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expatriates and visitors Will hold
their annual Christmas feast and
several fat New England turkeys
have already forfeited their lives to
the end that the Americans may par
take of the flesh of the national bird.
Today was marked by prema-
tGre but none the less hearty cele-
bration. All of the principal streets
are resounding to the voices OF sing
ing clubs, the members from the tops
of omnibuses. shouting out Christ
mas carols and other songs In tones
of mighty volume If not much mel
ody Convent Garden had a tremen-
dous influx OF visitors, Mistletoe IS
in great demand, but there is little
call for holly.
The mails have been overloaded
during the last few days and the
postman have had to employ cabs In
many cases to assist In the delivery
of parcels 1t is estimated that an
everage OF 400 900 packages a night
have passed through the assortne
department of the postoiiice in thV
last few days.
The blue and yellow colors OF tn9
Rothchilds, flying gaily from ths
countless London buses today gave
proof that each driver and conducs
or had received the annual gift of
brace of pheasants from the famo u
financial family. The Rothchilds al
so gave toys TO the children OF al
the "bobbies' of London.
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Christmas Cheer in Chicago.

Chicago. Dec. 24.-Chicago's
stores, big and little, had one of their
busiest days in years today. The
shopping district was the scene of
veritable crush of humanity, which
began early this morning and in
creased in volume as the day wore
on. Many shops had to close their
doors to prevent being mobbed by
the excited last-minute buyers OF
holiday goods. Several minor injur-
les were reported and many clerks
and shop girls were prostrated by the
strain they have undergone and had
to be taken to their homes. Christ
mas eve. as usual, will be marked
bv public jollfication and demonstra-
tions all over the city.
The Salvation Army is ready loi
its annual Christmas dinner dlstri
button among the poor. The presen
| winter has been a hard one on IN
moor and many cases of pitiful destl
tuition have been reported. but TN
charitable organizations are strain
| ing every nerve to give everyDod
in the city happy Christmas. IN
salvation Army officers report ina
no less than a quarter million peopl
will be fed through the efforts
that organization tomorrow.
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King to Eat Turkey.

Rome, Dec. 24.-America' nation
al bird will occupy a prominent place
on the banquet board OF the KING ana
oueen of Italy at tomorrow's CHRIST
mas dinner. A monster turkey has
been secured and will be stuffed
with chestnuts, with eels as size
dish. Being very religious, the King
and queen will go to church tomor-
row morning and will spend a large
portion of the day in worship at a
long mass. The Christmas dinner
will be served at o'clock. The
royal family has been very liberal
with It's presents this year and in re-
turn has been the recipient OF count
less valuable gifts. including pres
ents from nearly all the royal ram
lies of Europe. The court Iadle'
and gentlemen received the usua
| gifts of Jewels, tea services, silVel
and other articles. according to thei
| position.
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Czorina,s Illness Mars Christmas

st. Petersburg. Dec. 24.-Empress
Alexandra's illness, form which she
has not entirely recovered. Will serve
to mar to some extent the holiday
festivities of the imperial family.
The affliction of the czarina is bell
eyed to be due to the severe regimen
she has undergone III order to reiu-
ce her weight. The usual Christmas
dinner will be served tomorrow at
o'clock. AT that hour the cZar viii
place upon the Russian royal table a
whole roasted pig. which will be the
principal feature of the feast. The
| animal will be stuffed with boiled
buskwheat, mixed with chopped liver
| and heart. The Imperial pig is
| customary adjunct of the Christmas
| feast in Russia and is especially fat
tened for the czar. For years the
royal stock raisers have priced one
!, strains of swine from which the pig
/ is selected for the emperor. The ami
, NAL slaughtered for tomorrow's ban
auet weighed about eight pounds an'
was of very dark brown color re
sembling somewhat the Jersey breet
of swine. English roast beef is als'
served out of regard for the taste
2 of the czarina. Other delicacies o
a the cars Christmas dinner ihclud
, es pasoa. a Russian dainty compose
of mixture of cream, butter. cheese
, raisins and sugar, and koulische,
!. variety of fruit cake. Roasted egg
4 a universal diet among the Russia
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heroro cbristmas finds London al

before Christmas finds London al
most gay. The streets are throngeo
and there appears to be no indica-
tions that the holidays celebrations
will be conducted in more econo-
mical manner this year than before.
All of the big shops report a large
trade and the proprietors are quoted
as saving that their business Tor the
last few weeks has been very salts
factory. -
The preparations for the Christ
mas Festivities at Sandringham are
much the same as usual. King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra have al
ready received hundreds of rich and
valuable gifts from royal relatives
dlplomats and Englishmen and ON
GERS in far lands. Both his majesty
and the queen will spend the holiday
very quietly. surrounded only by
members of their own family, and
only a very few select guests have
been invited to join the royal circle
The principal feature of the fes
tiylties of the week will be ball FOL
the tenantry on the estate, at whlci
the king and queen and other mem
bers of the royal family will be pres
| ent. The childrens party ioi w
youthful members of the royal ram
Inv has been arranged for by IN
Princess of Wales, who also has IN
assistance in the preliminary prepar
ations. of the queen OF Norway an
the Princess Victoria.
After Christmas the king an
uueen will give a few small nous
party at Sandringham. to whie
sons of their more intimate friend
have been invited. Later their ma
iesties will proceed to Windsor ca
lie wnere they will stay until n
the opening OF parliament calls i'
Il the pesence Of the king of Londo
Although great many socie
a leaders have gone to the seaside al
n 10 paris for the holidays, the big n
r tells are still crowded. All oil u
L great West End hostelries have e
d gagei all their dining rooms ior
IS night and Christmas eve VIII
spent by the rich and noble In fea
ing. This practice of dining at ho,
has grown up in recent years ana
w. due largely to the desire to give
o. servants OF the households honu
av The American diplomatic attacn
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Christmas trees ard gifts this even
ing and feast tomorrow.
At the imperial palace the festivi-
ties began this afternoon with the
empress and children presenting
gifts to all the servants of the royal
household At o'clock the Christ
mas trees of the court viii blossom
forth with myriad lights. A tree is
provided for each member of the
kaisers family. that of the emperor
being the largest and the others
being graded in accordance with the
age of the children. BY each tree
are tables piled high with gifts. not
alone from the emperor and empress
and German dignitaries. but from
the royalty OF other lands. The
court Of the kaiser is the most IL
beral of Europe in the matter of
Christmas gifts. The kaiser will de
liver his usual Christmas sermon to
the soldiers of the barracks.
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YnnLee Tnrs in Trinidad.

Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. "a
Thanks to Admiral Fighting Bob"
Evans, the 1000 men of the Allan
tic fleet, which has arrived here on
its journey to the Pacific. will have
an opportunity to spend Christmas
ashore All of the sixteen big bat
tleships of the American armada are
now at anchor before the harbor of
Port OF Spain aud preparations are
under way for the great feast to be
served tomorrow. Vermont turkey
is the principal item on the bill of
fare for the fleets Christmas dinner.
the birds having been packed for
that purpose in the refrigerator ship
Glacier. There will be numerous
other dellcacles galore and Uncle
Sans tars Will have quite as good n
dinner as any of his relatives In the
states
Jack ashore, too, will have hilar-
ious time. For several months the
people of Trinidad have been prepar-
ing to spread themselves in the en-
tertainment line for the benefit OF
the visiting sea warriors. This de-
cision was due not alone to the ma
11llai nOhDlldllAS VI hht P'opi'f ~
in remembrance of the fact that II 1t
had not been for the heroic aid exten-
ded by American sailors in time of
dire need. Port of Spain would have
been destroyed by fire in 1895.
The fleet is scheduled to remain
here for five days and during that
time the citizens of Port of Spain will
keep open house. The keys of the
city have been turned over to the
Yankee tars and they may do about
as they please. They may bathe In
the breakers of the Gulf of Paria
they may play polo or golf, football
or cricket in Queens park or they
may watch the races and indulge II
the excitement of playing the pom
les Side trips of interest there will
be in abundance, including a visi
to the famous asphalt reservoir a
Pitch lake.
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Ohristmas in the Metropolis.

New York. Dec. 24.-New York
awoke from its slumbers this morn
ing with the Christmas spirit tairiy
sizzling and will go to bed tonlgh1
worn out but happy, after one OF the
heaviest shopping days In the MS
tory of the city. Merchants have
been too busy to count their receipts,
but one and all agree that they have
had good day." The great final
rush commenced this afternoon and
will probably be the wee small
hours of Christmas morning Defore
the tired and weary clerks VIII have
an opportunity to rest. The usua
outburst of anti-Christmas reVeiry
began today and the streets are III,
led with good-natured, 1ostiiht
throngs.
The New York public has givel
little sign today of any financial ne. =.
essity for stinting its purchases. II
front of the great shops and depar,
ment stores where people OF weait,
do their shopping the carriages blocl
/ the thoroughfares. Along Broauwa
and the Bowerl and the shoppin
centers of the East side pedestrian
throng so thickly that is at times az
pears that the vast crowd will be adj
10 disentangle itself. China town
having its "C'lismas" shopping. toe
ale same C'listlins, and the Oriei
ItaIs are preparing for a great ceit
Ibrat;on. The shops of Mott and Ue
Streets are throhged with white Gus
omers. who are buying idols an
8vmbols of the religion Of Confucui
End Buddha and other heather cul
os as expressions of Christmas ser
iments.
New Workers who have relative
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c,,.i.,n,s n, The rnthcrn,nd.

Berlin, Dec. 24.-In every part OF
the empire OF the kaiser the finish
ing touches are today being put up
on the Christmas trees and final pre-
parations are being made for the
Christmas eve festival. the prlnelpal
one OF the calendar In the tather-
land. There will be Christmas trees
In every family that can possibly
provide one, and also in all the pun
| lie institutions. prisons asyiunis
SOD kitchens and barracks Al,
though there are more uhemployeu
men III Berlin today than ever os
fore and this condition has givef
rise to much discomfort. all oil UNI
has for the time been swallowed VI
in the general spirit OF Chilstiia =,
cheer The unemployed aitious'
lthey may starve next week. will hay
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
You!

You are contemplating giving
something to some one for Christ
mas. or possibly getting something
for yourself.
The question is, Shall 1t be some
thing cheap and breakable. or some
thing substantial and lasting? II the
former. don't come to us. II the lat
ter or sensible kind. We can supply
your wants.
Nothing could be more appropri-
ate. acceptable or useful than Ra-
cine or Cortland surrey, top buggy
or driving wagon. Anything in the
way OF nice plush buggy robe or
horse blanket Is appropriate. Then,
for the little folks, one of our coast
er wagons or merry-go-round is
the most sensible and healthful.
Come and see what we can show
you and the prices we can make on
the best line OF goods In Colorado.
! THE j. A. McCULLocH IMP. &
FEED CO.
, Phone Junction 2S5; 62s-6s5 Main.
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christmns in Gny Paris.

Paris, Dec. 2i.-Paris blossomeu
out today in a sea of color and the
usual Partisan Christmas fetes are
already in progress and Will con-
tinue through the night and tomor-
row. The streets and shops are
crowded with dense holiday throngs
and the boulevards are lined with
booths from which novelties are ven
At the Madeleine and other lead
ing churches midnight masses VIII
be celebrated with orchestras and
distinguished singers of the opera
taking part. The cafes will be oper
all night ard are filed with royster
ing, happy crowds President Fal
lieres will spend the day quietly an'
will take little part in the Christina
observations.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24

Popular. Ell TEMPO and other in
fiuential newspapers. as well as oiiici-
ais and leaders in the foreign colon
les. A considerable fund has been
raised for this purpose and great en-
thusiasm has been aroused in the
project.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
South fs Celehrntinr.

New Orleans, La, Dec. 24=Re-
ports received from all over the So
nth and Southwest state. that there
has been little diminution ia the holt
day trade owing to hard times and
that the shopping season ending to-
day will very nearly equal in volume
that of last year. The celebration of
Christmas in the picturesque manner
4 of the French quarter has already
commenced and there Is every indi-
cation that New Orleans will have
the most hilarious holiday season in
its history.
Frisco is Rejoicing.
San Francisco. Dec. 24.-Rejoic-
ing over its freedom from the re-
gime of graft and it's recovery from
the effects of the great fire the New
San Francisco today began celebra-
ting the merriest Christmas in its
history. and when Santa Claus ar
rlves tomorrow morning he will find
a happy and contented city. Peace
on earth, good will to men" has at
last become reality in this thrice
stricken community. While the
scarcity of money and the foreboding
financial aspect has had its effect on
the holiday trade. it has not daunt-
ed the spirits of the native sons of
California and the Pacific coast, and
there will be the usual enthusiastic
festivities and sports tomorrow in
Los Angeles. Portland, Seattle and
lther centers of population, as well
IS in San Francisco.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24
Feast for Mexican Poor.

City of Mexico. Dec. 24.-Foliow.
ing American methods, the poor OF
Mexico city will for the first time be
given a free Christmas feast on a
grand scale. The project was initi-
ated by the Daily Record. the ieadins
English newspaper. and has secur,
ed tbe support of Ell Imaprcial, III
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24

well-to-do, are also included on the
Christmas bill of fare. The finest OF
wines procurable will be served as
the ear is very fond of such liquors
Koumyss being his favorite beyer-
age.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24

London Assumes Air of Gaiety.
London, Dec. 24.-With its rev.
ellers and shoppers AMI its all pre-
yailing air of cheerfulness. the day
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-24

MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED
Anything pictured here forwarded i'm
mediately, postage prepaid, on receipt
of the price, and delivery guaranteed.
SEND FOR BEAUTIFUL FREE CATAL0G
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And during these days sell to almost family
Christmas required
wonderful exposition of beautiful things the
knowletged headquarters Christmas
We show the finest, costly and the exquisite
thence GOOD
which worth worth
quality price
article and absolutely the price
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-10
PROBABLE EFFECT ON RATES
AND WAGES CONSIDERED

1t is claimed that public owner.
ship would secure lower rates of
transportation. Theoretically, this
is true, but whether that result
would be realized as a matter of
practical experience is more than
doubtful
II seems to be the case every
whereand is likely to be for a long
time to come, that government SER
vice costs more in proportion to
the work performed than private
service. 1t is quite conceivable that
the railroads Of this country could
be made to pay interest, say from 3
or per cent, on their fair valua-
ton, in addition TO all their ex-
penses, with a general scale of
rates somewhat below the present
standard.
Given the same efficiency of man
agement, hte same energy and
economy of administration, the
same basis of wages and salaries as
obtain under private ownership, and
a considerably smaller charge than
Is now paid per unit of service
would be sufficient for financial sol
vency. But this assumes a state oi
things not likely to exist II the rail
roads were operated as a govern
ment function. Any expectation tt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-10
COUNCIL ROUTINE

The petition of West Enders for
a bridge across Cedar st. was re-
ferred by the council last night to
the committee of the whole.
John A. Finch's proffer Of SO
acres for a park north of Summit
boulevard was accepted. The prop
erty is on the north bank of the
river. opposite the mouth of Hang
man creek.
The following ordinances were
passed.
Grading alley from Madison st. TO
jefferson St. between Second av.
and Third ay. Sidewalk. grade,
curb, park and ballast Short ay., Di-
vision ST. to Spokane St; sidewalk,
grade. curb and park Fifth av.,
Mcclellan st. to Bernard st: grade,
curb and park Latawah St, Twenty
seventh av. to Twenty-ninth av.;
sewer in alley between Broadway
and Mallon av., Nettleton st. to Oak
ST: paying Wallace Coates Engi-
neering Co. S1,373 for exporting
Monroe ST. and Post st. bridges: APP
propriating s1,100 to complete
grade of Sixth av. near Jefferson st.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-10
hermann GETS MIXED

WASHINGTON, April 10-Binser
Hermann became badly mixed in
his crossexamination by L. S. At
torney Baker, relative to Oregon
land frauds, for which Hermann is
now on trial. Hermann had testi-
fed that no member of his family
secured government land while he
was land commissioner and he was
compelled 10 admit that his son had
made homestead entry and had pur-
chased 8 entries before patents
were issued. Hermann advanced
81 900 to help his son pay for them.
Hermann also admitted securing
10000 acres while receiver of the
land office at ROseburg.
In direct testimony Hermann
swore that he never had communi-
cation or business with p. F. Mays,
of Portland, but the district attor-
ney confronted him with the copy
of a telegram he sent to Mays 3
days before the Blue Mountain re-
serve was announced, tipping the
action of the department. Her
mann identified the telegram, but
denied any collision.
Hermann and Mitchell had en-
dorsed Mays for appointment as dis
trict attorney. a position Mays lost
for completely in Chinese frauds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-10

Rachel Roe called the other after
noon at the home of Jane Doe to
have a friendly chat and to talk
over plans for the next meeting of
the bridge whist club. The CONVEX
sation turned TO ancestors and rela-
tives, as both women were mem
bers of an organization which no
one could join if she were unable to
build a family tree back 10 the day
of Captain John Smith and POGO
hontas.
Things in my family are dread
fully muddled,' said Rachel. ut
keeps me busy studying all the time
to figure out relationship"
Indeed remarked Jane. "Rela-
tionship is very simple. There are
certain infiexible rules that apply
to every case. and if YOU apply the
rules to your you will have no diff
ficultV"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-10

In the discussion as to what shall
become of the president after this
term, some particularly interesting
opinions have been secured from
several warm partisans Of Mr..
Roosevelt.
These are the most important con-
tributions to this symposium of abb
sorbing interest, and great pain
lessness was eXerted in securing
them for the readers of The Press.
Here they are:
Poultney Bigelow-By all means
give him job on the Panama canal
for instance, baling out the
Chagres river with a tea cup.
Ex-senator Ralph Burton - No
suggestions to offer. However, can
say that months in the Iron Noun
tain, No, Jail go far toward proyid-
ing relaxation from the cares of
office.
Benjamin r. Tillman-Send him
to the senate. Just let me catch
him there.
Bellamy Storer - Think he
would shine as a diplomat. Ambas-
sador to Dahomey is about his
size.
Alton b. Parker-Suggest that
people of the nation buy him that
peaceful place. Esopus-on-the-Hud-
son, and present it to him in hope
that he will stay there.
J. J. Hill-Make him peace com
missioner for the entire world.
Then he would have to live at The
Hague.
J. B. Foraker-He deserves a
rest. Let him take 10 year trip
around the world.
E. Fl. Hartmann think Mr.
Roosevelt should be given a third
term-but not in the White House
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-10

the contrary is not warranted by
knowledge Of what has generally
characterized the various branches
of government service.
Public ownership would doubtless
mean highes wages and shorter
hours of employment, but this again
would mean an increased number of
servants, adding materially to the
cost of maintenance and operation.
Upon this point it is often remarked
that enormous salaries are paid to
railway presidents and other Of
ficials, and that OUTLAWS of this sort
would be stopped because no SINH
lar scale of compensation would be
paid to government officials per-
forming like duties.
This argument, however, is rath-
er specious and is used mainly by
those who have made no calculation
to see how small figure it cuts in
dollars and cents Without having
made the computation | venture to
say that If all railway salaries
above $1,000 year were discon
| tinued the saving would not be ap
preciable in the price Of railway
ticket or the cost of moving 10t
pounds Of freight.
| In his next article, published to
morrow, Chairman Knapp will ex
plain the political objection to gov
ernment ownership.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-10

Possibly that's true" said Ra
chel, but am my own grandmoth
err under those rules"
"Impossible. exclaimed Jane.
"Of course it's impossible-eXcept
under the rules said Rachel. Il
wish you would write this down and
take it home with YOU and figure
out how it is possible for my family
to be so mixed Try to find out
what conditions and what incidents
made this true. for true it is:
My daughter is her fathers step
sister and she is my aunt. One OF
my sisters is my granddaughter and
my husband is my grandfather.
a malso my own grandmother
Jane went home with the prob
lem and at last accounts she was
still figuring. Maybe some of the
readers of The Press can figure it
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-10
GOOD Wii 06ffKK Ct
VOLUNTEERS

More than $500 paid out to re-
lieve the unfortunate is the record
made by the local branch of the
Volunteers of America under COM
mand of Captain and Mrs. c. W.
Brooks. The expenditure covers ev-
erything from paying rent and buy
ing necessities OF life to furnishing
a few flowers for poor woman S
es'atSket-
Nearly 1000 garments were given
away and at Christmas $50 little
hearts were made glad with toy
each. Something more substantial
in the way of hearty dinners were
Furnished scores Thanksgiving anu
Christmas.
The Volunteers will be glad TO
call for clothing or other contribu-
, tions to charity. The headquarters
is $40 Market st.