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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17
BIG CONCERNS BEAR
KING COUNTY RAISE

SEATTLE, Aug, IA total In
crease of about $4,000. 1000 In the
assessed valuation of the county,
and reduction of the tax rate In
Seattle from 30 mills to % mills on
the dollar, Is the probable outcome
OF the system adopted by County
Assessor Parish. and in which he is
being supported by the county
board Of equalization.
The proposed increase on the coal
and timber lands amounts to over
$1,000 900. the increase being from
$3,457.S 800 to over $10,500,000.
The increase on the right of-way
of the railroads Is $3,200,000. The
franchise assessments amount to
About $6,000,000, while the large
mercantile houses which, up to
date, have paid taxes on about Is
per cent of their property have had
a couple of millions added
The Seattle Brewing & Mailing
Co., the Moran Co. and few sim
ilar corporations have contributed
about two million to make up the
increase. while improvements and
newly plated lands have mounted
up to several millions. The small
property owners whose homes have
never escaped the lynz-eyed assess
or, have for the first time in years
found that their belongings have
not Increased.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17
1T the Theatres
AUDITORIUM.

Dramatic scenes, comedy and
character delineations are promi-
nent features in "A Ragged Hero
the play which will be put on dur
ing the coming week by the Shirley
company. With Jack Amory in the
title role, Miss Won Waldron as the
heroine, Hobert Romans as the
deep dyed villain, and George Nc
Quarrie as the injured brother and
sharer with Amory in the heroics,
the cast will be as strong as any
the company has offered this sum-
mer. A murder in which Allen
Preston Is the victim and Floyd
Preston the perpetrator, Is the CEN
trail feature of the play. This MUIR
der is fastened on Bob Forrest, q
step-brother of Floyd, and he is
condemned to death. 1t is through
the fact that Forrest is sonambu-
list that the murder is laid at his
door. Forrest Is in love with Lettie
Saunders and it is through her that
Bob is finally acquitted. She runs
to earth an aeronaut who saw the
whole affair from his lofty position.
The ragged hero, a tramp, enters
into the play as the father of a
young girl who had been wronged
by Floyd Preston while he was
masquerading as Winifred Savers.
From the time of his daughters dis
grave he becomes tramp and wan
ders around. After Floyd has fed
it is through the tramp that he Is
finally captured and brought to JUS
tice. The cast is a large one and
an effort was made to make 1t the
strongest possible. On Sunday
night the ladies' who attend the per-
Torrance will be presented with
photographs of Miss Anita Allen.
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CoLUM BIA.

Another play of cattlemen and
cowboys follows 1.-THE Cowpunch.
err" THE Halfbreed," dramatic
tale of life in Indian territory, will
be the offering for the week begin
ming Sunday evening. The story
gives opportunity for strong char
acter work on the part of the differ.
ent members of the company. The
plot revolves around the intense
love of Delmar Spavinaw, the half
breed, for the charming and accom-
plished daughter of Judge Hunting
don, owner of much lands and cat
tie. Ross kennion is also a sutton
for the hand of the girl, and the
halfbreed, in his mad attempt to
capture the love Of the girl. deter
mines to accomplish the ruin of
Kennion. In order to do this he
wrongly accuses his rival of being
the leader of a band of renegade
Indians who have been terrorizing
the country, and of which he is him
self the real leader The manner
in which Kennion finally succeeds
In dispelling the clouds of suspicion
and the final unmasking of the half
breed gives dramatic climax.
Scenically the piece will be the
best yet produced by the Curtiss
company, the third and last acts
being especially strong. There is a
real rainstorm in the third act. In
the leading role of Ross Kennion,
Russell Lee Barrett will appear In
a part for which he is well suited.
The halfbreed will be taken by Noel
Travers, and in this part he will be
seen in his strongest character
work. Adelaide Knight has been
cast as Evelyn Huntingdon, high
ly emotional role. All of the other
members have been assigned con-
genial roles. Prof Compton Is ar
ranging special musical program for
the week.
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arm to erase the crimson stain OF
tatooing, first paying her maid 800
to try the experiment.
Il am the victim of conspiracy"
asserts Mrs. Rigo. "A conspiracy,
which, believe. has been fostered
by the Princess de Chimay, my
cousin, for the purpose of winning
my husband back to her by alienat-
ing him from me. Mr.. Rigo thinks
Mrs. Martin Is crazy, but am posi-
tive she is the agent of the princess
and the princess family"
Mrs. Rigo contends that she is
virtually prisoner in her apart
ments at Atlantic City because of
her fear of Mrs. Martin. The latter.
she says. has threatened her with
vitriol and surrounded her with de-
tectives. Mrs. Martins suit is
based upon alleged remarks made
by Mrs. Rigo to the effect that she
was being prosecuted by her.
While the storm of feminine pas
sion RACES about his head, Rigo Is
at Atlantic City, playing love songs
blissfully upon his violin.
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TAMP ARRIVES
IN THE TENTH.

Seattle has what looks like COM
erin Dudley, who played third yes
te ylay. The last run, though, could
haEe been prevented by the young
'un. "Tamperinus" Osburn had
managed to get on third with a
drive that gave a through ticket.
McKune was killed and Carney APP
preached with warlike spirit. Coy
squinted at him a little and then
threw a slow one which Carney ate
up. He swung with might and main
but only popped little fly between
third and the box. Coy ambled I'M
der it and Dudley, who was playing
off, quietly waited to see II Coy
would hold 1t.
Yep, he did! But when he did
Osborn was close to the home plate.
Realizing that he had to leg it back
he broke Dan Kelly's record get
ting there. Meantime Dudley real
lied what was doing and also leg
ged it back. lamp beat him by
nose. That was what saved the
game from going more innings. Da-
vey Rowan was the next Indian to
face Coy and Strengthened him out
by sending hot grounder between
first and second. lamp scored,
which made it to 3 for Spokane.
However, there were other in
eliminating circumstances. Arbo-
CAST, Seattles change catcher, in
scoring in the 10th cut the third
sack. Terrence McKune saw him
do 1t and hollered. Funny HON i'm
mediately afterward all the players
on the team also saw 1t.
The preponderance of evidence
was against Arbogast and besides,
Frary, bumpire, also saw" 1t.
Aber's run didn't count. That was
playing the game-not. With Spo-
Rane's lone score in the 10th, had
Arbogast's counted, they might
have been playing yet.
The only real comedy of the day
was extracted when Dudley stood
with his mouth open and allowed
Osburn to get back to third. Then
It was that "Noseless" Shaffer
went into the air and nearly lost
himself up there.
Hi, rip snort, gol-ding-dam-hel-
fer-root bank-boung. blank-blank!"
That's what the conversation from
first to third sounded like. From the
best advice obtainable from local
cussers of wide reputation that's
the way it sounds when you cuss
and chew Star together. Others
who claim to be up in lingos said
It was hog-Latin with the hog off.
Other N. w. games:
Tacoma 10, Vancouver 2; Butte A,
Aberdeen 0.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that we, the undersigned, ma
jority Of the board Of trustees of
the Erie Consolidated Gold Mining
Company. do hereby call a meeting
of the stockholders OF said COM
pany to be held at 339 THE Rock
cry" in the city of Spokane. county
of Spokane and state OF Washing
ton, on the 10th day Of October.
1907. at the hour OF / o'clock p. m.
of said day.
The object OF said meeting win
be to reduce the capital Of said
company from $500. 100000 to $780,
10000; also for the purpose OF
electing a new board of trustees
and to transact any other business
that may properly come before said
meeting.
T. J. SIMPSON, Trustee
f. DENZEL, Trustee
G. A. ROHRER, Trustee
WILLIS H MERRIAM, Trustee
Trustees of Erie Consolidated
Gold Mining Company.
First publication, Aug. 10. 1907.
Last publication, Sept. %. 1907.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17
THE SPOKANE.

The house begins to warm up for
the approaching theatrical season
tomorrow evening with "The Little
Prospector." 1t is 1 of the wave
Of alleged western plays that are
flooding the stage nowadays and is
probably no better nor worse than
most Of them. Announcement is
made that the play was written ex-
pressly for the star, "Chic" Perkins.
The name makes it necessary to ex.
plain that "Chic" Is feminine in this
instance. The usual claim of love
and adventure" with wild and wool.
ly features is made for the piece.
Next month the Spokane opens for
the month with the following bill:
Sept. 1-2, Uncle Josh Perkins"
Sept. 3, musical Sherman Clay
Co.
Sept. CT, "Salomy Jane"
Sept. 8-9, THE Isle of Spice"
Sept. 11-12, Ezra Kendall In
"Swell Elegant Jones'"
Sept. 1914 Little Johnny
Jones'"
Sept. Is. "Thorns and Orange
Blossoms"
Sept. 2O-21, William Faversham
in "The Squaw Man"
Sept. 22-23-24, "The Time, the
Place and the Girl"
Sept. 1926, "The Mayor of To-
kio."
Sept. 27-28, The Darlington Haw-
ley Co.
Sept 1890, "The County Chair
man."
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STRIKERS ARRESTED.

RHYOLITE, New, Aug. IL
Fifty1three striking steel layers on
the Los Vegas & Tonopah railroad
have been arrested by four deputies
at Bonnie Clare, 40 miles north OF
Rhyolite, and lodged in Jail at the
same place. The strikers are Aus
tralians, and it is believed to be the
largest body Of men ever included
in an arrest in Nevada. The trou.
BILE originated over the demand OF
the men, who are members Of the
Industrial Workers Of the World
for an eight-hour day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17
pscial Correspondent to The Press.

SRSSNeA SSA@S"PoAoshs w AAo @Aose'
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17.--An-
other decidedly spicy and highly
sensational chapter has just begun
in the romantic career of Janesi
Rigo.
Mrs. Isabella ]. Martin of New
York has filed a $250.000 suit for
SANDER against Mrs. Catherine
Rigo, formerly Mrs. Casper Emer-
son of Philadelphia, who two years
ago supplanted the Princess de
Chimay, her own cousin, in the eff
fections OF RigO.
Mrs. Martin makes the startling
assertion that 1t is not the former
Mrs Emerson who Is with the VIC
linist, but the Princess de Chimay
herself, incognito.
She charges that for Ave years
the defendant has been fitting be-
tween America and Europe, chang
ing names constantly, In an effort
to kill the old name OF Princess de
Chimay. and that with view to
changing her appearance she had
the skin burned from her face and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17
BEAT UP AN OLD MAN.

1ngmar Marseth, husky Nor.
wegian bartender at tho Columbia
bar. was arrested yesterday by Pa.
trolman Haywood. who entered the
saloon just In time to discover Mar
seth beating an old man named
Louis Meyer. Marseth had been
drinking. His friends got him out
on depositing q SIS bond.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17
NATATORlUM PARK

Director Ingersoll has captured
one of the prizes in the amusement
field by securing the Golden West
Carnival company" which is to op-
en- Monday, August 26th and con-
tinues for two weeks, ending Sun
day. Sept 8. Fourteen attractions
are promised and three outdoor free
features will be introduced every
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17

WANTED-THE PEOPLE TO
know the barber at End and Post
has reopened his shop at 826 SEQ
ond, near Lincoln. Shave 10c: hair
cut Csc.
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WANTED FOR u. 8. ARMY--Able
bodied unmarried men between the
ages Of II and IS; citizens OF United
States, of good character and tenn
perate habits, who can speak. read
and write English. For informa-
ton, apply to Recruiting Oncer.
12s Ia Howard st.. Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17

GOODYEAR QUICK SHOE RE
pair. 231 Riverside. Repaired
while you wait. Shoes called for
and delivered. Phone 1865.
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LOST
HELP WANTEO-MALR.

WANTED-A GIRL TO WORK IN
tailor shop. 1109 First ave.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17

Other N. w. games:
Tacoma 10, Vancouver 2; Butte A.,
Aberdeen 0.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-17

DR.. FRANK TAYLOR has moved
his Office from 07O7 Monroe st. to
rooms 310-11-12 Nichols block, cor
ner Washington and Riverside. OF
fee phone 1l49. Residence phone
3278.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23

The Camden Post-Telegram is very
anxious to know where Mr.. Katzen-
bach stands on the excise question.
That is immateriaL. since the excise
question is not an issue in the gu
bernatorial campaign.-Trentoh- True
American.
The True American speaks for the
backwoods, but its own columns belle
its statement. The excise issue is a
ghost that will not down. 1t has been
stalking in this State ever since the
Bishops bill was introduced in the Leg
islature of 1905. 1t was very much in
evidence in the two State nominating
conventions, and especially in the Re-
publican convention, where it nearly
divided the delegates. 1t appeared
again in the first declaration by the Re-
publican candidate. Again ii appears
in the detection of the New Jersey
Freie Zeitung, a stalwart Republican
daily paper, from the Republican State
ticket. Unfortunately it will be the
dominant issue and perhaps the de-
termining factor in the elections in the
three largest counties of the State AND
in all the large CITIES, and. Unfortunate
ly also, it will probably drag the pulpit
into partisan politics, to the manifest
injury of religious interests.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23
PUBLICITY IN GOVERNMENT.

1t is well said by Secretary Allen, of
the Bureau of Municipal Research. of
New York, in respect to commission
government for cities, that the COM
mission idea will prove hopelessly in
efficient unless all cities adopting it
add to their program, as has Des
Moines, a system of accounting and re-
cording and publishing the facts of
government that will enable the gen.
eral public to decide upon the efficiency
of the commission, and to choose be-
tween policies that it may propose.
IF, asks Mr.. Allen, 1.-The electorate is
to remain uniformed. what reason is
there to believe that the Galveston idea
or the Des MONIES idea will themselves,
after they have passed the clean-broom
stage. guarantee any better form Of
government than New York; Mis-
rance as to official acts and the public
needs.
But what amount of Information is
given to the public under any form of
municipal or State government? In
New Jersey the seasonal laws of the
Legislature are printed in a way to
keep them out of the hands of IS per
cent. of the population. State commits
sions hold private sessions and their
acts are unknown. This year the State
Riparian Commission privately sold
many valuable tracts of State lands,
the fact was not revealed until the
State made an investigation. Nobody
knows anything about the meetings of
the State Board of Assessors, which
has control of railroad assessments and
taxes.
The value and necessity of publicity
is now generally recognized. 1t is de-
manded of the public utility corpora
tons, and it should be required of
every department and commission of
State and municipal government-that
kind Of publicity. too. that does not
merely wait to be asked, but gives the
Information unasked and spreads it be-
fore the public in a to reach the
most Indifferent citizens.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23
STATE ISSUES THIS YEAR,

1t was remarked at the two State
conventions last week that presidential
politics did not cut any figure. The in
terest displayed vas entirely State,
while the platforms had little reference
to matters outside of State affairs.
There was no emotional play over ma
tional politics in eithe convention.
Nor should there be. The presidential
election next year will in no wise be
affected by esults in New Jersey this
year, and the injection of national is
sues in a campaign in which only State
questions are involved confuses and
misleads the judgment of many voters.
State conventions of delegates reflect
the feeling of the voting masses, and
the feeling this yea is that we should
settle State issues Independently of ma
tional issues, which will come into full
play next year.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23
PUNISH THE HORSEPOWER.

The criminal law goes for keepers Of
disorderly .houses, such as gambling
places and brothels, and Furnishes them.
But the criminal law passes over tho
owners of the premises who, or their
agents, rent or lease the premises and
cannot be ignorant of the character of
the tenants. In New Castle, Pa, a
wealthy property-owner, who gave a
lease of a house which was used Tor
gambling purposes, was indicted ards
found guilty, and was sentenced to
thirty days in the workhouse.
That is justice. If
every HORSEPOWER knew that he would
be held criminaEy responsible and
would be sent to jail if a house rented
by him was regularly used for gambling
or as a brothel, there would be no rent
ing of houses for such purposes, and
a large amount of work would be taken
off of the police and the courts.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23
THE STATE INVESTIGATION.

The election campaign is bound to
obscure for a few weeks public interest
in the disclosures of gross maladminis-
tration in certain large State institu-
tons and in State commissions, but
the interest remains and it will be as
alert and vigilant, after the election as
it has been while the investigation was
going on, and one shameful revelation
after another was brought forth to as
tonish and disgust the State.
But investigation has not ceased.
There are other official boards and Off
GERS to come under the probe. and it is
to be hoped the probe will be all the
sharper and go all the deeper because
of the political campaign. Ting whet-
stone of p%artisanship should give it a
keener point and impart More vigor to
the thrusts into hidden places. Enough
is known about two institutions to fully
justify the Governor in demanding the
designations of every manager and all
executive officers implicated. The Con-
stitution says of the Governors: "He
shall tax care that the laws be faith
fully executed" Much may yet be dis
closed to affect the integrity of other
institutional arrangements. The people
want to know the whole truth, and in
Vestigation cannot go too far or too
deep into State affairs.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23
HOW SERVANTS ARE HOUSED.

A Philadelphia woman has appealed
to Governor Stokes to procure The es-
adjustment of a State department for
inspection of servants quarters in
hotels in the State. This woman rep
resents hat revolving conditions >exist
at seashore and other resort hotels
where insufficient accommodations are
provided for help, it being not ncom
mon. she says, to house the servants
together without regard to sex or
color.
To visitors at the seaside resorts it
is a mystery where and how the large
number of male and female servants
are lodged, but of course they make
no inquiries. Space is Everything at a
seaside hotel, and as much as possible
of the space is devoted to tbs guests
and commercial profit. The help is a
minor consideration. The ~philanthro-
pist who has made the request to the
Governor has pointed out a possible
evil, but is there not something in it
for private philanthropy to investi-
gate and for the Legislature to legis-
late for?
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23

is said to have been the prime mover in
getting the voting machine bill through
the Legislature, Senator Wakelee intro
ducing it. and the latter has stood SEN
tinel over the law ever since with a
devotion that could not be exceiled by
an attorney in private practise. These
two worthless were evidently on guard
at Trenton last Thursday. Nothing
was said about voting machines in the
platform.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23

To the Editor of the Evening Star: g
Die Napoleon ever make a definite dec
~laration or definition of his faith in Chris
tianity? w. G. N.
Napoleon has been credited with various
friendly testimonies on religious subjects.
Among others we find In Days "Collacon"
the following:
what a solace must Christianity be to
one who has a conviction of Its truth!
1.-THE nature of Christ's existence is mys-
FERROUS, 1 admit, but this mystery meets
the wants of man. Reject 1t, and the world
Isl an inexplicable riddle; believe 1t, and
the history of our race is satisfactorily
explained"
The following is to be found in Arvine's
Cyclopedia of Moral and Religious Anec-
dotes. Napoleon was speaking at St
Helena:
L know men, and r tell you that Jesus
is not a man! h religion Of Christ is a
mystery which subsists by its own force,
and proceeds from a mind which is not a
human mind. We find In it a marked in
~dividuality, which originated a train of
words and actions unknown before. Jesus
Is not a philosopher, for His proofs are
miracles, and from the first His disciples
adored Him Alexander, Caesar, Charlie
pagne and myself founded empires, but on
what foundation did we rest the creatures
of orr genius? Upon force. But Jesus
Christ founded an empire upon love; and
at this hour millions of men would die for
Hin l die before my time, and my body
will be given back to-the earth, to become
food for worms. Such is the fate of him
who has been called the Great Napoleon.
What an abyss between my deep misery
and the eternal kingdom of Christ. which Is
proclaimed, LOVED. adored and is still ex-
tending over the whole earth Then. turn
ing to General Bertrand, the emperor added,
IF you do not perceive that Jesus Christ
is God, ] did wrong in appointing you a
general. Ed
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23

In the decision by the Pennsylvania
against the two-cents-a-mile rail-
road rate law passed by the Pennsyf-
vania Legislature this year it is held
that the two-cent rate regulation is
unreasonable, since it would cut down
the profits of the railroad company TO
less than the legal rate of interest. II
the rate fixed by the Legislature is "un-
reasonable and ~conascatory." as the
court holds. it deprives the company Of
property without due process Of law,
which is contrary to the Federal con-
stitution.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23
A Gilded Existence.

Dat candidate, he come aroun'
A lookin' mighty neat.
His voice 1t seem jes' like de
OF music, it's dat sweet.
He step right up an take yor han
An wears a FRENZY look,
An when he smiles. why, goodness Ian
It's like a picture book!
Dey cheers fob him through every mile
He travels day by day.
He stops an talks a little while
An den de ban'll play.
Dey gifts elected now an den.
Dat change is what 1 hates.
Dey's so much better comp'ny when
Dey's only c~anerdates!
Washington Star.