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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

they're around till they've got you
Hard customers to fall in
with l ventured.
That's the way they be- said
the man. 1T was this way with
me. YOnder mule and 1 was
ploughin' in garden patch this
mornin', and while turnin' over
tuft of wire grass l saw ground
RATHER monkeyin' around between
my brogans and reachin' for my
ankles. l set my heel down on
his head and went on with my
ploughin', But on the next round
his mate got me-
Ono joke!' l exclaimed with
genuine concern.
Moo, not exactly a joke the
man said, but l needed the remedy
anyhow. You see, back on the creek
we keep gettin' fuller n fuller of
fever n ager, and go on neglectin'
ourselves until we get snake bite
and then we has to do somethin''
The man got out of the cart.
tied up the rope reins on the har-
ness saddle and said 'Glang' to the
mule. That intelligent creature
struck out his usual leisurely gait
along the wagon tracks for the
pine woods.
"'Not going home yourself% l in
quired.
Eyes; but it'll take me some
time to git thar-about three days,
| reckon. You see (here he took
another pull at the Jug, this stuff
has been adulterated all the way
from Louisville to Jacksonville and
then readulterated up here until
it's the most adulterious mixture
you can get for any price. If l
git well into the pine woods to-
night that's as far as I'm goin'
| shall lay down with my pack to a
pine log, so that the bobcats won't
get near me without smelling my
breath. My breath will be a better
protection than camp fire, and |
don't have to stay up to tend it..
Jine me again, pardner?
Thanks l said, tipping up the
jug with the cork in it and man
aging after the operation to hand
him the jug with one hand and the
cork with the other, you must ex.
| 7 I,.in vi Nv
l haven't had my snake bite. yet
Certainly, quite certainly he
responded.
81 questioned him furtherfregard
ing his homeward itinerary.
well he replied, 4 shall wake
up tomorrow morning next to the
bark of the pine log dryer n ell.
A few pulls at the jug will start
me on. | may take a roundabout
way home-sometimes ! do. reck.
on that about three nights out will
bring me home. Then after two
or three days under the caves of a
haystack l shall be aew man.
Jine me-?
Upon my asking again to be ex.
cused he said:
"'Well, here's how; no hard feel.
ms, pardner. If it want for these
occasional snake bites we'd be neg
lectin' our livers till we got in
a horrible conditson-like enough
pass all help and with his jug un
der his arm he took the same path
that the gray mule had taken"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

IS FREE

PARIS, Sept. 11.-Gregori was
today acquitted of the charge of
attempting to murder Major Alfred
Dreyfus at the Pantheon June 4.
The verdict was rendered by a
jury after the advocate general ap-
pealed strongly for conviction and
the courts ruling against the de-
PENDANT.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

slight lead, may be changed later
Otherwise the republican nomi
nees are undoubtedly selected as
follows:
State treasurer, e. X. Erwin; at
torney general, w. p. Bell; com
missioner of public lands, e. w
Ross; secretary. Sam H. Nichols;
auditor, G. w. Clausen; superin
tendent of public instruction, H.. B
Dewey; insurance commissioner, ],
II. Shively.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
QUEEN A FUGITIVE

ROME, Sept. 11-Half crazed by
constant threats of revolt at Lis
bon and attempts on the lives of
members of the royal family,
Dowager Queen Maria Pia of Portu.
gal is today preparing to leave the
country for italy, where she will
make her home. She failed in her
many efforts to induce young King
Manuel to abdicate and accompany
her.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
SPOKANE CANDIDATE SAFE
ON STATE TICKET

2 Although the returns from coun-
ties outside of Spokane indicate
the nomination of Samuel G. Co.'S
grove for governor by means of the
second choice vote, there is still
room for contest, on the unofficial
vote.
The race for lieutenant governor
between M. e. Hay and Charles e.
Coon is also so close that returns
to hand, which show Hay has a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
FIND CERTIFICATE.
In BUNCO CASE

The $50 certificate of deposit on
the Old National bank which Gus
Mekalet was buncoed out of by
two strangers in pedro" game in
the Big V saloon has turned up and
is held by Gilbert G. Lund, attor-
neys. 1t was cashed by T, II. Toll
1efson of the Eldorado saloon. Pay
ment had been stopped and Toilet
-son turned the certificate over to
his attorneys for collection. He
claims he did not know the man
he caShed II for.
The police expect to prove the
Identity or one OF the bunco men
by means of the certificate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
GRANDSON 81. ..@-
HALF CRAZED HERMIT

House grounds. while his mother
was mistress of the presidents
mansion during his grandfather s
administration
He was a lad of average intel
ligence, but his mind never devel-
oped. Shortly after the death of
his mother he returned to East
Tennessee and sought the noun
tains, where he has lived since as
a hermit, subsisting on fruits and
game.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

BRISTOL, Tenn, Sept. 1.-A
guardian has just been appointed
for Andrew Johnson Slower, 40,
grandson of President Andrew
Johnson, to look after his interest
in the estate of the late president,
at Greeneville.
Slower has lived in the Holston
mountains near Bristol 80 years as
a hermit. He is mentally unbal-
anced.
AS a boy he played on the White
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
SNAKE BITE CURE AS
IT'S USED DOWN SOUTH

That's a good snake story" said
man after reading an account of
rushing an antidote for snake bite
from New York to Washington to
save a mans life. at reminds me
of something remotely similar that
| ran across in Florida a few years
ago.
1T was at a landing on the St.
Johns river. A long toward noon
on hot day in August two wheel
cart drawn by a gray mule
emerged from the pine wood and
came down along the wagon track
through the wire grass. The road
was the uptown section of the
principal street-Sunset avenue
they called it, | think. Sitting on
the bottom boards of the cart with
his legs hanging out astern was a
ance, dressed in the usual cracker
fashion.
The gray mule turned corner
and halted in front of general
store in the heart of the town. The
man reached for gallon jug that
had been rolling around in the box
of the cart, leisurely lowered him
self to the ground and disappeared
in the store.
"In a few minutes he came out,
seated himself on the floor boards
of his cart, swung the jug onto the
elbow of his right arm while hold
ing it's handle with the hand of the
same arm and took long pull at
its contents. Then he held the
jug out toward me and said:
"'Jine me, stranger?
81 tipped up the jug with the
same elbow movement that he had
used, and that seemed to establish
me in his favor. | made believe
take a long drink. What l got
on as much of my tongue as was
necessary to close the neck of the
jug was a taste of whiskey that
would take grease spots out OF
clothing, remove old varnish from
furniture and exterminate scor-
pions.
THE man took another pull at
the jug, wiped his lips on the brim
of his wool hat and said:
That's the stuff for snake bite.
Snake bite?' l asked.
Yes said the man, with the
peculiar cracker drawl and accent
that never had any success in try
ing TO initiate. Got bit by RATHER
this mornin' and started right dowr
for town. Had to take 1t easy, fol
there's nothin' worse for snake bite
than gettin' the blood het up
"'Uh,' said 1, one of those dia
mond back rattlers, six feet long
16 rattles and button, boiling
over with venom
Diamond back nothin'. he re
piled. One of those tarnal little
ground rattlers that don't rattle
"a rattleless rattler,' ] suggest
ed.
That's it, stranger he said
no rattles and no buttons, button
holes or hooks and eyes. Little
brown fellers as big around al
your finger and less'n a foot lont
plumb full of condensed and com
pressed pizen, can't rattle for yo,
to get off the track, don't have t.
coil to strike, and you don't know
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
FINED FOR ASSAULT.

Justice H:nkle yesterday fined O.
E. Ward a loafer, $50 and costs
for assaulting J. M. Taylor, a track
man, in the Brook saloon several
days ago. Taylor claimed he was
robbed also, but the police could
not get evidence against Ward.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

ACCUSED

John Crowley, driver No. 4 fire
engine, and William Boyle, engi-
neer at No. 3 station, have been
charged by Chief Myers with
drunkenness while on duty.
They will be tried before the fire
commission tomorrow morning at 8
o'clock.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
FOUND HIS SON DEAD.

VANCOUVER, Sept. 11.-Alone
with his son, who was fatally in
jured by the accidental explosion
of gun, John Hay spent an agon.
izing night in the mountains near
Agassiz Dawn came with new
hope, and the father left the son
in a comfortable position while he
ran for medical assistance. The
son died in his absence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11

is unknown --....a---5,-
John Davis, the husband, is a
real estate capitalist. He was mar
ried in San Francisco, and went
abroad visiting principal European
cities. The bride was recently call
ed to Seattle to attend her mother,
who was i'll. She is known to have
been much worried over her moth
er's condition.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
BEAUTIFUL BRIDE ENDS
HER LIFE IN SEATTLE.
Had Returned From Honeymoon
Trip to Attend Sick Mother.

SEATTLE. Sept, 11.-Mrs., John.
Davis, a bride of six months and
formerly Marloitta Myers. one of
the most beautiful women on the
coast, drank carbolic acid at the
Washington annex last night, and
died despite the efforts of five ply
sicians.
The suicide created a sensation
in society circles here. The cause
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
BRYAN AND
TAFT THERE

CHICAGO, Sept. 11.-Bryan and
Taft will both address the Chicago
association of commerce, which
open' the deep waterways conven-
ton here October Z with a banquet.
The question of where to seat the
candidates is bothering those max
ing arrangements.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
CITY TO CALL FOR BIDS.

On motion of Councilman Phil
lips, the city council has ordered
that bids be asked for the city
legal advertising for the coming
year, as provided In Section 81 of
the city charter. The city has been
having its legal publications run
without contract for some time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
JACK STEWART SPENDTHRIFT

The amount of money parted
with by Zach Stewart to accom-
plish his election is $34993 This
is the largest sum spent by any of
the candidates who have so far
filed their expense accounts.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
PREFERRED DROWNING
TO ROASTING

CALUMET, Mich, Sept. IL
News has reached here of the
tragic death of Jacob Hernerenimi.
farmer, who jumped in a well and
drowned rather than be roasted to
death by forest fires which COM
pletely surrounded his house.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
MONEY AND MAN GONE.

TACOMA, Sept. 11,-F. M. Coul-
ter. secretary of the Modern
Brotherhood lodge and superintend-
ent of the city free employment
bureau, is mysteriously missing. 1t
is reported 500 belonging to the
order is gone. He leaves wife
and five children,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
NO UNWRITTEN LAW

SAN QUENTIN. Cal, Sept. IL
CONSTANT Borsel was hanged today
for the murder of Emilio d'Eramo
in the gallows room of the peni-
Tertiary. CONSTANT was kissing Il
picture of his wife when d 'EramO
tainted him about his wife's al
legged infidelity. The killing fol-
lowed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
20 YEARS MARRIED
SPOKE BUT TWICE

WORCESTER. Mass, Sept. IL
Major William p. Pond, wealthy
resident OF this city. died at John
son City. Tenn. after a short Ill.
ness. II has long been reported
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
SAME OLD GROUNDS.

Blanch E. Cahoon has brought
suit for divorce from BENJAMIN e.
Cahoon. The charges are deser-
ton and nonsupport. They were
married in 1899. ~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
GROSSCUP QUITS RAILROAD.

TACOMA, Sept. lib. S. Gross
cup, western counsel for the North
ern Pacific road, and brotM of
Judge Grosscup of Chicago, hRs re-
signed, to take effect November 4.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
BOYCOTT THE GERMANS.

TOXIC, Sept. 11.-Chinese stu
dents at Toxic have decided to
boycott German goods and schools.
No reason is known.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-11
ASKS $4,000 FOR
FOREST FIRE q. |

-hNhM ''AN 80.
Macarthur Brothers today filed
suit in the superior court to recover
$4,000 from the Great Northern.
1t is alleged that sparks from a
locomotive started fire in Bonner.
county, Idaho, that spread to tim
Der owned by the plaintiffs and did
damage to the amount specified.
The Washington times., 1908-01-31
PRESIDENT ASKS LAW TO GUARD LABOR;
WOULD CURB ISSUING OF LWJNCTIOEt
FOR NEW EMPL OVERS LIABILITY LAW;
RESTRICT ISSUING OF Instructions

REGARDS LAW, ADVOCATE ITS
II SHALL AP
PLY ONLY SAYS IT
CAN CoNsTITUTIoNALLY APPLY.
LIABILITY LAW DOES
NOT REALLY NTJI.CTnG EMPLOYERS DAMAGES
TO ABOLISH
PROCESS OF INJUNCTION.
WRONG TO INJUNCTION TO PREVENT THE
OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
IN THEIR STRUGGLE RETIREMENT.
FACT THAT PUNISHMENT VIOLATION
JUNCTION
VENTIoN
GEROUS PRACTICE.
SOME is FOUND
ING OF INDIGNATION
CITIZENS
AGAINST THE WHOLE PROCESS OF INJUNCTION
MEN PROPERTY CANNOT
THE SPIRIT JUSTICE
WHO WHILE DEFEND
BTTED BY WILL
THE MOMENT THEY
THEY ESTEEM POPULAR FEELING
BAsENEsS TO SPEAK OF GIRL
IN FACTORY WHERE UNPROTECTED
AS HAVING THE RIGHT HERsELFT
DANGERS TO AND LIMB.
A WRONG WHOLE BURDEN OF
NECESSARILY
CRUSHING WEIGHT PROFIT
BY HER WORK ESCAPE sCOTFREE.
The Washington times., 1908-01-31

lie the Hrsl to turn against them. Men
of property can not afford 20 trust
10 auvfuluE save the spirit OF Justice
and far play; for those very puoAc
men who. while 1T IS 10 their interest,
defend an the abuses committed by
namfaI and pose as the champions Or
conservatism. wall. the moment they
think their interest changes, take the
lead iu lust such % Fsa-tvT as llls ana
uauder 20 what they esteem popular
feeling bv eudeavorluE, Tor instance,
effectively to destroy The powr- Of the
courts i'm matters Of iuJurc ga ana
viii even seek to render nus 1FC-y tIe
power 10 punish for contempt, upon
which uowc- the very existence Of the
orderly administration of justice de-
ponds.
1t IS nv purpose as soon as may DE
10 submit some further rccOnlneuca-
tons in reference 10 our laws Tegulat-
ing conditions within the sphere OF Fed
eral authority A very TeCcnI decision
of the Supreme Court OF the United
States rendered since this message Was
written I'm the case of Adatr VS.. United
States. seemingly Of far-reaching import
and Of very serious probable cOuSe-
quencss. has modified She previously
entertained views on he power o. the
Congress in the premises to such q
de=rec as to make necessary e4reI III
consideration Of the opinions therein
fled before IL is possible definitely 10
decide i'm what way to cali The matter
to your attention.
The Washington times., 1908-01-31

practices affecting interstate business in
which the members OF The association
ATE mutually Interested This does not
mean that they should Doe given the
right TO pool their earnings or their
traffic The law requires that rates
shall be So adjusted as not TO discrIm-
mate between individuals, localities, OF
different species OF traffic. Ordinarily,
rates by all rawpe ing lines must DE lie
same. AS applied TO practical condt-
tons, the railway operations Of this
country can not be conducted accord
ing 90 law without what ls equivalent
10 conference and agreement. The ar
tirl-s UuG'T which such associations OPP
crate should bee approved by the com
mission. an their operations should be
open TO public Inspection, and tle rates,
regulations. and practices upon which
they agree should he subject 20 dlsap-
pr0val by the commission.
/ urge this last provision with the
same Caruestuess that / do the others.
This country provides its railway faciit-
ties by private capital Those facilities
viii not Doe adequate unless the capital
employed is assured of just treatment
and an adequate return Iu fixing the
charges Of our railroads, ] believe that
considering the interests Of the public
alone 80 is BETTER to allow too liberal
rather than too scanty earnings, for,
The Washington times., 1908-01-31
More POwer over Rates
For Commerce Commission

Not only should there be action on
certain laws affecting wage-earners;
there should also be such action On
laws better to secure control over -ue
great business concerns engaged in
Interstate commerce, and cspeci lily
over the great common carriers. r. 81
Interstate Commerce Commits. aOn
should be empowered to pass upon any
rate or practice on its own initiative
Moreover. IL should be provided that
whenever the commission has reason
to believe that q proposed advance in
a rate ought not TO be made without
investigation, it should have authority
TO issue an order prohibiting the al
vance pending examination by the CO IL
mission
I would not be understood as ex-
pressing an opinion that any or ever a
ma iority Of these advances are ill-
proper. Many Of the rates in tins
country have been abuoTmaNy low. Tie
operating expenses Of our railrOo lis,
notably the wages paid railroad en-
plOyes, have greatly increased. These
ana other causes may in any given case
justify an advance in rates and If so
the advance should be permitted and
approved. But there may be, and
true and our law should be so frame1
that the Government, as the representa-
tive OF the whole people, can prOte e
the individual against unlawful eZ-s.l-
tiOn for the use OF these public high
ways.
The Interstate Commerce COM
mission should be provided with
the means to make a physical TaIua-
ton OF any road as to which it
deems this valuation necessary. In
some form the Federal Government
should exercise supervision ever the
financial operations Of our inter-
state railroads. In no other way
can Justice be done between the
private owners of those properties
and the public which pay U.eir
charges. When once an Unfit ted
capitalization has gone upon tae
market and has become fixed in
The Washington times., 1908-01-31

otherwise. there is grave danger that
our railway development may not keep
pace with the demand FOR trausporta-
ton. But the Fundamental idea that
these railways are public highways
must be recognized, and they must be
lpeu 10 the whole public upon equal
terms and upon reasonable terms.
Would Modify Antitrust Law.
In reference 10 the Sherman anti
trust law. ! repeat the recommends
lions made in my message 20 the pre-
yIous Congress The attempt ia this
law 10 provide in sweeping terms
against all combinations Of whatever
character. II technically in restraint
of trade as such restraint has
been defined by the courts, must
necessarily be futile. or mischeycus.
and sometimes 18th. The present
law makes some combinations illegal
although they may be useful 90 the
country. On the other he Cd, as %
some huge combinations which are both
uoNiOus and illegal, even if the action
undertaken against them under the law
bv the Government is successful, the
result may be 20 work but a minimum
The Washington times., 1908-01-31

that a special bill be passed covering
the case Of Hardmaster Bantou, who
was injured nearly two years ago while
doing his duty He is now helpless to
support his wife and his three little
boys.
Revise Injunction Laws.
again call your attention to the
need OF some action i'm connection with
the abuse OF injunctions in labor eases.
As regards the rights and wrongs of
labor and capital, from blackIsting
10 boycotung, the whole subject is COW
cred in admirable fashion by the re-
port OF the Anthracite Coal Strike
Commission, which report should serve
as chart for the guidance of both
legislative and executive officers As
regards injunctions, 4 can do little
but repeat what I nave said in my
last message 10 the Congress. Even
though IL were possible. 1 should con-
slider it most unwisc to abolish the use
Of The process of Injunction.
II is necessary in order that the
courts may maintain their own dignity
and III order that they may iE effective
manner check disorder and violence.
The judge who uses il cautiously and
cOuSerVauVely. but who. when the need
arises, uses il feaTIessiy, confers thu.
greatest service upon our people ard
ms prominent usefulness as q public
servant should be heartily recognized.
But there IS no question in my
mind that it has sometimes been
used heedIessly and uniustIy. and
that some Of the iniunctiOns issued
intIict grave and occasionally irrc-
parable wrong upon those en-
Joined.
1t is all wrong to use the iniunc-
ton TO prevent the entirely proper
and legitimate actions of labor or
CARNATIONS in their struggle for
Industrial betterment. or uader the
guise Of protecting property rights
unWarrantabIy to invade the funda-
mental rights of the individual.
1t is futile to concede. as we all do.
the right and the necessity of orga1-
lied effort on the part OF Wage-earn-
ers, and yet by injuuctive process TO
forbid peaCeabie action 10 aer0mrIsH
the lawful objects Tor which thew
are organized and upon which their
success depends The fact that the
punishment for the violation of an in
b junction must 10 make the order e.
TectiVe, necessarily be summary and
without the Intervention Of Jury
makes its issuance in doubtful cas-
a dangerous practice, and iu itself fun
uishes a reason why the process sh0uI-
be surrounded with safeguards TO urJ-
Jtct individuals against being eujoiled
from exercising their proper rights
Reasonable notice should be given the
adverse party.
/ This matter is daily becoming OF
graYer importance and 7 can not
too urgently recommend that the
Congress give careful consideration
/ TO the subject. If some way Of
remedying the abuses is net found
the feeling Of Indignation against
them among large numbers Of our
citizens will tend to grew so ex-
IRENE as to produce q revolt against
the whole use of the process OF
Injunction.
/ The ultra-COnseTVativ6s who object 20
Z cutting out the abuses viii do well rl
. remember that if the popular feeling
: does become strOnE many Of those upon
{ whom they rely to defend them will