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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15
COMMISSION TO FIX WAGES.
Labor Bill, Accepted by the House,
Has New Features.

GUTHRIE, Okla, May 15.-The
house has accepted the senate bill
demanded by the labor party of the
state, which is remarkable in that it
provides that business concerns must
report their business in detail and
total to the labor commissioner, and
gives the latter the absolute power
to fix wages.
A stirring scene was enacted on
the floor when Boye, legislator and
representative of labor, threatened
the members with defeat at the hands
of the unions If they failed to sup
port the bill. Under the bill wages
will be based on the profits of the
employer, with the arbitrary power
in the hands of the commissioner.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15
FOR SALE
l2O Acre Fruit Farm

If you are looking for good buy and ranch
worth the money read the following:
40 acres In cultivation of which p acres is under
Irrigation. Perpetual water right OF your
own. A water system with good pressure
piped in house.
10 acres of strawberries, one acre of which pro-
dueed ST. 90 In two years. $50 worth OF ber-
ries sold from this place last year.
$50 bearing fruit trees OF good varities Trees
about or years old.
New room dwelling house, room bunk house.
barn 32x52, barn 16X24, chicken house lSX24,
cellar 1OX2O, besides other Outbuldings.
8 head mllch cows, 1 yearling, / handy wagon
| Mccormick moving machine and lake, 8
harrOws, plows, 1 lot of machinery for taking
care Of straw berries, / lot of garden tools,
road seraper, household furniture, carpets aud
pictures, tons hay, 30 fine chickens.
100 900 feet of saw timber.
This Is and has the reputation OF being the best
ranch on the Occur d'Alene River. Three
miles from railroad station, one half mile from
steamboat LANDING.
Party owning this ranch must sell on account
of health and will greatly sacrifice same.
PRICE and TERMS:-S 600 for land and equip
ment. ~ 500 cash, balance In one, two aud
three years. Come in and talk 1t over.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15
Announcement,

wish TO correct an impression
that Is being circulated By some OF
the small potatoes" that there will
be . change In this store, II Is mere
~ q change made so as to enable me
20 have an electric sign for the out
side Of my store. My first idea was
y. Biorklund's Clothing Store. but
! found the cost of this name TO be
out Of my reach. just the name
BJorkland's. to my idea. would not
apply 20 q clothing store. This Is
my reason for adopting the new | Y.
L.: the cost OF sign like this being
a mere tribe. kindly bear this In
mlnd. You win always find the
same old Bjorklpnd at the same old
place. Very respectfully yours.
+. BJoRKLUND.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15

You'd better come here today and
inspect the underwear that hears this
label. 1t stands for
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15
WASHINGTON REPUBLICANS.
Indorse Taft and Favor Local OPP
ton Law.

SPOKANE. Wash, May 15.-Af-
ter indorsing the candidacy of VIII
liam Taft for president and in
structing the Washington delegation
to the Chicago convention to support
him 50 long as he shall continue to
be candidate, the republican state
convention yesterday put through
the slate practically as agreed upon
Wednesday night and come to
noisy climax by declaring for the
passage by the next legislature of
state local option law, whereupon
the delegates joined enthusiastically
In singing, Where is my wandering
boy tonight"
While on most matters of import
ance coming before It the convention
was orderly. In the main harmonious.
the local option question, which was
tossed upon the floor OF the conven-
ton almost without previous warn
ing, came as a complete surprise to
a large majority of the delegates and
aroused discussion of the most in
tense and dramatic interest Ii was
adopted, on roll call. by vote of
SOC to 25S. or almost two TO one,
Before the larger delegations were
prepared to vote on the local option
question they found If necessary to
retire from the convention and poll
their members. and In most of them
the rule by which they had been
casting their votes as a unit was
either suspended or abrogated and
the members permitted to cast their
votes as individuals, A notable ex-
oeption occurred In the case OF Pierce
county. which held to the unit rule,
casting the fun vote of its delegation
for local option.
Among the Pierce county delegates
were q, w. II. Davis. secretary OF
the Washington Brewers association
and legislative lobbyist for several
wars vi INV uANWAHk lHttINStHs anu
State Senator Lincoln Davis, who
started the fight in the senate last
winter for the repeal of the Sunday
closing law. Under the unit rule
inexorably enforced against them.
there votes were. over their
powerless protests. cast in favor OF
the local option plank,
Convention In Brief.
Instructed for Taft, commended
the congressional delegation and the
state administration, favored tariff
revision by commission, favored
postal savings banks and insured
bank deposits. urged stronger in
terstate commerce law. commended
the state railroad and tax commits
sions. condemned child labor, advo-
Gated eight-hour day for women and
minors. approved the direct primary
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15

We are exclusive agents for the Stein
Bloch Smart Clothes advertised In the
saturday Evening Post tomorrow.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15

The acts OF vandalism being prae-
tlced by some unprlncipled indlyid-
aal or indiyldnals, are most repre-
hensible and show = disposition that
d possessed only by a oowerdly Grim
inal. The park IL public property
IN which all the people are Interested
and the wanton destruction OF the
shnbbery IL q public loss. II detected
the mlscFeants should not be shown
any lenleney. Make an example of
them that win be remembered.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15
pledge and pledged local oDtion

pledge and pledged local option
law.
Elected as delegates to the nation.
al conventions:
At large - r. l.. Mccormick,
Pierce; r. A. Ballinger, King; Emer'
son Hammer, skagit, and Frank T.
Post. Spokane.
First District--W, J. Rucker. sno-
mish, and Robert Moran, San Juan.
Second District--A. l.. Miller.
Clarke, and C, s. Eaton, Thurston.
Third District-D. r. Ham. Spo-
kane. and ]. c. McCauly, Kittitas.
Agreed upon r. l.. Mccormick of
Pierce as national committeeman.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15
Boxing Championships.

SAN FRANCISCO, May lob
car trips for 1000 mer athe-
letic contests in Golden Gate park
this afternoon and army and navy
boxing championships in the Audi
torium this evening comprise the
events on the fleet entertainment
for today.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15
40 Acre Chicken
Ranch

II you want to buy Chicken Ranch we have
the best pTOpOS itiOn In Northern Idaho or the
Northwest. You can buy this plant for hfty
cents on the dollar. A few figures as follows
may convince yOu
20 acres land 5000
harn ............ 1000
Shlckeh houseS,.....,,. =. 1000
brooder house, $3.50. ..,......... 20
Engine hoase ana machinery. ............. 1890
Dwelling house aud other buildings, tools
and equipment necessary for the plant l. 900
Real value of plant .........,... $i1OoO
This plant adjolns Dalton Gardens on east and
can be irrigated from spring At a small cost, the
water now being piped into the plant About
two acres OF q ten acre lake makes this an ideal
place for ducks raising.
Come and talk It over with us. 5000 will, buy
Il, Ss,Soo cash, balance ON time.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15

The Press Publishing Co. the
Print shop BY the Lake. prints for
particular people.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15
Make Us Prove Tive Can

When advertise that OF the most complete
and best selected lines Of underwear for and women
in Occur dAlene stand ready to the assertion
and ask you TO come in and make do it. You will
find prices just reasonable be found when the
quality is taken into consideration.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15
HEALTH AND COMFORT.

An onter and an inner fabric with a
layer of air between. There's the Sc
cret of Duofold construction. There's
the secret OF Duofoid's superior hygenic
propertles--the continual circulation of
air throughout the countless air cells
causes rapid evaporation Of all body
moisture.
Duofold II light, comfortable, doesn't
bunch--the construction prevents that
You can wear wool II you wear Duofold,
because the wool Is all on theOuter fab
Fie--neveT irTitates, because the inner
fabric 10 soft. finely finished and pliable.
For your health's sake, wear Duofold
see 1t at the underwear department.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15
Houses and Lots

New i've room plaStered bungalow corner 18th
and Occur d'Alene streets. ,........ . Sl2UO
House and lot three hlocks south OF sherman
on Twelfth street House isNi6. painted on
rear ot TOT ....... ....-.,..,-,.. ....,. $50
HOUSE and lot on Occur d'Aleus street two
easy terms. S'S cash, balance $40 per MONTH
ohD 's'.'ss-.....-.. $50
Three lots corner 10Th and sherman streets
ohly ..,...-.-.... SluQ
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-15

The Press Publishing Co., the
Print Shop by the Lake, prints for
particular people.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
BRAKER WILL FILED.
Leares s4,OO0, 900 an Various Per
s0pdI and Public Bequests.

The beouests Of Henry J Braker. who left
$500. 600 20 Tufts College. as told exclusively In
The Tribune were made public Yesterday by the
fling of the Will In memory Of his father
Conrad Braker. he left $4,000 to st Johns Guild
and in memory Of his mother, Frances J Braker.
ne left 81 900 TO the Sheltering Arms naming
Mrs. Braker and Austin 3. Fletcher as executors
The will was dra June /, 1897 It ts A
long document. and two codics we're added on
August q More than 600 is mentioned
and out of this sum Mrs Braker is to dispose OF
s13ooooo Before her last marriage Mrs Braker
was Mrs Katherine Observation-Disclosures. who
figured in the Dodge-Morse divorce case
Besides the large bequests 20 his wife and to
Tufts College and the Braker Memorial Home
over s10aN00o is left in small amounts to rela-
tives and friends
For the establishment Of the Home Mr.. Braker
named Mr. Fletcher. Eugene 9. Potter and John
Anderson as trustees
Three beouests we're made in the will that are
cut off in the codicil; they s25e00 each to
Mrs Minnie Duhne. Miss Madeline Gelshenen and
Miss Regina Corrine IieIshenen. stepdaughters.
Bequests Of s25 eco each to William II. Gelsheheh
and to Walter D. Gelshenen. his stepsons' maze
in the will. are not revoked in the codicil
Mr. Braker, who drug importer win
Offices at No. 100 William street. lived al NO
1905 Fifth He died from pneumonia IN d
hospital at Plymouth England, after a snort III
ness He owned the building at the southwest
corner of Sixth avenue and 55th street. the ola
home of the New York Athletic Club When the
Van Wyck administration came into power ten
wears ago under the absolute dictatorship OF
Richard Croker. then boss Of Tarnmany Hail.
Croker bought the building ostensiby as nome
for his Democratic Club. into which he was then
attempting to inject new life.
It turned out. however TO be a distinctly profit
able real estate speculation on Crokers part. for
in short time he sold it TO Mr. Braker at de
cided advance. The Health Department Of the
city was Immediately installed in the building
and paid large rental.
About twelve years ago Mr. Rraker caused a
sensation by offering to pay s2.00Oo00 for the
franchise which the city had granted to the Sixth
and Eighth avenue railroad companies for moth
ing
Mr. Braker was ffty-two years old In March,
1897 his engagement to Mrs. William r. Gel
shenea widow of the president of the Garfield
Bank was announced They were married in June
of that year.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT
Commissioner Smith Tells What the Cost of
Repairing It VIII Be-
tho Edito- of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir; cannot refrain from calling your attention
TO the article The Tribune of 9th instant, entitled
E,rasing Shadow s25 0OO" and to give you the facts
in connection with the necessary repairs being
made to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Riverside Drive
In the first place. the cleaning of the monument
is only incidental to the repairs which i'm
perative to save the monument from permanent in
jury. These repairs consist Of pointing of the
joints OF the stone work in which the mortar had
become loose. creating a space between the joints
and allowing water to penetrate into and through
the walls OF the building If this condition. which
has been growing gradually worse, were allowed
to continue season or two more. irreparable dam
age wcuId be done to the structure
The seaffolding which you refer to as having cost
the city g 600 for rnber alone, beg advise you
cast a total of $500 for furnishing of lumber,
erection of the scanolding and the taking down OF
the same The pointing of the joints referred TO
will cost about g GO0 it being done by skilled
in this branch of work. under the supervision of
the architect of the Park Department. The money
to be spent on the cleaning. which. as have said.
is only Incidental TO the work Of repair, will he
about $500 This cleaning consists only Of washing
off the collection of foreign matter much of which
has been washed out of the joints referred to; no
sand-blasting or other heroic measures that would
in lure the surface of the stone being intro
duced To summarize the matter, We have a total
expenditure of $500 to preserve and restore
this magnificent monument. The repairs which are
row being prosecuted have been the subject Of agi-
taton for at least two years past resulting in the
introduction of a bill in the Legislature ordering
an appropriation by the city Of New YORK tor the
preservation OF this monument
1t this season of the year particularly, when
budget matters for the following year are being
considered I do believe ii is just 70 this de-
partment or fair TO the city OF New York and the
n,,hUr to give the impression of such reckless
nenditure of money as Is conveyed In the article
ferred HENRY Shi H.
Commissioner Of Parks. Boroughs of Manhattan
and Richmond
New York. Sept Il. 1903
1.-THE Tribune received the figures used in the
article from what was supposed to be trust
worthy authority connected with the work. Il
had no unfriendly purpose toward Commissioner
Smith and regrets TO have done him injustice !
New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
INSPECT NEW GERMAN THEATRE.

The new German Theatre. on the site or the
Ienox T,.ceurl. in Madison avenue at 59th street
was opered for inspection by few YESTERDAY
Tho chairs have not yer been placed. and much
af the drapery is still % be put up. but even IN IT'S
inco-,nlete condition the theatre is a handsome
nIavhouse Its arrangement differs from that OF
most pavhouses in that the boxes, instead of being
AT the sides are arranged back of the orchestra
chairs The stage is CT the largest in the city,
ana according to the architects statement. ''ab-
souteIy freproof
While the decorators and painters we're at work
nr+ting the finishing touches to the auditorium
and the large Iounging room. the company was re-
hearsing .'Rabensteinerin, - with which the house
will be opened the evening of October l.
There Will he many novelties at the new theatre
one of the directors said. but probably the most
no+abIa will be the Alt Heidelberg performance
-, thu evening of November Is. At the request Of
Professor Faust of Cornell University, the theatre
,-yl he given over that night to the Ithaca
students and every part in the play, student
,,rince Heidelberg sweetheart. sentimental old
tutor students studous and hilarious, VIII be
taken nv Young men and young women students
os Cornell It will be the first time that an tnst-
tu+ion so tvpicaIly American as Cornell will give
q German entertainment. before an audience OF
f.arrnaus on a German stage
New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
COLONEL HENRY w. MICHEL.

colonel Henry W Michel. Deputy Commissioner
If Excise for Brooklyn dropped dead yesterday at
his summer home. at Bayport. Long Island His
death was caused by apoplexy-
Colonel Michel born in New York in 1851
ne received his early education in the publi,
schools and in Hamilton collegiate Institute. which
he entered after graduating from the Schoharie
Academy. He studied law in the Office Of Judge
Henry A. Moore
Colonel Michel enlisted private in the f4th
Regiment in 1861 and passed through all the ranks
N the Office Of colonel. which he held for twelve
asrs retiring after thfrty-5ix years of service He
was active in the affairs OF Grant Post. G. A r.
and in the Stuyvesant Heights Club.
Colonel Michel leaves his wife and two daugh-
New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
FEWER CASES IN MANILA.
Offcials Encouraged - Offers of
Tenn pordry Hospitals.

Manila Sept. 2e-The cholera epidemic this
city receing. judging from fo-day's official
ports which give only eleven deaths and thirtysix
cases for the twenty-four hoa7s ended at
o'clock tonight This is the smallest gain made
by the plague in several days Encouraged by this
first sign OF -ictor. federal and municipal officers
pressing the campaign TO cleanse the city with
unabated Eigor, confident Of stamping the dis
ease short time. No additional of Aner3-
cans Icing stricken with cholera reported. and
those now III VITA the disease are holding their
o7n. with good chances Of recovery.
In Official circles il is maintained that there is
stlI . possibility that the city may be free from
cholera before arrival Ct the American battle
ship feet.
Many persons have volunteered their services
as nurses or inspectors. a number Of firms have
offered fl up temporary hospitals for the
corumodatfon Of patients. and d ward of the Mary
Johnson Memorial Hospital is being prepared for
the reception Of cholera victims. The Roman
Catholic authorities have offered the Of
large convent within the walled city for the same
purpose
Harry Cirstins- an American policeman. is suf-
fering from the disease There is possibility Of
his recovery Alfred McTeigh. Low and the other
Americans are reported as holding their own to-
6ay
New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
CHOLERA INCREASES
FREIGHT CARS BE4R DEAD
Efforts to In proce Conditions IN st.
Petersburg.

6. Petersburg Sept. 22-The bodies of those
- from cholera are being buried at Preo-
s.henskoe which is about hours dis
- on the railroad from 81 Petersburg A
=, several coaches. carrying the mourners.
dozen freight cars bearing the dead in
--se collins goes daily te this place The
r...as are hesrtrending in and about the
e..,sl where service is conducted uninter-
-,.aslx night and day. The coffins are made
- snr,ce and thickly coated with tar. The
.s,,,;acstion numbers of the patients are
-r.-ted with white paint AS coffin after cof-
.. ;s brought to the chapel the women who
tsvs gathered there. singing cut the numbers
chow frantic grief. In some cases mad str,.g-
gle is made to wrench off the lids to get a last
look 81 the dead
The scarcity Of grave dicgers has caused a
,einful delay in the last few days. one hundred
and nftv COINS containing bodies now being
stored in an adjoining woodshed. Some of the
-nourners have been waiting their turn for sew
eraI DAYS
The "Rech~ reports a case in which a cab
man made the rounds Of all the hospitals last
night with g cholera patient. admission at all
of them being refused
The epidemic is assuming appalling propor-
tions The attention of the ST Petersburg
authorities is drawn TO the long neglected task
of improving the water supply and sewer IA
cilities Of the capital The sewers now empty
into the Neva or the open canals traversing the
city. and the water supply is taken from the
river though Lake Lagoda. twenty miles away.
offers abundant supply of fresh water, which
could be obtained at small expense. The
Mayor Of st Petersburg. at the request of Pre-
mier Stelypin. has appointed a commission 10
take Immediate action. The central govern
rnsnt viii share q part of the expense.
ID 70 noon to-day the municipal hospital Is
reported for the past twenty-four hours 411
cholera cases and 176 deaths. The patients
IN the various hospitals number 1857. These
municipal statistics are incomplete. At one
cemetery the burials have aggregated 424 for
the last three days or within twenty Of the
total number Of deaths reported.
TIE sinister legend that the physicians Of ST.
Petersburg caused the epidemic by poisoning
the waters OF the Neva. well as the fruits
sold ir the general markets. still persists among
The people. although the press is conducting an
educational campaign against this superstition
The police to-day arrested one man for spread
ing this ruror and they intend 10 make a
summary example Of him
New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
The MASTERY OF THE PACIFIC.
Count Okuma's Views on the Future Of the
japanese Empire.

Toxic Aug Count Okuma. speaking through
the columns of the 'Hochi,' has announced thai
economically the future Of the japanese Empire
depends on the development OF its maritime enter
prise President Roosevelt is reported TO have said
that the United States will he the future owner Of
the Pacific Ocean, but the great Republic does not
yet possess large number Of vessels and brave
seaulen in this ocean. the count says. The Presi-
dents announcement he adds, may have been made
from a diplomatic viewpoint In any case, posses
sion Of the Pacific viii become OF the interna-
tionai problems Of the future-a problem that
Japan is well prepared to solve. The japanese
Empire has coast lines extending ten thousand
miles running from Formosa to Saghalien- The
number Of small craft in japanese waters is far
greater than that Of any other country. although
in point of warships and steamers Japan Is in
ferior 10 other powers. History shows that the
japanese warships of to-day are a relic Of the
pirate ships of the olden days and Japan, the
count argues. will draw her seamen of the future
from these fishermen who the descendants Of
the rovers OF former centuries
New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
GERM4NY'S HE4TY DEBT.
Increased Tares on LuTurifs and
Succession Duties.

Berlin. Sept. 22-The critical financial posi-
tion of the empire. with the suggested ren1eoles'
which will occupy virtually the whole approach
ing session of the Reichstag. is the subject OF
an article ny Herr Reinhold Sydow, Secretary
of the Imperial Treasury which will appear in
the 'Deutsche Rundschau' September %
The minister SAYS that the depreciation in the
o,,ntations of imperial and state loans and the
increased interest demanded for fresh issues
render reform irnperatively necessary. All par
ties are convinced of the necessity of abohshlng
the system of borrowing in order to carry on
the government OF the empire The task is 10
eouslize the revenue and expenditure, even with
economies in all departments; yet, in the next
FIVE years. the deficit in the revenue as calcn-
lated might reach total Of S536,cs2ooW-
The government proposes to avert this now
ever. continues the minister. by increasing the
taxation on luxuries especially Spirits oeer
tobacco. champagne and bottled wines whhe
general succession duties will be introduced
leaving small fortunes Of from s2,5oo TO $4,000
,,ntaxed In case Of person dying without
leaving a will. the state is to become heir IN
rlaoe ne distant relatives who really have no
claim.
According to the article. the poll TAX from
federal states for imperial purposes also will be
augmented The minister concludes as follows;
The regulation Of the imperial finances is
ouestion of life or death for the empire and the
federal states. which must be solved now or
become still more difficult. I cannot imagine
that the prosperity and the very existence OF
the empire which was created at the cost OF so
much labor. idealisn unselishness and blood
should be hazarGed because the German people
despite their increasing wealth, are unwilling to
furnish the means Of subsistence