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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

ficer's dress, another time he wore
uniform of a Russian rear ad-
miral, while his chiefs costume,
which was worn many times, he
varied with all kinds of decora-
lions. Once he covered his In
dian dress with some thousand
poker chips in various colors,
while another time he is asserted
to have worn attached to his dress
a set of church collection plates.
Years ago Jake imported to AL
aska a great ebony coffin. In it
he stored all his uniforms and in
it. so he instructed his tribe, he
was to be buried. He had horror
of being buried alive and he left
most explicit directions that the
tribe should hee that he was ac-
tually dead before his buried. The
tests he ordered performed, in or
der that death should be certain,
were of the primitive order such as
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
THREE AGAINST
PARCEL POST:

The Hardware Mems association
of the Inland Empire has issued a
circular to it's members, giving a
line on the standing of congression-
al and senatorial candidates on the
question of the parcels post and
urging that they vote against all
candidates favorable to such legis-
lation, which they think will kill
the retail trade Of the country. The
seven candidates for congress and
the two for senator were sent let
tiers on August IA inquiring as to
how they stood on the parcels post.
Senator Ankeny reported that he
was against it, while Congressman
Jones, his opponent, made no reply.
On the congressional list T. D..
Rockwell, republican, and William
Goodyear, democrat, are in favor of
parcels post. Miles Poindexter, w.
H. Ludden and Harry Rosenhaupt
are listed as against the measure.
No replies were received from M.
E. Field and H. M. Boone, who are
known, however, to favor parcels
post.
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LID OFF NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

to the creation of false market,
and is contrary to the rules of the
exchange and the laws of the
state. They create fictitious val
ues and are fraud on the honest
investor.
While the defunct firm is being
bitterly denounced for these evil
practices it is mighty interesting
to get from Wall street sources
confessions that the same meth
DDS have been employed by the
biggest men in the Wall street
district They have bought and
sold stock to themselves when it
was deemed desirable to rig the
market to their own profit. When
James h. Keene was selected by
J. p. Morgan in 1901 to distribute
steel trust shares among real in.
vestors, there was for time
great speculative activity. Much
of it was due to matched orders"
and wash sales" Prices went
up, the stock was distributed and
nobody had the courage. and prob
ably not the disposition, to say a
word in criticism of the cars in
volved in the deal. The same
thing happened last spring when
Keene was commissioned to put
Little Steel above As" He will do
it again when he is paid to handle
a stock and the big men who hire
him will know exactly the meth
DDS he will employ, but he will
not go about 1t in the bungling
manner of Brown & Co. In fact
some of the governors of the
stock exchange themselves are
past masters in this sort of man
ipulation.
The crime of Brown & Co. con
sisted in their being outside the
select group of giants who sway
the market and fleece the lambs
at will, that they were bunglers
that they manipulated prices
downward instead of upward, and
more than all, that they were
caught in the effort to monkey
with the market. They broke Wall
streets eleventh commandment
IF you can't be honest, be care
| full"
That was why banks refused tC
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
The Right Suits for Men at the Right Prices

Very you In some stores suit that you
would like to but don't get 1t for the price is
not right. It's high, else you think that the
grade of goods could be bought in another store at very
much less The store is the store where
buy lower prices always We handle the best lines of
clothing In America others the tCarhart
and the Kirschbaum pods, and for these high grade
garments ask less prices than many stores ask
for the commonest factory made goods
Every suit guarantee to last keep its shape
color and wear for less than year. No other
store in Spokane this and few stores in America All
suits made Of all wool materials, are hand cut
and finished the Innings the best and the styles are
really up to date than you elsewhere. If you
going buy suit this week don't make choice
until you garments at the Wonder. Look else
where if but the suits here WELL COM
prices cloths study styles and feel
that the Wonder sell your suit YOU Just give
trial.
An All Wool Suit at $500 What do you think of
that? you match such offer in any other store?
We show at this price in the smoke color.
browns blue black and in fancy mixtures, either
single breasted and in sizes fit every
A Splendid Suit at $1,000 - AS good most other
stores sell at $780, at $3.50 The three and
four button the favorite styles and few
double breasted affairs among them. The colors
are blues, tans grays and fancy worseds The sizes
range from "a to 46
Suits are $35.o0-That is a big price for a
ready suit but guarantee these be well
made and from a better material than suit that
tailor would $4,000 for. The materials chevots
and worsteds and some serges. The colors olives
smoke. brown navy. gray and black
Suits for the Boys-The kind that wears and every
mother in Spokane wants that kind Our stock of school
suits is, believe, the best in the city. There all
kinds, colors and shown here and prices
the lowest that be asked for really high class
ments We want mothers to Do IN IL
these suits Prices from ........% A'VV W
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GOULD FINALLY WARDS
SUFFERERS OF ALASKA

II. c. Elliott. who came to Chi
cago from Milwaukee when the
St. Paul general offices were moved
from that city 20 years ago. got
the gold fever when the yellow
metal was discovered in the Klon-
dixie. With c. G. Hubbard, a Cali
fornian who had had some mining
experience In Nevada, he left Chi
cago in 1898. reaching Alaska in
midwinter. Shedding a ton of pro-
visions and their equipment to the
interior. and accompanied by four
other prospectors, a camp was es-
tablished on the Copper river,
where other miners had settled,
During the winter scurvy appeared
and departure for the coast be-
came imperative, Putting in
sledges the men unable to walk the
party started eastward.
1t encountered fearful billiards
and 16 men died along the trail.
At Valdez samples of ore brought
from the interior were examined
and showed IS per cent copper Aft.
err a hurried trip back to the Cop,
per river country claims were
staked out and H. c. Elliott and c.
G.. Hubbard returned to Chicago
where the company was incorpor
ated and financed by Chicago cap
ital for $1,500,0O0.
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CHICAGO. Sept. 5.-Acquisition
by l.. Hirsch 4 Co.. the London and
Paris banking firm, of the Hubbard
Elliott copper mines in Alaska
made II. c. Elliott of Chicago and
his associates millionaires.
The bankers paid $7.500,000 for
the property controlled by the Hub
bard-Elliott Mines Developing Co.,
and of this sum H. c. Elliott, who
discovered the rich copper deposits.
will receive 100000, while his
father, II. f. Elliott, the veteran
claim agent of the st. Paul railroad,
and brother, A. j. Elliott, also a
resident Of Chicago, will jointly
come into the possession of 81 $780,
900. c. G. Hubbard of Valdez,
Alaska, will get $1,500.000, while
the remaining shareholders will re-
ceive S2,5OO,OOO.
Associated with Hirsch & Co. is
Henry Belt, the South African dia'
mond king. who has supplied mil
lions to acquire the Alaska mines
which We're discovered ten years
ago by II. c. Elliott and Charles
G. Hubbard. after suffering fearful
hardships.
The transaction insures the com
pletion of two railroads from Val
dee to the Copper River district and
the erection Of a large smelter al
Valdez.
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them loans usually accorded brOk-
ers, and they were forced to the
walk. 1t seems probable that a
goat" will be made of Brown &
Co., and after they have been dis
ciplined the governors of the ex-
change will fold their hands and
virtuously declare for honest deal
ings.
A bill was introduced in the
New York legislature last winter
for the appointment of commits
sion of nine members to investi-
gate speculation in securities and
commodities. Governor Hughes
urged its adoption, but through
the influence of high finance the
bill was smothered in committee.
The political bosses. servants of
the millionaire gamblers, may find
the smothering stunt very diff
cult proposition next winter, in
view of these revelations.
There may be an investigation,
too of the charge that the specu
lators defrauded the state out of
100000 last year by nonpay.
ment of the transfer tax. Brown
& Co.'S failure tended to show
this.
The New York World. after a
careful comparison. estimates
that in 25 years more than 3d.
500, 900, 900 have been squandered
in marginal speculation in Wall
street. Much of this was the
money of embezzlers, whose
thefts have wrecked business en-
terprises and banks and have
driven thousands of inocent vic
tins to poorhouses and potters
fields.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
GOMPERS AFTER
CANNON'S SCALP

DANVILLE, ILL.,, Sept. For the
purpose of defeating Joseph G. Can
non, speaker of the house, whose
heaviest support is received in his
home district, Samuel Gompers will
tour the eighteenth congressional
district of Illinois. Although this
was part of the program for two
years ago, only the outer portions
of the district was invaded.
BY winning over the 5000 voters
of Vermillion county, wher Cannon
usually receives his heaviest ma
jority, Gompers hopes to array a
strong force for the defeat of Mr.
Cannon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
DEATH BLASTS FOND HOPE OF
ALASKA'S MOST NOTED CHIEF

SEATTLE, Sept. 7.-Chief> Jake,
probably Alaskas most noted In
dian, will not have hunting lodge
at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposi-
ton. as the old man had planned.
jFor two years Jake has asserted
that from June / to October 16,
ilYo9, would find him in Seattle, as
part OF the Alaska exhibit. But a
few days ago this unique old man.
whose age must have been well
on to ITO years, died quietly in
bed at Killisnoo, leaving vacant
the chieftainship of the Kockwan-
ton Eagle Indians.
2 Jake was present at the cere-
monies at Wrangell when the Rus
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
Soda Fountain Dope.
in Prohibition Ala.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. T..
make it two dopes, please"
This is what you hear nine
times out of ten if you step up to
a soft drink fountain in Birming
ham.
dope" is the colloquial term
for a certain brand of summer
drink which is more popular in
the south than in any section of
the country | have ever visited.
1t is a drink, however, which is
sold everywhere.
1t has been charged by those
who have made war on patent
medicines and opiates that this
particular brand of summer drink
has been shown, on analysis, to
contain a drug somewhat similar
to cocaine. and the sudden popu-
larity of this fluid here, following
the Inauguration of prohibition in
Alabama, seems a bit suggestive.
A druggist whom | interviewed
talked frankly.
Yes" said he, there is some
thing in the stuff. 1t is about the
same as the essential principle of
much strength. If man can get
the coffee habit suppose he
could get habit for this drink"
The evidence is conflicting as to
how much of a hold the habit for
this drink gets on those who use
it.
~ drink it frequently" said the
druggist. Sometimes | take 1t in
an evening to keep me awake. But
to show that it gets no hold.
often go a day and never think
of it at all
The druggist admitted that
others were affected differently. (
Yes" he said, there are a lot
who think they have to have 1t.
Why, there are clerks in all these
stores around here who have to
have their dope as regular as a
topper gets his grog. And If they
don't get it they get so fussy and
nervous there is no living with
them. Their employers have found
it out, and it Is quite regular
thing to give these clerks permits.
sion to go out in the morning, or
at regular times during the day
to get their dope. And then we
send 1t around to offices and
stores--keep boy for that work
But" the druggist added after a
pause, 1T is really all magma
ton"
There Is no evidence here that
the Inauguration of prohibition
has been followed by any marked
effect on the general use of the
more powerful opiate drugs. The
more dissolute class of negroes
were found to be using cocaine
In certain deleterious ways, and
strict law was passed forbiddinl
the sale of this or any similar
drugs. No doubt a few dealers
evade the law. but on the whole
1t seems to be enforced. The
police say they have no more
drug fiends. nor any fewer. tc
handle than before the prohibition
law was passed
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sian flag was lowered for the last
time, and the American ensign
raised over the country. He was
then aid old man, and was spoken
of on that occasion as one too
old to work. Yet he survived Al
years after that date, and was
strong and healthy to the last.
For over 40 years he has met
every steamer that called at Kill
isnoo. Night or day, winter or
summer, rain or shine, would find
him down on the wharf ready for
the steamers approach and dress
ed deliberately in one of his
many stately uniforms. Once he
turned up in a Salvation Army of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
FUNERAL OF JUDGE CULLEN.

The late Judge William E. Gull
len, who died Saturday night, will
be buried tomorrow afternoon aftel
funeral services held at his resi-.
dence, 210S Pacific avenue, at 2
o'clock. Judge Cullen was II years
of age and was native of Ohio.
He located in Spokane eight year
ago, coming from Helena, Mont
He was a member of the law firm
of Cullen, Dudley & Cullen.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
ROOM THIEVES HARVEST

Several rooms were burglarized
yesterday and last night and the
police believe clever gang is op'
Grating,
Robert Dodd. who rooms in the
ONO block, lost a suit of clothes !;
F. c. Woolery, of the Albert, a
grip filled with clothing; Scott
symptom, of the Albany, $22 and a
watch; l.. Fl. Wisenor, Sprague
house, IS and a watch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
EXTRA SPECIAL BARGAINS.

The goods advertised in this
column are on sale at the hours
mentioned. They cannot be
bought at any other time unless
you pay full price for the mer-
chandise.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

the discharging Of . cannon near
his ear.
Chief Jake fought many .
fight In the early days. He was
a repository of northern tradition.
history and tribal lore.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

FROM 9 TO 10 A. M. TUES
DAY.
1000 yards of the genuine
Green Ticket Lonsdale Muslin,
SO inches wide; regularly 12hc,
on sale for one hour 49,. 8 1-3c
No telephone or c. o. ID. or
ders. Quantities limited.
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SALE OF VAL. LACES ON
TUESDAY.

Val. Lace for every one; a
large assortment of edges and
insertion, in narrow widths and
in a splendid selection Of de-
signs. We will sell these laces
by the bolt only. They are
worth 25c, on sale Tuesday
at .15c
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
TWO LITTLE JEWELRY
SPECIALS.

On sale Tuesday only. at
these prices.
Beauty Pins. assorted plain
and mounted style, two ON q
card; regularly Csc. ON sale
AT ..'........ ..,.tcc
Hair Barrettes; shell. amber
and also gold plated, az inches
long; soc value. on sale at 200
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Cool Weather Blankets at Less Prices

pair.
sale pair.
the
o OF sale at EACH.
o al
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Some Extra Fine Values in Fancy Linens for Tuesday

G at Of b an as the quAuu limited hose
g
h O wen in m morning Here anohe
i
s Ong " they yh ss on s t They are worth from s up $495
pie ii pet
a a
W e
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FROM IL M. TO 1 p. M.
TUESDAY.

A Sale of Cotton Bats--500
large size Cotton Bats. each
weighs three pounds. size when
opened 72xS4; on sale. for one
hour on Tuesday. only SO. ACC
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-09
DEMOCRATIC HOSTS IN
DENVER FOR BRYAN
Nomination Not Yet Made But Bryans Strength Makes
1t Lead-Ppe Cnch..Guffey Goes Down
to Defeat-Anti-Br Delegates
Are Unseated

Denver, July S.-The Demo-
cratic National convention held a
brief session today but will meet
again tonight, when stirring
scenes and highly colored incidents
are expected. The delay was
made necessary by the inability of
the committee on credentials to
have its report ready for the con-
ventiOn before 2 o'clock in the
afternoon,
The chief interest Of the day
centered around the action of the
credentials committee in declaring
against Col. James NJ. Guffey of
Pennsylvania and the vigorous
preparations made by that skilled
and veteran political warrior to
organize his forces for a battle in
the convention which he was de-
termined to carry to the utter
most. In this fight New York
for the first time gave an indica-
tiOn of where it's cOlors will fly in
any contest tnat may come up, it
having, in company with thirteen
other states signed the minority
credentials report. The aggre-
gate voting strength of the states
is 376, but that figure is not an
exact statement of the votes that
Guffey will be able to call to his
side, as not all of TEEN are acting
under the unit rule.
The possible final adjournment
of the convention on Thursday of
which there had been faint pros
pect, has been apparently render
ed rather remote by the postpone
ment of the report from the plat
form committee.
Immediately after being called
to order at $50 o'clock last even
ing, the platform committee pro-
ceeded to carry out the wishes of
Mr.. Bryan by electing Gov. Chas.
N. Haskell of Oklahoma as perma-
nent chairman. The committee
then decided to entrust the details
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-09
HITCHCOCK IS
MADE CHAIRMAN
UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED BY SUB-C0k.
MTTEE AND CANDIDATE
TAFT TODAY

Hot Springs, Va, July g.
Frank H. Hitchcock, first assistant
postmaster general, one of the
managers for w. II. Taft in his
campaign for the nomination for
the presidency by the republican
party was today unanimously chos-
en- chairman of the republican ma
tional committee. The announce
ment was made shortly after 1:30
o'clock this afternoon following a
conference between Taft and the
members of the national republican
committee.
The committee also chose George
Rumsey Sheldon of New York to
be treasurer of the national comm
ittee, designated Arthur |. Vorys
as member of the republican ma
tional committee to have charge
of the campaign in Ohio, and chose
Cincinnatia as the headquarters of
the republican national committee.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1908-07-09

and respect, there gathered friends
and relatives to pay q last tribute
while the beautiful ritalistic burial
service of the Elk lodge was car
ried out by Grand Exalted Ruler
James Dinnie and other officers of
the Grand Forks lodge, No. 225.
No funeral ritual is more impress
i've, yet beautiful and simple, than
that of the Elk lodge, and as it
was carried out this afternoon
there came to each one present the
great truth as it had never before
that Victor Chaffee would never
again be with them in life as he
had been these many past years.
The funeral cortege left the
Ashley undertaking parlors at 2
O'Clock, the hearse containing the
casket being escorted by the Grand
Forks Military band and the B.
P. O. E. lodge. Following the
remains was large procession of
friends and relatives in carriages,
being one of the longest ever seen
in Grand Forks.
Arriving at Memorial Park the
casket was taken to the side of the
grave, where the ritual of the
Elk lodge was carried out. In
the call of the roll, when no one
responded to the name of Victor
Chaffee, there came to each and
every one present the true mean
ing of death and the realization
of the great loss suffered through
it.
The casket containing the re-
mains was carried by Messrs. John
Dinnle, Stephen Collins, I. j.
|Sirrs, j. D. Bacon, A. F. Turner
and j. r. Poupore, while Messrs.
w. H. Kelsy, A. E. Logan, Max
Rabinoyitch, D. S. Sinclair, O.
Knudson and H. p. Ryan acted as
honnrarv nall hearers.
A splendid eulogy was delivered
by Geo. A. Bangs, a life long
friend of the deceased.
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MEETING
HELD IN AUGUST
WILLIAMS COUNTY FAIR AND RACING
ASSOCIATION WILL HOLD RACES
AUGUST IL 1918.

e
The Williams County Fair and
Racing Association will hold their
fair and races IN this city on Aug
ust II, IL, and l3. The managers
are now busy having the track
granded and express themselves as
well pleased with the work so far.
The track is going to be very fast
and horsemen who have been over
the state claim that it will be the
fastest in North Dakota. The
program has not been COM
pleted as yet but it will be ready
and published in the near future.
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n. v. 4. PICNIC

A picnic and log rolling of the
Modern Woodman of this section
of the state will be held at Will
sons Grove, about three miles
from Williston, July 23rd, 1908,
under the auspices of the Modern
Woodman camp No. 1896 of Will
liston. A cordial invitation to all
Modern Woodmen and their fami-
lies and their friends is extended.
The aim of this picnic is to get
better acquainted, to have a rest
from labor and to have social
and intellectual treat. The picnic
is free to all whether Modern
Woodman or not. Come bring
your dinner and enjoy an outing
See posters later.
V. r. Asbury,
Q Sec. of Picnic Committee.
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MARRIED.

Miss Edith A. Hunsley and Roy
A. Crumb were married at the
home of the brides sister, Mrs.
Smith, north of this city, on We'd
nesday, July 8, at high noon. The
attendants were Miss Smith and
Thos. Goode. The wedding cere-
mony was performed by Rev.
Hollett in the presence of about
twenty invited guests. lmmedi-
ately after the ceremony a sump-
tuous dinner was served and en-
joyed by all present. MIR. and
Mrs. Crumb expect to leave in a
few days for their new home near
Chicago, Illinois.