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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
AUTO CRASH KILLS TWO MEN.
coney Island Merrymakers slain-Two
Others May Die of Hurt.

New York, June 2.-Whirling up
Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, at a speed
OF SO miles an hour Monday, big
touring automobile containing party
Of merrrymakers who had spent the
night at Coney Island, crashed into a
tree, bounded into the air, turned tur-
tie. and fell upon the occupants. Two
msa were instantly killed, and two
we've 30 severely crushed that they
may die. Two other men who were
In the car escaped almost without q
scratch.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
Barney oldfield Rstirea.

Lowell, Mass, June 3.-Barney Old
field has made his last automobile
race. 80 he says. Last Sunday
nights accident was enough for me-"
he said. To show that he is in earn
est Oldfeld has obtained employment
as chauffeur for H. w. Whipple, an
.AndoveP banker, whose only car Is Of
80 horse power, and probably could
hot go over 80 miles an hour.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
Weather Report.

For month of May, 1908.
Mean temp. 5S.4 degrees.
Max. therm. 8S degrees, 18th.
Min. therm. q degrees, I'd.
Mean Max. 69.7 degrees.
Mean Min. AZ degrees.
Precipitation 9.Os inches.
Prevailing wind south.
Clear days Z. fair 16, cloudy s, wet
days II.
One of the cold Mays, deficiency IL
degrees. Only May and July, 1902.
were wetter in the last 10 years; So per
cent of the month was sunshine. Gale
21st and 18th. Thunder storms on 10
dates. killing frost End and Bird.
Arthur Belts,
U. S. Weather and Crop Repr.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
kansaa L.awysr cuts Throat.

St. Joseph, Mo-, June 3-Robert ].
Roark, supposed TO be lawyer from
Junction City. Kan, cut his throat In
9 hotel here Tuesday. He then
5snped from second story window
.and ran to residence block dis
Sant, burst through window and fell
bead In the kitchen.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
Howard Center.

Jim Lathrop and wife and Percy
Beste spent Sunday with Fred DAVIS
and family.
We are glad to report that frankie
Jones is improving.
Sam Dinger and family entertained
company Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albertson called at the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
Rryan Haef{es Five speeches.

80 "">So 'SS SPSSSuSS'
Chadron, H9P., June Wv. ].
Bryan ope0d he second week of his
Nebraska ~ Is Cdadron. where he
addressed dsfsrE morning crowd
Which had ered to meet his train.
Monday he ME five speeches.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
Cleveland Nearly Recovered.

Princeton, N. j.. June g.-Formsr
President Grover Cleveland, who re-
turned to his home here from Lake
wood, N. j.. whore he had gone about
two months ago, arose early Monday,
ana AFTER hearty breakfast sat read
ing on the veranda Of his residence.
He is said to have almost fully
recovered,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
Lawn Mowers sharpened.

We have bought from F. ]. Prann
the Ideal Mower Grinder. This is the
only grinder in town. Mowers can be
perfectly sharpened ONLY by machine
at the Automobile Shop.
A. W. WENTWORTH.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
Wilde home Wednesday evening,

Fred Hannemen and family visited
with George Hoppe and wife Sunday.
Frank Shafer and wife spent Sunday
afternoon with Sam Dinger and wife.
Albert Albertson and family took a
drive to New Oregon Sunday.
AL. Bonnie and wife visited at the
Lloyd Lathrop home Sunday.
George Lybert and family are eter-
tanning company from.Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Van Schoyck
spent Sunday at the WINNER home.
School closed May 21st, after nine
months successful teaching by Miss
Virginia Nichols.
Jim Smith and crew are saving lum-
Der at the Shuttleworth place.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
Twelve Aurt in Car Panic.

1 Fort Wof6, Tex, June 2.--Twelve
persons were injured, two seriously,
Monday when the motor box on an
Arlington Heights street car caught
fre, causing q panic among pasaen.
$ofas
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-05
Russaa Needle 100000 600

ST. fetessensg. June 3.-Aocordtng
% the R,,sS Hnanoe Minister Kokov.
son has sept letter to the cabinet
proposing The immediate Issue Of an
Internal loan Of 100000 900.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27

whether the preferred eau keep up
its Z per cent payment in view of
the immense fixed charges that
must be nett If the tariff on steel
products is taken off entirely, some
of the pessimists even predict a
disruption of the stetel trust.
Certainly If the democrats
should come into power there will
be an effort to make radical reduc-
tion in the steel tariff. The duty
now amounts to 1912 per long
ton. To cut that in two would
mean less profits by at least SO a
ton ON all the steel corporation
production, which duriug 1906
amounted to 13,500,000 tons. The
tariff means from $50,000,000 to
$100,000,000 year to the trust,
and the bears in the stock market
scarcely believe that this corpora
tion will be handled with gloves
during the coming campaign.
Manifestly, on the outcome of this
years political developments will
rest in large measure the question
as to whether the corporation will
be permitted to go on rolling up
such tremendous profits as ii has
In the past.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
COSSACKS IN
TIGHT CORNER
PEReiANS HAVE RISEN TO
DRIVE OUT CARS RAIDERS
AND LATTER ARE OVER
WHELMED BY NUMBERS.

VIENNA, April 27-Terrific fight
ing is reported on the Russo
Persian frontier. The entire popu-
lation of the mountain region
south of the Arass river Is rising
against the Russian force, now
about $500 strong, sent into their
country to punish the Kurds for
raiding the cars territories.
The cossacks continue to hold
their position, which is very criti-
cal according to dispatches from
st. Petersburg~ Available military
forces in striking distance of the
fighting are exhausted and the pres
ent body in the field will fight out
its own salvation. The cossacks,
with modern machine guns, have
no trouble in Battering down viii
lage walls and inflicting heavy
loss on the enemy, but they are
overwhelmed by sheer weight of
numbers.
The continued massing of
Turkish troops on the sultan's
frontier greatly adds to the cars
apprehensions. Grand Duke Nichol-
.sievitch has departed for the eau
casus. presumably to take charge
of the military forces in that re-
gion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
REPUBLICANS CAN'T
FIRE DEMOCRATS

TACOMA. April 27--Superior
Judge Miles l.. Clifford has decided
George McAlvey is fire chief OF
Tacoma anu that Jesse C. Poyns,
the newly appointed fire chief, has
no right to the Office until Mayor
Lincks and Poyns can bring quo
warranto proceedings and prove
that the civil service regulations
covering the fire department, city
engineers Office, water and light
department and the city librarians
force do not apply to him.
The case is an important one, in
view of the large numbers of demo
Gratis holding Offices in these vari-
Gus departments, for every one Of
which several republicans have
made applications. City Attorney
Stiles announced in court immedi-
ately following the decision he
would appeal the case to the SUI
preme court.
The decision is taken by the
democrats as a test and that all
democrats now in the city employ
will not be further disturbed in the
courts, and that to remove them
from Office charges will have to
be made and the city council sit
as arbiter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
FLOATS INTO OFFICE
on FLOOD Of BEER

KENOSHA, April 27.-In the
year when prohibition wave is
sweeping all other. parts of the
country, Matthew j. Scholey has
ridden into the Office of mayor of
Kenosha on a beer key.
Ten years ago Scholey was bar
tender. Politicians drank at his
bar and gossiped over their foamy
glasses at his tables. He absorbed
a few things about politics,
Scholey ran for alderman and
was elected by his foreign support
ers. Then he quit tending bar. But
a big brewery recognized his abil-
ity as an organizer and made him
its agent. Soon he had 100 saloons
paying him royalty.
Two years ago he ran for mayor,
but was defeated by eight votes.
Determined to win this year he
made it a point to keep valuable
political lieutenants supplied with
numerous kegs of beer. The result
was that Scholey floated right into
Office on the foam. He had a record
breaking majority and a machine
that obeyed his wishes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
BY w. G. NICHOLAS
Financial Expert

NEW YORK, April 27.-Wall st.
has a red mark around April 2S on
its calendar. On that day the di-
rectors of the steel trust will meet
to take action on the quarterly divi-
dends and issue a statement of OPP
erations for the first quarter of the
year.
AS the steel trade Is looked upon
as a barometer of general business
conditions, so in the street the &C
ton of the steel corporation issues
is of overpowering importance on
the whole market.
There are probably more names
on the stock books of this concern
than on those of any other corpor-
alton in the world. There is
scarcely a town of any Importance
in the country where Steel COM
mon" is not held. Consequently
Wall st. manipulators generally de-
spair of securing public support in
the market unless there is a bull
movement in Little Steel"
During the panic this stock sold
down close to 500 share, and its
rise since then to above $780, and
lately to over $35, has furnished
greater stimulant to the market
than anything else could. For
merly the stock paid per cent
dividends, but for the past two
years the dividend has been at the
rate of only per cent, while moth.
ing at all was paid during the two
years following March, 1904.
The general impression is that
the directors will declare the same
distributions as have been in force
when they meet April 2S, but
Wall st. will try to read from the
figures then presented what the
outlook for their continued main
tenance Is.
Last December the stetcl cor
poration earned net little over
$4,000, 900. an amount insufficient
to take care OF proportionate fixed
and depreciation charges and divi
dends. Business picked up in Jan
uary, and bullish hopes were
aroused, predictions being freel,
made that the first quarter woul6
show a good deal more than 500,
000,000 earned. During March
however, there was such a decided
back-set that 1t is doubtful now
whether better than $l7,000,000 will
be shown, Untitled orders on Dec
81 last aggregated 4.624,553 tons
and the amount OF the falling of
during the three months thereafter
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
TAFT HAS 282 DELEGATES SOLID

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 277
Taft headquarters today claimed
2S2 delegates in the national con-
vention on figures obtainable up to
date, and declare that there is no
possibility that 272 will be con-
tested.
Some Taft managers claim 800,
but this Is considered to be too
high, as Is of this number at least
are taken from the contested
column.
Because OF the bolt of the New
Idea republicans in New Jersey.
led by Everett Colby and Mayor
Pagan of Jersey City, Bryan hopes
to capture the electors from that
state should he be nominated at
Denver.
The New Idea" republicans de-
clare that they will put an indepen-
dent republican ticket Of electors in
the field as protest against Boss
Lentz Tatis. They control 10000
votes in Essex and Hudson coun-
ties and beat Dryden for the United
States senatorship last year.
Colby acknowledges that the bolt
may defeat Taft in New Jersey, but
declares it the only way possible
to reform the republican party in
the state.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
WALL ST. HOLDING ITS BREATH
FOR TOMORROW'S Statement

will also be an important item as
furnishing some basis for specula'
ton as to how the business for the
current quarter will figure.
There are two parties in Wall st.
with very different notions as to
the future Of the steel stocks. The
bulls believe that, with its $113,000,-
600 surplus, it's increased earning
power on account of the new plants
at Gary, Ind, and Duluth, its al
legged ability to hold up prices dur
ing the dull period, the certainty
that the railroads will have to buy
immense quantities of steel pro-
ducts before long owing to their
retrenchment policy, which has
permitted of much depreciation in
their physical condition, and above
all with the manifest favor in
which it is held by the administra-
ton. the so-called good trust" will
emerge from the present business
depression greater and stronger
than ever, and that the common
stock will some day sell well above
the preferred. They point to the
fact that two years or so ago, when
there was a virtual steel famine N
the country. the trust kept on SELL
ing at the established figures while
Its competitors exacted fancy
prices, which they consider an am
Pile answer to those who believe the
trust ought to cut prices now that
its mills are more than half Idle.
The bears on Steel assert that
the independent steel manufacture
ing interests will not be able to
hold out much longer with bust
ness on the present scale, and that
they will be forced to reduce prices
radically to secure orders enough
to pay their fixed charges, and
that the trust will find it neces'
sary to follow suit in manner
that will cut deeply into earnings
they believe that the political
campaign will be accompanied by
tariff discussions calculated &c
make business interests more con
servative than ever. Pig iron
prices have been cut almost IN two
during the past year. and they see
no reason to believe that the stee'
trade alone, among the industries
of the country, will find 1t posi-
BILE to hold up wages and prices
during a period of general read
justment SO they predict that
the corporation's second quarter
will be worse than the first, an,
that the common stock will before
long be paying nothing, while
there will be a big question as t.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
DID BALDWIN DO
TINS WICKED THING

The old democratic warehouses;
won out in the county convention
Saturday, but they knew they had
been to a fight when it was over!
The Bryan platform went through
without a hitch, but there was a
scrap over the endorsement Of
Councilman Baldwin as national
delegate at large. The young
democrats forced a ballot on this,
but the old liners carried it through
by a good margin, although it might
have been considerable closer had
the kids got busy sooner.
Either Baldwin or Drumheller is
in shaky place, however, If
George Turner takes notion that
he wants to be a delegate In that
event he is likely to be selected
as delegate at large, hut it ia as
sumed that Merritt, Baldwin ct al,
have looked up that phase of the
question.
Here is serious charge against
Baldwin. 1t is alleged that "a of
his delegates in the city were put
on the city payroll after the
primaries.
Baldwin merely smiles at this
and so does Mayor Moore, who fig
ures-that he at least knows what
is going on in the city hall patron
age inc.
No serious differences are appar-
ent as a result OF the convention
and the democrats are getting lined
up for what they believe will be an
interesting season for the republic
can brethren this fall.
The county platform covers
about everything of "a reform ma
ture that has been advocated by
PrVau
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
FULTON WINS IN
SUIT FOR LIBEL

SALEM, Ore, April 27.-Judge
Burnett today sustained Sen. Full
tons demurrer to j. S. Smiths
suit for $1,000 damages for libel
which will probably cause a dis
missal of the suit. Smith charged
that Fulton slandered him when he
accused Smith of perjury in regard
to the Smith affidavit given to He
ney in which he accused Fulton OF
trying TO bride him to vote for
Mitchell In 1897.
When Fulton reached Portland
he characterized the affidavit as a
deliberate falsehood and Smith
brought suit.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
SOUTHERN PACIFIC HAS
BOUGHT SPOKANE SITE

Spokane is the only eastern ter
minal named and it is regarded as
certain that the big deals in this
city for Front av. property were
swung by agents of the new line,
which is evidently Southern Pa
cific enterprise projected into Hill
territory. BY reaching Spokane the
line gets into the heart of the
Northwest, with the probable OBJ
ject of eventually connecting up at
Ogden. Communication with the
northern end of the system would
be easy over the Union Pacific
branch Hartman is building north
to Tacoma.
w. S. McCrea, of the firm of Nc
Crea & Merryweather, which pur-
chased the Front av. property as
agents, refuses to either deny or
confirm the statement that the
Southern Pacific is the real buyer
of the DrODprty
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
CLOTHING FLOATS
DOWN RIVER

Lyle Matthews. while walking
yesterday along the river bank near
Fort Wright. found coat. necktie
and hat floating in the river. He
got the articles to shore and noti-
fed the police. There was nothing
in the pockets of the coat to indi-
cate who the owner was. 1t is pos
sible, the police think. that some
one may have shed the coat be-
fore he jumped into the river to
end his life.
No disappearance, however, has
been reported and the officers are
at loss to find some clew to the
owner of the coat. 1t is practically
new.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
H|LL-HARR|MAN
BATTLE HERE.

On completion of the new Port
land & Seattle railroad, the o. r. e.
N. will be in a position where It
must put up big fight for busi-
ness. With this end in view a spe-
cial fast train between this city is
to be arranged for. Negotiations
for the equipment are now going
on.
1t is proposed to install the fast
est and best equipped train in the
Northwest on the line in the Hill
Hartman fight.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
HOME committee
WILL MEET TONIGHT

The 100000 club committee on
the Home of the Friendless project
will meet tonight in H. M. Ste
phens' Office in the Peyton build
ing to assign the WORK of closing up
the new building campaign to sub
committees and attending to such
other business as remains to be
taken up. Nothing definite has yet
been decided as to the selection of
a site for the new home.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
BURIED ALIVE IN
HUGE LANDSLIDE

MONTREAL. April 27.--Prob-
ably so inhabitants of the village
of Notre Dame de Salette ON the
Lievre river were buried alive yes
terday by landslide that crashed
down onto the little town. covering
half of il. One entire family Of IL
was wiped out in their home. The
place is isolated and particulars
are lacking. Heavy rains and melt
ing snow loosened the earth on the
mountainside and the catastrophe
Occurred without warning
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27

Here's the secret of the extensive
railway purchases made last fall
by an unknown railway company Of
property on the north side Of
Front av. and east from Post st.
Announcement is made in Taco
ma of the organization of a new
railroad, the Pacific Southeastern,
to be built from Tacoma through
to Spokane. 1t will branch out to
North Yakima and Walla Walla.
Among the capitalists in the new
project are Charles Lathrop,
brother of the late Mrs. Jane
Lathrop Stanford; Gen. T. P. Hub
bard. All three of the men named
were prominent in the building of
the Southern Pacific road.
The capital stock of the new
road is placed at $4,000, 900, and
the company has already purchased
600 acres of terminal grounds at
Tacoma.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27

returned to Jail.
The charge on which Brown was
to be tried was ENLIGHTENMENT Of
Sacramento Gas Co. securities. The
plea Of guilty came as complete
surprise save to the district at
torney and the defendants attor-
ney.
Just before receiving sentence
Brown, in quavering voice, stated
that he had never received cents
worth of benefit from money en-
bezzled and that he had always
worked for the best, interests of
the bank.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
STRIKERS WORKING ON
THEIR OWN ACCOUNT

The union metal workers who
went on strike some time ago are
busy soliciting business on their
own account now and state that
they have three shops in operation
employing 10 men. They also say
that the contractors who have big
jobs on their hands are anxious for
a settlement of the trouble, but
that the smaller shops will not con
sent to the new scale. One $4,000
piece of work is tied up complete
". 1t is stated, by the strike.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27

sell explained that the site original
ly selected adjoining the forestry
building had been surrendered on
account of the lumbermen planning
to park 1t. OF three available loca-
tions left the committee chose the
best, the highest spot on the
grounds. at the head of Roosevelt
av, facing circle to be artistical-
ly laid out in flowers and natural
ornaments. The committee be-
lieves the county will be enabled
to make an advantageous display
here in spite of disappointment
over the first choice made. The
report was formally adopted by the
commission.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
hOBSON STILL HAS HOPES

Congressman Richmond Pearson
Hobson, who as captain of the
navy became famous in a desper-
ate attempt to block Santiago har-
Dor in Cuba during the war with
Spain, will lecture at the First M.
Il. church this evening on the sub
ject Of national defense. AS a con
gresham he has been active in
supporting the presidents policy of
building more battleships, and still
has hopes for the success of that
policy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
NEGOTIATING FOR
PUBLIC MARKET SITE

II. Harvey, who is the only one
of the property owners along Sec
ond av. between Washington and
Stevens SITS, where Mayor Moore
wants to establish a public free
market site, has not yet been
heard from, but Lawrence r. Ham
blen, his attorney, has taken up
the matter With him and expects
in a few days to inform the mayor
Of his clients position.
1t is necessary for the success of
the market scheme to have the
consent of all abutting property
owners. All but Mr.. Harvey have
agreed TO it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
WILL BEGIN HOME
INDUSTRY CAMPAIGN

The most vigorous home indus
try campaign yet will begin with
the home industry committee of
the 10000 club Thursday. The
movement was outlined at today's
meeting of the club in a general
discussion. Smoke Spokane cigars.
use Spokane furniture and in short
patronize every line of local manu-
facture Is to be the slogan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
BANKER BROWN
PLEADS GUILTY
Expected to Confess Crimes of Other
California Financiers.

SAN FRANCISCO, April Ell.
Dalzell Brown, former manager of
the California Safe Deposit & Trust
Co., now defunct, when placed on
trial this morning pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to 10 months
Imprisonment.
In return for the light sentence
In the state prison, Brown will
make a complete confession. He
will tell his story to the grand jury
this afternoon and as result 1t is
thought that indicted officials Of
the bank now out on bail will be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-27
WEDNESDAY GREAT
DAY FOR WO0DMEN

Wednesday will be a great day
for the Spokane Woodmen of the
World. 1t Is the date of the big
'log rolling" and the occasion will
be marked by the presence of the
highest officers of the order.
Among these are Head Consul
Boak, Head Advisor Beale. Head
Banker Snodgrass and Head Man
ager aPttison.
Several hundred candidates will
be initiated into the order and the
event will be properly celebrated.