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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
CROOKSCAN'T GET AWAYFR0M HER

CHICAGO, June 20-Undoubtedly
the only woman in her profession is
Mrs. P. G. Holland, expert in the
new system of Identification by fin
ger prints.
Mrs. Holland confidently entered
upon the work of mastering the
system under J. X. Ferrier Of Scot
land Yard, at the st. Louis EXPOSE
ton, and in a year was able to
classify hundreds of prints without
mistake. Many men to whose in
terest It would have been to learn
the art quailed at the task and ig-
nored opportunities to learn from
the English expert.
Mrs. Holland. however, was ma
turally drawn to the work by rea-
son Of experience in helping her
husband in his work ofmaking de-
tecttive and police supplies and col
lecting pictures of criminals, and
later as assistant manager of his
paper. The Detective" She is an
honorary member of the Police and
Sherffs' association and of the Ma
tional Prisons congress.
The advantage of finger print
Identification of criminals" says
Mrs. Holland, sis that not only has
each ierson a distinguishably diff
ferent ptint, but the impress of a
baby 81 finger shows exactly the
same characteristics through its
life: even in old age the lines due
to shriveling or hardening skin
break. but do not change the print
beyond easy Identification. The
trouble with the Bertillon system is
that bones grow up to certain age,
and the large number of juvenile
criminals dealt with make this
big handicap without a surer meth
cd TO supplement it."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20

killed. and one which produces
fewer young at . birth.
1t is possible that this destruction
Of the wolves Is due to some dis
ease among them, perhaps to hydro.
phobia, a terrible malady from
which it Is known that they suffer
greatly at times.
The difference even among the
wolves of different sections Of our
own country is very notable. 1t
may be true that the species as q
whole Is rather weaker and less fe-
rocious than the European wolf;
but 1t Is certainly not true Of the
wolves Of certain localities. The
great timber wolf of. the central and
northern chains of the Rockies and
coast ranges Is in every way a more
formidable creature than the buff
falo wolf Of the plains, although
they intergrade. The skins and
skulls Of northern Montana and
Washington wolves which ! have
seen were quite as large and show
ed quite as tout claws and teeth as
the skins and skulls of Russian and
Scandinavian wolves, and l be-
lieye that these great timber
wolves are In every way as formid.
able as their old world kinsfolk.
However, they live where they
come in contact with a population
of rifle-bearing frontier hunters,
who are very different from Euro
pean peasants or Asiatic tribesmen;
and they have, even when most
hungry, a wholesome dread of hui
man beings. Yet l doubt it, an un-
armed man would be entirely safe
should he, while alone in the for
est in midwinter, encounter fair
sized pack Of ravenously hungry
timber wolves.
A full-grown dog-wolf of the
northern Rockies, in exceptional .in-
stances, reaches a height of 80
inches ed a weight of 100 pounds;
a big buffalo wolf of the upper Mis-
sissippi stands 80 or 80 inches at
the shoulder and weighs about ITO
pounds; Texan wolf may not
reach over 80 pounds. The she
wolves, are smaller, and moreover.
there is often great variation even
in the wolves of closely neighboring
localities.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
SID DUNDAS FATALLY
SHOT At TACOMA

TACOMA, June 20.---Sid Dundas,
of the best known saloon men on
the Sound, was Shot in the head
and probably fatally wounded last
night by w. J. Jones, a book agent.
The agent then fired wild, wound
ing an auto driver and running out
on the street put bullets into his
own brain. He died where he fell.
Dundas was shot in his saloon on
Pacific av., where a year ago a sim.
ilar attempt was made on his life
that proved unsuccessful. Jones had
lately parted from his wife and was
Quarreling with Dundas about 1t
aust before he shot.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
SPORTING SNAP SHOTS

Kid Scaler has gone to Fernie, b
c., to box a boy named Cook who
thinks he's some pumpkins. The
miners think so, too. and will back
him against Scaler ~-.e Italian
has cut loose from all strings and
will manage himself. He and Jack
Kearns are estranged temporarily
because Kearns did not get him
fights enough. iy
Louie is to be praised for lazy
ing aside a pipe that for odor haa
the skunkiest (word newly COMEDY
smell beaten whole blocks. For. a
while last winter Louie and this
evil-smelling pipe were as in
separable as the Irishman and his
dudeen.-
Eventually Scaler will reach Cab
gary, Alta, and hopes to hook up
with Ladders, the Scot, who Sc,
cured a Is round decision from Bar.
ney Mullin a few weeks ago. 1t is
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
SWIFT CHECKER EXPERT
Is Christy Mathewson-He Fools
Chicago Players.

CHICAGO, H., June 20.--Christy
Mathewson. the New York Giants
star twirler. has curves and speed
over the checker board as well as
upon the diamond. He has demon
strated ibis by defeating several
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20

Texas and New Mexico which were
understood, slim animals. with
rather small tusks, in no way to be
compared to the long-toothed giants
of their race that dwell in the
heavily timbered mountains of the
northwest and In the far north. AS
rule the teeth of the coyote are
relatively smaller than those of the
gray wolf.
Formerly wolves were incredibly
abundant in certain parts of the
country, notably on the great plains
where they were known as buffalo
wolves, and were regular attendants
on the great herds of the bison.
Every traveller and hunter of the
old days knew them as among the
most common sights of the plains,
and they followed the hunting par
ties and emigrant trains for the
sake Of the scraps left in camp.
Now, however, there is no district
in which they are really abundant
The wolvers, Or professional wolf
hunters, who killed them by poison
ing, for the sake of their fur, and
the cattle men, who likewise killed
them by poisoning, because of their
raids on the herds, have doubtless
been the chief instruments in work.
ing their defamation on the plains.
In the '70s and even in the early
SOS many tens of thousands OF
wolves were killed by the wolvers
in Montana and northern Wyoming
and western Dakota.
Nowadays the surviving. wolves
of the plains have learned caution !;
they no longer move abroad at mid.
day day, and still less do they
dream of hanging on. the footsteps
Of hunters and traveller. Instead OF
being one of the most common, they
have become one Of the rarest
sights of the plains. A hunter may
wander far and wide through the
plains for months nowadays and
never see a wolf, though he will
probably see many coyotes.
OF all small animals, the wolf is
the shyest and hardest to STAY. 1t
is almost or quite as difficult to
still-hunt as the cougar, and is far
more difficult to kill with hounds
traps or poison; yet it scarcely
holds it own in numbers as well
as the great cat. and it does not be.
gin to hold its own as well as the
bear. beast certainly more readily
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
az PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

Extracts from The Wilderness
Hunter" copyrighted 1898 by G. p
Putnam's Sons, New York and Lon
don.
Reproduced in this newspaper un
der special arrangements with G. P
Putnam's Sons.
The wolf Is the arch type OF
ravin, the beast of waste and desc
lation. 1t is still found scattered
thinly throughout all the wilder por
lions of the United States, but has
everywhere retreated from the ad
vance of civilization.
Wolves show an infinite variety
in color, size, physical formation
and temper Almost all the varie
ties intergrade with one another
however, so that 1t is very difficult
to draw a hard and fast line be
tween any of them. Nevertheless
west of the Mississippi there are
found 2 distinct types. One is the
wolf proper, or big wolf, specifically
akin to the wolves of the eastern
states. The other is the little
coyote, or prairie wolf. The coyote
and the big wolf are found together
in almost all the wilder districts
from the Rio Grande to the valleys
of the upper Mississippi and the
upper Columbia.
Big wolves vary far more in color
than the coyotes do. | have seen
white, black. red, yellow. brown
gray and grizzled skins, and others
representing every shade between
although usually each locality has
its prevailing tint. The grizzled
gray and brown often have precise
ly the coat Of the COYOTE. The diff
ference in size among wolves of diff
ferent localities, and even of the
same locality, is quite remarkable
and so, curiously enough, is the diff
ference in the size of the teeth, in
some cases even when the body o.
the wolf is as big as that of an
other. | have seen wolves liz
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20

The Press has been giving you
animal stories by the Rev. VIM. ].
Long, whose nature books have
been denounced by President
Roosevelt as not true, In order that
you might read for yourself what
has stirred up the now nationally
famous discussion.
Beginning today The Press will
print a series of animal stories by
Roosevelt himself, so that you may
see what the president thinks is the
strictly first class goods about
wolves and other animals and birds.
President Roosevelt says that he
has hunted every species of animal
that lives in the United States.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
COAST LEAGUE.

Portland 8, Oakland 6; San Fran
cisco 0, Los Angeles /.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20

CAST OFF CLOTHING.

Positively highest prices paid for
cast or clothing. N23s etsvena ~
l71s,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
BEAT CHAMPS IN
CLOSE GAME

"Tamp" Osborn, the clever In
dian pitcher, had q peck of trouble
yesterday. His hand had only just
got well enough to use when he
Gof!&yh again and was compelled to
quit. But Jensen, the Mormon,
with a little warming up went In
and beat Aberdeen for him. Jen-
sen took the box in the sixth in
ming and continued the good work
OF Osborn.
The game finished with Spokane
winning by run-5 to 4. Osborn
allowed 7 hits, Jensen /. Starkell,
for the Lumberjacks. gave Z. Spo-
kane made error, Aberdeen 3.
The fans were some surprised
last night when Manager Eddie
Quinn announced the acquisition OF
new men--Pitcher Gum, of Port.
land; Johnny Bender, utility man,
purchased from Pueblo, and
'Rasty" Wright, of st. Louis, pitch
er. Bender last year coached the
Washington State college football
team and played sensational game
himself He Is nervy little chap
and for his inches Is ! oft he best
all around athletes in the country.
He started this season with Omaha
but was farmed out to Pueblo when
1t was seen that Omaha's old vet
catcher, Gonding, was going to hold
out another season.
Vancouver lost 10 inning game
at Tacoma yesterday, the Tigers
winning l to 0.
At Butte, Seattle was defeated 10
to 2. Garvin gave hits and Coy,
the Seattle box artist, allowed IA.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

st. Louis -, Brooklyn 4; Pitts
burg I, Philadelphia 2; Boston 5.
Chicago 4; Cincinnati 3, New
York q.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20

and serve as a protection against
the spikes of players who slide feet.
foremost. They extend several
Inches above the knee cap and be-
low the ankle.
Experts disagree as to the advis.
ability Of catchers wearing 10 much
armor. One critic says Bresnahan's
elaborate outfit interferes with his
own activity when In a close play.
He adds that in recent mix.up
the Giant backstop lost the ball and
could not find II until the runner
had crawled under him. Neverthe-
less, similar devices have been or
dered by other catchers who think
highly Of their shins.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

st. Louis 9, New York o; Wash
ington /, Cleveland O; Boston 2,
Chicago 8; Philadelphia 4. Detroit l..
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20

expert players of the Chicago Chess
and Checker club.
When he met c, Welen, the local
top notchcr. Christy's "fade-away"
failed him for the first time. In a
session of / hard games he won
!, lost ? and tied onefi which is con.
sidered n tidy showing under the
circumstances
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20

bpecial Corrsspondsnos to The Prsss
NEW YORK, June 20.-This Is a
picture Of Roger Bresnahan, the
Giants catcher. rugged out for bat
tie in the very latest fashion. Bres-
nahan is the inventor of base ball
shin guards. which are being worn
by him this season for the first
time.
When In action he Is said to re-
semble cross between a belliger-
ent knight OF the medieval ages and
an armored cruiser of modern type.
According to Bresnahan. the shin
guards are intended to ward on
gain from contact with stray fouls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-05
STATE MUST AMEND.
Its Petitions Against Insurance
Trust Get Hard Jolt.


Judge A. w. Dana of the district
court handed down decisions in the
motions in the case OF the state
against the Aetna Insurance company
eft al this morning, the ct al in this in
stance meaning fifty other insuranc.
companies doing business in the state.
The decision of the court in substance
is that the state has failed to make the
allegations as definite as it should
have done and in every case the mo-
ton to strike out and make more GER
tain has been sustained by the court.
The state has been allowed 20 days
in which to meet the requirements of
the ruling of the court and the defend
ants 20 days more in which to file their
reply. The action is one brought
against the insurance companies of the
state by Attorney General Jackson I'M
der the antitrust law. They are charg-
ed with being patrons of the Eldridge
rating bureau which in turn Is charged
with fixing the rates of insurance In
Kansas and Oklahoma.
The action was brought in the name
of the state, and was backed by Chas.
Barnes, superintendent of insurance.
When the case was filed 81 of the
companies involved answered the sum-
mons in the suit by filing motions to
strike out and quash and it was on
these questions that Judge Dana today
ruled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-05
KILLED BY TRAMPS.
Sheriff Tries to Arrest Three of Them
Single Handed.

Winamuc, Ind, Oct. 5.-Sheriff
Charles Oglesby was shot and killed
today at the Pennsylvania railroad de-
pot here by three tramps whom he
was endeavoring to arrest After
dropping to the ground Oglesby raised
himself on his elbow emptied his re-
volver at the men, fatally wounding
one of them, and slightly wounding
another.
The conductor had wired from Lo-
gansport that three tramps had boarded
his train and refused to leave. Sheriff
Oglesby met the train alone and endeav-
ored to arrest the men single handed.
The wounded tramp Is dying. A posse
that started in pursuit of the other two
caught them two miles from town. To
avoid a lynching they were taken to
Logansport and placed in Jail. One Of
them had a bullet in his body. All three
refused to give their names.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-05
SUE JAS. M'CABE.
City Attaches His Property
Worth $1,000.
Action i'm Damages for $19,651
Is Brought.
Vino TO M IN ND KDNTWT
KING is MADE PARTY.
Assistant Engineer Must Ex-
plain Himself i'm Court.
Two Bonding Companies In
cluded i'm the Suit.

James McCabe, formerly city en-
gineer, and w. E. King, formerly as
sistant city engineer, were made the
defendants in suit of 19,651.2O for
alleged misconstruction in the Fifth.
ward sewer filed this afternoon in the
district court by the city of Topeka.
OF the amount asked for damages,
$4,000 is for exemplary and punitive.
damages and $14,651.20 is for specific
misconstruction in the Fifth ward
sewer. The United States Fidelity d
Casualty company of Maryland are
also named as defendants. The COM
pany acted as surety for both McCape
and King for the bond of $1,000 each
which they filed with the city on as
Stunning the duties of their office. With
accrued interest it is stated by the city
attorney that the city is liable to re-
cover about $4,000 from the surety
company.
The items mentioned in the suit for
damages follow:
Two thousand five hundred cubic
yards of solid rock excavation, at $3.50
per yard, So, $50.
Six thousand cubic yards of loose
earth excavation, at so cents, So, 900.
Five hundred cubic yards of loose
rock excavation, at rs cents, 1915.
Two thousand three hundred and ten
lineal feet of sewer, 81, 5000.
All of these items. it is claimed, were
paid for by the city to the sewer con-
tractors but were actually not part of
the construction of the sewer.
The suit specifically mentions II
feet of As inch three ring brick sewer,
so feet OF As inch two ring brick sewer,
II feet of Sc inch two ring brick sewer,
16 feet Of 80 inch two ring brick sewer.
115 feet OF 81 inch vitrified brick sewer,
80 feet of "a inch yitrif1ed brick sewer.
70 feet of q inch vitrified brick sewer,
60 feet of 16 inch vitrified brick sewer,
100 feet of Is inch vitrified brick sewer,
100 feet of II inch vitrified tile sewer,
$40 feet of 10 inch vitrified tile sewer
and LOO of 5 inch vitrified brick sewer.
Measurements were taken lately to
ascertain how much of the sewer was
paid for but did not exist and the
above figures are the result of that
investigation.
Attachments will also be issued
against property supposed to be held
by McCabe to the amount of about
$1,000. The sheriff will be instructed
to serve the attachments this after
noon. -
king says he made the measure
ments of that sewer and we will give
him now an opportunity of telling
what he knows about them" said the
city attorney. That's the reason we
have him named as a defendant in
this suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-05
SUE THE De SOTO BANK.
Claim 1t Was Made Preferred Creditor
of George McDougal.

The De Soto State bank of De Soto,
Johnson county, has been sued in the
United States district. court. by, A. L.
QUAINT, trustee for George McDougal,
bankrupt.
c. K. Dow. cashier Of the bank. is
also named as a defendant.
The bank is asked to give an ac-
counting of a stock of hardware and
implements which were transferred to
the bank upon the claim that the bank
held mortgage of $2,2O3 of McDoug-
ais The stock of the store is said to
be worth about $3.50.
1t is stated that the mortgage and the
consequent seizure of the stock of goods
was done with the intent to defraud the
remaining creditors out of what assets
McDougal held and to give the bank
preference.
The mortgage was given In January,
1906, and for a preexisting claim and at
time that McDougal was insolvent, Is
the claim set up; Furthermore it is sta
ted that the bank tried to show by de-
laying in the filing of the mortgage that
it was simply renewing a lien already
existing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-05
MERGER IS ALL OFF.
Lower Kansas Avenue Banks Fail to
Make Consolidation.

Arrangements for a merger of the
two proposed lower Kansas avenue
banks, which it was thought would be
carried to a successful contamination,
are all off, according to an announce
ment made this afternoon by parties in
terested, and the pro liability is that
each bank will organize in its own way.
The hackers of the Standardization
bank state that they have secured tenn
porary quarters in the McCord-Kistler
building, and will open up for business
there very soon and continue to occupy
those quarters until they can erect a
building of their own.
1t is said that plans are being made
for another meeting of the people in
terested in the projects. in the hope of
patching up the differences and estab-
fishing only one bank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-05
PICKS THE CUBS TO WIN.
Pitcher Smith Says Detroits Can't
Beat Chicago Nationals


Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 5.-"I will bet
my money on the Cubs in the coming
worlds series. This is not treason
but good judgment, for the Detroit
team never will be able to beat the
Chicago Nationals"
This was the remark made by
Frank ("Nig") Smith of the Chicago
White Sox on his arrival at home
here.
81 would have backed the Philadel-
phia Athletics to beat Chances men,
but I can't see Jennings" continued
Smith. But they want to look out
for Cobb. He is undoubtedly the
greatest ball player in the American
league. I never saw a man lace out
base hits like he does. You simply
can't fool him, no matter how much a
pitcher may have. Cobb seems to be
able to solve anything you hand him.
And he is great base runner, too. 1t
is practically out of the question to
keep him on first, once he reaches
that station
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-05
SNAKE IN THE WASH.

Salina Kan, Oct 5.-At her home
near Brookville, Mrs. Earl Lambotte
was engaged in washing clothes. She
had the wash piled up on the floor of
the kitchen and in reaching to pick
up a piece to wash, she felt a sharp
twinge as though a knife had passed
through her arm.
The sense of the pain was followed
almost Immediately by warning
rattle and jerking away some of the
clothes, Mrs. Lambotte saw, curled up,
a large rattlesnake. 1t prepared to
jump at her but she evaded it.
There was mark on her arm and
that member commenced to swell at
once. She called for help and was
taken Immediately to the Office of a
physician. He injected medicine into
the wound to draw out the poison.
1t is believed that danger from the
poisonous reptile is over although her
arm is still badly swollen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-05
THEY WANT CHARLES CURTIS.
Negro Meeting dominates Senator for
Vice President of U. S.

William Brooks, the colored orator
of North Topeka, held a meeting of
North Topeka colored people at his
house few nights ago, and in a
speech nominated Charles Curtis, of
Topeka for vice president of the
United States.
Mr.. Brooks thinks that Curtis
should run on the ticket with Theo-
dore Roosevelt. The meeting was
called primarily for the purpose of
endorsing the administra ton of
Roosevelt, and letting it be known
that the colored people within Mr..
Brooks sphere of influence are for
Roosevelt in spite of the Brownsville
affair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-05
weekly Bank Statement.

New York, Oct. 5.-The statement of
clearing house banks for the week shows
that the banks hold $2,64S,075 more than
the legal reserve requirements This Is
q decrease of $2,99S, 500 as compared with
last week. The statement follows:
Loans 81, 0S9, 068. 400, decrease 81, 283, 100;
deposits 81. 036, 703, 300 decrease SIS 400, 400;
circulation $50,657, 800, increase $40, 800;
900; specie 1872, 216, 700, decrease Sc, sci
200, reserve $261. 823, 900, decrease $7,6N, :
100; reserve required $259, 1855, de-
decrease s.. 622, 600: surplus 81, GAS, 075, de.
crease 81, 99S, 500; ex-U. s. deposits &c.
T76. 500, decrease $2,773, 125.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-05

Succeeds to FCremanship of Santa Fee
Erecting Shop.

John FTizzell was this morning ap-
pointed as general erecting shop fore
man to succeed G. J. Morrison who has
held the position for a number of years
and who has resigned to take charge of
other duties in the bonus department
on the coast lines. The change in the
foremanship will take effect next Mon
day. Mr.. F'rizzell, the new foreman,
has been connected with the local San
ia Fe shops for the past ten years and
previous to that time he had about five
years experience in other shops along
the Santa Fe system. He is we'll quail
fed in every particular for the position
and his appointment will be popular
among the shop employees and especially
among the men over whom he will have
supervision.