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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
TAMlNANY GRAFT
STRONG AS EVER

precious reservoir the city govern
ment, by taking the highest bic
instead of the lowest, gave the con
tractors a straight-out present OF
100000
Some day, exactly why the city
will not build subways will be dis
covered. Already, however, there
is good deal Of evidence on the
surface. Following the looting OF
the New York city railways by
VIM. c. Whitney and Thomas F
Ryan In a way that made ever
Wall ST. blush, the various proper
ties have gone into the hands OF
receivers. Out of every dollar PAID
by the New York public in fares
45 cents goes back into operating
expenses. The other So cents goes
to pay interest on watered stocks
and bonds. The amount of water
however. was so proiigious thai
this huge proportion was moi
enough. The only way that Ryan
could see to catch up with the
game again is to prevent the con
struction of any more roads. The
city Is growing at the rate of abou,
100000 people a year. If he car
pack these people tighter and
tighter into the existing cars. he
may be able to squeeze out enough
money to pay interest on the water
ed stock and to "set the table
again for another market rigging
Thomas +. Ryan calls himself
democrat and Is the leading finan
cial power in Tammany hall. Hi.
arguments are believed to be The
higher considerations which
brought Mcclellan and Murphy to
gether in their present harmoniou.
effort to bunco the New York pub
lie with expensive reservoirs which
they do not need. in place of les,
expensive subways which they Dc
need.
The republican politicians at Al
bany, always sensitive to bat
smell when 1t happens to be in tn,
other political camp, are takin,
notice and may appoint an investi
eating committee to spend tn,
summer and autumn in New Yorl
driving in probe on Lexow lines
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
G. n. PR0SECUTES
AN EXPRESSMAN

Being unable to enforce its exclu-
sive baggage delivery contract with
the Pacific Transfer Co. through the
police department, the Great
Northern has undertaken prosecu-
ton on its own account. z. r. Dow
men, eXpressman, has been arrest
ed by a railroad detective at the
G. N. depot on a charge of disor-
derby conduct and the company
will make a test case in the police
court. Downen says the disorderly
conduct consisted in his soliciting
business in close proximity to a
Pacific agent. He claims the ar
rest was made without warrant or
show of regular police authority.
He is under bonds AMI will fight the
case.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13

position to be at all lilatory," said
Littlefield when asked about the
prospect of emitting something
And then he cracked grin. Prob
ably he happened to think of some.
thing funny.
jenkins took himself seriously.
why, how can we dispose OF
these important things in such q
rush? It's hard work to get
committee together, and then it's
hard to get majority to agree to
anything. l don't know. Here's
some more hearing now come up.
How can anybody tell? Don't you
see how busy l am?"
And jenkins went on gnawing his
constitutional bone and resting his
boots ON the commit
tee table.
And this is how the peoples laws
are mott made.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
BANKER DIES
BY OWN HAND

G. S. Thomas, wealthy banker of
Newport, Wash, committed suicide
in the Colonial hotel by drinking
strychnine and his body was dis
covered Sunday afternoon. He took
the room on Saturday night and at
that time was not noticed to be de-
spondent or other than in nor
NAL state of mind.
Those who know the dead man
say that worry over an estrange-
ment from his wife and the mental
condition OF his son, who is in a
Portland sanitarium from the re-
suit of impaired reason, caused by
the Great Northern wreck at Mi
Ian, is responsible for the deed.
Mrs. Thomas, who is in Portland
with her son, has been notified and
Is expected to reach the city today
and arrange for the funeral.
Thomas carried his bank success
fully through the panic AMI was
compelled TO close only few days,
Recently new company was or
ganized to take over his holdings.
The reaction from a strenuous time
during the panic 10 ease and sue
cess, also conspired, ii is said, to
unsettle his reason. Before drink
ing the poison he made his identi-
iication easy by writing his name
AMI address on an envelope.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
10000 HOMELESS
MILLIONS LOST

BOSTON, April 13-Chelsea,
which was yesterday a thriving SUI
burb, is today the scene of great
mass of ruins with 10000 homeless
and property valued at 100000
destroyed as the result of a con-
flagration which ragged all day and
swept the entire city. Dawn broke
this morning on a pathetic picture
of men, women and children home
less and without food.
Many were rushing through the
streets buriened with bundles OF
apparel they had saved. Others
were weeping, apparently almost
insane. One man is known to be q
suicide because he lost his home
What remains of the city is un.
der martial law, which has already
prevented many attempts at loot
ing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13

The first steps towards collecting
relief began this morning. People
who were not affected by the fire
are making arrangements to enter
tain the homeless, and money has
begun to come in from other cities.
The most conservative estimate
fixes the injured at 800 and death
at four. 1t is feared that more
have persisted. Over 100 are re-
ported missing:
1t is estimated that over half the
property destroyed was insured. In
surance officials place the entire
loss at 100000.
Thirteen churches, two hospitals,
public library, city hall, five school
houses and 20 business blocks and
20 factories were destroyed. The
fire started in the rear of a factory
and burned it's way clear through
the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
JUNIOR SUPREME COURT
DICTATES LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 49,
No antitrust legislation will be
permitted at this session of con-
gress. The order has gone forth
from Speaker Cannon, and that set
ties it.
The rest is merely detail. The
bill which Roosevelt worked out in
connection with Seth Low, Samuel
Gompers, Victor Morawetz, Charles
p. Neill and others is being
strangled. 1t was sent by Cannon
to the judiciary committee for this
purpose. Charles P. Littlefield is
lord high executioner, and Repre-
sentative Jenkins of Wisconsin is
his deputy.
Hearings" is what the bill is
supposed to be getting just now.
I'VE must deliberate is the way
they talk; and they close the left
eye knowingly as they say it.
Grave constitutional questions" is
what is troubling them.
1t is interesting to sit and listen
to these hearings" Noted consti-
tutional lawyers like George r. Nal
by of New York, first term con-
gresham and a willing worker"o;
old John J. Jenkins, Alva Alexander
of Buffalo. Gerrit Diekema of Michi-
gan and Reuben Moon of Pennsyl-
vania-all names to be emblazoned
along with those of Storey and
John Marshall-suddenly discover
God giving faculty for expounding
the constitution. And they all ex-
pound 1t against any bill that hap
pens to be up.
"Chief Justice" Littlefield roars
opinions from the head of the
table. Oenkins generally let's Char
ley preside; he loves it so).
81 see no analogy between nation
al banks and interstate corpora
TONS" Little field will thunder.
What does the report of stock
holder have to do with interstate
commerce."
Oh, Littlefield makes men like
Prof. jerks of Cornell, or Seth Low
Of Columbia look like 80 cents. The
professors are naturally polite, and
they are in a strange country; the
congressman are very much at
home. They sit around putting then
big black cigars and have a deuce
of time seeing Littlefield hand 1t
to the high-brows."
This committee has sometimes
been termed "the junior supreme
court" The Junior" part of the
term is all right.
The Junior supreme court" al
ready has to its credit an opinion
against the child labor bill. This
court holds that congress has no
right TO consider sucn a bill, be-
cause the Junior supreme court
has decided il is all wrong.
When Speaker Cannon decided
last December to kill the Appa.
lachian forest reserve bill he sent
1t to the Junior supreme court" AT
least he sent the question in.
volved" to that eminent bunch of
constitutional lawyers.
Old jenkins just went to it like
a hungry hound to lean ham
bone. Littlefell grabbed ragged
end Of constitutionality and retired
growing to his corner of the com
mittee room. Alexander got bit
of rind. Malby and Diekema
helped Jenkins worry over his bone
and altogether il was a very con
| stitutional performance.
The pack has been worrying 1.-THE
question involved" now for thret
months.
! Il don't think there Is any dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
MARKET PLANS
Up AGAIN

The public market proposition
was brought before the 10000 club
this afternoon in different shape
than before and now it seems pos
sible for those who have advocated
it to see daylight, as it were.
1t was decided that the members
should busy themselves in finding
some location where property own
ers would have no objection for
making a market site of a little
used street in front.
This is Mayor MoOre's original
scheme. At first he suggested a
site on Front av. north of the
Washington Water Power Co. head
quarters, but that company raised
a strenuous objection and the mat
ter was dropped.
All Of 10 different real estate
schemes founded on the market
problem have been submitted at
various times to Councilmen
Pratt, Gray and Estep of the mar
ket committee. None of them were
considered, however, for the rea-
son that they all involved large
expenditure of money to purchase
sites.
Mayor Moore Is pleased at the
turn things have taken and this
afternoon he expressed desire
that anyone who knows of a loca.
ton where property owners have
no objection to inform the market
committee, so that all haste may
be made in getting the market
place started.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
fleet STEAMINC
RIGHT ALONG

ON BOARD u. S. S. GEORGIA.
AT SEA, April 13.-(By wireless to
the United Press) The fleet is
proceeding with perfect precision at
nine knots an hour. Perfect Cali
fornia weather is being enjoyed and
the air Is more invigorating than at
Magdalena bay. Every man is
counting on reaching San Diego at
the earliest possible moment and
.NElng eagerly forward to it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
MUST MAKE
PREPARATION
United States to File Formal Demand
on Japan.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 49,
Direct advices from Minister Rock
hill at Pekin, and Consul Straight
at Mukden in regard to the out
rage committee upon the American
consulate by crowd Of Japanese
last week have been demanded by
Root, Taft and the president, and
replies are expected by cable to-
day.
The president regards the inva-
sion of the consulate by Japanese
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13

PORTLAND, April 13.-With the
shipping season practically over,
statistics show that Oregon, Wash
ington AMI Idaho shipped the great
est amount of wheat -four out OF
Portland and Sound ports in their
history, totaling about 100000
bushels.
The entire crop of wheat is S.
100000 bushels in three states; bar
ley 100000, and oats 10000, 900.
April engagements of -four will
reach a total of 100000 bushels,
and May and June will probably re-
quire $3.50 900 more. g..
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
SURROUNDED

SEATTLE, April 13.-Forty men,
composing the sneriff's posse, are
closing about the desperadoes who
are implicated in shooting Marshal
Miller at Kent Thursday night. The
posse has formed hollow square
between SnoQualmmie pass and
North bend.
1t is believed by late afternoon
two men will be captured. Alegice,
who admits he was one of the party
that killed Miller, was brought to
the hospital today with a bullet
wound in his leg.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
FEAST BEGINS AT
s P. M. TONIGHT

With theh proper sort of demo-
cratic bill OF fare. opening natural
ly with cocktails, and the best
democratic oratory In reach on tap.
the Jeffersonian annual banquet
opens tonight at the Hotel Spo-
kane promptly at D. m. The oc-
casion commentaries the 165th an
niversary of Jefferson's birth. and
is to be the best thing Of the kind
until the same time next year.
The business of the banquet Is
the election OF officers of the so-
ciety, after which eloquence will
be turned loose without limit. There
will be democrats here from as far
away as Seattle and Walla Walla,
and the Inland Empire generally la
to be well represented. No changes
have been announced In the pro-
gram as previously published.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
SYMPHONY CO.
WENT BUSTED

The Chicago Symphony orchestra
stranded here last week and had to
be sent money from Seattle In or
der to keep it's engagement there
From Seattle ii is reported that
the company fell by the wayside
through the defalcation Of $4,000
by a man connected with the bust
ness management of the tour. Who
this party is was not stated 1t is
understood that he is trying to
make the amount good.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
HENEY FIRES BIG
GUN TONIGHT

PORTLAND, April 13.-Francis
J, Heney will deliver the third ad-
dress of his stumping campaign
against Fulton in Portland tonight
at the Centenary church, which will
seat 1000 people.
Fulton men here are planning a
big rally Tuesday night, when Full
ton will reply to the Heney
charges. Tonight Fulton speaks at
La Grande.
1t is at tonight's meeting Heney
intends to submit proofs of his
statements charging Fulton with
completely in Oregon political cor
ruption AMI land frauds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
BOARD PREPARES
TO ISSUE BOND

The board of education meets to
night to canvass bond election re.
turn. BY the small vote of 148 to
10 the issue of $250,000 was au-
thorized. About 800 had registered
and on account of the good weather
fully this number was expected to
vote.
Sites ami other details will also
probably be decided tonight.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
CONCERT FOR HOME

The 100000 club today accepted
the offer of the Spokane Symphony
orchestra to give concert on April
16 for the benefit of the Home of
the Friendless. For years Spokane
has desired a symphony orchestra
and the club will lend it every aid
possible. The coming concert will
be the first.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
BY JOHN ADAM

special Correspondence to The Presa
NEW YORK, April 13.--As soon
as the presidential election is out
OF the way, New Workers look for a
big political exposure, compared to
which the Lexow investigation will
look like a damp squib. Tremen-
dous things are going on under
cover in the way of political graft.
Every little while somebody gets
a peek under the lid in the way
of small sample Of the whole
truth.
To begin with. the police force is
fully as rotten as 1t was before the
Lexow investigation. The Dew
York World set up decoy gam
bling house and had no trouble in
bribing detectives and ward men
in the good OLD regulation way.
Thirty-four men We're sent out on
plain patrol duty as result of the
exposures, but the new detectives
will be at II as soon as they learn
the ropes.
All this, however, Is merely a
peanut stand business compared to
what Is going ON between Tam
many hall and the city government
on one side and the street railway
traction magnates on the other.
Leader Murphy and Mayor Nc
Clellan have had a reconciliation. "
II has been announced that har-
mony was brought about because
of their patriotic desire to unite
the democratic party for the presi-
Dental campaign. The first result
was union of the city officials to
prevent the construction of more
subways. Plans for new subways
have been made and approved,
there is enough money on hand to
start the work and all that was
lacking was the consent of the city
officials composing the board of
estimate. At one meeting they re-
fused to see 500 petitioners who
asked for subways. ami lightly
voted 100000 for work on a
new water supply system, which is
not needed and canont be ready for
seven years at the very least. On
. single contract for this same
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13

and practical refusal of the Japa-
nese consul at Mukden to take
preparatory measures, as an Incl.
dent in which sharp steps will be
taken and the administration will
demand full reparation from Japan
"The insufferable tactics of the
Japanese in their official inter
course was one of the main causes
of sending the feet to the Pacific
said a cabinet official discussing the
Mukden affair today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
BEEF TRUST CRABS HUGE PROFITS
ON ITS BARGAIN COUNTER MEATS
CONGRESS MAY INVESTIGATE

WASHINGTON, D. c.. April 13-Representative G. NJ Hitch.
cock Of Nebraska has curiosity tprces
are jumping sho fast this spring that
the meat trust simply loaded meat bought
from the stock raises during the winter down figures
Accordingly he has introduced p the house resolution
calling the department Commerce
formation it is able to present prices
great packing interests have bought various binds
the great stock markets Of the country the past
these prices to be arranged month inoma
tion similarly arranged prices
month by month during the same period.
1t Is believed that such
packers are playing both endshe producer and
huge profits in the middle
The administration is expected kindly
erwise toward such inquiry thus
1ar succeeded SO often in baking its efforts bring
accounting under the antitrust
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
c. P. PARSONS
]. FOUND TODAY

Mrs. NJ. +. Empey, daughter of
C. p. Parsons, the Spokane business
man who disappeared in Portland
Saturday, received notice this noon
that her father had been found ana
had suffered no serious conse-
quences. She expects him to re-
turn to Spokane with Mrs. Parsons
shortly.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
IN MEMORY OF
u. P. President

/, Out of respect for the late John
'Vandercook, president of the
United Press association, who died
Saturday of appendicitis, every
wire OF the leased wire service of
the United Press was silent today
from IL to 1915 during the funeral
Service.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
FINISHING NEW BRIDGE

The work of putting the top deck
on the Washington ST. concrete
bridge was begun yesterday. On
Saturday the delicate operation of
removing the wedges and allowing
the concrete arches to bear their
own weight was successfully per-
formed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
JURY TO COUNT VOTE
IN new YORK

NEW YORK, April 13.-Selectiou
of jury to open the ballot boxes
and recount ballots cast in the
mayoralty election of 1905 when
Mcclellan defeated Hearst began
today before Supreme Judge Lam
bert. 1t is expected the jury will
be completed by Wednesday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13

There is something strik-
ingly characteristic in the
Spokesman-Review cartoon,
representing a sweatshop
with a Jap busy on Miss
/ Sp0kane's new Easter hats.
Among these are solution
of the N. P. grade contro-
versy" and "city parks"
The workingman already
grappled in competition with
European cheap labor will
appreciate the Spokesman
Review idea immensely.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
ARRESTED FOR MAKING
BOY DRUNKARD

Patrolman Nick Warner today
arrested John Motley, bartender, at
the Winnipeg saloon, on a charge of
selling liquor to Ross Smith, age
1S, who was picked up dead drunk
Saturday night behind the Auditor
ium building. He was so drunk he
was unconscious Motley denies
that he sold the boy anything.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
O'BRlEN HOlDUP TRIAL

The trial Of Jimmy OBrien, the
Italian, only one of the six street
car holdups who did not confess,
will commence probably today be
fore Judge Huneke. The Italian
is the one who informed on
"Squint" Dively, and as a signal to
Detective Miles shook him by the
hand
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
BIGGEST CROP ON RECORD

punctured lungs died last night at
Sacred Heart hospital
His relatives have been notified
and funeral arrangements will not
be made until they are heard from.
The remains are at Smiths.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
JOHNSON IN KENTUCKY

LOUISVILLE. April 13.-Gov.
Johnson arrived here today to
make a speech tonight before the
commercial club,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-13
INJURIES WE'RE FATAL

George Hazelwood, who several
night ago fell of the Great North
ern trestle near Howard st. bridge
and suffered two broken ribs and
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-25
Weir Bore.

DIR. Weir Mitchell, whose brilliant
medical career. is only exceeded by
his brilfiance IN literature, is noted
In Philadelphia for the detestation
that he has for bores.
Only a bore can ruf1e the gracious
and gentle suavity of DR.. Weir Nit
chell's manner, and even with bores
his reproofs are delicate rather than
rough.
They say at the Franklin Inn, Phil
adelphia's literary club, that a bore
~accosted DR.. Weir Mitchell n day
on Chestnut street and insisted on
walking with him to the Philadelphia
Library. During the walk the bore's
flow of talk was incessant. DR.. Weir
Mitchell walked on amid the deluge.
frowning silently.
But as they turned down Juniper
street, a man ere the way
stretched out his arms and yawned
as if to dislocate his jaw.
DIR. Weir Mitchell took the bore's
arm and nodded toward the yawning
man.
Hush" he said. Don't speak so
loud. People can hear you"
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-25
The Field of Sports.

Thirty-one motorcycle records were
lowered on Los Angeles track.
Lewis Strang, in the Briarclifi
Isotta, won the Lowell $50 mile auto.
mobile race.
The Eel won the Nutmeg $4,000
2.07 pace at Hartford in straight
heats, best time 2.05.
Philadelphia cricketers arrived
home after a successful tout through
England, ireland and Wales.
Battling Nelson, the lightweight
champion of America, knocked out
Joe Cans in t~wenty-one rounds al
Colma, Cal.
1t is reported that a race course
will be established at Reno, New
This will take care of the cheaper
class of horses.
More than 10000 enthusiasts wit,
messed keen racing at the Nazareth
Fair. Minor Heir paced a mile in
1891 on Milwaukee track.
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., back from
Europe, announces his remuneration
of automobile racing, and the race for
the Vanderbilt Cup is in jeopardy.
Harry Payne Whitney's racers won
three events at Sheepshead Bay, in
Guiding the Sapphire Stakes, with
'Grseus, which latter may be sent to
nsland to be raced.