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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08

as the seashore and mountain delega-
ton of better halves gets out of town
all the summer widowers begin to
cut up didoes and wear shiny spots in
the high places.
According to the general view of the
situation, as sOon as the wife OF an
average summer widower boards a
train for Pickles-on-the-Pike or Oddles-
by-the-Ocean said devilish person, be-
ing temporarily disconnected from
home and fireside, Immediately begins
to Stake his thirst in a neighborlng
rumorium and listen for the frou frou
Of unattached skirts.
Then the summer widOwer, having
tested the preliminary descent on the
moral toboggan, Immediately begins to
map out a campaign of assorted dew
iltry that would make the late lament
ed Julius Q. Caesar take to the miz-
zen peak. He dimes with dizzy danes
at famed blythe breeze resorts, laps
I'D variegated alcohol with the avidity
of a %tin-canned kioodle, rifles the
~pasteboards every other night at SO a
buy-in freezeout, slapS a bundle on the
outlaw ponies running at a ixed rack
In Indian Territory, steams home IN a
seagoing night liner at dawn every
morning, and generally behaves like
an inspired red, white and blue idiot.
That, l say, seems to be the generally
accepted theory of the regular conduct
Of an unattached and foot-loose sum
mer widower.
Say, there's nothing to 1t. It's a
dream, a joke, a screaming farce. Inc
average summer widower, instead or
being a gay dog with wheels on his
shoes and blue flame playing around
his larynx, Is the most mournful and
God-forsaken thing or top OF the
earth. After work what does he do?
He hops a car and trolleys home-but
not to a home. After he's been living
in 1t a week his fiat or his house is so
| frowsy as to be almost u~ninhabitable.
| But he can't think to tell the woman
his wife recommended, and whose
name and address he has forgotten,
to come in and brush things up a bit.
He falls into the bathtub, climbs into
a suit of pajamas and begins to think
over a plan Of campaign for the even
ing. Shall he beat 1t for the beer
garden? Shall he hit the trail for the
~underbrush? Shall he leap out into
the scenery and accumulate a bunlet?
Shall he call on mother-in-law or take
Cousin Mary out for a ride? Shall
he?
And at eleven-ffty-two and seven
eighths this gay dog, this summer wild
over, this unattached hill burner,
wakes up from a Morris chair snooze.
yawns prodigiously, looks ~sheepishly
at the clock, drinks a glass of matted
milk and tumbles into a bed that has
not been made for so long it looks like
q haymOw.
And yet folks will talk! Amt it a
shame, Mabel? Amt it a shame?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
ONLY HOPE FOR TARIFF REFORM.
Voters Must Elect a Democratic Presi-
dent and Congress.

If the Republicans elect their candl-
date for president, and a majority Oh
congress, their tariff policy will be to
revise the tariff higher. If you read
the tariff plank of the Republican plat
form you may be in doubt about what
it declares for, but at all events you
will find no promise of tariff reduc.
ton. Revision of the tariff is prom
Used by a special session of congress
Immediately following the Inaugural
ton of the next president" but not a
word about reducing one schedule. In
fact, there is a promise for establish
ing a maximum or higher tariff, to %
administered by the president against
such countries as impose a high tar1n
against the products of the United
States. That, as Senator Lodge ex-
plains it, is in place of reciprocity
treaties. 1t will be remembered b a
it is only a few years ago that the Re-
publican party was hot footed for reel
p%rocity; at least the Mckinley admin
istration was, but the trust-controlled
Republican senate refused to ratlfy
the treaties that had been nego-
tiated.
Tariff revision has lain dormant
ever since Mr.. Roosevelt became pres
ident, and now appears nothing but
the promise of a still higher tariff to
protect the trusts, if the Republicans
| are successful.
The same old stand-pat gang are in
| full command of the Republican party.
for even if Candidate Taft has any
| idea of tariff revision, his hands have
been tied by his own Endorsement OF
the platform which the stand-patters
prepared for him.
There will be Republican candidates
for congress in close districts who Will
promise, if elected, to vote for tariff
reform. but that such promises are
worthless to the trust-plundered people
is seen by the fact that a majority or
the Republicans that will be elected
are those who have been renominated
and are part of the Cannon-Sherman
stand-pat machine. The Republicans.
if they again control congress, will
hold a caucu n the Stand-paC ma
jority will control that caucus and re-
elect Cannon for speaker, and he VIII
appoint, as he has always done, a
stand-pat ways and means committee,
where all tariff legislation must orig
mate.
It does not require any evidence to
prove that If the. Democrats elect the
president and congress there will be
a real tariff reform measure passed by
the house of representatives, and the
only obstacle to abolishing the protec-
/ ton the. trusts now enjoy will be the
trust-controlled Republican senators.
Public opinion, however, which is
largely for real tariff reform, undoubt-
edly will force many Republican sena-
tors to vote against their party on the
tariff issue.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
Little Cause for FeIicitation.

While the congress is felicitated
upon the appointment of two COM
missions to study out a plan or tariff
tinkering during the recess, there Is
no loud Boosting owe the circum-
stance that the wood-pulp tariff tax
on intelligence in American schools
and homes was hedged about with i'm
nregnable barriers up to and beyond
the day of adjournment.
There is a hurrah for the inland
waterways commission and another
for the currency commission, but the
fact is not dwelt upon that of the
81, 900, 0s 1000 appropriated no. a dol
lar goes to the great inland waterway
to which western commerce looks for
relief from freight congestion and
heavy freight charges.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
LOVES LOGIC.

I know from looking in your eyes
Why Adam lost his paradise;
| know, from listening to your song,
Why Troy was fought for, ten years
long;
I know. whene'er / touch your hand
Why Antony betrayed his land.
You frown, and l perceive full well
Why Dante took the path of hell
And why he climbed 10 heaven see
When you have deigned to smile on me!
Yet Eve was foolish all her life,
And Helen was a faithless Wl1e;
And Cleopatra-as for her,
We know what sort her morals were-
Yea. Beatrice's love would seem
The Pigment of a poets dream.
SO you. more wise. more pure ana mor'
Divine than all these DANES or yore-
Is if so strange you've made me, then
A bigger fool than all those men!
Cleveland Leader.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
SHOWS UP BLUFF"
LITTLEFIELD REClTES FACTS
ABOUT TRUST BUSTING.
Republican Congressman in Speech
Demonstrates How Little Real
Good Has Been Accom-
plished in the Matter.

It shows the strange VlclSSltudeS vi
the politics of to-day when Congress
man Littlefield of Maine, whom the
labor people tried so hard to oeleaI
two years ago, and h Speaker Gan
non and Sherman, the present RepuD-
lican candidate for vice-presldent, sue
ceeded in electing, should now De
caustically criticising President Roose-
Welt and his administration. Speaking
before the Illinois Bar association, ne
points out that but seven convlctlons
had been secured under the sherman
law since September IA, l9ol, "heh
President Roosevelt became president,
although Senator Lodge in the Repub-
lican national convention declared that
President Roosevelt had enforced the
laws as he found them on the statute
book. The Republican platform con-
graduates the country on the enforce
ment of all the laws. But, says Mr..
Littlefeld:
IN the light of cases l have cited to
you it would see that proclamation
and not performance constitutes en-
forcement of the law"
That hit from the shoulder at Presi-
dent Roosevelt, showing his boastlng
of performances that have been out
feebly accomplished and h greater
boast of the Republican platform upon
which Taft is %straddling, shows how
little confidence can be placed In Re
publican declarations and Republican
politicians.
Referring to the amendment prom
ised in the Republican platform to the
antitrust law, Congressman Littlefleld
further said:
when it becomes necessary to give
| force to a law by that process, the act
does not commend itself to my good
Judgment. The amendment is said TO
have the object of requiring all cor
porations or individuals, who seek to
| get the benefit Of it's provisions, to
register themselves with the bureau
of corporations that they may lave
conferred upon them benefits and pro-
visions that do not % exist under the
law.
Il am at all times opposed to placing
in the hands of any bureau the power
to supervise and regulate the business
of 81, 900, 900 people. But the most
serious legal objection is the fact that
it would invalidate the penal character
of the act. If this was invalidated
there would not be enough of the act
left for any extended discussion"
But the most startling statement OF
this Republican congressman was the
acknowledgment thai the trusts and
their magnates had escaped justice,
for he declared:
1T may be that the predatory rich
are lurking in every corner and that
m~alefactors of great wealth abound
If this be true, and they have been
going about seeking whom they may
devour,' the extent to which the wick
ed have thus far gone unwhipped OF
justice borders upon the grotesque."
And yet in view of these facts the
president and the Republican party
audaciously claim to be trust busters
when at the same time the hands OF
the Republican managers are reekins
with the filthy lucre of the trusts and
corporations. ,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
Point of Interest Neglected.

Did you ever hear of Duff Green's
Row." Or, did you ever hear of the
"Old Capitol Prison." They are one
and the same. After the capitol was
destroyed by the vandals of Great
Britain the congress, for a brief period,
occupied Duff Green's Row." Forty
years afterward, during the civil war,
this row of buildings located on the
corner Of Second street and A, north
east, vas used as a prison for con-
federates and confederate sympathiz-
ers, and was known as the "Old Capt.
toll Prison The row is still there,
but no effort has been made, nor does
there seem any likelihood that any eff
fort will be made. to preserve this
historic landmark.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
A Dilemma for Republicans.

Of course, we all know the beet
trust was busted and the beef COM
bine has long ago been enjoined from
doing business, The administration
killed it and made the packers pay
fines to deter them from further
~plundering the. American people. Still
the price of beef keeps soaring, and
inquisitive people are asking, if the
beef trust is busted why does not the
price of meat come down instead Of
advancing?
These inquisitive but simple souls
should know that the packers combine
still exists and is evidently making up
for the fines they paid by charging
greater profits. For whereas tho pack
ers' combine was openly conducted.
both as to the control of the market
for cattle and the wholesale price OF
meat, it is now run as a "gentleman's
agreement" and Brother Armour or
Swift sets the price for cattle and
meat from day to day.
There are those unkind Enough to
say that there is a truce between the
administration and the packers, and
that in lieu of more prosecutions ana
fines the packers will be liberal con-
tributors to the Republican campaign
fund. Those Republican voters WAC
feel the pinch of hard times and aign
prices for beef and other trust prod
ucts will have to put up with sucn
pecuniary troubles 'for the sake Of
the party" !.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
Flower Gardens on a Liner.

The Rotterdam, the newest vessel OF
the Holland-American line, is the
heaviest vessel aloat, her gross ton.
mage being $4,000, and she has ac-
c~ommodation for 1856 passengers,
while the crew consists of Ats men.
Many striking features have been in
troduced, the most novel of which Is
the palm court Here flower beds.
palms, and ferns abound, and the cen
ter of the court is surmounted by Z
majestic dome Of stained glass.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08

Washington I
and there are thou
sands upon thou
sands of them
right here in
Washington. And
they are gay dogs,
every One-aS gay
as a boiler eXplo-
l o or a state
funeral.
It makes me
good and tired this
comic supplement
idea, that as soon
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
The Mean Thinq.

She (eyeing the refreshment BOOTH
Dearest, while we are waiting for
the train, don't you think it would
be a good idea to take something?
He-Yes, darling; and since it is
such a beautiful moonlight night, let's
take a walk.-Baltimore American.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
The PHILOSOPHER of EolIY.

Habit is a wonderful thing" OBJ
serves the Philosopher of Folly. Il
Suppose the reason some of these
Wall street men are trying to W
the earth is that somebody has told
them it is thr%ee-fourths water
&Gleyeland Leader.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
"Does your daughter play popular
Opnosites Cause and Effect.

''They say that there is more crime
committed in hot weather"
Yes; heat seems to conduce to
wickedness."
''Now that's strange, that a close
atmosphere should cause loose prin-
ciples. "-Baltimore American.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
Reversed.

"That was a strange fish story
Brown told"
What was it,"
"He said that the fish that got away
was the smallest one of the LOTT
Detroit Free Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
GETTING Even.

Excuse me, sig" demonstrated the
bad barber, but there are several
deem scratches in this coin" .
"Well, we are even, old sport,
laughed the revengeful patron. There
are also several deep scratches in my
chin."-ChicagO Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
Indefinite.

Expectant Heir-Oh, doctor, is there
any hope for us?
Cynical Doctor-Which? Of your un-
cle's recovery or his money?-Balti-
more American.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
for Jack!
On the

The Bridgroom-Ah, darling, | can
e the lovelights in your eyes.
The Bride-Don't be silly, George.
There is nothing in my eyes but Gin
ders.-Chicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
Buus and Kisses.

Patience-We were sitting on the
front stoop, and Jack said every time
he saw a lightning bug he was goln'
to kiss me.
Patrice-Good for Jack!
But l told him every time l saw a
lightning bug Vas going to make him
stop"
Il know the rest of the story. You
kept your eyes closed the whole even
ing."-YOnkers Statesman.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
In Doubt.

"He knows all the stars"
Astronomical or operatic?'-De
troit Free Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
ne Nature to Do It Somehow.

.The Ananias club seems to have
been lying low of late"
oWell, it must lie somehow."-Bai-
tfmore American.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
A Siun.

The honeymoon is about over when
the husband begins to kick about the
'meals.-WashingtOn Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-08
LIVES AND SUFFERS
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SUMNER
WHOEVER.
At Least In Washington WI Have the
Assertion That He Is by No
Means the Gay Dog
Pictured.

This is the open season for he sum-
mer widower, says a writer in the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-20

fee and that I was also the editor
of a revolutionary paper, "Zihna"
(The Struggled. After that we
three, together with our farm la
borer, Uri Skolnik, and our guest,
Johann Andreiko, were bound, in
order to be taken to Mitava.
But before our removal Michaev
gave orders that our farm house
should be destroyed. The roof OF
our home was pulled off piece by
piece, all the windows were broken,
the floors torn up, the furniture de-
stroyed, the silver, money and my
mothers trinkets were stolen.
When the house was almost demol-
ished Michaev threatened that he
would burn 1t to the ground if we
did not confess to revolutionary ac-
tivity. We had nothing to confess,
and nothing had been found against
us. Nevertheless we were taken to
Mitava.
In the Mitava police station l and
my two brothers were kept for four
days and nights without food We
were given no bedding and had to
sleep on the cold, dirty floor. The
chief of police, (Pristav) Saunder-
son, beat us repeatedly, and
dragged us about by the hair, and
kicked us with great violence. We
were quite exhausted, and covered
with hard, CONCEALED blood, when
at last, on Sept. 8 (22), 1906, we.
were transferred to the central
prison of the Kurland province.
Here we were most carefully
searched again and submitted to
the vilest personal indignity. When
l protested against this the chief
warder struck me on the head with
his revolver. We were all there put
into a cell shared by criminals. Il
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

IN the Superior Court of the State
NOf Washington, In and for the
mCounty of Spokane. In the Mat
Eter of the Estate of Rosa Benoy,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that all
persons having claims against said
estate, or against said Rosa Benoy,
are required to present them to
me for allowance at the Office of
s. T. Crane, attorney, Nos. 410-11
Columbia building, city of Spo-
kane, Spokane county. Washing
ton, within twelve months after
the date of the first publication Of
this notice. or they will be forever
barred.
Date of the first publication of
this notice, September 20, 1908.
EMMA MARY STUCK,
Administrative of the Estate OF
Rosa Benoy, Deceased.
S. T. Crane, Attorney for Admin
istratrix, 410-11 Columbia Building,
Spokane, Wash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-20
SPORTING SLDELIGHTS

if he was too late for the event,
Sheridan was told by an official
that he was, unless he wished to
compee with his clothes on. Martin
jerked off his hat and coat, rolled
up his sleeves, and slapped the
little saucer 12S feet, to the amaze
ment of all beholders. This toss
put him in the final, and between
whites he rushed to the dressing
room and put on his athletic toys.
Then he went out and won the
final with a throw of over 1877 feet.
Martin is the great undaunted, all
right
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-20

was arrested on the 4th 17th)
of September, 1906, in my fathers
farm house, Tsalle. in the Volnost
Albertsfried, in the province of
Kurland. Early in the morning
Michaev, the assistant chief of the
secret police of Riga, accompanied
by soldiers and policemen, came to
our house from Mitava. Michaev
ordered the soldiers to break In all
the doors, although they were not
locked. Then my father, 70 years
of age, was taken out into the gar
den and Michaev ordered him to
tell the whole truth about his four
sons, warning him that if he re-
fused to reveal the whole of their
revolutionary activity he should be
shot dead on the spot. Our father
answered that he knew no evil of
us, whereupon Michaev spat in his
face. He then ordered the soldiers
to arrest me and my two younger
brothers, Adolph and Alfred, to
strip off our clothes and to beat
us until we told them where we had
hidden arms. We had no arms what
ever, and answered accordingly.
For this the soldiers repeatedly
struck us down with the butt ends
of their rifles, while Ossipov, the
police officer of Mitava, flogged us
with birches until we were bleeding
all over. My youngest brother
Adolph, was so beaten about the
face that his eyes were closed alto
gether by swellings and wounds.
Michaev, upon hearing that l was a
printer by profession, and was en-
ployed in the printing establish
ment of Compel & Co., in Riga,
struck me in the face, saying that
| printed proclamations in that Of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-20
WHITE FOOTBALL FOR
LATE PRACTICE

Coach Kennedy of the South
Central high school football team,
plans to use a white painted foot
ball for night practice at Recrea-
ton park if he finds, after the first
few nights, that it becomes dark
too early to suit the convenience
of the men. On account of the
hard games in prospect, particular
ly with the Tacoma high school
next Saturday, the boys are to be
put through hard course of train
ing. Trick formations and the for
ward pass will be practiced steadily
until the players gain confidence
in their work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-20
HARE AND HOUNDS CHASE.

The first of the seasons hare
and hounds" chase will start from
the Y. M. c. A. building Saturday
afternoon when 10 hares who will
start about o'clock will be fol-
lowed 20 minutes later by the
sturdy youngsters who will be
known as the hounds. The hares
will scatter bits of paper for a
trail. They will run to Hangman
creek, then around the bluff to
the fort, and crossing the foot
bridge at Natatorium park, will hit
for town as tight as their legs can
carry them. The court is about
six miles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-20

The regime in the prison was ter.
rible. The wardens knocked 'polit
icals" about as well as criminals
The procureur refused to hear any
complaints. ct is the duty of the
procuereur to visit the prison for
the purpose of receiving com,
plaints)
In the solitary cells intended for
one person six or eight were
cooped. There was no space on
which to lay down. The air in the
cell was horribly foul, and there
was no ventilation. Before our win
dows executions frequently took
place. Prisoners were hanged and
shot. The prison resounded with
groans and the lamentations of the
innocent condemned to death. The
real revolutionists assembled the gal
lows with songs. All this was inter
mingled with the crack of rifle
shots, and the sinister sounds
caused us to shed tears at the
thought of the loss of so many limo
cent lives, and to tremble with the
knowledge that our lives were en-
tirely in the hands of the prison
administration.
Many of the "politicals" who
showed their restlessness were
dragged out into the courtyard and
shot before our window. The prison
guards shot without warning any
prisoner who ventured to approach
the window. When l begged that
we might be put in the hospital, or
at least provided with bandages for
our wounds, we were laughed at
and told: That's nothing as yet.
You'll get some more. There's only
one thing good for a revolutionist
"a bullet"
On Sept. IL (25), I and my two
brothers were taken to Riga,
chained in irons, and placed in the
Lifiand central prison. There were
there at that time about 200 ''polit-
icals," already condemned to penal
servitude in the Siberian mines.
Their food consisted of two pounds
day of black bread and evil smell
ing porrige. No sugar or tea. They
were beaten and treated here in
exactly the same manner as in the
former prison. The day after our
arrival we were taken to the prison
office and told that we were to be
delivered into the hands of the Riga
secret police. The agent of the
establishment, Anton, who was
present at the time, added that he
would tear off our skins.
! AOn Sept. 10 (26) we three were
taken under strong military con-
3v6y to the Riga secret police-the
sp-called Riga Museum" At that
time there were about 100 "polit-
.icals" in the cells of the secret po-