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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05

slums when heard a voice that
made me think of angels. singing
my song. Why Do l Ask You If
You Love Me- We stopped, and
there in the street, surrounded by a
huge audience, was little Mirzka,
pouring out his beautiful soprano
voice and hushing the usually noisy
crowd into rapt silent rapture.
Il never heard such singing. and
it did not take us long to learn all
about the boy, who, as one of his
auditors told US. was singin to get
money for his sick dad
within the week arranged for
Mirzka to appear where his won
derful talent would reap a richer
reward than the pennies tossed to
him. He will go to the United
States on n 40 week tour at $500 a
week"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05

power a hard problem and finally
filling the beds of navlgable
streams with silt so that farmers
in their banks will be more firmly
held in the grasp of the transport
ton trust.
The destruction of the trees
themselves has been greater this
year than for generations. Where
the fire has not killed the trees
outright it has eaten them away at
their base so that they are either
eaten away by insects and later
broken off by the wind, thus thin
ming the stand. The greatest loss
in trees thus attacked is that best
and largest log at the body of the
tree.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05
THE BABY SHOW

Sinto avenue. October 1, boy.
Iversen, William l.. and Jessie,
Thirty-sixth avenue near Grand,
October 3, girl.
Crawford, James and Clara. Five
Mile prairie, September 80, boy.
Green, George and Leola, 1913
Second avenue. October 3, boy.
Geraghty, Thomas F and Mary,
Ella Indiana avenue. September
10, boy.
Ferte. John and Emily. 1019k
Riverside avenue, September %. a
boy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05

Besides this immediate loss. the
thinning of the forests by the total
destruction of seedlings and seeds
is enormous. Large tracts OF Land
that were once heavily forested are
now overgrown with chaparral. Ths
chaparral is not injured by foreso
fires, as it sprouts from the roots
and each succeeding forest fire ex.
tends the area of chapparral
One of the worlds wealthiest
lumber merchants was asked some
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05

three generations to tell the com
plete tale of destruction that walks
in the wake of the flames that are
now raging over the timber lands
of the west.
Reports from California, Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Wyoming
and Nevada indicate that the dry
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05

season of the year 1908 has been
the most destructive in years in
forest fires and the losses of Sep
TENDER and October, the two dryest
months of the year, are still to be
figured in.
The ultimate loss of this years
forest fires cannot be told in nine
figures.
The far reaching effects of forest
fires are in reality the calamities
of our children. They are three in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05

Special Correspondence to The Press
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct. s.
Incomplete data compiled at the
office of the state forester of Cali
fornia and covering the western
states shows that the immediate
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05

loss by forest fires in the states Of
the Pacific slope and the Rocky
mountain area during the months
of July and August has reached the
astounding total of over $4,000
100000 The accumulative loss is
still to be figured and it will take
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05
EASTERN MARKETS
FURNISHED by Walter j. Nichols
Z - RI,

FURNISHED by Walter J. Nichols
M & Coz
I NEW YORK, Oct. 5.--Erie is
nov earning more than its fixed
,chAges called for. Fall movement
of anthracite is late this year. Late
demand for stocks in loan crowd.
Bank statement shows a loss of
over $1,000,000 in cash. Canadian
Pacific earnings fourth week in
September increase $50
The sum of the shipments OF
copper to Europe from all parts of
the United States from January 1
to September 80, 226,955 tons
against 127,776 for same months in
1907.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05
DIGGING UP FOR HASKELL

GUTHERIE, Okla. Oct. about
$4,000 has been contributed by the
people of Oklahoma to finance the
fight of Governor Haskell against
Hearst. President Roosevelt and
other antagonists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05
SUNDAY AT Y. M. c. A.

The speaker at the Sunday after
noon mems meeting at the Y. NJ. G.
A. was Rev. &. Ross Baker. pastor
of the Emanuel Baptist church.
The Y. NJ. G. A. orchestra arranged
fine program for the meeting.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05
u. S. Bonds

Seventeen cases of restitution
were relieved by the Associated
Charities during September, &C
cordng to the report of George H.
Holloway, superintendent. In this
relief the sum of $76.75 was ex-
Dended
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05

number: The destruction of the
trees for commercial use; the de-
nuding of the forest by the burning
of young trees and the despoilation
of watersheds, increasing floods,
making irrigation more difficult,
rendering the use of water for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05
q q q q q % q q q 80 q
FOUND NOT GUILTY

In the body of an account
of the trial of Clarence
Marsh of the Lundbreck
Coal Co. for the alleged
selling of short weight coal
it was enormously stated
that Marsh was found
guilty. AS indicated in the
head. he was found not
guilty.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05

Daughter-Shall we invite DR..
Bigfee to our at home"P
Mother.-I think we had better
not. He's so absent minded he
might charge 1t on the bill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05
CITY PAYS OFF TODAY

This is the general payday at the
city hall. the city officials holding
elective positions provided for by
the city charter get their checks
on the first day of the month, but
the ordinary employe In the vari-
Gus departments wait until the
fifth. There are 900 employees on
the city pay rolls and the prepare
ton of that many checks means a
few veiy busy days at the city
comptroller Office the first of each
month. The city disburses about
S55,0 900 In salaries each month.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05
LOSS BY FOREST FIRES IN WEST
HAS REACHED BILLIONS THIS YEAR

ACCUMULATIVE LOSS is INCAL.
CULABLE AND FIRES ARE
STILL BURNING IN TIM
BERED LANDS AND OVER
WATERSHEDS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-05

A SECTION OF THE CALAVERAS FOREST RESERVE CALL
FORNIA TAKEN BY STAFF ARTIST JUST AFTER THE DISAS
SEPTEMBER THE
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

meantime they are dependent on
the railroads for lime from other
quarries. This has been coming in
slowly and the management
thought it cheaper to close down
until the lime was on hand rather
EtAan to take out their own lime I'M
til they were ready. The manage
ment at the plant stated over the
long distance telephone that every
thing would ,be running again in
four or five days. The closing
down frightened several small
stockholders, who sold out at any
price they could get.
International. Coal G Coke con-
tinues to climb, and the bid price
today of 70 cents was the highest
in five months. Snowstorm re-
manned about the same and win
probably mark time for a few days
after its sensational advance.
Sales today: Bell, 1000 at 8h.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Korea. Today he holds the respon.
sible position of director general OF
railways in the Chinese empire. He
Is also high commissioner of Gus
toms and a member of the grand
council
Tang's closest friend and ally Is
High Councillor Yuan Shi Kai, the
most powerful man in the Chinese
empire and the statesman to whose
influence much of China's regener-
alton may be attributed. Yuan Shi
Kai is greater man among the
Chinese tina neither the infant EN-
peror or the child's father, Prince
Chun. the renegt. Tang's affilia-
tons with Yuan Shi Kai give him
enormous prestige and make him
an individual weightier In the
councils of the empire than he is
naturally through his splendid en-
dowment of a western education,
a genius for administration and a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
ACTIVE BIDDING DAY

Bell mbade big gain in price
this morning, selling 3k cents
higher than any bid for 60 days.
There have been persistent rumors
to the effect that some excellent
ore has been uncovered in thu
lower workings of the Bell q
late. A shipment of $4,000 worth
of ore was made several years ago
from the upper workings, but ore
has never been opened up in the
lower workings. The property has
generally been considered to be
valuable with excellent possibili-
ties. Panhandle recovered and
there were plenty of orders around
the closing bid price. The plant
closed down Monday evening due
to shortage of lime rock. The
company is developing its own
lime quarries so that fiux can be
taken out economically, but in the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
MILLIONS OF LETTERS
WENT ASTRAY

The annual report of Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General De
Graw, just issued, relates that:
More than 100000 pieces OF
mail went to the dead letter office
during the year.
About 100000 pieces were
MALE din this country, 100000
came from abroad.
More than 100000 were return.
ed to senders.
More than 100000 of the let.
tiers and parcels contained in.
closures of value.
The value of checks and drafts
in these letters was $4,000, 900;
currency nearly $4,000. Only
$4,000 of this latter could be re
stored to the senders.
About 100000 post cards, un
deliverable for various reasons.
were destroyed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
FANG SIIAO yrs VISIT HAS A DEEP
INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
RETURNED BOXER INDEMNITY
MONEY TO be USED TO EDu-
CATE CHINESE YOUTHS IN
AMERICAN SCHOOLS.

NDssial Correspondence 20 The Drssa
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.-His
Excellency Tang Shao vi, Chinese
envoy extraordinary and ambassa-
dor plenipotentiary to the United
States has come to this country
withA greater mission than the
mere expression, of his country's
thanks for the remission of a
trifling $12.00O,0O0 of the Boxer In
Aemnity. Before he leaves Wash
ington 1t is not improbable that he
may participate in drawing up a
treaty between his country and
this nation which will be of meal
cnlable good in the cementing Of
future amity between China and
America.
But whether treaty is signed
or not Tang will not leave these
shores until he has spent several
months studying the commercial
and financial systems of the United
States and gathering first hand the
data which will help him to i'm
plant occidental notions in the fal-
10 worient For Tang is progress
sive, far sighted, energetic states
man, and, while he holds to the
doctrine, China for the Chinese"
he knows full well that western
ideas are the best medium by
which his people shall find them
selves.
His excellency, grief stricken
over the news of the death of the
empress dowager, was not in a
mood to give an extended inter-
view before he left San Francisco.
but when pressed for a statement
by the representative of The Press,
he said:
"My visit to this country at this
time is to convey in person the
thanks of our country for the re-
mission of the Boxer indemnity.
We intend to use this money In
sending students to the schools OF
the United States to learn Ameri-
can customs and American meth
DDS. for we know that the develop
ment of our country depends in a
Jorge measure on the introduction
OF American ideas. l myself am
here to learn what l can Of Ameri-
can financial and commercial sys-
TENS.
THE establishment and con-
tinuance of friendly relations with
this great republic is one of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
EASTERN MARKETS
FURNISHED by Walter j. Nichols
& Col

NEW YORK, Dee. 2.-Ameri-
cans in London steady. rather
above parity. Gold engagements
for export probable today. Revived
rumors of Gould holding company
with Texas e Pacific as the cen
trail point in the combination. No
indications of rally in bar silver,
which is now only about a cent
above the lower record. Steel con-
sumers holding off pending GER
tainty about tariff revision. Ex-
ports of gold will probabaly be
limited to the gold bars available,
totaling about $7,000,o00, 1t is re-
ported that Speyer & Co. will un-
dertake the Frisco financing of
proposed forty million bond issue.
Not confirmed,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
U. s. Government. Bonds.
Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-Bartlett and
Patten are buying wheat Shows
report shows acreage winter wheat
about 27,600,000, condition 1919.
This compares with 31,021, 900 last
year. condition Oil
j. A. Patten has evidently been
figuring on heavily decreasing
stocks of wheat in Europe during
the interim between the heavy
marketings of North American
wheat and the arrival of wheat
from Argentine and Australia. Yes
terday's statement by Bradstreet,
showing a decrease during last
week of over 6.000,O00 bushels In
the available supply in and afioat
for Europe indicates that con-
sumption is materially ahead OF
the current supply
Minneapolis wires the big mills
advanced -four 20 cents yesterday.
Duluth Is bidding $110A, or 3
cents over Minneapolis December
for No. northern to arrive any
time up to May l.
Wheat, close: December. $1.05;
May. S1.10; July, $l,03A.
Corn, close: December. Gle;
May, 62ssc; July. 62Ac.
Oats. close: December, Assoc;
May, size; July. 1850.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
"QUEEN LL6'' CARRYING PERSONAL
PLEANTO UNCLE SAM

private property, and were thus
handed down through several Of
his successors; but finally by edict
of the reigning monarch, Kane
hameha w, <hey were declared to
belong to the crown and not to be
the private estate of the king. This
status was accepted at the time OF
the annexation of the islands, after
Liliuokalani had been deposed, and
the courts have sustained 1t num-
Der of times since. 1t is not gener-
ally believed here that congress
will ever take any other view Of
the matter, and regret is generally
expressed that Liliuokalani is prob
ably doomed to bitter disappoint-
ment. =
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

be able to secure a good many
millions of dollars from Uncle Sam
for large areas of lands, formerly
known as crown lands, but now
forming part of the public lands
of the territory.
Some days ago a mortgage was
recorded by which the queen had
pledged a large part of her per-
sonal estate to Claus Spreckels &
Co. for loan of $4,000, and it is
believed that this money is to be
used in furtherance of her cher
ished project.
The lands for which Liliuoaka-
lani expects to be remunerated
were set aside by Kamehameha l.
upward Of a century ago as his
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

great purposes OF the Chinese gov
eminent. In the years to come,
when China becomes the great,
progressive nation which she Is
destined to be, we hope to count
as our dearest friends the people
of tn eUnited States"
Tang Is an ideal man for the
task he has been given. He hap
PLY combines the best thought and
ideals Of the old world and the
new. His youth was spent in the
preparatory schools of New Eng
land, and from hts fifteenth to his
twenty-second year he mingled
with American lads of his own age,
studied with them. played base ball
with them and imbibed the spirit
of the greatest nation on earth.
Just as he was entering ON hrs
course at Columbia he was recalled
to his native land. and the last q
years of his life have been spent
In active official life In North
China. Manuchnria. Tibet and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
PRESIDENT HAS
NARROW ESCAPE

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. g.
1t became known that President
Roosevelt had narrow escape
from being struck by an automo-
bile while walking home from
church.
The president had stopped to
wave his hand to his children and
did not see the approaching ma
chine. David e. Reinohl, the own
er of the machine, was driving and
succeeded in stopping the car. The
president, however, tripped on the
mud guard.
"a close shave" was his only
comment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

genuine patriotism, How great
Tang's rank really Is can be judged
from the simple face that in his
train as secretaries under him are
n member of the royal family,
Prince Tsai Flu, and Chung Nun
Yew. the young diplomat, who has
been mentioned as the probable
successor of WI Ting Fang, the
Chinese minister at Washington.
Tang's reception In San Fran.
cisco was dignified and elaborate,
but tempered by the appreciation
Of the recent bereavement which
left Chinese officialdom In the
deepest mourning.
San Francisco has changed her
attitude toward the Chinese In the
quarter century which has elapsed
since Tang last saw the city. When
h ereturned home I'm 1881. China.
men we're stoned on the streets
and prosecuted with q very genu.
inc hatred. In Tang's reception,
San Franchises Officials and her
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
EIGHT CARS WRECKED

PASCO, Wash, Dec. "A
broken journal ON one of the cars
caused the wreck of the west.
bound extra freight yesterday east
of here and eight cars loaded with
wheat were piled in heap. No
one was hurt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
GAS KILLS TWO

PATERSON, N. j., Dec. "A
leaky gas main resulted in the
death by asphyxiation Of two per-
sons here and the serious injury
of three others, who lit a match
while searching for the leak, caus-
ing an explosion. Three children
were overcome by the fumes and
may die.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
LOG PRICES ARE
ADVANCED

ABERDEEN, Dec. 2.-The price
of logs went up dollar per 1000
feet today. Lumber advanced acc
cordingly 1t is claimed that there
are not more than 100000 feet of
logs in Grays Harbor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

How does it feel to be the hus-
band of suffragist?" they asked
Mr.. Screamen Dame.
well" was his hesitating reply
I can't exactly say, except that ii
doesn't feel like being husband"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Special Correspondence to The Press
HONOLULU. Hawaii, Dec. g.
Hawaii's former sovereign, Queen
Liliuokalani, has just left here for
Washington, where it is under
stood she expects to make a per-
sonal plea before congress 1t has
long been dream of the distin-
guished old woman that she would
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

UPPER-TANG SIIAO VI AND PRINCE TSAI FLU, SNAPPED
ON LINER MONGOLIA ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT SAN FRAN
CISCO IN THE PARTY, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. ARE: PRINCE
SHAO VI GEN +. A. SMITH, u. s. A. AND LIEU
TENANT GOVERNOR PORTER OF CALIFORNIA.
LOWER-U. s TROOPS ESCORTNG CHINESE OFFICIALS
THRDOUGH CHINATOWN, SAN FRANCISCO.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

do you expect your son to fol-
low the same business as you do"
Il don't think he'll follow any
business" snorted the old man.
"He's too busy following the
races"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Experience will give a man tut
ton, but not intuition.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

merchants WED with each other to
do honor to the distinguished
visitor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

Little Johnny Ito distinguished
guest-Thats Bessie's cup you're
drinking out OF.
Distinguished Guest Crying to
be agreeable) All, l feel honored.
Is Bessie your little sister?
Johnny-Nope. Bessie's our fox
terrier.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02
UNION ENROLLS
u MEMBERS

The new laundry workers
6nion was organized last night by
e. A. Cooney with % charter mem
bers. AS soon as the formality OF
signing the scale is completed the
union label viii go back on the
laundry work done by union labor
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-02

II you want to get low price on
wood. coal and potatoes. We do
moving and storing and heavy
teaming.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-19
Greatest
Bargain Event OF
the Year
High Grade Suits
and OVerCOdtS
at half PRICE

If One-haIf the men aud
boys in Salt Lake City
knew how little money
it takes to buy one of
our good Suits and
OverCOats during our
Removal Sale, we'd need
a store ten times the
size to wait on them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

Three dwellings built by James l.. Gal
lagher. former president of the San Fran
cisco board of supervisors and chief wit
ness for the prosecution in the San Fran
cisco graft cases, were wrecked by dyna-
mite.
AT Salem, Ore, Judge Burnett in the
Circuit Court sentenced j. Thornbush
Ross, the Portland banker, to five years
Imprisonment and TO pay fine of $685.
004. Ross recently was convicted of
wrongful conversion of State school funds
in his capacity as president of the Title
Guarantee and Trust Company.
Louis Levin was killed and his brother
Jacob probably fatally injured by the
explosion of a soda water tank in their
store in Philadelphia. The brothers were
charging the tank when it burst.
At Plummer. Mimi, Lars Enstrom, a
farmer. slashed the arteries of his throat
and wrist horribly in trying to commit
suicide. Long illness and consequent de-
spondency were the cause of the act.
The body of Benjamin j. Stevenson.
son of Congressman Stevenson of din
nesota, a member of the marine corps. las
been picked up by fishermen in Long
Island sound. Stevenson lost his life
while trying to save a comrade from
drowning last February
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11
NEW YORK.

Irregular weather conditions, with
heavy rainfalls Northwest, Southwest and
South, have given an uneven appearance
to retail trade reports. Reports from
wholesale lines and from leading indus
tries are, however, more cheerful. House
trade in fall goods is reported light, but
travelling men are sending in better or
ders, though conservatism rules in the
buying.
Reports as TO industrial assumptions at
full time are more numerous in cotton
goods and allied textile lines, more than
offsetting reports of shut-downs, and there
are more iron furnaces and coke ovens
reported going to work.
Collections still reflect the quiet trade
doing in backward payments. Money is
easy, but the inflow from the country to
the large centers is Stacking off percepti-
bly,.
Business failures for the week ending
June number 225 in the United States,
the smallest total reported for any week
since October last, and compared with
263 last week, 155 in the like week of
1907. 162 in 1906, 1914 in 1905 and Ia
in 1904. Business failures for the week
ending June number 32 in Canada,
against 81 last week and Is last year.
Bradstreet's Commercial Report.