davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-20
Cochineaj.

Cochineal, so much used for colorin
table jellies and also given to infants
as domestic remedy for whoopin.
cough, Is the whole insect Of elias,
called coccus. but only the females ar,
used. Why? Because the insects arr
captured by suffocuting them with til,
smoke Of fires below the trees on which
they live, and as the males have wings
while the females have none, the gen
tlemen take to flight when the atmo>
phere becomes unpleasantly warm
leaving their ladies to their fate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-20

he pickle, NJ, tn. Easter statement
aud rrad.
To olit. EASTER drp<A SO
To u.l.. Easter hat. ST..
TO EASTER shoes :::nl gloves. 50.
And slowly aad th,ughtfully he drew
his check for The. amount and muttei" |.
And next Sunday Jenny expects me
to go to churcl, and sing old Hundred
with thankful heart"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-20
he. Postscript,

why does a woman always ado
postscript to her letter.
well" answered the ungallan
wretch, "she probably figures out l.
her own mind what her letter H.;
made you think and then tries
have the last ord"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-20

In nX;rayay4nt Paris an egg was
man"fa"t'!rrI some EcAr> ago for u
cerrail Snansh i:lfn1i,i which cost 20
mao francs. or S4,aU 1t "aS white en-
gospel of i.l>;r engraved Oh til" II
side \ my-i,"ip,s> !m.'rlaniSm within
ii sem f,"ii Il Eft" bird who sang
tw"ir,, popular airs from the opera.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-20
Warnings,

Mrs. Stubb-I notice so many mar
lied men save the receipted MILNE:
bills. What use do they make Of them
Mr.. stubb-Charity. Mrs. stubb-Cha,
iN1 Mr.. Stubb-Yes: they are sen
around to the bachelor clubs to war;
any reckless member who might b.,
thinking about plunglng into the ses
Of matrimony Chicago News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-20
IA THE LONG
DISTANCE
ass'A FACILITIES

vi this Company have been materially
added to, thus insurin1 a more prompt
emcient and comprehensive servic.
IMAM heretofore. Nearly every plac.
OF Importance In Texas and Arkansa,
and adjoining States. including Okla.
mona and Indian Territory, can b.
reached over our lines and those Of
companies with whom we connect.
THE SOUTHWESTERN
TELEGRAPH / TELEPHONE
COMPANY.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-20
The Trouble.

Jones-1 understand there Is tron!
between Mrs. Poet and her husha;
Smith = Yes. He couldn't sell !,
poems, and she couldn't eat them. :
she left him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-20

The man who CANDLES is den
fool. but the man who CANDLES
he continues to lose IS Z co!lsSa
Henry Su.phia
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
PUBLIC MARKET
WILL Open
MONDAY

The northslde public market
building will be opened next Mon.
day morning at the old rates of 25
cents a day or SO month charged
to farmers at the open air market
on the southside, The protected
market on the northside contains
FL inside booths and 81 outside. A
rate for rental of these is to be
sceduled sometime before week
from Saturday, when 1t is intend
ed to auction the locations.
Under the auction plan the
farmers will pay the regular rental
and a bonus for the most desirable
locations.
Mayor Moore, Commissioner
O'Brien. License Inspector Gwydir
and Market Master Hoppe visited
the market this morning, The
building has been formally accept
ed by the board Of works. The
morning paper contained the state.
ment that Italian vendors were se-
curing al. the stalls. Mr.. Hoppe
denies this and says that none OF
tho stalls are let yet and that he
has received no applications from
Italians and does not expect to,
They did not frequent the south.
jde market. -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
0'BR|EN HAS 4
WAGE. SCALE
SCHEME

Commissioner J. T. O'Brien has
evolved plan by which he hopes
to checkmate the practice Of con-
tractors paying less than the city
wage scale. At the board meeting
yesterday. on motion of O'Brien, a
resolution was passed instructing
the corporation counsel to report
an opinion on the legality of en-
bodying in public improvement
contracts clause providing that
all time checks must bear the num-
Der Of days worked. the number of
hours and the rate of pay.
Commissioner O'Brien said that
II the board detected instances
where the full scale was not paid,
then on its charter rights, the
board could refuse to grant any
further work to the persons disre-
garding the terms of the contract.
The question of bond forfeiture
on contracts, the terms of which
are violated, appears to have no
bearing on a matter affecting mere.
ly the making a living interests of
day laborers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
DID ROOSEVELT
PAY HENEY?

LOS ANGELES. Dec. IT,
There is a distinct belief here
that Francis J. Heney has been
paid from the secret service funds
OF the government for the prose
cution of the graft cases in San
Francisco" said Harry Carr, Wash.
ington correspondent to the Los
Angeles Times, in an article print
ed here.
"As sequel to the Aldrich reso,
luton introduced in the senate, the
secret service system will be In
vestigated and many dark mys
teries laid bare. The big question
before the senate was whether the
president of the United States has
the right to use the government
money to send a special prosecu
tor into California in purely local
city fight"
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. IT,
Heney emphatically denied today
that Roosevelt had anything to dc
with the San Francisco graft
prosecution.
Referring to the article in the
Los Angeles Times, he said. III
Is absolute rot. Any talk of govern
ment control over me Is FALSE"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
CHRISTMAS FOR
ORPHAN BABES

Prospects are considerably inn
proved today for Christmas at the
Orphans Home of Spokane. Mrs.
l.. M, Dey, superintendent, has
been busy all day on the offers of
aid that were phoned in.
The Empire theater rendered a
half days receipts toward the or
phans' Christmas, and Joseph Pres
ton. superintendent of the Pruden-
tial Insurance Co., contributed IS.
Mrs. d, T. Bowers took an active
interest in the project, getting i'm
mediately in communication with
Mrs. Dey.
Uncle Hiram and his pig. Betsy,
were enrolled among the first and
Uncle Hiram expects to begin an
active campaign, he and Betsy,
Monday. Hiram's real name is Carl
Hinckley, and with Betsy he has
been one of the star attractions of
the apple show. Everybody who
has seen him can form an opinion
of what sort Of a campaign he will
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
COMPANY PAYS AFTER
NONSUIT WASCRANTED
WILSON SLAYER
|. SAYS CORONER

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IL
John Wilson was charged yester-
day by the coroner's jury with the
murder of Harry Boas, the cleo
trician who died two weeks ago
after swallowing stomach pow.
ders" sent him through the mail
in a mysterious letter purporting
to come from a friendly doctor"
The testimony which decided the
jury's verdict was furnished by
the handwriting expert, Kytka,
who positively declared the doc
tors" letter was written by VIII.
son. s
Wilson received the verdict
coolly. He pointed out the fact
that the police had failed to find
any motive for him to kill Boas,
and that the evidence is weak.
However, the police believe they
will be able to convict the pris-
oner. Wilson. was employed by
Boas.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
Retaliation Threatened by
Closing the Town
Alright.

w. A. Bishop of the Bishop
Grocery Co. this morning swore
out warrants against 16 small mer-
chants, charging them with keep
ing their places open Sunday in
violation of the Sunday closing or
dinance. Most of the merchants
are located on Main and Front ave-
nues and streets near them.
Mr.. Bishop is acting on behalf of
the Retail Grocers' association.
The specific charge is that the 16
merchants sold goods on December
10. The following merchants are
to be arrested: Charles Bixler, II.
Gilbert, H. Masalomi, Sun zee
Yick, Ben Castagno, Joe Patton,
Sam Rose, Rocco Catalano, Peter
Erickson, r. Motif, Todor Terzieff,
j. Humphrey, Y, Kimura, G. /.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

inaugurate for the orphans. His
first provision was that an ofiicial
representative of the home accom-
pany him and handle all the money
taken in. He accepts nothing for
his work.
Uncle Hiram is also going after
a stock of shoes and stockings,
something the children at the home
are always in need of.
Mrs. Dey wants to give the chill
dren something better than beef
for Christmas dinner. She esti-
mates that she might have IS to
spend extra on the dinner, and to-
day she is wrestling with the prob
lem of how % youngsters can be
supplied with turkey for that
amount of money.
Turkey sounds extravaganza, Of
course, for orphans. Perhaps they
shouldn't ever have such things,
even on Christmas. But, well, did
you ever learn just how good tur
key tastes to an orphan child?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
CROCERS LAUNCH ANOTHER
SUNDAY LID WAR

Filigno, Ralph Saccamano and With
Flora
The arrest Of persons for keep
ing open for business on Sundays
has been a periodical occurrence
during the past few months. Tho
Law Enforcement league was sue
cessful in convicting saloonkeep-
ers and forcing them to keep closed
on Sundays. Then the clerks union
caused arrest of small storekeep-
ers along Main avenue. These
storekeepers retaliated by getting
out complaints against cigar dea1-
ers, but as it was shown to be ma
licious prosecution warrants were
not issued. Those particular st0rD-
keepers closed for a time, then re-
opened, were arrested again but
not tried. as they promised to keep
closed.
1t is claimed that those for whom
warrants were issued today intend
to proceed against every other line
Of business which keeps open on
Sunday, including the theaters and
street car companies.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
WILL
HIRE HOME
LABOR

Contractor James Broad an
nounces that he intends to hire
none but citizens on the force main
contract he secured from the board
of works yesterday.
Il do not believe in hiring for
eigners," said Broad. American
labor is good enough for me, If not
for Others"
Almost every contractor who is
doing city work is either employing
foreign labor outright, as has sub
let to them in what is known as
station work. These men live on
the poorest food and successfully
compete against men who have
families to keep, taxes to pay and
children to send to school.
The city ordinance provides that
men on public improvements shall
receive s2.75 for eight hours work.
There is no clause in the ordinance
by which contractors books can be
inspected so it will be known they
are paying the scale. A new ordi-
nance before the council prohibits
subletting, but also prohibits con-
tracing by associations such as
Federal union No. 1924. Contract
ors are willing that it should pass,
for it will knock out the federal
union contracting.
This union entered the contract.
ing field few months ago and by
undertaking the independent con-
tractors has saved the taxpayers a
lot of money. Contractors were
forced to meet the low bidding of
the union by still lower bids to
secure work. In consequence their
former fat profits were cut off.
In order to make as much money
as possible ON the jobs, these con-
tractors. it is charged by Thomas
Maloney of the federal union, be-
gan TO pay less than the legal scale
of wages. Not content with this,
they encourage sub-contracting. 1t
is said that on some jobs this sub
letting is carried on to such an ex-
tent that a job is let over and over
until finally those who actually per-
form the labors barely exc out an
existence.
One way by which the practice
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

may be got around is to have en-
bodied in all contracts clause
providing that none but citizens be
employed. The city council several
times recommended this feature to
the board of works. The board
never carried 1t out. w. w. Wither-
spoon, commissioner, this morn
ing said that he understood 1t was
illegal. but the board yesterday re-
quested Corporation Counsel HAM
blen to render written opinion on
the question.
Mr.. Witherspoon says he favors
home labor. Contractors who prefer
alien labor do it on the pretension
that American labor cannot be re-
lied upon in this work, as after pay
days many men quit.
Mayor Moore this morning said
he understood a constitutional
question was raised on the matter
of a clause in contracts that none
but citizens be employed.
Il would recommend" he said.
that the city council request Mr..
Hamblen to give an opinion on
this"
Hamblen has expressed an In
formal opinion that such a clause
is invalid. Councilman Mohr holds
that it is valid If stated in the call
for bids.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

WASHINGTON. d. c., Dec. IL
The select committee of the
house, appointed to outline action
in connection with the presidents
alleged insult to congress, today
agreed upon report calling upon
the presiden to submit to congress-
all information on which he based
his insinuation that the members
of congress were afraid Of being
investigated by the secret service.
II Ia believed the president has
the matter ready to submit. The
whole matter will be aired.
Senator Aldrich yesterday intro
duced resolution providing for a
careful investigation of the
charges, and after some discussion
the measure was adopted. The
resolution read:
1.-The committee Is directed to as
certain what persons other than
those included In the secret service
were paid from the public treasury
for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1908, for services In connection
with the enforcement Of the laws
or for work in the detection or in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
NO PARLIAMENT
IN 80 YEARS

CONsTANTINOPLE, Dec. IT,
The sultan left Yildiz this morning
to open the Turkish parliament.
This is the first of it's kind In
this country for 80 years,
Abdul Hamid was cheered by the
populace when his coach was
driven through the streets and by
school children along the route
singing patriotic songs and waving
flags.
The sultan was accompanied by
Bey, the first secretary Of the
chancellory. In honor of the sultan
every regiment in the city was
drawn up for review.
Congratulatory messages poured
into the city from all over. Eng
lands law makers sent the follow.
ing: From the oldest of parlia.
ments to the youngest"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

a. he can buy anything--if he
haan't starved to death in the
meantime.
This is putting II rather broadly,
but II is all the home industry cam
psign actually amounts to when APP
piled to products and not to labor
Of all classes.
/ The question of whether this
policy Is to be continued Is to be
decided at the next election. The
Issue. will bear plenty Of investiga-
ton.
As the mayor lately learned,
Spokane labor Is not asking
ch4rity.
q demands a chance to do what
wofk there is to be done--a chance
tho city could. II Il would, assure.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

Emergency Physician Roark to-
day submitted to the chief of police
a report of the work done in the
emergency hospital. The chief said
he was proud of the hospital, and
that it is of greater good than any
city department. The report shows
100 cases were treated. OF the
number 800 were sick patients in
the city Jail. The deaths were "a
out of 100 cases, Were it not for
the prompt attention given by the
emergency physicians and nurses.
the most of the accidents would
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
SENATE Investigation
PROMISES SENSATION

vestigation of possible crimes or
criminal acts or violation Of the
law, including all special attorneys,
special agents, inspectors or other
employees of any department of the
government. or any branch of the
public service, and also some In
formation as to all persons whose
was authorized by In
definite or general appropriations;
the information to contain the
names of all persons SO employed
or paid, their previous occupations,
the nature Of the work in which
they were engaged, by whom they
were appointed and upon whose
suggestion or recommendation"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
JAPANESE ARMY
LEADER DEAD

TOXIC, Dec. 17--General Inouye,
the great strategist of the mikado's
army who distinguished himself
during the Chinese war and who
fought from the beginning to the
end of the Russian war. died this
morning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

injuries sustained by Shore was
past. so far as the pending trial
was concerned, and the company
still proposed compromise.
s. r. Stern, the attorney for
Shore, and Frank Graves, who Is q
brother Of Jay P. Graves, president
of the Inland. expected to get to-
gether today to discuss the ques-
ton of settlement.
Shore is almost helpless, and
during the hearing had to be as
sisted to and from the court room
supported on the shoulders of two
of his friends. The fact that his
missing limbs have been lost from
the same side of his body renders
him unable to help himself, for the
persent at least.
This case may be taken as an
instance of the Ubiquitous workings
of the fellow servant law, against
which President Roosevelt has
launched some of his fiercest at
lacks.
The court, in interpreting the
rule, must have felt entirely justi-
fed under the law, yet the COM
pany, Notwithstanding, acknowl-
edges responsibility for the in
Jury and tenders settlement,
either through fear of different
construction Of the lew, or through
q stroke of corporation conscience
as rare as 1t is condemnatory Of
the existing statute governing re-
covery for injuries.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
HAS THE EMERGENCY
II HOSPITAL PAID?

have resulted in death. Out of 25
wounds by gunshots there were
four deaths: six deaths out of "a
cases of poisoning; three deaths
out of IL cases of alcoholism: one
out of two cases of paralysis. Other
deaths were caused by accidents.
Many cases of attempted suicide
were saved. or accidents which
ordinarily, unless attended to
promptly, would have resulted in
much suffering or death, the hos
pital took care of many. On an
average three new cases are treat
ed every day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
FAKE MESSAGES
HURT WIRELESS

BERKELEY, Cal. Dec. 17.--Se-
cret service agents of the govern.
ment are today Investigating tho
reports by federal wireless opera
tors that the official wireless dis-
patches are being interfered with.
Fictitious messages are being
sent over the wireless and interfer-
ing with government business. Tho
operators claimed the trouble was
caused by two rival organizations
of young men who are experiments
ing with wireless operations in tho
cities surrounding the boy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
APPEAL RAILWAY
LABOR DECISION

ALBANY. n. ". Dec. 17.-Attor-
neys for the Erie railroad are to.
day preparing an appeal to the
United States supreme court from
the decision of the New York SUI
preme court. in which case the
said company violated the eight
hour law by forcing a railway
telegrapher to work IL hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
BIG PROSPECT
FOR TACOMA

TACOMA, Dec. 17.-Steps for
the formation of a company, CAPT
talized at 100000. to construct
a paper mill in this city have been
taken.
The plant will cost $3.50, 900 and
was designed by Charles b. Pride,
chief hydraulic engineer of the ST.
Paul road.
1t will be known as the Tacoma
Wood Pulp Il Paper Co.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
VENEZUELA HAS,
DECLARED WAR
Blockade and Seizure of Her Craft by the
Dutch the Direct Cause.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. IL
Venezuela has declared war against
Holland, according to advices re-
ceived by the state department
from Paxton Hibben, secretary of
the American legation at Bogota,
Colombia. The message says:
"The Colombian minister of for
eign affairs has received the follow
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
NO CLAIMANT
FOR S2,400

OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 1.-THE
ownership of $4,000 received
through the mail In a newspaper
by Charles Price. who got the
paper by mistake and returned the
money to the postal authorities.
may never be established.
While 1t is believed the money
is part OF the $4,000 stolen from
the East Side bank at Portland a
few days ago, it is impossible to
identify the money.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
Compromise Of $1,000 Offered Shore When
His Case Was Lost on Fellow
Servant Ruling.

After being granted nonsuit by
Judge Huneke In the case Of Wal
ter e. Shore, the terribly manned
lineman, who Is suing the Spokane
& Inland for $4,000 damages, At
torney Frank Graves, for the In
land, arose and in open court yes
terday evening said that through
sympathy the company would re-
new its offer of moneyed COM
pensation for Shore, which was
made before the trial.
The nonsuit had been granted
under the fellow servant law, on
the ground that the evidence did
not show that the company was
liable financially because of the
accident to Shore, in which he suf-
fered the loss. Of his left arm and
left leg.
The moneyed compensation re-
ferred to was the sum of $1,000.
which, it is understood, had been
offered Shore before the case be-
gan. While the company had been
granted nonsuit, the right of APP
peal to the supreme court or the
refiling Of the case still rested with
the plaintiff.
Thus the company, after having
been held by the superior court to
be without fault in the case, was
willing on the plea Of generosity
of heart" to pay for an accident to
one Of its employees. The danger
of verdict by the jury in keeping
with the character of the terrible
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

ing telegram from Caracao under
the date of December IA:
In view of the blockade estab-
lished and the capture by blockad-
ing vessels of Venezuelan vessels,
the head of the government OF
Venezuela, after assuming the ex-
traordinary powers for the defense
of the country, has declared state
of war;
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
SAVED THE LIVES
OF NINE FISHERS

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 17.-Nine
men owe their lives to George
Freeth. a Hawaiian life saver at
Venice.
A boat containing nine fisher
men capsized of Venice yesterday,
and Freeth, naided, rescued them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
BRUTE IS HANGED
WITH DESPATCH

MONTICELLO. KY, Dec. 1t
Swift punishment was given Elmer
Hill in this city by mob last
night. when he was taken from his
cell and hanged,
He was charged with assaulting
and numbering Mamie Womack,
age Is.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
KILL LONDON FOG
BY ELECTRICITY

LONDON. Dec. 17.-Aided by
the city council Of Westminster,
Sir Oliver Lodge. electrical scien-
fist OF Great Britain, today en-
gagged In conducting a series of
experiments looking to the de-
struction Of fog by electricity.