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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
COUNCIL PR0DS
RALSTON
BRIDGE ESTIMATES ORDERED
FAIL TO APPEAR, AND MON
ROE STREET AND OTHER
STRUCTURES ARE STILL
TIED UP.

For some reason City Engineer
Ralston seems to be delaying the
duty of supplying the city council
with needed information as to the
relative cost of concrete and steel
bridges. The record was produced
in the city council last night to
show that Mr.. Ralston had on July
Is been ordered to prepare plans
and furnish estimates for a con-
crete bridge at Monroe street, on
a motion introduced by Councilman
Schiller.
No report having been made by
Mr.. Ralston, the matter was again
brought up in the city council last
night in a resolution introduced by
Councilman Dalke, and Mr.. Ralston
was again ordered to furnish this
information, and also an estimate
on steel bridge, without which
the city council is up in the air,
figuratively speaking, on the bridge
question.
Councilman Mohr seemed to
think it was useless to ask the
engineer to make an estimate on
the Monroe street bridge when he
had already expressed the belief
that it will cost about 100000
Mohr favord prodding the engineer
along If he thought it would result
in any good, but he seemed to
think it would not. He thought
another resolution month hence
would be necessary before plans
are secured.
Dalke said If the engineer will
not work, the council should get
one that will. Mr.. Reuterdahl, OF
the city engineers force, could pre-
pare Monroe street bridge plans il
the council ordered him to do so
Mr.. Dalke said. I'VE have been
shooting into the air long enough
and ii is time that the city council
get busy and get some tangible
information on the bridge ques
tion," said Dalke. The resolution
of Dalke was adopted, with the un
derstanding that ii Engineer Rails
ton had gone to work on Schiller'f
concrete bridge request, he need
not pay any attention to the con
crete portion OF Dalke's motion.
Councilman Phillips, from the
presiding officers chair, announced
early In the evening that all con
sideration of bridges had been post
poned until the meeting of the
committee OF the whole next Tues
day night, but the discussion or
the Dalke resolution cropped out
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
NEW ORDINANCES

Street improvement and other or
dinances were passed last night
as follows:
Thirteenth avenue, Division
street to Cooks First and Second
additions; College avenue, Monroe
street to Chestnut street; Cedar
street. Sprague avenue to Second
avenue; Prospect avenue, City
View street to Grand street; Ce
dar street, Sprague avenue to Sec
ond avenue; Sixteenth avenue,
Perry street to Pittsburg street;
Seventh avenue, Monroe street to
Howard street; Sixteenth avenue,
Perry street to Pittsburg street;
Perry street, Newark avenue to
Harrison avenue; Perry street, New
ark avenue to Harrison avenue;
Howard street, Second avenue to
Fifth avenue.
Creating a fund into which shall
be paid water rents received from
Monterey Park addition, the money
to be paid Thurston Daniel for the
water system in that addition; APP
propriating $2,250 to pay salaries
of councilmen to the end of the
year; appropriating SASS to pay
the Barber Asphalt Co. for extra
work done on Monroe street; APP
propriating 500 to pay Anna l..
Gilbranson for damage done
through the establishment of the
grade on Main avenue at Division
| street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
Sill YER MONEY POURING
IN FOR BRYAN BATTLE

CHICAGO, Sept 11.-If a suf-
ficient fund properly to food the
country with Bryan literature, man
the stumps and conduct an elabor-
ate publicity bureau will win for
William Jennings Bryan, he will
be the next president, his campaign
managers say.
For the first time in about 16
wears. the democratic national man
ayers say, they will have all the
money they need for their cam
paign work. The unique feature
about this silver stream is that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
DYING CONVICT
GIVES FORTUNE
TO VICTIMS KIN

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 11.-Dying
in the Ohio state penitentiary
where he was received two years
ago to serve 25 years for the STAY
ing of his brother George Wagar, a
member of a wealthy family of
Lakewood, a Cleveland suburb, has
written will in which his fortune
of $4,000 is left to the widow and
daughter of his victim.
Wagar killed his brother on the
night of January %, 1905, in the
Wagar home in Lakewood. His
mother says that he had objected
to the terms of the settlement Of
the Wagar estate. Wagar blamed
whisky and made no attempt to
cheat Justice.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

regardless of this announcement
All other matters relating to
bridges went over, including the
bids for steel construction on East
Olive avenue; the proposition of
w. R. Roy to build a concrete
bridge at Olive for $4,000 or less;
a petition by ]. w. Greene and
others for a concrete bridge at
Monroe street, and a cOmmunica-
ton from Mayor Moore favoring
concrete.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
No EXCLUSIVE
FRANCHISES?

An ordinance was introduced in
the city council last night to grant
NJ. c. Newman a franchise for in
stalling waste paper boxes at vari-
GUS street corners. Councilman
Schiller objected to the ordinance
because it called for an exclusive
franchise, which is forbidden in the
city charter, hence the ordinance
was pigeonholed.
How about some of the street
car line franchises on certain
streets and bridges?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
Notify City That the Courthouse Is
Grated by Crooked Meter.

$137 and August s13S. 1t is be-
yond all reason to believe that this
amount of water is being used,
and we trust that you will take the
matter up at once to verify same"
According to an inspector the
meter now runs at the abnormal
rate of three feet minute and
that 10000 feet have already gone
through this month. The meter
will be tested again at night when
no water is being drawn to ascer-
tain if the meter is defective or to
detect possible leakage.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTACK WATER CHARGES
DID THIS EVER
HAPPEN BEFORE?

Record one for Captain
Gray, patriot. Last night
the city council, on motion
} of Mr.. Baldwin, voted to pay
the three councilmen who
, served on the board of
equalization the usual per
diem of SO per day for IS
days, but Captain Gray, a
member of the board, said
he had not put in full time
and did not have that much
coming.
} A fellow councilman on
the board said that while
the captain was absent his
} duties were attended to by
} the other members, hence
he ought to be paid for full
, time. Captain Gray still re-
fused to see it that way and
} would not take the money.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

priation to his own use of the as
sets of the Washington Farmers
Insurance Co., when he was in
formed by the insurance commits
sioner that the charter would be
revoked, and securing by false rep
reservations a deed to property
owned by Martin Kalez.
The arguments will probably be
concluded this afternoon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

Arguments in the disbarment
proceedings against Attorney
James Hopkins are being heard to-
day by Judges Huneke and Ken
nan. Hopkins is facing charges of
unprofessional conduct and of hav-
ing violated his oath as attorney.
The specific charges against the
attorney are having falsely certi-
fed to pension affidavits, the appro-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
GETS DIVORCE IN BED

favors canvas covering. This will
add materially to the attractiveness
of the market, now that rainy
weather is near. Under present
conditions the farmers back up
against the curb and stay until
noon every day except Saturday
when they stay until evening.
Fortunately the weather since
the market was instituted has been
fine, and in consequence there has
been no disaccommodation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

A surprizing increase in the
water bills of the courthouse has
caused the county commissioners
to make an investigation into meter
readings.
The following letter dated Sep
TENDER 8 was sent to the water de-
partment:
I'VE challenge the water meter
installed in the county courthouse
and ask that the same be tested as
to its accuracy. The charge for
May was $91, June $10415, July
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
JUDGE HINKLE HAS
A CASE FOR SOLOMON

Is a man who sells melon out
side of the city limits and delivers
it inside guilty of peddling inside
the forbidden territory? The ques-
ton will be solved on September
81 by Justice Hinkle, when William
Bell, a peddler, will be tried.
He was arrested yesterday and
pleaded not guilty. He claimed
that he sold a watermelon to a
man on the northside and to save
him carrying it delivered it to him
on Main avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
BURNS AND JOHNSON
FIGHT IN NOVEMBER

LONDON, Sept. lit is learn
ed Tommy Burns and Jack John
son are matched to fight at Sydney,
the latter part of Novem-
Der. 1t is understood a syndicate
of Australians will finance the
fight, giving a purse of $4,000. The
winner takes 60 per cent, loser 4d.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

the bulk of it consists of dollar con-
tributions.
More than $4,000 in dollar con-
tributions was received at the ma
tional headquarters in the Audi
forum Annex. Other subscriptions
were received, making the grand
total for the day between $4,000
and $4,000. Instead of diminish
ing, the stream is daily growing
larger, and it is not improbable,
the financial secretaries said yes
terday that within a few days the
dollar stream will pour in at least
$4,000 a day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
Lewis Bros. Q Co.
Closing-Out Sale
at the New York
Cloak q Suit Co.
has proven q
success.

Twenty-Five s ale
ladies have been more
than busy since the
sale opened. At least
200 anxious bargain
seekers were at the
doors when they OPEN
ed Thursday morning
waiting patiently to
buy ready-to-wear gar
ments at cut slash
prices. The sale Is
Just In its infancy and
will continue until ev-
cry last dollars worth
of merchandise In the
store is sold.
This is the first time
In the history of the
business of Spokane
that ladies' wearing
apparel has been sold
at reduced prices at
the beginning of the
season. Other years
many women wait un-
til the month of No
vember to buy their
suits, cIoaks or fall
hats. This year they
can buy at almost half
price all through the
month of September,
providing they deal at
the New York Cloak &
Suit Co.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
LITTLE CHILD KILLED

SEATTLE, Sept. 11.-As she was
returning from school, Nina Heg-
man, age six, was thrown to the
pavement by Seattle-Everett in
terurban car and her body SO badly
mangled that she died almost i'm
mediately after being taken to a
doctors office. This was her first
week in school.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
MILLI0NA|RE'S SCANDAL
NOW ACCORDING TO LAW

made permanent the interlocutory
decree of annulment granted few
months ago.
The girl is now free to marry
Samuel Clarkson, Englishman, with
whom she eloped to London.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
MARY SAYS:
SHIRRED EGGS.

Take baking dish pan, put in just
enough milk to cover bottom we'll
break in as many eggs as you may
wish, salt and pepper to taste, add
a little butter, and set in oven and
bake. You will find this much nicer
than to poach your eggs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Helen
Maloney, daughter of Martin Ma
loney, multimillionaire Standard
Oil man, was freed today from Ar
thur Osborne. The supreme court
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

Papa, haven't you any more
fairy stories to read me?"
Nothing, my boy, but the repub-
lican and democratic platforms,
and they are too sad for one so
young"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

Your new fall hat is here at $500, $780, $3oe
ands3 so in all new and acceptable shades.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-10


would probable be normal school
Established at Radford next session.
In case the report is rejected. 1t is
likely that new conference committee
win be requested, but 1t is altogether
likely that the new committee would
ALSO recommend the two schools. By
that time the members of the House
would be willing to agree TO almost
anything in reason in order. to secure
the passage of the appropriation bill
and then finish the Legislative work of
the session---at least all that they now
have leisure for.
httnck on, Fisheries Board.
The afternoon session of the Senate
was enivened by an interesting debate
over the bill to give additional COM
pensation to the chairman and the Sec
rotary of the Board OF Fisheries. The
Senator from Northumberland objected
to the report OF the board, claiming
that it included the receipts for thir-
teen months.
The Senator from Rockingham, who
has been member of the board since
its creation. admitted that this state
ment was true. but said that the Sep
tember returns had been hurried in
before the last day of that month.
which is the end of the fiscal year, so
as to make the report of the board
tally with the report of the Auditor
of Public Accounts, as heretofore a
failure of correspondence between the
figures of the two reports had aroused
unfair suspicion and CAUSED adverse
comment. The Senator from Northum-
berland also objected to the increase
of the compensation to the officials.
saying that the present salaries, with
an expense, allowance to the chairman
of nearly $50 month, was ample. The
Senate adopted the report by a vote
of 10 to Il.
1t is more than doubtful whether the
report does not require twenty-one
votes for its adoption. No point was
made OF that feature, but 1t is likely
that to-day there VIII be an effort to
reconsider the vote and pass it by the
requisite vote.
The Legislature yesterday, by joint
resolution, provided for committee
of ten members to entertain Hon. Will
liam j. Bryan upon the occasion of
his coming to address that body on the
10Th.
The Senate passed a few bills dur
ing the several sessions yesterday,
among them that concerning concealed
weapons, and the House put the finish
ing touches upon thirty or more. in
Guiding the bill to establish the times
iOr HOlulilS the Terms Oh court IN the
several circuits of the State, and the
bill to increase the fees of commits
sioners of the revenue one-half of
per cent. on collections under $4,000,
and another increasing fees of jailers,
4sheriffs and sergeants.
I is practically assured that to-day
will be the last upon which any bill
will be passed, as Tomorrow will most
probably not see quorum of either
house.
The popular phrase among the mem
bers this afternoon will be "Au revo.r
until the 25th."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-10
Sessions Of the Two Houses ::

After jockeying for a start for an
hour and a half. with numberless reso-
lutions as to the order of business
under which the body should proceed
the House of Delegates got down to
work under the ten-objection rule
considering Senate bills only.
A joint resolution passed provides
for the proper entertainment OF Hon.
w. j. Bryan on his visit to RICHMOND
March 25th. Each House will appoint
five members to cooperate with the
Governor in the reception. of the dis
tingushed Statesman. The speaker
appointed as the House members of
the committee Messrs. Reid, Brown,
Curlett, Swift and Oliver.
Board OF Fisheries.
The conference report on the Board
of Fisheries bill recommended the ac-
ceptance of five or six Senate amend
ments, and proposed that the Senate
recede from certain other of its amend
ments. Mr.. Rev, of Accomac, opposed
the Senate amendments, which raise
the salary of the chairman from ST.
900 to $4,000 and that of the secre-
tary from $500 to $500.
Mr.. Curlett,'of Lancaster, urged the
adoption Of the amendments, saying
that for the first time In the history
Of. Underwater the State had a com
p' aThe chairman of the Board of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-10

Fisheries, w. Mcdonald Lee. Is no
political friend of NINE" said Mr.
Curlett "but he is no cheap man. and
he is ono Of the most efficient men I
ever knew. ask this House to adopt
the conference report. You are not
overpaying him. His salary. comes
out of the oyster fund, not the treas
ury of the State"
conference, report-ayes, 60; noes. 2.
A joint resolution providing for the
appointment of two delegates and one
Senator as standing committee to pre-
by Mr.. Massie, of Richmond. This COM
mfttee is to confer with similarly APP
Inotnte1 committees from each of tile
other States, and is to recommend con-
regulate trusts and corporations; and
&c secure other desirable uniform laws.
Mr.. Massie addressed the House at
length in support OF the plan.
"Sh0rt Cut" He Said.
Mr.: Craig, of Rockbridge, objected to
Il the introduetion of this resolution as
short cut to get before the House
bill Which had not ,been reported
from the committee.
The resolution was referred toy the
Committee for Courts of Justice, where
1t will probably sleep through this
session.
Mr.. Thrift. of Madison called up the
Senate bill providing a quarantine for
diseased cattle under certain restric-
tionsr The bill was passed ayes, CT;
noes, 0.
Speaker Byrd laid before the House
q communication from the Governor,
inclosing copies of kilograms exchange
ed with tho Governor of Ohio CONCERN
ing the Colinwood School fire.
A bill to provide for the establish
ntent of libraries in the public schools
OF che rural districts, and appro-,
priating none therefor, was discussed
and passed--ayes.5 So; noes. /.
Mr.. Curlett called up q bill to cor
rect the plating of public ground in
ESSEX county, and to authorize the
State Board OF Fisheries to make a cor.
rect survey of thea same, and to con
firm assignments of planting ground
located in Essex county.
baylor Survey.
Mr.. Lewis, of Essex. offered several
amendments to the bil.l
MrStubhs, Of Gloucesters opposed con.
aiderationof measure statiag that. al
though in n small way the Bill, con.
templated breaking the Baylor sur
vey, against which the House .h;ld al
ready sgone on record. The bill was
passed by after g short debate.
A bill regulating the fees Of icoun-
ty treasurers on the sale Of county
and school bonds was discussed al
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-10

amend and re-enact section 444 of the
Code of Virginia. as amended and re-
enacted by an act approved December
| 10. 1903, entitled can act to amend
and re-enact chapter 23 of the Code
of Virginia, in relation to the assess y
ment of lands and lots
To repeal sections 1865 and 1900 OF
| the Code OF Virginia. in reference In
/ public free schools for counties and
TO the literary fund.
| To amend and re-enact section 209g
OF. the Code of Virginia, as amended
aid re-enncted by an act approved
| February 25 1892. entitled IAN act To
amend and rc-enact section 20o9 of the
| Code of Virginia. 1887. with relation
to license required for catching fish for
oil, manure.
To regulate the statistics of leaf
tobacco sold upon the floors of leaf
tobacco warehouses or sold by any
Virginia
To allow country merchants to sell
school books on the State list under
certain conditions
To amend and re-enact an act en-
TITLED IAN act to amend and re-en-
act an act entitled An act to provide
places of abode and for the safe GUS
! rem who are vicious, or depraved. or
without proper place of abode, or pro-
per guardianship or control. or who
shall be ill-treated, neglected. or de-
serted by parents. guardian. or other
custodian, or who shall be exposed to
immoral or vicious influences and
training" approved April 2. 1902,
(which was approved February %. 1906.
To amend and re-enact an act en-
titled an act authorizing boards of
supervisors to contract loans for the
erection of courthouses. clerks offices
and jai1s. approved February 20, 1894.
| as amended as to section of said act
| by act approved April 2, 1902, so as to
| include poor-houses.
!. To provide for quarantine regula-
/ tions against infected cattle.
In relation to fees of county treas
/ urers on sale of county and school
| bonds.
/ To regulate method of bringing suita
| cainst charitable and benevolent institu-
| tions and directing the investment of funds
| III litigation Under control OF courts.
| Giving to cities and towns upon leasing or
purchasing gas, electric and water com
panies, operating In territory contiguous I'd (
| its corporate limits the right to continue to
operate, maintain and extend same.
To authorize tho Board of Supervisors Of
tho county of Page, Va to borrow the sum
OF $4,000. such part thereof as thoy
may determine. with which to construct ona
or two bridges, as may be agreed upon by
said board. over the Shenandoah River III
said county and to issue the bonds of tha
county therefor
|
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-10
THE AMERICAN IDEA
No Distinction on Account of
Dress atthe St. Regis.
NEW YORK'S HOME-LIKE HOTEL

Recently. we are told, the manager
of Fashionable London restaurant re-
fused to allow an Earl and his Count
ess to eat in the dining room because
they were not attired in regulation
evening dress. 1t is a pleasure to be
able to state that such snobbishness
does not prevail in New York hotel
restaurants. Even at the st. Regis.
which sets the pace in matters Of dress
and etiquette, tho wearing of bust
mess suit bars no one from admission
or service. The business, man who
comes to New York without an elab-
crate wardrobe need have no misgiv-
ngs. At the st. Regis hel will get
quite as good service and be made to
fell lust as much at home in his bust
ness suit of an evening as though lie
wore the costume approved by society.
The ST. Regis is emphatically an
American hotel, and Is conducted in
accordance with American ideas. Com
fort is the keynote and homelikeness
Is the symphony n this inviting palace
stopping place for all who appreciate
good living at fair cost, place
whore one always feels "a. az home. We
Changed since the old song was writ
ten, ana many have discovered that
ii is possible to find elsewhere n place
like home in every good particular
but unlike home in the matter of cares
and annoyauces. Such II place N the
1T. Regis, New York,
whether you 30 to the metropolis
for d day or two on business, or for
id week or month ON pleasure bent,
make The ST. Regis your home. The
restaurant charges arc mOQerata, and
a good room may BIO had at 81 u day
or one with bath at SIS csc for two
persons), or Y parlor. bedroom and
bath for Sl2,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-10
Page Guest Of Governor.

Page Guest Of Governor.
Leo A. DENT, the round-faced, club
by House page from Salem, who by
his prompt and alert attention to BUSH
ness. has won the regard of the men,
tpers. and officials of the House Of
night enVted by a half dozen of the
most prominent statesmen in Virginia,
Leo has become a great friend Of
Governor swanson, whom he never met
ago. Arrayed in purple and fine linen.
last, night he dined with Governor and
Mrs. Swanson In state, spending the
night as the guest OF the Governor.
II the boy Keeps up his close atten-
tion to the business In hand, he will
have vastly better chance of being
a permanent occupant of the ESecu.
tive residence than some of the emil
nent Democrats whose friends are nov
claiming for them the practical own