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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

horror was evidently blunted by
her concern for me.
you must get away from this
terrible mans clutches, Arthur"
she insisted. with my help surely
it can be managed, for the chance
he has given you tonight shows
that he Is not infallible."
But had to dash her hopes with
the expressed conviction that Her.
cog would never have left the
house, even trusting me as l be-
lieved he did, unless he had taken
steps to prevent my eluding him.
And went on to say that life
would be of no use to me, that l
would just as soon go back and be
hanged, II l could not turn my
spuriously won respite to good &C.
count.
~ have no mind to be hunted
fugitive for the rest of my life.
which would be my lot II / could
shake Herzog off," l said. And I
proceeded to tell her how, when
the venal warder had preached the
news of my coming escape, my one
idea had been to utilize 1t to clear
my name by finding the real scoun-
drel who had done my mother and
sister to death. narrated the
grounds of that forlorn hope-my
dying sisters last words: Man,
mask, Roger"
Janet had stationed herself be-
hind the other window curatin to
help me in my vigil for Herzog's re-
turn. The slanting moonbeams fell
on her motionless figure in the
pretty dressing gown and touched
her beautiful, wistful face with a
tender glow all through our
scarcely audible conversation. But
now, at the sound OF those to me
meaningless words, she started,
and her dear eyes shone with swift
excitement.
Say those words again, Arthur, "
she scarcely breathed.
Man, mask, Roger" repeated.
Janet gazed at me. A dawn of
hope, In which great fear min
gled, had come into her face.
Arthur" she whispered, what II
the mans name sounded like that
not mask, but m-a-r-s-k-e? know
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

sociatf0n to connect him with the
double murder. For it would not
follow that he murdered Clara be-
cause she mentioned hi mwith her
dying breath"
Janet's fingers quivered so that
she shook the curtain. Arthur, this
Roger Marske Is a bad man. she
painted In her agitation. HE is
down here to pursue Lady Muriel
Crawshay with attentions which
she loathes, yet has to tolerate ow-
ing to her fathers foolish infatua-
ton for the son of member of
, his cabinet. And Mr.. Marske thinks
1t consistent with his honor to an
noy me with his equally odious but
less definite attentions at the same
time"
THE brute!" l muttered, i'm
pressed by this confirmation of
Herzogs insight. asked Janet
how she came to know such big
wigs as the daughter of the prime
minister and the son of the chan
cellor of the excheQuer; for the
Chilmarks, though well born, had
not been in the habit of mixing in
such exalted circles.
But 1t was all very simple when
It came to be told. The acquaint-
ance was one which would never
have been struck up in London, but
which terminated and grew quite
naturally In a small seaside resort
free from the usual attractions"
and priding itself on its exclusive
ness. Lady Muriel, having got run
down" half way through the Lon
don seasan, had been packed off to
| "Ardmore," and the influx of Wis.
itors not having then set In, the
girls had met In their walks about
the cliffs, had foregathered and had
finally become friends.
"She is the sweetest soul, and so
sympathetic, that she soon saw that
was in trouble" added Janet,
rather diftidently. "One day. when
we were sitting In the heather at
the back of Alum bay. Arthur.
broke down and told her Of my
dreadful grief. She is as staunch a
believer in Your innocence as am
myself" -
Aud this was the daughter OF the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
WASHINGTON THEATER

WEEK COMMENCING DEC. 70
Buster Brown and his dog. Tige,
supported by a company Of four IN
"Auntie's Visit" (By permission
of the New York Herald.) Ker&
lakes Trained Pigs. Connolly,
Wenrich & Connolly, in melange
of song, mirth and melody. c. W.
Williams, society ventriloquist.
Watson & Little, presenting "A
Matrimonial Bargain" Les Theo-
doros, aerial gymnasts. Moving
pictures. nes
Matinee every day; two shows
every evening Prices-15 and 20
cents.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
PANTAGES

An energetic reporter is the
chief character in the laughable
farce, "The Second Mr.. Fiddle. u
The first Mr.. Fiddle happens to
be a dummy that love lorn maid
had erected to conduct little re.
hearsal in the art of developing
the affections. The second Mr..
Fiddle, who is an exact double of
the first, exchanges places with
the first one, and then trouble fol-
lows.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
AUDITORIUM

The big run of western plays that
have recently visited Spokane do
not seem to detract from the inter-
est in Jessie Shirley's great hit,
THE Girl from the Golden West"
1t is one of the most successful
plays produced by the Shirley COM
pany and one of the first to run
two weeks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
SPOKANE

Nothing lacks the realistic in
Texas" the cow country drama
which opens at Spokane this
evening for the rest of the week
including Saturday matinee. The
play is the work of Texan and il
is staged with Texas fittings and
scenery. The strength of it lies in
the plot and atmosphere which
pervades it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
At the Theaters
oRPHEUM

The Three Yoscarys, now at the
Orpheum, are well known in Amer
lea, although they are Europeans.
Dressed in the street attire of
middle class Parisians, with hats,
shoes and even overcoats, they per.
form remarkable athletic feats, and
the comedy they manage to inter.
polate is extremely clever.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17
WASHINGTON

A ventriloquist of no mean abil-
lily IS c. w. Williams, with his
dress parade of dummies in THE
Doctors Busy Day." showing at the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

Washington this week. The act
concludes with a fussilade of pis-
toll shots by the dummy Office boy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

City Man (showing the sights)-
And here are the skyscrapers,
Aunt Jane Don't you think they
are great achievements.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

The man who is making history
is merely encouraging the book
agents,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-17

One speech VIII often mako
statesman, but the stategNua nlst
first make the speech
Arizona republican., 1908-05-25

out of the war-the lofty patriotism evinced, the cumulative and far reaching results of the right termi- nation of that great struggle; how it placed our country in the fore front of nations, making American man. hood respected and honored in every land. The speaker regretted that he could not call the members of the Grand Army comrades. He is not old enough to be one of their mem bers. but he can be and he is proud to be the next best thing-the son of veteran of the union army. -Four hundred thousand of the bray est and best of your cOuntrymen and mine, the very flower of the land, perished in that conflict. Think. of it. We can scarcely comprehend it. It would make a line of men, stand ing side by side, one hundred and fifty miles long; or marching in col umn formation, four men abreast, it would make an army so large that. it would take a swift horse and rider a whole day to pass from the front ranks to the rear files"
 Especial emphasis was placed on the significance of this great offering of blood. The sword of Grant, at AppomattaX, was in harmony with the divine order of things, and it's triumph made possible the wonderful growth of the nation along all lines since that event. Had the sword of Lee been victorious this advance would not have been possible, for it was not in harmony with the higher order of things.
 life, in our moral and spiritual life is the spirit that made this great oblation possible-a spirit of self sacrifice that says, Take me and use me in any way you can to build up the cause of right, of justice, of hu- manity, of right living, and all that glorifies the race There are two great antagonistic forces in the world-one that is infleXibly for truth for justice, for human better ment; the other for self, for money getting, for power, however question ably gained, for wealth, however un- fairly won. The battle will be fierce and long, but under God there need be no fear of the final issue. If we are possessed of the spirit of the armies of this grand ma tion. the right will win and humanity will move to higher vantage ground than ever before in this great re- public of the west. May God speed the day!" !-.44
Arizona republican., 1908-05-25
MEMORIAL SERVICES
 VERY IMPRESSIVE
Conducted Yesterday at the First Methodist Chureh-Address by Rev. Mir. Geissineer.

Impressive memorial exercises were held yesterday in the First M. E. church. They were well attended by members of the G. A. R., Veterans of the Civil and Spanish-American wars, the N. R. C., companies B and A of the N. G. A, in uniform, and a large concourse of citizens The church was appropriately draped with flags and decorated with flow CTS and the music furnished by the choir was well suited to the occasion.
 After the opening prayer by Chap lain Winfield Scott, the pastor, Rev. James Allen Geissinger, delivered thoughtful and unusually practical discourse upon the lessons growing
Arizona republican., 1908-05-25
ROuGHT A RANCH-S

BOUGHT A RANcH-Sam Bone and c B. Burson both stenographers and well known in Phoenix, on the g inst jointly purchased from s. N. Hamilton 40 acres, one mile from Glendale and at least one of them in- tends to desert the pot hooks and be- come a Salt River valley rancher and booster. Consideration not given.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-25

-.-A.A A
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11
HootIess Retreats.

There are now two summer resorts
within easy reach of those who fear or
dislike the automobile. Prince Edward
Island has followed the example of Nam
tucket and barred the car that boots you
out of the way, and presumably this ac-
ton will to some make these insular re-
treats more attractive than ever. Though
President Roosevelt, who prefers horse
back, set an example of benevolence and
liberation the other day by joking with
the chauffeur who nearly ran him down,
no doubt there are some stand patters-
we have no idea how numerous they are
who pine for an anti-auto land and
who will rush thither whenever they get
a chance. Nantucket and Prince Edward
Island are two of the favorite summer
resorts of Bostonians. Probably the for
mer is much the bet ter known, but the
latter has attractions hugely enjoyed by
those who affect the simple life and who
believe that vacation is all the more eff
fective for an absence of social frills.
1t would not be surprising if the is
lands in question were extensively pat
ronized by those eager for change of
pace. Boston Journal
1t is said that in those parts of Swift
erland where the automobiles have beer
banished the summer business has beer
very largely increased, and we have nc
doubt such will be the result in the above
two fine islands; and especially shall we
expect the Prince Edward Island viii
become permanently one of the favorite
summer resorts because of its Danish
ment of the automobiles.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11
RULES OF PROCEDURE.

No meeting of the grange can be
conducted correctly without some
knowledge of parliamentary rules, and
as there is, we believe, a very consid-
cradle lack of knowledge of such rules
and in order that members may be
posted upon the more important parlia-
mentary questions that arise without
having to take the trouble to look them
up for themselves State Lecturer Low
ell of Fredonia, n. Y, has prepared
the following parliamentary questions,
with their answers, which we suggest
can be made an interesting feature for
an evenings programme. The lecturer
might assign these questions to men,
bers at a previous meeting or call
upon members without giving them
previous notice and ascertain how
many are capable of answering the
questions without consulting Cushing S
Manual or some other equally good
authority:
l. Is it in order to lay an amendment
on the table?
No; 1t is done sometimes to kill a ques-
ton before the house. to get some one to
vote who thinks he is getting rid of the
amendment only. If you lay an amend
ment on the table, the main question goes
with it. 1t is not good parliamentary
form.
g. May a member arise to a question of
privilege and speak on the question be-
fore the house?
No.
g. How many times may one person
speak on a question and not be out of
order?
If he moves the question, twice; II not,
once.
4. When a question of privilege is be-
fore the house and motion is made to
take up the order OF the day. what be-
comes of the question of privilege?
1t Is lost.
8. When a person wishes to make re-
marks on a motion of his own should II
be done before or after stating the mo-
ton?
| Always before
c Can you tell whether the following
| questions are debatable or unbeatable
or whether they require a majority or
| two-thirds vote to be carried2
(a) Motion to close debate
Requires a two-thirds vote. unbeatable
o. Objection to the consideration OF
| question.
Requires a two-thirds vote. cannot be
| amended is unbeatable.
(c) Motion to limit debate.
Requires a two-thirds vote. is undebata-
| BILE. can be amended.
I'D Motion to extend the limit of debate
Requires a two-thrds vote, is undebata-
| BILE, can be amended.
(e) Motion to take up the previous ques-
| ton.
Requires a two-thirds vote. cannot be
| amended, is unbeatable.
7. Can you tell what questions can be
| amended and what cannot?
There are nineteen questions which can
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11
FRIDAY, DECEMBER II, 1908.
Speaker Cannon.

General conditions as related to the
House of Representatives point to the re-
election of Speaker Cannon, but at the
same time to a marked curtaiment of
his autocratic powers. Cannon has ruled
with the support of committee on rules
appointed by himself and made up of
men both competent and willing to sus-
tain him in the fullest measure of his
purposes.
In the new House the Speaker, while
strong enough for reelection, will be
relatively lacking at the point of personal
support. Representative Sherman of
New York, the speakers chief aid and
prop, will go over to the other wing
of the capitol as vice-president on March
d. Mr.. Watson of Indiana, another firm
supporter of the speaker, declined renom-
ination to run for the governorship of his
State, only to be beaten. Representative
Overstreet also of Indiana and a strong
supporter of Mr.. Cannon, failed of re-
election. Another important man lost
in the Indiana disaster was Mr.. Lands,
who, though not of the inner circle of
Mr.. Cannon's friendship, always lined
up with him in every crisis. Another
loss is that of Representative Jenkins of
Wisconsin, who was defeated for re-
election; and still greater loss is that of
Hepburn of Iowa, who likewise went
down to defeat.
In view of these many changes, Mr..
Cannon will come into the speakership
next March shorn of many elements of
his power. He will lack friends and
agents for some of the greater chairman
ships and he will be without that de-
fensive organization which has stood
him in such good stead time and time
again within the past five years. The
situation is one in which few hostile
Republicans, by joining with the min
GRITTY, might subject the speaker to
infinite endorsements. Mr.. Cannon
will be compelled in common discretion
to modify his tone, for he will not have
the power to WELD the rod of iron with
which, if the truth be told, he has been
somewhat too ready and too severe in
recent years.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11

woman. Potter was accompanied to the
prison by Sherman, United States con-
sui at Liverpool, who performed his part
in giving legality to the proceedings.
Mrs. Maybrick and her mother declared
in their suit, first instituted here fifteen
years ago, a year before Mrs. Maybrick's
release from an English prison, that the
signatures were procured by duress and
Instrumentation and at time when
both of the women were in state of
mental and physical collapse from the
horror of Mrs. May bricks conviction of
capital offense. The whole sum paid to
the women by Potter for Armstrong for
the vast property was $4,000, of which
Mrs. May brick asserted that she and her
mother, then in dire need of funds.
received only SO 600, the remainder being
retained by some one for certain expenses.
ANOTHER LONG LEGAL FIFuT.
The decision appears to hinge on the
fact that Armstrong had, in previous
years, acted as attorney for the Baroness
and her daughter, and that as their
counsel, his action in taking over the
property was Illegal. The case will I'M
doubtedly be appealed up to the United
States Supreme Court. and there will be
many years bard fought litigation be-
fore the noted Woman convict of Ayles-
bury and W"kng prisons comes into
what she asser : is her own.
Mrs Maybrick IS now in New Orleans
She lives by lecturing and writing, and
has had hard pecunary lines since she
landed in New York on August 23, 1904,
with ticket of leave, not a pardon
after serving fifteen years imprison'
ment, following the Communication of the
death sentence to Imprisonment for life
The battle to save the life of Mrs. May
brick, an American woman, now forty
six years, enlisted in her cause promi
nent persons on both sides of the water
and veritable army assumed her cham
pionship in the effort that finally OBJ
tanned her release. A great factor in
procuring for her ticket of leave is he
lieved to have been the assumption that
in her helplessness, she had been robbed
of big estate, and was powerless, as g
confined convict, to get justice.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11

not be amended Here are some of the
most important ones Motion to adjourn,
amendment to amendment, call to or
der. lay on table. take from the table.
withdrawal of a motion, objection to the
consideration of a question.
s. How and when may question be re-
considered?
At the meeting when the motion was
passed or the next following. The mover
must be one who voted on the prevailing
side; requires a two-thirds vote.
9. Can all questions be reconsidered?
No.
10. II an appeal is taken from the deci-
sion of the chair and the vote is a tie.
what is the result? Why?
1t is lost, because II half the voters are
with the chair he makes majority.
II. Can a presiding officer vote after
the votes have been counted?
In some cases by unanimous consent he
can cast the deciding vote.
r. Can you correctly dispose of an
amendment to amendment?
First put the amendment to the amend
ment II carried put the amendment as
amended; II carried. put the original ques-
ton as amended if lost put the questions
as they come beginning always with the
amendments
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11
CONGRESSMAN D. ]. Foster.

The Burlington Free Press well says
Congressman Fosters determination to
make an effort to secure change in the
rules of the national House of Represen-
tatives so as to regain for the members
from the speaker some of the power
which formerly belonged to them, and
rightly ought to have the backing of all
members of that body. Congressman Fos-
ter does not make any fight on Speaker
Cannon personally, but simply adopts
this method of making the House more
responsive to public sentiment. In this
he will certainly have the cordial support
of public sentiment"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11

When a person is speaking and states
something wrong any one may arise and
say, II arise to point Of order" The
chairman shall say state the point of
order" The one rising shall then cite
wherein the speaker has made a wrong
statement. and If the chair sustains the
point of order the speaker shall sit down;
II IT is not sustained and no appeal Is
taken. the speaker may continue.
IA. Question of privlege-when made?
1t may be made when a speaker has the
floor AS soon 1t Is disposed of the
assembly resumes the consideration of
the question which was Interrupted
Is. Objection to consideration of ques-
tion-when made?
When question comes up which any
one thinks should not be discussed he
may object to it's consideration Cannot
be amended. Is unbeatable. requires two
thirds vote, does not require a second
and is in order when another has the
floor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11
MRS. MAVERICK
Wins Temporary Victory in Big
Suit.

Richmond, Va, Dec. "a suit of
world wide celebrity, the plaintiff in
which was for long foremost figure in
international criminal history, was de-
cided here Monday. Judge Grinnan, in
Chancery Court, handed down decision
setting aside deeds by which Mrs. Flor
ence Elizabeth Maybrick and her moth
er, the Baroness Won Roques, conveyed
to David w. Armstrong of New York,
9 900, 900 acres of land in Virginia, West
Virginia and Kentucky. Armstrong is
also ordered to give an accounting of
moneys received from the sale of parcels
of the lands mentioned in the deeds.
These may total near 100000 A AZ, 900
acre tract in Kentucky was sold to the
Kentucky Union Land Company for
$50 900, while two tracts of Virginia
lands were sold for 100000. The value
of the entire property involved in the ac-
ton decided is estimated at 81 100000
The signatures by which the property
was transferred to Armstrong We're OBJ
tanned in August, 1889, while Mrs. May
brick, attended by her mother, was wait
ing in cell under courtroom in Liver
pool, to be taken above and sentenced
for murder, by poison, of her husband,
James Chandler Maybrick, prominent
Liverpool cotton merchant, in the same
year. Within an hour and half after
the transfer had been effected the death
penalty was pronounced against Mrs
Maybrick, then 81 years old. Armstrong
was represented in the transaction by j.
s. Potter, United States consul at Crefeld,
Germany, who had several years pre-
vious conducted some legal matters for
Mrs. Maybrick and her mother, and who,
it was asserted later by Armstrong In
resisting Mrs. Maybrick's claims. was
then acting as CONSUL for the convicted
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11

were badly hurt in an automobile acct
dent late to-day.
The party were riding in heavy tour
ing car when it turned turtle, the occu.
pants being hurled beneath the car.
When extricsted they were unconscious
and were bleeding from face and scalp
wounds. George Startling, the chauffeur,
who was driving the machine at swift
speed, escaped with bruises.
Senior Barrios is suffering from con.
cussion of the brain and is supposed to
have sustained fracture of the skull,
aside from internal injuries.
DIR. Herrarte was badly cut about the
face and body. General Drummond suf-
fered decorations of the face and head.
The party were proceeding toward
Mount Vernon and Senior Barrios was
carrying massive wreath of flowers to
place on the tomb of Washington at the
special request of the President of Gau-
temala.
AS the automobile left the bridge
which spans the Potomac it was almost
dusk and the chauffeur started down the
turnpike at a rapid pace.
After the car had proceeded about 80
yards it came upon small buggy drawn
by a spirited horse and driven by a
young women. To avoid crashing into
the rig the chauffeur swerved the car to
the right, but the front wheels of the
speedy car smashed against a slight OBJ
struction, the force causing the car to
turn a somersault.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11
eurIInaton's Greatest Institution.

The Mary Fletcher Hospital association
at Burlington is doing really great
things, as may be gathered from its an
nual report, as published in the Evening
News Wednesday. The new buildings,
when completed will practically double
the capacity and efficiency of the institu-
ton and will represent an expenditure of
$4,000. During the past year there
were 1918 patients treated at this hos.
pital. 1t is an institution of which not
only Burlington but the entire state of
Vermont is justifiably proud Rutland
News.