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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
RUFF WEEPS
IN COURT

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IA
Abraham Ruef sat in the court
room today and with tears stream
ing down his face listened to his
attorneys read affidavits of his two
old parents when they told how
they had Influenced their son to
confess to the graft prosecution
upon Heney and Langdon's assur-
ance that he would gain complete
immunity If he did so. ~
Following their affidavits, others
were read from Ruef's attorneys,
and copy of the immunity con-
tract attached.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14

Guards armed with sawed-off
shotguns are to be placed on all
late streetcars by the w. w. P. and
Traction companies. This course
is deemed justified by the series of
robberies of carmen on both lines
in the recent past.
Chief Rice advises this precau-
ton and also that conductors and
motormen be armed. Under the
circumstances it will be consider
ed proper for the guards to open
fire on a suspicious movement and
go into detailed inquiry later.
There are not enough policemen to
patrol the downtown districts, to
say nothing of the remoter resi-
dence sections, where the car hold
ups occur, so the companies are
left to rely on their own resources
for protection. AS yet the officers
have secured no clew to the three
young bandits who have evidently
settled here for a winters job at
robbery. Chief Rice says:
This thing must be stopped in
some way, and favor allowing
working men who pass dark places
on their way home to carry revol-
vers. OF course l cannot give them
permits to go armed However, II
any of them are arrested by my
men I will allow them to gu II
they have not been taken up WITH
arms around saloons or when
neither going to or from their
work"
The chief believes that had DR..
Cummings been armed last night
when he attacked and frustrated an
attempt. of three holdup men to
rob the Altamont car, he would
have shot at least one of them. and
perhaps all three. The dentist
tackled the holdups unarmed.
In last nights holdup the ham
dts who have operated twice sue.
eessfully. capped their operations
about midnight with casualty and
shot DR.. w. H. Cummings who,
when they boarded streetcar on
the Traction company's Altamont
line at Webster and Laura, refused
to hold up his hands and grabbed
one of the robbers gun.
With his left hand gripped on the
revolver of one holdup, the dentist
let go with his right at another
and knocked him off the car. AS
this thug was bowled over his re-
volver was discharged, either in
tentionally Or accidentally, and the
bullet entered DR.. Cummings right
leg at the knee. This evidently
was the signal for a getaway, and
the two thugs who were fighting
with Cummings got off and Joined
their companion. Their anger at
the Illustration of their attempted
holdup then appeared to get the
better of their judgment and they
fired promiscuously at the car,
which was bowling along at in
creasing speed. Many people in
the vicinity heard the shots and
notified the police. Patrolmen Law
son and Pitts responded, but could
find no trace of the thugs. DR..
Cummings remained with the car
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
LAW ENFORCERS WANT
ITO CLAMP LID TIGHTER

The Law Enforcement league re-
newed activity this morning by pc
titfoning the mayor to order cigar
stores and poolrooms closed on
Sundays. A delegation composed
of Attorney Cyrus G. Pence, legal
adviser of the league, w. D. Mich
OILS and o. F. Ross, is in charge of
the movement. They put the mat
ter squarely up to the mayor with
the excuse that the good work &C.
complished by the successful clos
ing .uf saloons was being undone
by allowing cigar stores and pool
rooms to keep open.
The mayor asked time to con-
slider the matter AMI also asked
the delegation to put their request
in the form of written communi-
catiuil.
From the mayors conversation it
is believed that eventually cigar
stores and poolrooms which are To-
Gated In the front or rear ends of
saloons will be ordered to close.
The members of the committee
were all of the mind that the
crowds of men who on Sundays
hang around such places do not do
it because they desire cigars but
because they are furnished with
liquor in a surreptitious manner.
I'VE do not desire to keep law
enforcement man at each saloon
door" said Attorney Pence, "but
unless these places are kept closed
that fis what we will be compelled
to do. Another reason why the
closing of the places is desired is
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
ASKS DAMAGES FOR LOST
CHANCE FOR EDUCA7 TON

molished by the force OF the COLI
sion and she was thrown to the
floor of the car with such force as
to injure her internally, bruise and
cut her hips and permanently i'm
jure her back.
At the time of the accident she
was bent on securing an education
and the loss OF this is worth $4,000.
Medical fees and personal injuries
make up the balance of the $4,000
damages.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
CRUEL PEppLERs FINED

II. Goldstein and p. Norwich, a
pair of peddlers, were fined 50 and
costs each by Judge Hlnkle for
cruelty to animals. They had a
horse with a lame foot and in or
der to induce him to step so they
could force him to work in spite
OF the pain they fixed up an In
genious contrivance Of straps at
tached to the other foot. The court
read them a lecture on humanity
in addition to the fine.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14

err telling the jury that he was
guilty. Supt. Stauffer, of the Mer-
chants police, who worked up the
case and arrested Baxter, is today
a convert to the theory that juries
cannot be depended upon to dis
pense justice. He had evidence to
show that Baxter is wanted in
North Dakota for the alleged theft
of $500, but this was not allowed
in yesterdays case.
Evidently it would have been
useless if the defendants own adj
mission of crime was insufficient to
convince the jury that he was
guilty.
Or possibly Spokane county has
jury that does not consider steal
ing a crime. The conclusion Is
seemingly a certainty In this case.
In addition to cash. Baxter stole a
fountain pen and watch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14

Twenty-seven thousand dollars
damages is asked of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation Co. and the
Spokane Traction Co. for injuries
received by Bertha A. Nj. Hardie,
aged Is years, who last January
was in a collision between a street
car and freight train on Washing
ton ST., near Cataldo av.
Miss Hardie alleges that the car
she was riding in was almost de-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
TO ARRAiGN SCHOlES

o. A. McGilvray, who several
weeks ago was held up and robbed
of $3.50 by Frank Hogan and com.
panion, could not positively identi-
fy John Scholes last night. Others
have identified Scholes as Hogan's
companion and the man who shot
him supposedly over division Of
the money taken In the McGilvray
holdup, which occurred only short
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
FIRE CHIEF KILLED
AND Men INJURED

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Charles
Kruger. a deputy fire chief of New
York. was drowned today in sub
basement of mirrow factory
while he and his men were fight
ing fire. Six other firemen were
injured and 80 overcome by
smoke,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
SAYS BROWN WAS SUICIDE

story is causing much comment.
The chief reasons for belief in
the suicide theory are that Brown
was in financial difficulty at the
time of his death and that the
bolts and wire used in the bomb
are the same as found in his cell
lar.
He had about $4,000 life insur-
ance at the time of his death.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
JOHN MITCHELL
FOR GOVERNOR

CHICAGO, Feb. 14-John Mitch.
ell, ex-president of the United
Mine Workers of America. is being
doomed as the democratic candi-
date for governor of Illinois. Both
labor and political circles concede
Mitchell an excellent chance for
the nomination If he wants it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
HEARST WANTS TO
TAIL TO BRYAN KITE

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-In demo-
cratic circles here today it is re-
ported that Hearst wants to be the
tail end of Bryan's kite and that for
the nomination of vice president he
would turn over the full strength of
the independence league. Hearst
denies this report.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
THINKS FLAG
NEEDS FIXING

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb. IA
Having "artistically" fixed the gold
coins by eliminating In God We
Trust" Roosevelt Is now consider
ing a plan to rearrange the flag by
a new alignment of the stars. The
plan has been presented by DIR. A.
NJ. Martin. of Bloomville. o.. and
the president says he approves
of il
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
LECTURES ON SOCIALISM

A big crowd last night heard
Walter Thomas Mills, socialist ora
tor, discourse in the high school
auditorium. His address tonight
will be on the subject of The
Church and the Unemployed. The
series will be concluded tomorrow
evening. The lectures are free.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
AUTO WORLD RACE

UTICA, N. Y, Feb. 1.-THE
Thomas. Zust and Dedion machines
entered in the New York to Paris
run, reached this city at noon. Aft
er an hours rest they left for Sy-
racuSe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
JOHN |. WILSON
RECEIVERS

BALTIMORE, Feb. 14-Former
Senator John l.. Wilson, of Seattle,
has left the hospital here, where he
underwent an operation. He went
to Atlantic City. Wilson has re-
gained his health.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
BEAT HER WITH HIS FISTS

Bertha Todd this morning
brought an action for divorce from
Robert Todd on the grounds of
cruelty, alleging that he repeatedly
beat her with his fists. They mar
ried at Empire, Kan, June /. 1898.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
May Have Backing
OF Conservatives

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. IA
Sen. Charles A. Culherson, of Tex
as, may have the active support Of
the conservatives or Well ST. DEM
ocrats IL VIM. Jennings Bryan
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
FOUND IN HIS
CELLAR TAKEN AS lNDlCA-
TON THAT BAKER CITY Of
FICER BLEW HIMSELF UP.

BAKER CITY. Ore, Feb. IA
rumor here that has spread widely
over the county is that Harvey
Brown was a suicide and not a vic
time of an assassin's bomb. The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
IN DEFENSE OF CRAIG

The trial of Howard Craig on a
charge Of running Anna Thomp-
son, 16, is making slow progress in
Judge Hunekes court. The de-
Tense Is not through with its testi-
mony yet. 1t Is striving to prove
Craig's responsibility on account
of q Streetcar accident.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
FORTY TWO MEN
LOST IN MINE

DURHAM, Natal, Feb. 14-Forty-
two men have been entombed in a
mine as the result Of an explosion
at Glencoe. 1t is believed all have
persisted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14
BIG STRIKE COMING ON
THE GOULD RAILROADS.
WISCONSIN FOR BILLY

MILWAUKEE,, Feb. 1.-THE
Wisconsin democratic convention
today declared for Bryan for presi-
Dental nominee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14

B. p. Cooke made it so un-
pleasant for his wife, Martha, she
alleges in a divorce complaint this
morning, that separation is ne
cessary. They married at Fort
Steele, B. c., June 8, 1899, and
have no children.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14

while before. 1t is the intention of
the authorities to arraign Scholes
this afternoon before Justice
Hinkle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-14

oGA>. NAiAo. "a SSbpINoON
drops out of the presidential lime
light. They would much prefer
Culberson as the nominee. and the
Texas senator has been quite pop
ular in New York.
Just now Culberson and his col
league, Joe Bailey. are at daggers
points. Bailey says 1t is because
Culberson Is jealous.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
Testing Corn.

Wahpeton-Barnes & Shaffer are
carrying on an interesting experiment
with seed corn to test the fertility of
their seed before sowing it. They
have taken four or five kernels of corn
for each ear in several bushels of Sc
lect seed. The selected kernels are
placed in little numbered squares, cor
responding to the numbers placed on
the ears from which the kernels are
taken. The canvas covered table is
then covered with moistened sawdust
and kept in a warm room for about
10 days, when the seed is uncovered
and a record made of the number Of
ears, the kernels from which may not
have sprouted. These are discarded
and only those showing strong fertil-
ity are kept for seed. In this manner
a good stand of corn is assured.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
What Did He MeanY

For number of years bitter feud
had existed between the Browns and
Perkinses, next door neighbors. The
trouble had originated through the
depredations of Browns cat, and had
grown so fixed an affair that neither
party ever dreamt of making up"
One day, however, Brown sent his
servant next door with a peace-makin9
note for Mr.. Perkins, which read:
"Mr. Brown sends his compliments
to Mr.. Perkins, and begs to say that
his old cat died this morning"
Perkins written reply was bitter:
"Mr. Perkins is sorry to hear Of
Mr.. Browns trouble, but he had not
heard that Mrs. Brown was ILL.,
Harper's Weekly.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
Insurance Figures.

Bismarck-State Commissioner of
Insurance E. c. Cooper has issued a
statement showing the business done
by fire insurance companies in North
Dakota. This statement is most in.
teresting one, covering as it does the
entire total business of each company
licensed to do business within the
state.
During the past year there were
sixty-one stock fire insurance COM
panies licensed to do business and the
ratio of the losses paid to the premi'
ums received was 66 and 40 per
cent. The total amount of risks writ
ten was sS9,302,3S5.25. The total
amount of the premiums received was
$1,61O,429.33. The losses insured
amounted to $1,069,646.20, while the
losses paid amounted to $9S7,741.22.
Besides the stock fire insurance
companies, there were eleven mutual
fire insurance companies. The total
amount of the risks written was $13,-
5O4,29S93. The premiums reported
totaled $276,46S.57. The total losses
insured during the year amounted to
$216,O38.67, while the losses paid to-
tailed $276, 468.57. The total losses paid
to the premiums received was 78 per
cent
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.
Woman Tells Of Her Brothers Terrible
Suffering-Two Babies Also Cured
-Cuticura Invaluable.

"My brother had eczema three DIFF.
ferent summers. Each summer it came
out between his shoulders and down
his back, and he said his suffering
was terrible. When it came on the
third summer, he bought box OF
Cuticura Ointment and gave it faith
full trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely of &C.
zema with Cuticura. A lady in In
diana heard of how my daughter,
Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son
Of terrible eczema by the Cuticura
Remedies. This lady's little one had
the eczema so badly that they thought
they would lose it. She used Cuti-
cura Remedies and they cured her
child entirely, and the disease never
came back. Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk, Cold
water, Mich, Aug. Is and Sept. 2, 1907"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
Help Farmers Get Hands.

Agricultural College-Dean Shep'
perd of the college, is in receipt of a
letter from the United States depart.
ment of commerce and labor offering
to assist farmers in particular, and
employers generally, to secure help.
This offer to the employers of the
Northwest comes as part of the de-
tailed effort on the part of the gen.
eral government to distribute the vast
stream of aliens more equally through
out the country. It is believed by the
department Of commerce and labor
that immigrants stay in the large
cities chiefly because of ignorance of
where labor may be obtained, and the
department is making every effort to
bring good employers and willing EN-.
ployes together.
Those interested may secure infor-
nation blanks free by writing to the
department of commerce and labor at
Washington. The department will aid,
to the extent Of its power, any EN-.
ployer seeking help.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

through the awful going, It was long
past noon. BY the time we reached
camp it was two o'clock, and
we laid around and planned a wild
cat hunt with the dogs the next day
for the sake of little variety.
Along about five, when it was get
ting dark rapidly, we saw doc" Sim
mons coming down the trail, headed
for camp. He didn't have any gun
with him but he appeared to be per-
fectly serene about it. He came up
just as though nothing had happened,
and says, "How soon'll supper be
ready?" His clothing was pretty bad
ly torn up, as though he had been
wallowing through about thousand
acres of green-brier thickets, and he
was a little pale, too.
Whats the matter, Doc, said EN-
DRY, anything happen to you? Didn't
meet up with panther, did your
''No!" says "Doc," and then he
laughed. Il got turkey says he.
where is it?" says Ed Morton.
Hanging up out In the brush" says
"Doc.''
where's your gum" says Ed.
Il left that duriEg my tete-a-tete
with my friend and ccatr mporary, the
wildcat" says Doc"
"sure enough?" says we all, "let's
hear"
"well," says "Doc," cts quite ,
story; Til tell you all about it after
supper"
"Well, sir, we had supper, and ther
doc" stretches, out before the blaze
of about ton of logs and he says
care we all here, brethren?"
And then he commences. II start
ed out this morning and went straight
to the oak ridges, and built me a little
sort of blind and crawled in bacl
of it and commenced to listen. and &C
casionally call for turkeys. Finally
began to get an answer from
over to my right and kept calling
the best I could, but finally I mus
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
JUDGING eY THE RESULTS.
Villagers Conversion Had Not Been OF
Great Avail.

I'm our business we get many doubt
full compliments" said Col. John f.
Bishop, deputy surveyor of the port,
the other day, "but I do not think 4
ever received a compliment such az
my grandfather got down in my native
state of Tennessee. My grandfather.
was a minister and was very smalh
boy when we both strolled down the
road one day. One Of our fellow vii
layers came along toward us.
"'Good morning. said the villager,
who apparently had looked upon the
cup. 'I-sh conver-hic-ted, parson.'
he stammered with difficulty. An
twashyou-hic-that con-hic-con-
verted-hic-me.' :!
"'That must be so,' replied my
grandfather, for it's certain the Al
mighty had nothing to do with your
conversion New York Evening
Telegram.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
NORTH Dakota news,
New Corporations.

Alfred Blaisdell, secretary of state,
has issued charters to the following
corporations:
A. T. Crowl & Co., Dickinson, cap
ital stock $4,000. Incorporators: A.
7. Crowl, Margaret A. Crowl and
Grace A. Crowl, all of Dickinson.
Ccgswell Hardware Company,
Cogswell. capital stock 100000. In.
corporators: William D. Prentice,
Joshua j. White and Lester H. White.
Sheyenne Mercantile Company,
Sheyenne, capital stock $4,000. In.
corporators: l.. S. Rudy, D. o. Ostby,
S. =. Halvorson and T. N. Gilderhus,
all of Sheyenne.
Wolsford- Brewer Hardware Imple.
ment Company, Oriska, capital stock
| 100000. Incorporators: Frank A.
Wolfeld, Albert A. Brewer, Burton
Rice and Garfield G. Anderson, all of
Oriska.
Ambrose Mercantile Company, Am.
brose, capital stock $4,000. Incorpo.
rators: Nels Nelson, John Efteland
and Fred I. Lyon, all of Ambrose.
The Farmers and Merchants State
Bank, Knox, capital stock 100000. In.
corporators: John Mccarthy, Mime.
apolis, Mimi; Andrew Turf, Rugby, N.
D., and j. A. Minckler, Knox.
The Economy Drug Co., Minot, cap
ital stock $4,000. Incorporators: John
N. Hoellinger, r. E. Hopkins, William
B. Hawley and Frank r. Gallagher
all of Minot.
S. b. G. Protective Association
Wimbledon. Incorporators: j. w
Widdifield, Lead, N. D.; Anton Fried
Wimbledon; Howard Wilson and 9th
ers of Lead and Wimbledon.
Scandinavian American Bank OF
Grand Forks, increased the number Of
directors from ten to eleven. o. S
Hanson, chairman, and c. Torgerson
secretary.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13
Copyright, by Joseph B. BoWles.)

Got your compass, Doc?" asked one
of the guides, as a short, stout figure
passed out from the tents, with q
double-barrelled shotgun over his
shoulder.
"Yep," was the reply.
(Which way are you going today?"
"Over by the oak ridges" was the
answer, II saw lots of turkey sign
there late yesterday afternoon"
well, look out for wildcats over
there, too," remarked the guide, "they-
re settin' around in the green briers
over there watchin' for rabbits and
turkey"
'All right" replied "Doc," "if I run
across one of 'em, I'll try and scratch
his back for him."
We were camped in the Arkansas
wilderness, forty miles from railroad
and in the heart of the White river
country. 1t had been a heart-rending
trip through the swamps. and 1t had
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-13

have let out a fortissimo instead of a
pianissimo note, and the turkey quit
me cold"
Forty missimo." says one Of the
guides, whats that, 'Doc?'"
Its buck-snort translated into
English says DOC"
Go on, .Doc,'" says old man Waite
"Well," says "Doc," "at last heard
the sound of about a million turkeys
gobbling down in the timber and
something must have scared them, for
they commenced flying over me by
singles, pairs, threes and clouds. got
two shots before they all went past,
and killed one turkey. When I started
back towards where they all had
seemed to light, hung my turkey up
by that old cottonwood stump, high
up out of reach of anything guess"
"Well, was coming along to where
the turkeys had all lit, and got
down to the green-brier patches. I
wormed my way through about mile
Of 'em, but can't raise any turkeys.
1 sat down and tried the CALL but
nary a turkey. Then I made up my
mind to come back to camp and pick
up my turkey on the way. There was
little snow on the ground, just q
smear, and every once in a while I'd
come across one of those big old logs
that was hard to climb over and far
to go around, and the wading through
the briers was awful tough besides
At last l came to long old log that
was running the way / was headed,
and maze up my mind I'd ride her.
Sol climbed up on top, and as vas
coming along down towards the end
saw q thick bunch of green-briers at
the other end. Says to myself, III
Jump that hurdle. and / took Q little