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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

DENVER, Col. Oct. 13.-'If you
get chance to sell that mine while
| am away, go ahead and close the
DEAL" said Lulu Thomas boss to
her, as he left his office to make a
business trip.
"All right" said Lulu, and went
on pegging away at the keys of her
typewriter.
SO the boss, mining man of
Denver, departed, and Lulu, aged
Is, who had been in his office two
years, wondered whether GUS
toner would come along white he
was gone.
She rather hoped one would. She
had seen lot of big deals put
through. and she really wanted to
Clinch one all by her little lone
some. Lulu was born in Wyoming.
i'll COW camp, and she has the
real western go" in her.
She got her wish. Two days after
the boss had left, a lawyer and a
couple of eastern capitalists came
into the office.
What can | do for your" asked
the girl.
Nothing, | reckon" answered
the lawyer, eve came here to see
about the purchase of the Sangre
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
WHOLE COUNTRY BETWEEN
ROCKIES AND ALLEGHENIES
COULD BE CONNECTED BY
WATER AT COST OF A SINGLE
TRACK RAILWAY.
BY HERBERT QUICK.

You think of the Mississippi as a
north and south line-and so 1t is.
1t is to have navigation past the
falls to Grand Rapids, 200 miles
north of Minneapolis. and within
easy canal digging of Duluth. More
than this, the marshes between Big
Stone lake and Lake Traverse will
one day be dug through so as to
give water communication to Win
nipeg, the Canadian rivers and
Hudson bay-a transcontinental
north and south waterway.
But doesn't it surprise you to
think of the Mississippi system as
our greatest natural highway east
and west? Yet. such, it Is. In the
new waterway era commerce will
still have it's choice of routes. The
eastern ports will have to fight for
trade; but so they do now. The
great problem of the east and west
lines Is INTO keep tonnage from the
gulf. When the waterways are
opened the east will still have the
problem, and the means to meet it.
The canal route from Chicago to
st. Louis may be regarded as es-
tablished. Ships are not yet pass
ing from the lakes to st. Louis, but
the ship canal is done, and Illinois
has awakened to the fact that she
can pay for the whole channel to
st. Louis by sales of water power,
and she is going to do it. The max
ing of a Mississippi port Of Chicago
and a lake port of ST. Louis is al
ready so far begun as to be prac-
tically done. Bear this in mind. 1t
is part of the great east and west
waterway.
Now go with me far west, into
the very heart of the Rocky noun
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

de Christie mine, but as you say Mr..
So-and-so won't be back for week,
We'll have to wait"
The three men started out. Lulu
called after them: Better not go.
There are several other people
after that mine. I've got authority
to close the deal, if you've got the
price, and it's quite likely to be
sold before Mr.. So-and-so gets
back"
The men came back. They sat
down. They talked the deal over
with the girl for half an hour. Then
they bought the mine for 100000,
The papers had previously been
signed, ready for delivery
Miss Thomas got a good sized
check as bonus for her part in
the deal, and took a vacation on
full pay.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
WHAT CHOLERA is AND
HOW TO BATTLE WITH IT
Special Correspoadenoe to The Press

Special Correspondence to The Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1S.-What
is the ASiatis cholera?
Can the dread disease that has
st. Petersburg in it's deadly grip,
that has broken out in the Philip
pines, that is even now menacing
this country through the filthy
horde of Asiatics allowed to
swarm to our shores, can this
frightful pestilence, which deals
death in three hours, be fought?
DR.. Rupert Blue of the United
States sanitary corps, the man who
only a few months ago stamped out
the epidemic of bubonic plague
here, says yes. DR.. Blue was asked
to give his views on the cholera
peril for the readers of The Press.
Here is what he said:
There has been no existing chol-
era to any extent in the United
States since 1892, when the city of
New York faced a siege of the dis
ease, which was brought from Eu-
rope by emigrants.
The cholera germ is spread by
the Asiatics in their annual Pilgrim
ages fairs and festivals, which are
marked by filth, great overcrowding
and the use of infected water and
food.
The most marked symptom of
the death bow as the cholera is
called in India. is acute vomiting.
Death results from the rapid with
drawal of moisture from the body.
There is no known cure for the
disease after it is contracted. BY
perfect sanitation, through steriliz-
alton of foods and drink it can be
prevented.
THE common house fly is the
greatest enemy that must be met
in fighting an epidemic as the fly
carries the germ to foodstuffs,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

Rufus, you old loafer, do you
think it's right to leave your wife
at the washtub while you pass
your time fishing?"
''Iassah, jedge; s all right. Nah
wife don need no watchin'.
She'll sho'ly wuk jes' ez hahd ez
eff All was dar."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

to find the contests quite exciting
The rats are placed beneath flow.
er pots or allowed to hide in straw
or corn shuclls, and then the dog,
either fox terrier. poodle or bull
dog, Is thrown into the Rattodrome
and the fun begins. Some of the
rats are big and scrappy, and put
up hot fights.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
LIQUOR TO BLAME
FOR HUNGRY
CHILDREN

CHICAGO, Oct. 13.--Charitable
organizations today declare that
investigation of charges made By
socialists that $4,000 children are
hungry in Chicago every day shows
the charge to be exaggerated, and
that drink is at the bottom Of every
case. Most of the parents Of hun
CRY children are paid well.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
ON TRIAL FOR ASSAULT.

Fred Davis is today standing
trial on the charge of assault with
intent to do bodily injury upon r.
s. Embree. Both the men are from
Hillyard. On July the two men
engaged In a rough and tumble sa-
loon brawl in which Davis Is said
to have cut his adversary with q
knife.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

where it multiplies to countless
millions in a few days. The germ.
retains its vitality more than a
week on common foodstuffs. such
as meat, butter and milk, while in
an oyster it lives but a day.
while our rigid quarantine
methods minimize the peril of an
epidemic breaking out in this coun-
try, nevertheless this peril is not
entirely absent by reason of the
fact that the germ could be carried
and spread by perfectly healthy
person.
1T would be practically impos-
sible for an infected pedson to es-
cape the notice of quarantine off,
GERS. The disease manifests itself
by extreme emaciation sunken.
black trimmed eyes, blue lips and
pinched features. Death results in
from to IL or "a hours usually.3
What is called the incubation per-
iod is from two to five days, while
the preliminary stage is of few
hours duration and is marked
with mental depression. headache,
vomiting and eXcruciating pains
Following this comes a terrible
thirst, muscle cramps and inces.
SAINT vomiting,
THE mortality varies from % to
IS per cent. Pure water, pure air,
pure soil and pure habits are the
great representatives."
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
WEDNESDAYS GROCERY
SPECIAL

A special on bacon for one
day only: extra fancy grade: a
regular 22e article; we will sell
to customers in the grocery de-
partment on Wednesday at. a
pound ....,............... f6c
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

A woman is prone to eXaggeratQ
everything except her age.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

The kleptomaniac isn't the only
person who takes things for
granted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

Paris has new sensation-the
"Rattodrome!
Every afternoon and evening a
large audience gathers about the
r rdrOme IN the Moulin Rouge
gardens to witness contests be-
e. cen dogs and rats.
Women are generally in the ma
jority in the audiences. They seem
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

Powder doesn't necessarily
blacken woman's character.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

ANNIVERSARY SALE HOUSE
FURNISHINGS
Blue and white enameled pitchers full 3
quart size, 49c value; Anniversary Sale
IliCe .......... 19c
Spring kitchen scales with dial face will
weigh 25 lbs; S1.25 value; Anniversary
odic IIiCe SSC
Blue decorated cups and saucers light
ware; soc value; Anniversary Sale Price
Austrian china salad dishes beautifully
decorated, in floral and gold design; $125
value; Anniversary Sale Price. ..... &c
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.

The Cullom bill, providing for an adj
dition to, the land at Fort Sheridan, H.,
passed the Senate.
The House committee On navy affairs
decided to report favorably the bills in
PRODUCED by Mr.. Butler of Pennsylvania
and establishing the rank of machinists
in the navy as warrant officers. and in
creasing the pay of mates to $1,000 at
sea, S1.1SO on shore and $500 on leave
or waiting orders.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Mann of
Illinois to regulate commerce in aduI-
terated and misbranded seed and to pre-
vent the sale or transportation thereof
was reported favorably TO the House by
the committee ON interstate and Foreign
commerce.
The House committee on public lands
agreed to report favorably the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Mondell of Wyoming to
increase from $50 to 800 acres the
amount of non-timbered, non-irrigable
lands taxable under the homestead act.
Secretary Taft announced that Brig.
Gen. Charles B. Hall, in charge of the
general staff college at Leavenworth.
Kan, will be promoted to the grade of
major general on the retirement of Major
Gen. A. W. Greedy, and that Col John
B. Kerr, commanding the Twelfth caval-
~ at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga, will be ap-
pointed a brigadier general, vice Gen.
Davis, promoted.
The House committee on interstate and
foreign commerce agreed to report fav-
orably the Senate resolution to restrict
to vessels of United States register the
transportation from the United States to
the Panama canal zone of material for
the canal.
Representative Cook of Colorado. him
self q Republican, In a speech in the
House denounced the action of the Re-
publican conferees on the Dingley tariff
bill in placing manganese iron ore on the |
free list. He declared that this act had |
practically destroyed the manganese in |
dustry in this country and said that |
much hardship had been inflicted upon the
miners of many States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
100000 MINERS OUT
IN SOFT COAL STRIKE
Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Trans-Mississippi Men
Are Out.
LABoRING FOR SETTLEMENT.
Central Pennsylvania and Indiana
Pits in Operation and Peace Is
Considered Probable.

The long-threatened strike of the
soft coal miners of the United States
is on. Three hundred thousand miners
scattered over the country from Penn
sylvania on the east to Colorado on the
west and from Texas on the south to
Iowa on the north knocked off work on
April l to celebrate a miners holiday.
OF this number approximately 100000
will not return to work until their diff
ficulties with the mine owners have
been settled.
The men, who struck work embrace
$4,000 soft coal diggers in Ohio; the
miners in Western Pennsylvania, num-
bering about $4,000: Southwestern Kan
sas, $4,000; Arkansas. 5000; Texas, s..
600; Oklahoma. 5000; Missouri. TO-
600; Iowa, $4,000 Outside of Illinois,
Central Pennsylvania and Indiana are
the only big fields where work will not
be suspended
The present strike is peculiar because
the question of wages cuts little or no
figure. Working conditions which the
men have been trying for years to bet
ter are the chief causes of the present
imbroglio.
Forty-five thousand miners in West
ern Pennsylvania were out on strike
The operators in that section of the
country refused positively to make an
agreement with the miners and Presi-
dent Frank Feehan of that district is
sued orders for $4,000 men to walk out
and to remain out until further orders.
Owners and miners are agreed that
there will be no resumption of work
for thirty days at least The operators
want the abolition of the sympathetic
strike with the right of arbitration az
all times guaranteed. They also want
the same differential between machine
and pick mining that is in force in Ohio.
q cents. In Western Pennsylvania it
is IA cents.
The Indiana operators and miners
except in the block coal district have
not as yet made an agreement, but they
jointly decided to keep the mines run
ming until they either agree to break
up.
Michigan operators and miners have
agreed to continue operations pending
negotiations for an agreement Ken
lucky and West Virginia operators and
miners have made similar agreement.
In the Southwest the suspension is
total. The miners had withdrawn their
demand for increased wages, but the
operators declined to make any con-
tract The shutdown in the Southwest
affects Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, Okla
home and Missouri
Iowa coal mining was also stopped
pending the formation of new work
ing agreement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

John ID. Rockefeller subscribed 1000
to the New York fremen's fund With
this and other subscriptions received the
fund has been brought to the grand total
of S22,569.13.
Heinrich Conried, who retires from the
Metropolitan Opera Company, New York,
at the end of the season, will start for
London, Paris and Berlin the last week
in April. He will pass three months
just outside Vienna writing his memoirs.
In a desperate fight in a dark hallway
Edward Warden was killed in his home
in Cincinnati by John S. Baldwin The
fatal blow was struck with a hammer.
Baldwin says he killed in self-defense.
Business men of Mobile. Ala. appear
ed before the school board of that city
and asked that a test be made of the
State prohibition law, as the revenue
from licenses goes into the school fund.
Daniel Sydney Appleton, English rep
resentative of d. Appleton & Co., pub
fishers, died of heart disease in London.
As a literary advisor he was known by
many of the foremost writer's of his time.
By a decision of Judge De Haven in
the federdi Dlstricl SOurI, san francisco,
the United States is now the owner of
So 600 worth of pearls which were SNUG
gled across the Mexican border in 1906
by NJ ]. Cornejo.
Andrew Carnegie admits he and John
D. Rockefeller wrangled over a golf game
at Pocantieo Hills. y. Y. some time ago.
insists he won and says he hopes for an
other match on Mr.. Rockefeller's own
links
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

NEW YORK.

The first week of spring has seen an
expansion in retail trade and an enlarge
ment of operations in building lines, es-
pecially at the West. Conservative es-
Inmates of actual needs govern buying,
and replacement of broken stocks is the
chief source of jobbing and wholesale
demand. Trade in the primary branches
is therefore quiet, and operations in in
dustrial lines are below normal. Fall
trade is backward, awaiting clearer view
of the future crop and price conditions.
Industrial conditions are still very irreg-
ular, and short or reduced time is prac-
tically universal. The iron and steel in
dustry does not show much increase in
activity outside of the seasonable lines.
The textile trade is still depressed, with
short time and wage reductions common
in cotton goods manufacture North and
South. Fear of a coal strike has sub
sided and buying is less active in this
line. The leather and shoe trades are
irregular and unsettled. Shipments of
shoes are 26 per cent below last year.
Business failures for the week ending
March 26 number in the United States
$50, against BOB last week, 166 in the
like week of 1907. 100 in 1876, 227 in
1905 and 212 in 1904. Canadian failures
for the week number 40, as against 80
last week and 81 in this week year
ago.-Bradstreet' Commercial Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
GG9NXMERCLAl
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Hs,E tNEssssE 49,
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CHICAGO.

H. u. Dun x Co.'S weekly review of
trade conditions in the Chicago district
says:
me volume of trade, as reflected by
payments through the banks. maintains
steady recovery, but the commercial NOR
tally is yet high and the process of liqui-
dation, although fatal to many weak con-
Germs, is really placing credit upon a
healthier basis. Factory outputs still
remain much behind those at this time
last year and new demands come forward
rather slowly in leading industries. yet
there is further evidence of increased
distribution. particularly in general mer-
chandise, breadstuffs and provisions
Spring exhibits in retail lines COM
mand more interest, and wholesale deal
mgs in the staples reach a satisfactory
aggregate. Some caution is exercised in
making commitments for distant delivery
and mail orders from the interior are
moderate, but the current buying is well
maintained in textiles, footwear, light
weight apparel, household needs and
food products
Mercantile collections throughout the
West have almost returned TO the normal
H'"'o' anu country SIOfekeeperS report SEA
sonable consumption, the buying being
much stimulated by warmer weather.
Farmers. as a rule, find the outlook
very promising and, being in a strong
position financially, they are expanding
literally for machinery and materials for
improvements. Country banks are en-
abled with less difficulty than heretofore
to furnish the funds to carry on spring
work and shipments of currency from this
city are less than at this time last year.
Financial affairs generally denote de-
creasing anxiety as to the future. depos-
its accumulate and the discount rate for
choice commercial paper is now more
frequently quoted at 3 per cent, although
the offerings of manufacturers make a
comparatively light showing.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 80, against 80 last week
and % a year ago. Those with liabili-
ties over $1,000 number II, against 10
last week and in 1907"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
20 KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION.
Fifty Rescuers Perish Striving ts
Save Victims of Earlier Disaster.

Near Hanna, Wyo., seventy miners
were entombed in No. 1 shaft of the
Union Pacific Coal Company as the re-
suit Of two terrific explosions of gas,
Saturday, which not only completely
wrecked the workings Of the colliery,
but wrought great havoc in the town.
Fifty of the miners formed a rescue
party which was feverishly striving to
dig its way to the recesses of the mine
to bring out the bodies of twenty work
men who had lost their lives in an ex-
plosion which occurred earlier in the
day. Among the rescuers was State
Mining Inspector D. II. Elias of Rock
Springs, who was one Of those direct
ing work in the mine.
The double disaster is the sequel to
a fire which broke out in the mine a
week ago. 1t was quickly walled off
and work went on as usual in the part
not affected. Meanwhile a party Of
experienced fire fighters and gas men
under Briggs, Burton, Dodds and Knox
were sent into the mine, where they
worked steadily up to o'clock il the
afternoon.
The day was an idle day in the mine
and 200 diggers, drivers and others who
had been employed in that part of the
workings not swept by fire were absent.
Otherwise the catastrophe would have
equaled that of June 80, 1908, when
1853 men lost their lives by a similar
explosion.
Charles Harris left the mine at 2
o'clock and warned those in charge that
the fire was getting beyond control and
that matters were approaching a dan
gerous stage. Exactly an hour after
ward the whole district was shaken by
a terrible blast, which wrecked many
buildings in the town and scattered
timbers and debris around the mine
opening. Crowds Of women and chill
dren rushed weeping to the spot, the
meaning of the sound being only too
well known Fifty rescuers at once en-
tered the mine and began to dig their
way through the debris which blocked
all the entrances
At 10 30 O'Clock a second explosion,
ten times louder and more violent than
the first, shook the town, causing a
scene of panics. The rescuers We're
overwhelmed at a point in the work
ings far from the opening. From the
first it was admitted by the officials Of
the mining company that their lot was
as hopeless as that of the first party.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
SHORT NEWS NOTES.

William T. Manning, who was cam
paign manager for Alton b. Parker in
1904, died of pneumonia in New York.
Parapregia, a species of paralysis, is
interesting New York physicians. The pa
tent is Miss Mary Asche, who is said to
have become afflicted because Of too much
dancing.
The death record of New York CITY
for 1907, just issued by the department
of health of that place shows rate lower
than any of the other great cities in the
world-1S.4S.
Death of Grace Seamans, an 8-year-old
girl in New York, is directly attributable
the doctors say, to the terrifying effects
of "black-hand'' letter which she nick
ed up On the doorstep of her home some
time ago.
The worlds congress of the young peo-
pies missionary movement opened in
Pittsburg with $500 delegates present.
representing 100000 persons in all
parts of the world
The Rev. A. G. Dixon, pastor of the
Moody church, Chicago, is conducting a
successful revival campaign in Atlanta,
Ga. The tabernacle, the largest audito-
rum in the city, was packed at the OPEN
ing meeting.
Jenkinl Lloyd Jones of Chicago, while
in San Francisco to deliver series of
addresses, said there the church was los
ing its leadership because of creedal is
sues. He said divorce was not. funda--
mental evil, but only symptom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
DES lGlAAaE%[5TS
s'fY 81 $. ~.
e@gS,s 81 der

Chicago-Cattle, mon to prime,
$4.OO to $40; hogs, prime heavy, $4O0
to S6.40; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $6.75; wheat, No. 2, 92c to 93c
corn, No. 2, 64c to 65c; oats, standard,
SIC to 53c; rye, No. 2, 75c to TIC, hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $500; butter, choice creamery, 25c
to 29c; eggs, fresh 14c to 16c; potatoes,
per bushel, 63c to Tic.
Indianapolis shipping, $500
to $500; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to 6.3o; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 95c to-
96c; corn, No. 2 white, 63c to 65c; oats,
No. white, 53c to sac.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $7.25; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $5.75;
wheat, No. 2, 96c to 97c; corn, No. 2,
63c to 64c; oats, No. 2, SOC to sic; rye,
No. 2, roc to soc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to 1918;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
1925; wheat, No. 2, 99c to $1.0O; corn,
No mixed, 65c to 66c; oats, No. 2
mixed, SIC to 53c; rye, No. ., SIC to SOC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50 hogs,
$500 to $4.65; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 93c to 94c; corn, No. 3
yellow, 66c to &c; oats, No. white,
55c to SIC; rye, No. 2, SOC to SIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
S1.O2 to S1.04; corn, No. 3, &c to 63c;
oats, standard, SIC to 53c; rye, No. ],
TIC to 7Sc; barley, No. 2, SEC to SIC;
pork, mess, S13.15.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to 500; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $685..
New York-Cattle, $500 to $40:
hogs, $3.50 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. red, 99c to S1.00;
corn, No. 2, CSC to zoe; oats, natural
white, sc to Sc; butter, creamery, 25c
to 29c; eggs, western, 13c to 16c,
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, 94c to
95c; corn, No. 2 mixed, CSC to &c;
oats, No 2 mixed 53c to 54c; rye, No.
2, roc to soc; clover seed, prime, S13.35.