RATE

The postoffice has announced that
the new rate on second class mat
ter sent to Canadian addresses be-
comes effective May g. The charge
will be l cent for each 4 ounces or
fraction.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25

Charles Sweeney has sold his
property just east of Bernard ST.
on Sprague av. TO the Granite In
vestment Co. for $40, eco. A = story
brick building occupies the prop
erty.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25

PITTSBURG. April 25.-In race
problem address in Carnegie music
hall here last night. Senator TIL
man, of South Carolina. declared
that negroes were gradually becom-
ing more antagonistic. twenty-five
detectives and policemen guarded
the hall
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25

PORTLAND, April 25.-.The fed
eral grand jury has returned an in
dictment against Lizzie Caughell,
postmistress at Goldbeach, Ore, for
Withholding mail.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25

High school seniors and tea oh ers
Of the high school Will play ball
this afternoon at Nata,rIirm p'rk.
The teachers, some OF them, Uecd
70 piay t2ll.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
THIS RAT IS There
WITH the BELLS ON

LYNDHURST. n. j., April 25.-
The bell recipe for Kidding a house
OF rats has been tried in Lyndhurst
and found wanting. 1t is probable
that the house of John Pennington
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25

man who left the gold with Hyde
answers the description of one of
them. The police believe they hid
the gold here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-25
PRINCE FRiTZ's HEAD BUMPED

BERLIN, April 25.-Prince Eitel
Fritz was thrown from his horse
this morning during military man
euvers near Potsdam. He suffered
a slight conclusion of the brain.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-18
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

Let me man you free. to prove
merit. samples OF my DR.. Shops
Restorative, and my Book ON either
Dyspepsia, The Heart. or The kid
neys. Address me DR., shoop, Ra-
cine, Wis. Troubles of the stomach,
heart or kidneys, are merely symp-
toms Of deeper ailment. Don't
make the common error OF treating
symptoms only. Symptom treatment
is treating the result of your all
ment, and not the cause. Weak
stomach nervesAthe inside nerves
means stomach weakness, always.
And the heart, ana kidneys as well.
have their controlling or inside ner-
yes. Weaken these nerves aud you
inevitably have weak vital organs.
Here is where DR.. Shops Restora-
tive has made its fame. No other
remedy even claims to treat the Gin
side nerves" Also for bloatin
biliousness, bad breath or compile
ion. use DR.. Shops Restoratiy
Write for my free book now. n
Shops Restorative sold by all DIR
gists,
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR

Read the advertisement of the I'M
ion Sand & Fertilizer Co. in this is
sue. They have purchased the large
plaster factory works at Industrial
addition to Clarksburg. The prop
erty consists of a large lot fronting
200 feet on the,main side track. with
large s-story building, ssx72 feet
with an L 24xS6 one-story, contain
ing boiler and engine and lots Of
other valuable machinery.
They have leased large sand
stone quarry from John T. Williams
and will manufacture sand for the
trade here, also VIII manufacture
fertilizer as soon as they can in
stall their machinery. This COM
pany has a promising future. They
OFFER some Of their stock at public
subscription. II you want a good
thing you had better buy some of
this stock. Seven percent dividend
guaranteed. Call on or write to D.
81. Morris, Gen.-Mgr., room 81
Lowndes building, Clarksburg, W. Va
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SIMMONS & SIMMONS
ALVIN j. SIMMONS,
HAZE MORGAN, Bankrupts
Counsel for Petitioners.

ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
Northern District of West Virginia. s.
On this 18th day OF May, A. d.
1907, on reading the foregoing petit
ton. 1t is
Ordered by the Court, that a hear
ing be had upon the same ON the
18th day OF May, A. D. 1907, before
said court, at Clarksb1rg, In said
district, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon; and that notice thereof be
pu blished in the Clarksburg Tele.
gram, newspaper printed In said
district, and that all known credit.
ors and other persons in interest may
appear at the said time and place
and show cause, If any they have
why the prayer of the said petition
should not be granted.
And it is further ordered by the
court, that the clerk shall send By
mail to all known creditors copies Of
said petition and this order, ad,
dressed to them at their places Of
residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable Aston C.
Dayton, Judge of the said court, and
the seal thereof, at clarksburg, in
said district, on the 18th day Of
May, A. D. 1907,
Attest:
JASPER Y. MOORE, Clerk,
D. G. U. S. N. D. W. Va