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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
THE USES OF CHALK
A Young Man Coming Home In a
Hurry Discovers One Of Them.

A Young Mar Coming Home In q
Hurry Discovers One Of Them.
81 read in some paper the other
day." the young man said. "of the ar
rival at this port of a shipload OF
chalk, and l wondered what under the
canopy anybody could want of a ship
load of chalk and what they used
chalk for anyway.
'Going home last night I got Malt
a dozen little spatters of mud on my
shirt bosom and collar, and I'd got
to go out again right away, and !
really didn't have time to change my
apparel. but there were those spatters
of mud on my shirt.
"sJust wait a minute said my room.
mate, who knows several things, and
he went to his chiffonier and got out
a piece of chalk, with which he deity
chalked over those little mud spots
so that they didn't show.
There he said, 4 guess they'll
60 all right now, at night
And they did. I am still wonder,
ing what anybody should want CT a
shipload Of chalk, but l have now dis.
covered at least one of chalk's uses.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
A Testimonial Requested.

Stories at the expense of the woman
%suffragists are innumerable. One man
has noticed that his sister is making
inroads upon his haberdashery. He
complains that she might at least give
him a testimonial.
What do you mean" asked the
lady.
well, you might say something like
this: Dear Jack-Since using your
shirts and collars I am a new wo'
man."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
Spoke Without Words.

Dear, dear" an old gentleman ex.
claimed in amazement. and this
deaf and dumb man-deaf and dumb
from his birth-entered a shop and
spoke? lmpossible!"
WELL" remarked his incorrigible
nephew, preparing for flight. che came
into the bicycle shop while was
there and lifted up a wheel and
spoke!"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
In the Mission Sunday School,

Teacher-And what do you suppose
all the animals did during those forty
days in the ark?
"Smarty" Wiiliams-They jest loaf
ed around and scratched themselves.
SANDY" Toole (disdainfully) -
Chuck it, Smarty! What'd they scratch
for, when there was only two ieas?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
The Difference,

Young men are not as earnest as
they were in u day." said the
reminiscent citizen.
NO" answered Mr.. Sirius Barker.
Instead of burning the midnight oil
they put in all their time exploding
gasoline"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
Truf6 and
Quality

appeal to the Well Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing, Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it ~cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
On which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. 70 get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
aists-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
Something Wronq.

"Accort'ng to statistics" declared
the Oldest inhabitant, I'VE should have
had a divorce scandal in Plunkville
once every six weeks for the past two
years"
Well what of ito"
I'VE amt had emf"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
An Early Bird.

The gilded youth had entered his
fathers bank to learn the business.
Son. said the gratifed banker,
I'm glad to see that you get here
promptly at 8 O'Clock"
Il could get here even earlier, dad.
Our club, you know, closes at 81,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20

bles, bearing down sensations, etc..
On June goth, 1907, four and one-half
years later, she said: II haven't had
kidney trouble since. I repeat my
testimony"
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
What He Meant.

Housewife-Why don't you get a
job and keep it?
Hobo-I'm like de little bird dat
keeps flynn from limb to limb.
Housewife-G'wan, you're only a
bum! How could you fly from limb to
limb?
Hobo-I mean de limbs o. de law,
mum!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
The Bank Roll.

You took your vacation early"
yes" said the young man, pensive-
ly. I'm on my way home"
Thinking Of the girl you left be-
hindu"
NO; the wad."
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a Near.Rinht Answer.

Some funny things happen in the
school room. A Brooklyn teacher call.
ed upon a small boy to define multi
tude."
"a multitude said the boy, "is
what we get when we multiply"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20

ney troubles. Is that
relief lasting? Let
Mrs. James M. Long,
of 113 N. Augusta
ST., Staunton, Va,
tell you. On January
31st, 1903, Mrs. Long
wrote: "Doan's Kid
ney Pills have cured
me- (of pain In the
back, urinary trou-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
Her Little Slip.

Departing Guest - We've had a
simply delightful time.
Hostess-I'm so glad. At the same
time l regret that the storm kept all
of our best people away.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
How Could She Expect II?

Lady-The last fish | had from you
didn't seem very fresh.
Fishmonger-Well, mum. how can
can you expect fresh fish from salt
water?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
The Eternal Masculine.

IF you were awakened by a fire in
the middle of the night what would
you think of saving frst?"
MY trousers"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20
THE TIME TEST.
That Is What Proves True Merit.

Doan's Kidney Pills bring the quick.
est of relief from backache and kid
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20

Those. Tired. Aching Feet of Yours.
need Aliens Foot-Ease. 2c at your Druggists
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20

OF course the mean dispositions Of
other people never harmonic with
your swn.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children ~teething, softens the gums, reduces In.
aammation, sllays pain, cures wind collie. 25c . bottle,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-08-20

WE ELL GUNS AMI TRAPS CHEAP
& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalOg 10;
N. w. Hide 81 Fur Co., Minneapolis. MINI
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
S. P. 3 s. ROAD SOLVES
CITY ROUTE PROBLEM
Will Connect With G.. N. by Trestle
Over Hangman Greek.

To connect with the Great
Northern is the presen, plan now
being worked out by the Portland
& Seattle people. Since the grade
separation project was withdrawn
the company has had to remodel
most of it's plans. Work even
stopped for awhile on construction.
But 1t has been resumed again
with certainty of completion by
finding a route through the city to
which there can be no legal objec-
ton.
1t is proposed to build a high
trestle, half mile in length, over
Hangman creek and the Spokane
river from the Spokane, Portland
C Seattle line to Nettleton ST.,
where it will connect with the
present line of the Great Northern.
This trestle is not expected to
bother anyone with noise or dirt
as it is located at least 200 yards
from the nearest dwelling In
Brownies addition. 1t crosses di,
rectly over the old city dump. Chief
Engineer Croswell today is out on
the line to further perfect the
plans.
Officials believe that all objec.
ton to the plan to run through
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
BATTLE TONIGHT
AT HIGH SCHOOL

Tonight the young democrats and
juvenile republicans 80 to the mat
in the high school auditorium over
the momentous issue of whether or
not the best interests of the coun-
try demand continuation in power
of the republican party.
All four of the debaters are col
lege men with strings of forsenic
scalps to their credit, and redhot
fight is expected. The prospect was
SO CORY that the school board first
refused to risk the high school as
a meeting place, but later recon
sidered.
George A. Lee anu Arthur w.
Davis will argue the question from
the republican standpoint against
V. T. Iustin and Robert l.. McWil.
liams, democrats. Sam Edelstein
will referee. The audience will be
the jury Certain members of both
organization will be searched be
fore entering the hall and required
to leave their artillery in the check
room.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21

Sensational charges that may pos
sibly give an insight into the
methods of some lawyers who are
located here, have been filed in the
superior court by Attorneys Sea-
bury Merritt, Frank T. Post and
M. j. Gordon against Attorney
James Hopkins. Attorney r. l..
McWilliams has been appointed to
prosecute disbarment proceedings.
Attorney Hopkins says the entire
allegations are parce of lies made
out Of whole cloth and he will
prove them so in court. He has
been cited to answer June 80.
Three counts are charged against
him. In previous complaint -
counts were listed. The complaint
goes back to 1893 and charges that
when Hopkins was an officer of an
insurance company which suspend
ed he misappropriated %. $4,000
worth of assets to himself
1t is alleged that in 1903 he in.
duced ap illiterate Idaho farmer
named Paul Peters to sign a deed
to his land, thinking he was CIV
ing Hopkins power Of attorney,
The deed was made to Martin
Kalez of this city. Hopkins, it is
further alleged, represented to
Kalez that the taxes had not been
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
YOU DON'T SEE BRYAN THERE

NEW YORK, May 21.-All politi-
cal communications for the large
and conservative" business inter-
ests should be addressed "care Taft
Band Wagon"
There has been millionaires'
gum shoe movement in behalf of
the big secretary for over two
months. 1t got under way Friday,
March 10. 1t was started without
reference to the Taft campaign
headquarters in Columbus and
Washington. The results have been
large. Blank membership cards to
the number of 100000 were sent out
to New York republicans, and these.
duly signed, are being returned by
the thousand daily.
Fifty Yale men, many of them
prominent in the financial and bus
mess world, were promoters of the
enterprise.
Perhaps the most significant of
all indications that the financial dis
trict is for Taft is the acceptance by
Jacob H. Schiff of place as vice
president in the organization.
Schiff's firm is among the two or
three most powerful banking inter
ests in the country, and finances
things for Japan, the Pennsylvania
railroad, and other large concerns.
Schiff is ledaer in the financial
and banking circles OF the first de-
gree, and his lineup for Taft is ac-
copied as an Indication that all
Wall St and kindred interests have
concluded that Taft is the man for
their money.
A majority of the so leading off,
GERS and committeeman of the Taft
organization are millionaires. 1t is
said they have in the past given 20
per cent Of the contributions to the
republican presidential campaign
road and insurance men and manu-
IaCturerS.
Schiff and his banking house
have always been an important part
OF what is called "the system" and
figured in the greatest financial I'M
dertakings Of Morgan, Rockefeller
and Hartman.
In his letter accepting the vice
presidency of the Wall st. Taft or
ganization. Schiff sail
81 have followed Mr.. Taft's career
for many years-from the time Of
his appointment as United States
circuit judge-and have been i'm
pressed with his fidelity and ability.
With Mr.. Taft in the presidential
chair | feel convinced that every le-
ultimate interest will be safe"
1t is suspected that President
Roosevelt had nervous chill when
he heard that the Wall st. anaconda
was about to swallow his candidate
for president.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
BUSINESS BAD BUT
RAILROADS DEMAND
$4,000, 900 MORE
Special Correspondence to The Prssa.

Special Correspondence to The Fresh.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 21.-
Is the public in mood to make a
special annual donation OF SIS, 0OO,-
900 to the railways of the country?
This neat little pickup" repre-
sents the increase in net earnings
that would result from the proposed
10 per cent increase in freight
rates. 1t would be paid, OF course,
by the public, in higher prices of
food and other commodities.
Another interesting view for the
public is that one third of this in
crease will mean an additional $685.
100000 in dividends without the in
vestment by the railroads of an ex-
ira dollar AS the operating ex-
penses of a railway do not increase
with freight rates, the 100000
is a gift from the consumer pure
and simple.
Do the railways have an explana-
ton?
Sure.
Business is bad, and operating
expenses are constantly increas-
ing" says the president of a trunk
line in defense Of the proposed adj
vance. The public should under
stand that the month of March was
one of the worst months the rail-
roads have known"
The railroads don't submit fig
ures. however. Here they are for
that very month of March, as taken
from the reports filed by the rail
roads with the interstate COM
merce commission:
Santa Fe-Mileage, 100; operat-
ing revenues, s6,2S0, $50; operating
expenses and taxes, $3,730,47l;
operating income, s2.550,149.
For March, worst month rail
roads have known" the earnings of
the Santa Fee would pay nearly 8
per cent interest.
Mileage. 9,022; oper-
ating expenses and taxes, s4152.-
S67: operating income, s2,l02,327.
The earnings of the Burlington
for March would pay nearly 8 per
cent interest. and the earnings of
the Chicago 4 Northwestern would
pay nearly per cent. And no men
ton need be made OF watered
stock. nor questionable expendi
lures charged to operating ex.
penses.'
President Roosevelt will be APP
pealed to as soon as the conference
with the governors on conservation
adjourns. and asked to prevent the
railways from putting the 10 per
cent increase into effect until it can
be investigated by the interstate
commerce commission.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
SAYS
PHILLIPS

The sort of ammunition that is
being used by the Spokesman-Re-
view In It's war on the board of
public works Is shown up in an in
terview this morning In which
Councilman Phillips Is made to say
that he Is engineering a frameup
to GUST the whole board because of
the deadlock encountered in the
attempted elimination Of Commits
sioner ONO.
ut was all a d. lie," declared
Phillips this afternoon. 81 did not
talk to a Review reporter on any
subject"
SO far as indications today go
Mayor Moore is still blocked In his
effort to remove ONO. but Is still
busy.
Omo's friends In the council are
now in the majority and are Bald
win, Gray and Funk, democrats:
Lambert, Phillips and Schiller, re-
publicans. Those who are with the
mayor are Ostrander, Watkins,
Dalke and Mohr. ONO expresses
confidence in his ability to stay
where he is.
The whole show Is one for gods
and men to laugh at, And It's part
ly republican now. by the way. The
biggest fraction Is Spokesman-Re-
view.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
LAWYERS CHARGE HOPKINS
WITH CROOKED WORK

paid and was given the money to
pay them, which lie kept and after
ward secured the land for another
man on a tax sale. Then, it is
further stated, he assaulted Kalez
and drove him off the land.
The first complaint, which con-
tanned the 10 counts, charged Hop
kins with everything from horse
stealing to taking money from
widows and orphans.
He said today that he has asked
County Prosecutor Barnhart for a
warrant for the arrest of the at
torneys who signed the first COM
plant for libel. This has been re-
fused on the ground that the
charges are of privileged character
if made in good faith.
This complaint was typewriter
May. 81, 1907, but was not filed with
the court until December of that
year. In the meantime it was be-
ing circulated among the various
attorneys, Hopkins AYERS.
In. 1903 Hopkins was fined $3.50
by Judge Whitson on charge of
taking improper notorial affidavits.
He says that 40 other lawyers petit
toned the court to make his fine as
low Jas possible because they were
all guilty of the same thing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21

freight trains over the Portland b
Seattle will be entirely eliminated
by the use Of the Great Northern
tracks. Although the two roads
are under different management,
the same money and general inter-
ests control them, which made the
negotiations easy.
The reported plans come from an
authoritative source.
One of the advantages In favor
of the company is the fact that 1t
will not be necessary to purchase
single home, and only very lit
tie property. All the ground that
must be bought Is owned by John
A. Finch, one of the men who was
in favor of the old N. p. plans for
a dirt fill.
1t Is believed that when the
road gets it's trains through the
city via the Great Northern, Of
ficials will then wait until the
courts force them to separate the
N. P. grade. This, it Is estimated.
will take at least five years. After
the courts have ordered the work,
the question will then be as to the
advisable plan, which 1t is contend
ed will be found to be practically
what the company tried to have
the council approve.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
so KILLED
100 HURT

ANTWERP, Holland, May 21.-
In one Of the worst railroad dis
asters that ever occurred in this
country at least 60 passengers were
killed and 100 seriously hurt by a
collision between two passenger
trains this morning.
Theh trains were running at a
high rate Of speed when the crash
occurred at Conich, six miles south
of Antwerp. One train was bound
for Brussels ami the other for
Lerre. Three coaches of the lat
ter ain were smashed into
kindmSs wood.
Mistaken signals at a crossing
are thought to have caused the dis
aster. A misplaced switch was the
direct cause.
So badly entangled were the pas
sengers that it was several hours
before rescuers could get in eff
ficient work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
MUSICIANS Need
! MORE PROTECTION

Pres. w. A. Bellard, of the Seat
tie musicians union, was In Spo-
kane yesterday on his way back
from the national convention held
In st. Louis. He says the conven-
tion for 1910 has been promised to
Seattle. The reports for the past
year showed a satisfactory condi-
tion Of the order in tho United
States. The chief obstacle the
union has to fight is the importa-
tle:Saof foreign players under con-
tract, who are admitted through the
artist exemption In the contract la
Dor law.
The union has determined on a
more energetic campaign than ever
To protect the interests Of Ameri-
can musicians. At present there
are about $4,000 foreign musicians
coming into the country annually
who are contracted to work for less
than the American scale.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
WAGES EARNED
EAST AND WEST

WASHINGTON, d. c., May I'll
The wage Garner in the West earns
more than in any other section of
the country. His average per week
is 1885. as against $l0.62 in the
North Central states; $10.11 in the
North Atlantic: $S.33 in the South
Central, and 1871 in the South At
lantic states.
Ten dollars is the average week
ly wage throughout the country.
The leading states, with respect
to average weekly earnings, were:
Montana $1S.19, Nevada $l7.76. Ari-
IONA $l6l5 and Wyoming s15.75.
New York was twenty-fifth with
$10,40, Pennsylvania twenty-third
with $10.51, Illinois fifteenth with
$11.55, Ohio twentieth with $1065
and Massachusetts thirty-second
with $96S.
Statistics of child labor are
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
FLEET ENTERS
PUGET SOUND

SEATTLE, May 21.-The Attain
tic fleet entered Puget Sound at
1910 a. m. this morning and pass
ed Port Crescent at $50.
PORT ANGELES, May 21.-The
Atlantic fleet came into harbor
shortly after this morning and
after circling about, the Missouri,
Minnesota and Ohio dropped
anchor, while the balance Of the
feet went on.
The battleships Illinois and
Kearsarge dropped anchor as the
Atlantic fleet passed. Its arrival
was greeted by a salute from the
Forts.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21

startling. Out Of the total employ
ed 9D,167, or 81 per cent, were chill
dren. The child worker averaged
$346 a week.
OF a total of 3,297,S19 wage earn
ers 2,6l9,053, or 1914 per cent, were
men. who earned $29,240,2S7, or SS.l
per cent of the weekly payroll of
$33,1S5,79l; while 5SS,599 women,
17.9 per cent of the total, earned
$3.633,4S1. or IL per cent OF the
total weekly wages paid. The total
weekly earnings Of children were
$312,023.
The statistics were gathered from
reports made by 123,703 manufac-
turing establishments throughout
the. country. The highest weekly
average for men in any manufac-
turing industry was $216S, the low
est 1929
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
MITCHELL BROS, WORK
STILL DRAGGING ALONG

cernible. 1t was this job that Mitch
all Bros. were ordered to finish two
weeks ago and promised to get a
crew at work Immediately. They
will be cited by the commissioners
again to show cause, etc.
Commissioner ONO this morn
ing stated that Mitchell Bros. hold
more contracts than they can pos
sibly finish in the specified time,
yet they keep on bidding and get
ting more. He favors some means
to force contractors to finish their
work within the specified time or
else forbid them to take more work
than they can handle.
No good reason appears why the
work cannot be pushed. There are
plenty of men available.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
American Countess
Has to Pay Fine
special Correspondence to The Prsss

special Correspondence to The Prsss
LONDON, May 21.-"Your honor,
I'd bet me life the lydie was run
ming her bloomin' motor 20 miles an
hour"
The bobby" was testifying in
court in the case of the duchess of
Marlborough, who before marriage
was Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt of
New York.
The court evidently believed the
"boby" was telling the truth, for he
fined the duchess SIS. or its equiva-
lent In English money.
When arrested the duchess was
driving through Hyde park, The
rules forbid fatser speed than 10
miles an hour.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-05-21
'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

More hard blows were struck at
the foundation Of Mae Woods con.
tention that she was the wife OF
Thomas C. Plat when annulment
proceedings were resumed today
Frank Platt related incidents of the
payment of tho $4,000 to her for
the return of Platt's letters to her
which 1t was rumored she intend.
ed to publish under the title
Love Letters of a Boss
did you see those letters?" in
quired Attorney Stanfield for the
defendant.
II dill"
did they contain endearing
terms, such as MY bride to be- and
Dear little one'?'
They did not"
Theh letters were not offered IN
court.
Frank Hill, newspaper man, ties
tilted that Mae Wood told him at
one time that Platts matrimonial
affairs did not interest her, that she
respected the senator but had no
other feeling for him.
When Plat left the stand the de-
Tense sprung the greatest surprise
of the trial in the shape of depo-
sition of F. e. Hafeley, stationer,
who averred he furnished the mar
riage certificate introduced by the
plaintiff. He declared that the GER
tificate was not printed until at
least one year after the alleged
marriage.
John H. Plat, photographer, pro-
duced plates bearing out Hafeley's
statements.