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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. %
Wealthy American girls, travelling
abroad, when they see some rem
nant of royalty, enthusiastically ex-
claim: oh! mama, buy me that! "
Thus did Mr.. McGavin, of Illinois,
denouncing the growing custom of
international marriages, describe the
trade of some millionaire daught-
ers for titles and unhappiness.
Mr.. McGavin was speaking on the
bill to tax doweries and titled hus-
bands. His remarks were made un-
der the license of general debate,
and at times they provoked laughter
and applause.
The house, he said, was in COM
mittee of the whole on the state of
the Union, but he wanted to know
what the state of the Union was and
what it was coming ton view of
these international unions between
American heiresses and the alleged
mobiles from abroad.
He wondered what the early pio-
neers would think and say If from
their graves could look back and see
SO many of the women of this coun-
try sacrificing their souls and hon
or upon the altar of snobbery and
vice" He expressly stated that he
had reference to no particular Amer
lean girl nor had he prejudice against
titled men, but referred only to
those who have a monocole in their
eyes and an idiotic look upon their
faces-those who have neither the
disposition to do good nor the abil'
ity to do harm
Tax Counts Like Poultry.
Mr.. McGavin said his curiosity had
been aroused to know the right com
mittee to which the bill should b'
sent, but he found it properly haC
gone to the committee on ways anC
means because 1t sought to levy {
tax. And then he said he was cur
ious to know whether the presen
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29

German proposals. an additional
million for the army and a similar
increase for education, involving an
increase over last year OF 10000, OO0
pounds or nearly 35O.O0O.O0O. In
case the expansion plans are carried
out. a further increase OF $4,000
600 pounds. or 1926. eco. coo, will be
required next year. It must be with
a promise of greatly increased naval
expenditures for 1909. The partisan
press is already raising the cry OF
the German bugaboo and popular
clamor is taking II up and raising
formidable agitation against the
government.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29
TAFT AFTER WISCONSIN
Win Not Respect Claims OF La
Toilette.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Jan. a.
Supporters OF Secretary Taft today
began circulating petitions In every
district of Wisconsin and also for
delegates at large. in the hope of
capturing the states delegation to
the Republican national convention,
despite the ambitions of Senator La
Toilette. Under the primary law,
no definate action could be taken
until today. but the Taft men viii
henceforth carry on the fight with
vigor. Some districts the Taft sup
porters admit, will probobly be for
La Toilette. but the adherents OF
Roosevelt's candidate believe they
can show that Wisconsin does not
stand unanimously for the radical
ideas of its famous senator.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29

training only were taken to prepare
for it; one half the net proceeds,
$73.23, went to pay Indebtedness on
piano.
"As a drill master of children
have seldom seen Mr.. Mines equal.
In my opinion the students who par
ticipated in 1.-The Pixies" derived
much benefit. l considered him SO
proficient as an instructor and disci-
planarian that / asked the teachers
who could conveniently do so to at
tend his rehearsals and note his
methods. Many of them did. The
teachers vouch for a better attend
ance at school of those pupils who
took part than heretofore. Numer-
Gus instances of pupils attending who
were ailing and would have been abb
sent were it not for the drill after
school, were brought to my notice
by teachers.
THE children were greatly inter-
ested but the regular work was not
interrupted. The pupils interest was
concentrated in educational work
and a substantial reduction made in
high school Indebtedness, the incur
ring of which two years ago proved
one of the essential elements of the
present success of the high school
without which debt Occur d'Alene
today would be the only school west
of the Rocky mountains with S5
teachers and no musical instrument
No school is complete without mus
ic."
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29
ATTEMPTED HOLDUP
DIR. Cross Made the Victim of High
Waymen.

DIR. Cross Made the Victim of High
waymen.
An unsuccessful attempt was
made to rob Dr. Charles Cross of
this city last night, by highwaymen
near the old Riverside road house,
as he was returning home from
professional trip to Rathdrum.
The doctor and wife had gone to
Rathdrum and the doctor was re-
turning home alone in one horse
buggy. When he neared the old road
house he observed a light burning
inside. This light aroused his sus-
picions, for he knew that the place
was a deserted and abandoned build
ing, and he prepared himself for an
attack. When the Doctors buggy
came up near the place he was COM
manded to halt. His reply to the
command was two revolver shots, at
the same time applying the whip to
his horse and forcing the animal to
it's utmost speed. The highwaymen
returned the shots of the doctor, one
of the bullets penetrating the buggy
top and passing near the doctor s
head. The doctor, however, sue
ceeded in escaping from them and as
soon as he arrived in the city notified
the police.
The night patrolmen took the mat
ter up with Chief of Police Mccoy
ern and were ordered by him not tC
proceed to the scene of the holdup
The chief felt as though he could moi
spare them away from the city, be
cause he feared that their absence
might be taken advantage of by
burglars and highwaymen in th'
town. Occur d'Alene, unlike othel
places in the county. has no deputy
sheriff. though it is understood per
sons have offered to act as such graf
is, and the scene was not visited un
til this morning.
Chief of Police MeGovern and Da!
Ohicer OFT made an examination o
the scene of the robbery this morn
ing. Deputy Sheriff Adams was il
the city and they asked him TO &C
company them, but he declined, stat
ing he had to go up the river e
serve some subpoenas. The officer
found the road house occupied by al
aged tramp. The tramp and tn
premises were searched. but nothing
was found to indicate that the occu
pant had participated in the robbery
The police, however. ordered him 4
leave the place and he did so. Othe
cabins near the robbery were yisite,
by the officers, but these we're al
found to be occupied by their owners
, and there was nothing about any o
them that would indicate that the
, were the rendezvous for highway
men. The officers so far seem to hav
no clue which would lead to the iden
tity of the highWaymen.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29
RAISE COLoNIsT RATES
One Way Fare $3.50 Higher and Re-
turn Advances $40.

SPOKANE, Wash, Jan, 90
Both the colonist and the round
trip homeseekers' railroad rates will
be higher by several dollars this
year than previously. The local
Great Northern passenger depart
ment announced yesterday the re-
ceipt of new rates.
The colonist rates will be in force
during March and April Under
these rates second-class tickets good
for stopovers will be sold from all
points east to destinations west of
the Rocky mountains. The price of
a ticket from 81. Paul to Spokane
will be $50, which is $3.50 higher
than the colonist rates in force last
year.
Round trip homeseekers' rates
will be in force during the entire
year from all points east to west OF
the Rocky mountains. Tickets will
be sold the first and third Tuesdays
in each month. They will De good
21 days after sale. The homeseek-
ers' rate from st. Paul to Spokane
and points west as far as Wenatehee
is $3.50, which is $40 higher than
the rate last year.
The advance in the price OF col
onist and homeseekers' tickets is at
tributed to the 2-cent fare legisla
tion in states east of the Rocky
mountains, which the railroads de
clare results in a considerable cur
tailment their revenues in a regu
lar passenger traffic.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29
McKINLEY's BIRTHDAY
Ohio Cities VIII Honor Memory Of
Martyred President.

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 29.-Sec-
rotary Taft will be the principal
speaker at the dinner to be given
here tonight by the Tippecanoe club
in observance of the birthday OF
President Mckinley. The invitation
from the club chased the secretary
around the world and reached him
in Cincinnati after his return. Spe-
cial exercises In memory of McKin-
ley's birthday will also be held in
Canton. Cincinnati. and other Ohio
cities and towns. The martyr pres.
ident was born in Niles. Ohio. Jan.
uary %, 1914.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29
BRITISH PARLIAMENT CoNVENEs
Expenditures for Army and Navy
to be Heavy.


LONDON, Jan. 29.-What prom
Uses to be a highly important and
critical session of the British parlia-
ment, the third under the premiership
OF Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,
convened today with the customary
observances. The Irish question,
the education bill. licensing. old age
pensions and the budget demands
OF the army and navy are the princi-
pal subjects to come up for consider
alton and debate during the session.
The session was opened by King
Edward.
In the mater OF expenditures for
the army and navy. the economists
and the expansionists have appar-
emily agreed upon a compromise.
which will result in a retrenchment
for the benefit of this years budget,
but will involve a greatly increased
appropriation next year. The ex-
pansionists are advocating an In
crease OF 100000 pounds sterling
in the naval estimates, to meet the
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29
NEW BREED or pups
Ned Williams Owns a Pair Of Air.
CaIes,


Culbertson Mistress Pam, after a
two weeks journey from Atlantic.
Iowa. recently arrived In the city.
Pam Is an Airdale terrier aud was re-
Gently purchased from the kennels
OF Z. +. Hubbard of the above place
by Ned Williams. proprietor OF the
Palm.
Pam is two and one half months
old and is bred from the world fam
Gus Colne Lucky Baldwin. who to
admirers and lovers OF good dogs
needs no Introduction, and the dog
whose pedigree can be traced to the
thrice famous champion" can lay
every claim to value and superiority.
Pam can boast OF Royston King as
her sire and Colne Bell as her dam.
Mr.. Williams owns. besides Pam.
another Airdale terrier under the
name OF Deacon These are the
only two Airdale dogs In this section
Of the country.
The Airdaie claims as his original
home Yorkshire The breed has
made a wonderful Impression In
America and IS rapidly becoming
popular all over the world. The
German police who are In need OF
dogs to assist them In their danger
Gus work, recently held a trial, in
which the Airdale dogs were award
ed the superiority over all other
breeds. scoring 50 out OF a possible
80 points The Partisan river police
have recently called these dogs "a
their assistance TO prevent the In.
crease OF suicides, and Holland and
other European countries are fast
following in the same line. The Air
dale may be said TO be a general util.
lily dog and is a hunter of all game
ranging from a bird up to a noun.
tain lion. Mr.. Williams prizes his
dogs very highly.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29
SEVEN REMARKABIE SENATOR'S
Occupy the Last Row ON Democratic
Side.


WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-In the
last row of seats on the Democratic
side of the Senate chamber sit seven
men who are. in many ways, the
most remarkable who ever wore a
toga. There is Gore OF Oklahoma,
the first totally blind senator. and
his colleague. Owen. descendant OF
a Cherokee Indian chief. There is
the youngest senator. Bryan OF Flor
ida, and the oldest. White OF Mary
land. with a half century between
them, although they sit side by side.
There Is "Fiddllng Bob" Taylor OF
Tennessee, who added his way into
the senate. and Bankhead Of Ala
bama, who ran for the House and
landed in his present august position.
Last. but not least among that illus
tTious seven, Is Jefferson Davis OF
Arkansas. sworn foe OF the "plutes'
and the Democratic Demosthenes OF
the most maligned state OF the Union,
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29
TOBACCO TRUST SUIT

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Jan. 2s.-Fol-
lowing hearings In New York and
CINCINNATI, the federal suit against
the American Tobacco company. or
tobacco trust was resumed here
today. Additional testimony will be
taken In Nashville tomorrow and In
Richmond Saturday. Records Of pu-
merous subsidiary companies will be
produced at all these hearings.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29
)BJECTS TO EN=
TREATMENTS
|ews of Correspondent and Super
intendent on School Shows

aitor Press: IF you will allow
pace, in your valuable paper, |
.5a like to make d few comments
the imposition that was put
the people of this city Saturday
Monday nights under the name
The Pixies"
you will excuse the language, !
BAY it was the worst exhibition
lEa-training and mis-management
hool children that the public
Ever witnessed. The schools, to
understanding are for the edu-
On of children along branches
will fit them for the cold bus
Is of this world, not for the friv-
us waste of time as was shown
the worthless exhibition at the
Iditorium.
AS a taxpayer and parent OIL
ildren attending the public schools,
protest against the abominable
|isuse of school children's time.
or the past two weeks, the children
ave been doing nothing but study
g Pixie" talking Pixie" think
Il Pixie" singing pixie" Very
tile was heard during this ordeal
bout school studies or school duties.
BIT only is it a waste of valuable
me, but also a needless expenditure
/ hard earned cash. By careful in
estigation / have learned that par
hts of school children who were not
Bile to pay for school books and sup
lies-and these accounts still re-
Jain unpaid-have had to purchase
amerous articles for this same per-
ormance, which, after their use of
10 evenings, are entirely worthless
And men of the Milne type come
D a city, half train the children, d.
ert their minds from their studies
BIZ the better part of a month, peck
from 60 to IS per cent of the
foss receipts of such performances
bid laugh at the public in general
lille they (the public) hold the
Ack.
A proper systematic musical drill
ng is an excellent thing, but when
npils are kept from their studies
nd half drilled, half trained for q
here object in view of utilizing what
title talent has been brought forth
pr the individual gain of a stranger
is pretty rotten. Prof. Brownen
o later than last spring, spent day
fter day in teaching the school chill
rem little about vocal music. HI
i'd this work for the public schools
lntirely gratis, On the last of tn,
ehool year he gave a concert. which
as splendid entertainment, TO
be purpose of at least getting
art of his car fare out of it, bu
be music-loving(9 public stage,
way, and Mr.. Brownell lost still
bore than he would have had he qui
efore giving the concert.
/, for one, would like to see gu
@nblic schools tend to the bushes
81 education along sound lines, an
Apt fly of at fragments. such a
hey have just experienced. Gu
hilren, mine at least, are sent t
hool to study and learn, not to b
ed to feather the nest of profes
pnal grafters. and If the presen
pool board has not stamina enoug
call halt on such actions. 1
pmoting such fraud and gratis.
let US pay more attention I
om we vote for when electin
m0ers of the Board. Yours 70
e welfare of our public schools,
A SUBSCRIBER.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29
NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATS
To Hold Harmony Meeting and
Celebration.


NEWARK, n. j.. Jan. ga
Democratic harmony" banquet to
celebrate the reduction OF the Re-
publican majority in New Jersey
from $4,000 to 5000 will be held
tomorrow night and Is expected to
attract leading members OF the party
from all over the state. as well M
several national Democratic leaders.
The Democratic party In New Jersey.
as In other sections OF the East. il
divided between the radical and con-
sentative elements. and IL il hoped
that the dinner may result ia har-
mony between the two factions.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29

tRtement by Superintendent BARTON.
Inc Press asked superintendent
parton for an Interview with regard
q the entertainment and propounded
70 him the following question:
Professor the Press has a COM
nunieatiOn from a patron and sup
porter Of the schools criticising en-
artainments and especially the ply
Ies.'
In reply the professor said:
81 fail to ser how any valid crit
leism can be offered against the re-
cent entertainment as no expense was
required of the children; no time
was taken from school work, all drill
ling being done after school by the
younger children and in the evening
by the older pupils: all pupils volun-
tarily participated; nine days OF
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-29

A party of young ladies will give
their gentlemen friends a sleigh ride
to a dance at Hayden lake this ev-
ening. The dance Is To be held at
the hotel. Upon their return they
win take lunch at the Grill. There
win be between thirty and forty
young people In the party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-10
Mr.. MYERS IS HERE.
Working on Big Irrigation Project in
Montana.

L. E. Myers. president of the Edison
| company and vice president of the
Topeka City Railway company, is in
the city today on his way to his home
| in Chicago from Montana. where he
has an extensive irrigation contract in
the Bitter Root valley. Mr.. Myers
company is at present engaged in
building an irrigation canal so miles
in length and constructing a dam
which will increase the size of Lake
Como to two or three times its present
capacity.
Lake Como is in the foothills of the
Bitter Root chain of mountains and
at present covers about $50 acres. The
Myers company is building a dam 70
feet in height and 1000 feet in length
which will retain the flood waters
from the mountains and furnish an
abundance of water to frrigate the
| 1000 acre tract of land owned by the
Bitter Root Valley Irrigation company.
The project was contemplated a
number of years ago and the Myers
contract early in the spring, work pe-
| ing commenced on the 18th day of
May and the canal will be completed
by the first day of December. The
dam will have been raised to the
height of 40 feet by this time so that
ample irrigation facilities Will be fur
nished for next season, and the work
will be completed in the spring.
The canal and dam will cost the tr-
rigation company 100000 when
completed and will furnish water for
a 10000 acre tract of land which is
of the semiarid class at the present
time. Similar land which is now I'M
der irrigation is selling at from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty dol
| lars an acre
One hundred and sixty teams and
| six steam shovels are being used on
| the work at the present time and a
small army of men. The canal will
be "a feet wide in the bottom and AZ
| ing from to 100 feet in height ac-
| cording to the location of the noun
tain sides. The minimum depth of
the canal will be six feet when COM
| pleted.
The tract of land which Is TO be
watered from this immense plant IL
| located just south of the famous Mar
Gus Daily ranch of $4,000 acres. which
| is one of the beauty spots of the state
of Montana. Years ago Marcus DAILY
had all of the drives and roads on the
| farm hedged with rows OF popular
| trees and today one may traver over
the estate in the shade of these trees.
THAT is surely Gods country" said
Mr. Myers, land never expect to see
prettier land. This is the country
OF opportunity ana tnere IS no mistake
about it and can not understand why
it is not filled to overlooking with
| people. I met a man who was forced
to go there from Kentucky for his
health. He had never seen a real
| farm. but paid $4,000 for a 20-acre
| orchard planted to Lambert cherries
The first season he sold his crop for
| $4,000 and this year he has refused
an offer of $4,000 for his cherry CROP
and an offer of $4,000 cash for his
farm. 1 saw team of horses driven
into a field of oats and it disappeared
as completely as though 1t had beer
driven into the big deep woods.
never saw anything like it anywhere
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-10

cinct be thrown out entirely, Green
wood would win. Legal authorities
have stated that the vote on offices
other than precinct committeeman
could not be thrown out in that pre-
cinct no matter what the finding of
the probate court.
mo bunch of voters can be disfran-
chised on account of any derelict act
On the part of the election judges
says John Schenck. county attorney.
Candidates may demand a recount of
ballots, and get it, but they cannot
throw out a whole precinct
The Dreaming Humphreys situation
cannot be changed by the closest in
vestigation. Humphreys retains the
majority he secured in the canvass last
Friday. and Dreaming has given no
notice of contest. The vote, as can
vassed, was in favor of Humphreys.
who lost one on one miscount and
gained 10 on another. The vote as
canvassed shows: Dreaming, 2,727;
Humphreys 2,743.
Ever since the night of the pri-
maries, Humphreys has been conceded
the winner. His majority had been
reported close on every corner. Until
the official canvass, the Humphreys
majority was 10. In the canvass he
lost one on one error, and gained 10 on
another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-10

fury. He was made bishop of the do
cese of Geneva, Switzerland, and while
holding this position went to Paris and
preached before Henry Nv in tho
chapel of the Louvre. He refused the
most tempting offers France could
make in the way of money and posi-
ton and returned to his post at
Geneva. St. Francis went on foot
throughout France and visited the
poor. the prisons and became known
everywhere as the friend of the sick
and unfortunate. He renowned lux
uries, multiplied fasts, discouraged
lawsuits and reformed the lax disci-
pline of the monasteries. He was
the author of many noted works that
were translated into many tongues.
He died in 1922 while in company
with Louis XIII of France on a trip
from Avignon to Lyons. If there is
anything in a name and a great life
dlled with good works st. Francis hos
pital in Topeka should become a
notable institution and do its share OF
the worlds work of helping the poor
and unfortunate and relieving the
suffering of mankind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-10
NO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
County Commissioners Refuse Il
Make a Levy.

County Attorney Schenck's opinion
on the Rossville county high school
proposition, which was submitted to
a vote in 1905, was considered by the
county commissioners today, and
upon his judgment, they refused to al
low a levy for the school. The re-
fusal to raise $500 for RossvilIe
high school, is the outcome of lit
tie understood vote taken three years
ago. The proposition, although the
voters did not seem to know 1t, called
for a high school at Rossville, to be
paid for by levy on all the county
outside of Topeka. The proposition
received a majority Of the vote cast
on the proposition, but the county at
torney holds that majority of the
VOTE" as intended in the bill, means
a majority of the regular vote, based
on the vote for certain state officials at
the previous general election. Only a
few people in the whole county voted
on the proposition. and. according to
the county attorney, it did not receive
majority Of the vote"
The county commissioners are In
favor of the county attorneys de-
cision.
TT would hardly be fair" says Mr.
Sterne. "to tax the entire county. out
side of Topeka, for a high school al
Rosville. where they have only three
eligible pupils to such q school"