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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
ACCUSE BUTCHER
Of BURGLARY

Louis Hoffman. who formerly
was in the butcher business In this
city some years ago, was arrested
last night by Captain James Gov
erly on complaint of Mrs. Julia
Hale, S312 Howard ST.. who alleged
he stole $500 worth OF rings from
pr room.
4 When arrested Hoffman had only
$50 cents. He says he is innocent.
Mrs. Hale says her daughter
caught Hoffman in the act.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
BIG DEAL IN LUMBER

EVERETT. Oct. Id II. Web
er. a lumberman of Everett. toseth-
N with local associates. has Just
consummated timber deal for a
tract Of 1000 acres of timber sit.
uated about Is miles north of the
city of Vancouver In British Column
bia. The consideration Is reported
to he 100000, and the purchaser,
whose name Is not disclosed, is
from indiana
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
S. A A. G. PLAYS w. S. c

Washington State college foot
ball team will play here Nov. 16
against the s. A. A. c. Tomorrow
the latter plays the w. s. c. at
Pullman and hopes to make good
showing.
The s. A. A. c. lineup will be
Woodlands, center; Murch and
Reeves, guards; Kunzig and Lud-
wig. tackles; Tilley and Varnell,
halfbacks; Lasater, fullback.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
HEINzE'S BANK ALL RIGHT

BUTTE, Oct. 25.-A statement
issued by State Bank Examiner
Collins. In charge of the Butte Saw
ings bank. reports that institution
rs perfectly solvent. 1t Is further
stated that the bank will in all
probability reopen at an early
date under an arrangement with
the larger depositors. Depositors
are warned not to dispose of their
accounts at discount. as every de-
positor will be paid in full
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
CONDUCTOR SHOT

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-A
streetcar conductor was shot and
a policeman beaten up in a fight
on the streets last night. The con-
ductor started the trouble by firing
a shot in dispute over a fare. A
panic resulted and the conductor
hammered an officer who climbed
on the car. The officer than open
ed fire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
BUTCHER SAYS NOT GUILTY

William Hopkins, the butcher
who is accused Of buying the hams
which Jim Harris and Guy Thomp-
son stole from the Northern Paci-
fic railroad some months ago, was
arraigned this morning before
Judge ID, II. Sullivan and pleaded
not guiltq. Bond was fixed at $500
surety and an order made for the
withdrawal of the $3.50 cash bond.
No date for trial was set.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
FASTS A WHOLE WEEK

TACOMA, Oct. 25.-Seven days
without food or water, held during
that time in the grip of rheumatism
in the Businesses of the woods,
three miles southwest of this city,
Filipo Bianko, an Italian sailor 10
years of age, was found along the
roadway on South Pacific av. by a
passing truck farmer, who brought
him to the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
EXCHANGE STILL CLOSED

PITTSBURG. Oct. 25.-The stock
exchange remained closed today
and will probably not be opened for
business until the financial storm
in New York Is over and questions
relating to the Westinghouse af-
fairs are settled.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
RAGSDALE HEARING ON

The preliminary hearing Of
George w. Ragsdale, proprietor OF
the Favorite bar, corner of Front
and Post, on a charge of murder
ing DUSTY" Dean in a fight over
money matters, is going on this aft
ernoon before Justice J. d. Hinkle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
THREE SMALL BANKS
/" CLOSE DOORS TODAY

of the question. The government
has enormous resources left to fan
back on and the leading financial in
situations are bending every energy
to resotre. confidence. Only con-
Germs that have been caught In
Misrepresentation are regarded as in
danger. There is no sign Of col
lapse in the volume of general bust
ness
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
AGED MAN HANGS HIMSELF

SEATTLE, Oct. 25--Osburn Mad
den, "a years old, committed sui.
eide by hanging himself in the
woodshed at the home of his daugh.
ter. Mrs Edward Ludeman, Thirty
eighth av. south and Crawford st
The body was found when the fam.
lily returned home. A note was left
by Mr.. Madden which told of his
purpose of ending his life.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
MURDERED IN SALOON

SEATTLE, Oct. 25.-Steve Nix,
sich was murdered and John Go
lar and Joseph Miller were serious.
ly wounded by revolver shots dur,
ing row among Austrians in Tony
Simich's saloon at 3l4 First av.
Mat Zolac was arrested in connec
tion with the affair and held pend
ing an investigation
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
WILL SUE FOR $4,000

TOPPENISH, Oct. ga $4,000
damage suit will result II refrigera-
tor cars are not Immediately re-
ceived at Toppenish for the trans
poration of the immense apple
crop now awaiting shipment from
this port, Fully 100 cars of apples
are now in the warehouses here,
and in the fruit growers hands
awaiting shipment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
FiREMEN POSTPONE STRIKE

EVERETT. Oct. 25.-After a
heart-to-heart talk between Mayor
Jones. Councilman Goldthorp and
\ dozen members of the fire depart.
ment, the fire laddies decided to
wait until after the charter election
'nr an increase In salaries.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
CAN'T GET DOUBLE PAY

Four firemen who did special
duty az the Interstate fairgrounds
cannot collect pay from the fair as
sOciation on account of being in
the pay OF the city during that
time. This decision was reached
by the board of fire commissioners
yesterday afternoon. The men
were taking 10 days leave of
absence on pay. Each fireman is
allowed a Today leave every year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
TREASURE SHIP ARRIVES

TACOMA, Oct. 25.--After pas
sage of seven days from Nome, dur
ing which the vessel experienced
three days of very disagreeable
weather. the steamer President, of
the Pacific Coast Co. s fleet, arrived
at Seattle yesterday afternoon with
geo passengers ana $1,500,000 in
treasure
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
ONE CRATER FOUND GUILTY

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-A verdict
of guilty with a recommendation Of
mercy was returned by the jury
last night in the case of Walter r.
Gillette, a former vice president of
the Mutual Life Insurance Co. He
was charged with perjury in con-
nection with life insurance
scandals
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF

J. Inkstrom, who tried to commit
suicide by shooting himself in the
head at Cheney last night. was a
foreman of camp No. of the p.
Welsh & Co. railroad work Moth
ing is known of him at the loci
offices of the company beyond the
fact that he was employed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
GET GOLD FOR WHEAT

ST. JOHN, Wash, Oct. 25.-The
farmers of this section have re-
ccived a total of $455 900 for wheat
raised this year. They have de-
Hvered $4,000 bushels to the ele-
vators.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
STEVE ADAMS TRIAL

RATHDRUM, Oct. 25.-Pres
Meyer. of the Western Federation
of Miners, is here to remain dur
ing the trial of Steve Adams. The
case is to be called today if Oar
row arrives in time. 1t was post
poned from yesterday to await his
arrival The selection of the jury
may exhaust the present panel.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
HUNDREDS KILLED
BY EARTHQUAKE

ROME, Oct. 25.-Not less than
500 people are believed to have
been killed in the earthquake that
ruined Calabria. Two hundred and
fifty bodies have been taken from
the ruins. Troops are on the scene
to keep order. The shock was the
worst felt since 1905.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
MccLoskEY AFTER sHEEh~N

John J. McCloskey, manager OF
the st. Louis team in the National
my Sheehan, former Tacoma
player who Is now with the Pitts
burg aggregation, and wants TO take
him into his own fold.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
NEW LAW PROTECTS BANKS

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The EN-
pire City Savings bank is the first
institution to take advantage of the
new state law requiring depositors
to give 60 days notice of intention
to withdraw deposits Its deposits
amount to $3,500,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
INJURED DRIVER IS
STILL UNCONSCIOUS

John l.. Patterson, driver for the
Rock Springs Coal Co, who was
injured in a runaway yesterday
morning and who has lain uncon-
scious ever since at Sacred Heart
hospital, is unimproved today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
GETS SMALL VERDICT

w. c. Holmes, who sued the
Washington Water Power Co. for
5000 damages for personal in
juries, was awarded only 500 this
morning by a jury in Judge Hun
eke's court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
DIVORCED FOR DISCRETION

Judge Sullivan this morning
granted a divorce to Mabel E. Hurd
from George A. Hurd on the ground
of nonsupport. They were mar
ried in this city in June, 1895. and
have two chndren. He has not sup
ported his family since 1902.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
FIGHT PLAGUE ON SOUND

SEATTLE, Oct. 25.--Assistant
Surgeon Cofer, Of the u. s. army.
has been ordered to Puget Sound
to direct the campaign against hui
homie plague. More federal aid will
be extended IL needed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
FINDS $1,000 CHECK

Guy Turner, an employee of d.
Boyington. found check for $4,000
on the State Bank of Palouse this
morning made out to M, F, Ham
mond.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
THEY FAVOR THIRD TERM

CHICAGO. Oct. 25.-Third term
for Roosevelt was the choice of the
National Civic federation delegates
now in session here. Taft was sec
ond choice.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25
INJURIES PROVE FATAL

COLFAX, Oct. 25.-John Rene
died in the hospital here from in
juries sustained in an accident on
the NJ p. track. He was from
Cleveland, O.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25

photograph Lake Constance
Zppens aluminium arshp which has
This flying machine 450
long great which witnessed by Crown
22O miles during that period The
driven
orsepower engine Enclosed its rigid aluminium shell
10
has the nine of his
navigation, this
an oyerland to the spring.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-10-25

Fifty dollars in cash and about
$3.50 IN checks were secured from
the Il. b. Turnkey store at Rosalia,
which was burglarized last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
ECCENTRIC PROVISIONS OF QUEER Wills

cigarettes-hat is provision made in contract by John M Barker. millionaire lumberman of Michigan City. Ind. and his nephew. Neelson L. Barnes.
 Barker is still living cnd has violent antipathy against tobacco He declared he would leave his nephew $5OOOO if he would rive up the vice forever. Barnes said he would give up. To encourage him Barker said he should s10.O0C the end of five years. and the remaining amount in like sums every five years
 Ashbridge of Rosemont. Pa. all the members of her Sunday school class who were faithful attendants for Fes9aFy for three years soS .o,a ana a.orasrv ar ts S Rs Rsr RSS %as to Sa so na the money od dye n Ts %nx %%1y Bss% ef @ @ ea s aFsss @a tS b Mrs
 the he sh of % Rsr IT I & 6 T6 ''S hs h SshsS @ M t2 eS ss hn he t9 U give se be6af in Re to as sroa @ chrh oi Broon WRo sad the case was without precedent and needed serious
 usually not make wills because Il they & have the poet larist. made damOus by Mark Twain. left Ig Ssrs ssd to ss so of wills contest Is said to be certain According left I M to the Amerioan Bible Society
 whe lysd s tss sSas h2sRta in she died the physcans would her body for dis section o wac he5 eE WIT ds r and 9h f s trustees however were legally exempted from carry Ing one of the iongsst wills by the
 his eOlIeGtiGn k@t Saoasd ysIue@ ed for toa os m 6 6 hs oy Gs e1t It @ for os by in the esd ess se wheh % had pSd % fetim9 and his again incIosed in walnut Inausoleum which he had built
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
Runae Henry caaEm8 MAs h&H afHsscue.

the waterfront quel excitement Breathessy waited all afternoon. Once the rumor spread the tugs had sunk-tha Prince Henry drowned. and, .t seemed there audible sghs and women wept. Toward o'clock shrll whistle sounded through the roaring of the and in the distance could be the Helvoetluis approaching
 By it the small Ifeboat with Captain Jansen at the helm, sped shoreward It the first land. As the Hevoetlus landed the Prince descended from the pier from the roofs hundreds of homes where thou sands watched waited cheer after cheer. hand laughed and cried and filled the eyes of the Prince himself.
 Late that night a lady-in waiting sat with Queen wilhelmna She told reports which she had heard of the Princes noble rescue how he had cared for those who brought ashore. The maid told of the hush that prevailed the unfortunate landed. of how the Prince. while hundreds thronged about him. directed them to be taken in automobiles to the Ameka making himself responsible for their treatment and 
 Wnhelmna sobbed S she told how her people followed her husband how, through the entire evening" cheers for his bravery in all parts of the city where the told; how the Prince hailed 6 the beloved a loved Queen-no longer dis trusted interloper, but loved a hero.
 The wedding of Queen wihemina Prince Henry Meckienburg Schwern took place February 1901 There present royalties from all Europe; the ceremony simple; the people of Holland made merry.
 The marriage. so common rumor ran the result lo7e-match The Dutch people, imbued with their little Queen. happy she pleased and they danced and in celebration of the happy event.
 Queen Wilhemina ascended the throne when she IS years of age in September. 1ssS Shortly aferward
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
QUEEN IS GLADDENED

But now when the rises the glittering sea. Wlhelmna wake to but looks gladly from her palace window. knowing her husband enjoys the love and confidence of her people
 Since his gallant of the shipwrecked ones the Prince hailed with honor in the country he is feted and dned invited public receptions and meetings It is strange that nation change 90 utterly and quickly. Yet Prince Henry is now re- garded IS a hero of heroes
 The Dutch a sturdy race; they love heroism Per haps nothing the Prince could have done would have ingratiaed him in the hearts of the people He might have shown his affection for Wilhelmina in a hundred ways, might have blessed the unon he might lived example of personal virtue. and yet the hostility might have continued.
 But the teeth of raging gale in the face of mmi- nent death in the cold sea, he went-he, noble the husband Queen-wth little band of hfe-savers and with his own he saved human beings from wrecked ship. the dykes the people of Holland cheered Europe cheered him since then. He proved himself a hero, indeed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

r WILL, go down into history one of the soul
 sickening tragedies of the sea-this casuhs away
 f The fine steamship Berlin on the beaten pier on the Hook of Holland
 Of 14S persons the vessel 1 were drowned or were ozer the grasp of the icy waters UT those ,at remained eleven were rescued by the daring and Ird work of Prince Henry and his party-work done most with the certainty of death reward But Tor . work these would have perished also
 As a recognition of Henry's bravery, King Edward England conferred one of the highest decora- ons at his command
 The morning of February q blew cold and keen in le North Sea; over the pier off the Hook of Holland vept riotous frothng angriy and furously; out the troubled shps specks visible through e spray and wind-swept vapor, moved like ghosts
 As the morning passed, word went from house to ,use of the city that a ship was wrecked off the Hook long breakwater extending far into the ocean. Men ,ivered as they told being washed ashore in ,e Icy faint cries for help that could be sard Tar out the tumultuous ocean.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

In the surrogates office. vas written in Hebrew At the bottom all the children had written that they were satisfied with the will"
 According to the document. $2ooo to be reserv- ed as wedding gift for his wife should she marry a second time.
 Can one leave a mental will? Or knowledge or the wishes of deceased constitute legal will? According to decision of Connecticut Judge 1t
 Mrs Mary F. Rose died last year. leaving estate valued at $40000. She mads will leaving her prop% erty to charity After her death the Rose homestead was burned to the ground and the will destroyed
 The heirs and friends told Judge H Wittemore Gregory of the contents of burned will He admit ted the imaginary will to probate. -
 In a document consisting of twenty typewriter pages, George W. Defrenbaugh, who died some time ago in Kokomo Ind left $5O0O0 to his church if 1t should elect his spirit member board of truS- tees He also provided for his wife anu children
 According will Denenbaugh who ad- herent of swedenborgian doctrines believed his spirit would continue to take interest in the affairs Of the church and stipulated that meetings of the trus- tees were to be held certain times and his spirit consulted on important church affairs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
BEGAN WHEN HOPE SEEMED CONF

In his palace Prince Henry was smoking a morning gar He heard a servant whisper to another of the rrible wreck the piteous farof cries that lswered. No would venture into that raging sea, heard them say.
 Prince Henry the palace He summoned his motor IT. and directed the driye--sr NYwn to the shore here hundreds of peopl bred hudded nhe1 with above theIr eyv4 lering the ace whe hulk of the stranded beat the ony bar.
 On the pier Prince Henry took in the He W that no boat could the a gale The nR pier a the of which the ship had foundered as washed by waves no mortals could withstand Yet waited the beach. silent. with determined look l his face.
 Toward evening the subsiding. He lied of boatmen, and under his direction, they tempted to launch rescuing craft. Again again sey endeavored go out into the sea, waves ove them back.
 Until late in the night. under direction of the Prince e efforts continued. but in
 Eariy the morning. among the first to arrive at pier Henry. He rubber and rubber ats. The still thrashed the shore the log piles
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

This is part of a will which was hIed with The Surrogate in New York city few weeks ago; President Roosevelt, it is said announced he would accept the estate and turn it over to some New York charity.
 The will was made out by mysterious woman, Lulu B. Glover, who said the President "was her only friend in trouble" It is only enc of many of the strange bequests that are made by people in all parts of the country.
 Recently man left church $50O0O on condi- tion that his soul be made trustee; another stipu lated that his wife should get extra $2000 from the estate if ehe married a second time An Eng hshman who died recently wished tramps to attend his funeral, and hequeathed shillings to every tramp who could be induced to mourn by his bier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

<T MAN has the least element of eccentricity - in his nature" said lawyer recently, The will
 show his will Here person has his
 last chance to reward 2 friend take a post mortem slap at against whom he has a grudge Some wills the most amusing documents you could possibly magne"
 A who died recently at Rye. White Plains N. Y, had kept prosperous boarding house. her married life believed to be happy and ideal Yet after she died and her will read 1t was dis covered she had cut her husband off with $1.
 Although I have lived with my husband" the will q have done for shames sake He has been anything to me except kind and loving husband but tny,erd rna have lesrnad to bats snS detsst him
 An estate of $20.0OO left by Joseph widrewftz. of New York devised his wife, his children and the father of the testatoT The will. which filed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
WANTED TO HAVE HIS WAY

Should certain o church in Pittsburg change , its name, the of $2000 which left to 1t will go to buy potatoes in its for the poor of the city First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. died He left 5000 In the hands of the Mayor the interest to go toward paying the salary of the minister. AS soon as the church changed it's name, which the deceased member had advocated during his life it was to get potatoes
 pathetic story was revealed in the will of the late Robert M Marshall. of Mercer Pa. who died in Denver, Colorado, last December
 daugAter was born to Marshall and his wife a beautiful young woman in Pennsylvania in 1881 The wife, it was charged, deserted Marshall, taking the child with her All efforts to locate her were frutess Later Marshall heard that his wife had died and had had two children by his second wife Both died vania and Colorado, oil wells in Pennsylvania and mines in Arizona. He spent his later days travelling about the country looking his nrst child.
 He knew there would be infallible way by which he could recognize herwhen she born there was black mole in front of her left shoulder near the cavicle and red mole similarly located on the right shoulder.
 . In his will Marshall oeGueatked the greater part or his fortune to "a young born in Mercer Hos pital Mercer Par" who could show these identical
 The inheritaace of s5COOO for abataininS fran
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
Professional Murderers

TN MALAY are professional murderers who. for
 fec effect the disappearance of an enemy from the I field of mortal activity.
 Murder by some the people of Malay. is looked mon as legitimate profession. and there grades and classes of murderers Major Charles F. Wood ruff of the United States Army. In fact, they are deemed so expedent that name. "manduducot." has been coined for them.
 especially trained and small class of murderers is called 'magalason." These vegetable poison the effect which said resemble the poison of rattlesnake. warfare it is considered legitimate tG poison streams Malvar had to forbid poisoning tho streams because his own people fell victims
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
WANTED AN EMpERoR's SON

The people of Holland accepted Henry because of their love for the Queen They preferred the Emperors son, however They remembered yelled Emperor to Whemina her visit to Ger many. "In three days the Emperor remarked to her. facetously T could your country with soldiers three deep" Possibly smiled the Queen and in less than day I could drown them all" So she could. simply by destroying the great dykes that hold back the 
 In the marriage contract with Henry. the Queen made provisions in there should be separation by divorce. There had been considerable marital unhappi fin the royal family of the Netherlands before and the Queens action regarded wise. In case of
 separation the contract stipulated that the Minister of Justice should proclaim the annuIment the act nat