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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13

cent of the total amount recovered
from the train robbers, given as q
reward by the Marine Insurance
Co., which was responsible for the
safe transportation of the money
which the robbers got. The prom
Use Of further reward of $1,000 by
the Great Northern and $4,000 by
the government for the capture Of
the robbers Is yet unpaid. The
Great Northern's, offer is in litiga-
ton and many of those who figured
in the capture here and later in
that of Frankhauser in Minnesota,
following his escape from the
Helena, Mont, Jail. expect to get
little out of 1t. Local authorities
interested in the case contemplate
little trouble in getting their re-
ward from the government. Frank
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
bOHAN ALLEGED
H0RSETH|EF

John Bohan, farmer of Moran
prairie, was arrested in Pendleton,
Ore, today on advices from the
sheriff's office here, charging him
with horse theft in Adams county
Bohan is believed to have stolen
six horses and is also supected of
forgery. His brother Mike is in
Jail now for receiving two of the
stolen animals.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
MORE GRIEF FOR YOUTH.

Claud Belshaw, age 10 years,
who has on numerous occasions
been before the police and juvenile
courts for serious offenses, is now
in the city jail, charged with com.
plicity in the burglary of a car
loaded with hides. belonging to the
Pacific Hide e. Fur Co., last night
He was arrested about noon today
by Detective Pearson, who located
a place on East Main avenue where
Belshaw had hidden about $3.50
worth of hides. Other young boys
are implicated in the theft as well
and will likely be arrested tonight
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
SENT TO JAIL FOR
STEALING PERFUME.

R. M. Brandhagen, a young drug
clerk, pleaded guilty today in the
superior court to a charge of hav.
ing embezzled $29 worth of per
fumes and drugs from the Spokane
Drug Co. and was sentenced to one
year in the county Jail. Brand
hagen worked for the Spokane
Drug Co. for number of years and
is alleged by the detectives to have
been induced to steal because of
his affection for another mans
wife.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
MAKE 1T CERTAIN
SAYS FLEMING

City Clerk Fleming is gratified
by being exonerated OF the charge
of responsibility for the bungled
publication of the charter amend
ment that was the subject of Of
fetal invest. cation, but he wants
the blame definitely fixed. He
says he is not afraid to take his
chances of being found at fault in
the most searching inquiry that can
be instituted.
As the case stands, the blame
rests entirely upon the Cowles pa
pers and a bitter newspaper fight
on Fleming Is likely to follow from
that source.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
HILL HANGS ONTO
THAT REWARD

Sergeant Of Detectives d. d. Nc
Phee, Detectives Briley and Mac
donald, Officer Delaney of the po-
lice force, together with Officers
Ryan and Enright of the Great
Northern, will file claims for a
share in $1,429.50 turned over to
the superior court as a reward for
the capture of Mcdonald and
Frankhauser, the Great Northern
train robbers. Two or three other
men from Standpoint, Idaho, will
also have a finger in the pie. and
each one of the claimants will re-
ceive but little of the money.
This sum, however, is the 10 per
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
KERMIT KILLS GIRAFFE
(By United Press)

NA1ROBO, May 13.-Reports
from camp today tell how Kermit
Roosevelt killed a giraffe at close
range yesterday with his first shot.
Roosevelt started today on trip
to the American mission. Tomor-
row he. will start for Juja ranch
where he will arrive Sunday,
May 20.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
NOT A DEAD TOWN FINANCIALLY, NDUsRRI-
OUSLY OR SOCIALLY, BUT A DEAD sport
ING TOWN-ARRESTS HAVE BEEN 1UE IN
HALF-TAXATION AND BUSINESS LITTLE AT
FECTED, BUT DIVORCES INCREASE.

| nave UCCu 700 aFTcStS, go lot
drunkenness. The Migrants locked
up during the last wet year mum.
bered So; there were only ,16 ar.
rested during the dry year.
The cost Of policing the y city,
$21, 200, has remained thesAame,
but Decatur had wet mayor and
council The police obviously were
not as busy during the past year.
1t is fact that the number of ar.
rests for intoxication has been
slightly increased in the neighbor-
Ing towns, since Decatur went dry.
There is not great number of
people, however, who go out of
town to get full, If railroad men
may be believed.
For some reason. the number of
divorces has increased. On the
docket now for the May term of
the circuit court are SO cases. For
were % cases. Half Of the cases
brought against husbands are upon
the grounds of intemperance or al
lied abuses. Half of the cases
against wives are upon statutory
grounds"
When loacl option came into
power, 63 saloons, paying $31, 500
city license, were killed, one small
local brewery lost it's valuable local
trade and several wholesale houses
or liquor agencies left town. These
combined had taxable property
listed at 10000. This the town
lost.
The vets claimed for while
that local option made 500 vacant
dwellings and a large number" of
vacant stores. This has been dis
proved. A canvass of the town
showed that on Jan. rs there were
279 vacant dwellings, as against
1913 in January of the previous
year. Real estate transfers in
creased 1881 900 in the first nine
weeks of the dry yearss And in
1908, 496 new dwellings were built
at cost of $1.131, 1893. There were
some elaborate dwellings,. but most
of the dwellings were modest Ca 500
homes. Buildings other than dwell
ings have been constructed at a
cost of half a million.
The number of bank Nepositors
has increased, bankers say. How
ever, the bank statement shows in
dividual deposits for the last wet
year at $5,204, 525.9S. as against the
first dry years $685. 3612. Loans
increased. There has been during
the last quarter an increase in in
dividual deposits of 1891, 1852.
Local Or general trade conditions
that cannot be enumerated here
may have influenced these figures
somewhat. ..- -..e.
The 1908 postal receipts were
Sill. 1889; in 1907, $104,419.4S
Last Christmas showed the biggest
postal receipts in the history of
the city.
Merchants view the conditions OF
trade variously. The majority of
tradespeople say that they notice
no difference, and the larger depart
ment store people prove that their
trade has not decreased One de-
partment store man says that his
business has improved. A mems
furnishings Outfitter declared that
some of his trade had gone out Of
town." A shoe merchant reports a
loss of four per cent, but considers
adverse weather conditions. There
was increased sale of children S
Shoes" he says. Druggists have
lost some businesh. They cannot
sell alcohol in form, even upon a
doctors prescription. Physicians
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
GREAT VICTORY
FOR WEST

Advices received from Chicago
indicate that the Hill lines and 9th.
ers running west have decided TO
admit Spokane's victory in the rate
fight by granting from 25 to SO per
cent reductions In freight rates
generally, applicable to all inland
shipping points of consequence.
The concession contempiates a
complete REIMBURSEMENT of rates
rest OF the Mississippi river on
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
BROKE QUARANTINE.

Adolph Marks, Russian laborer
is under arrest'for breaking quar-
antine. He was found to be subject
to scarlet fever and the health off
GERS placed him under quarantine
but he refused to stay at home. He
is a middle aged man.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13

There is a certain type of man
who demands rapid transit even in
the pursuit of happiness.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
MIDNIGHT SCREAM BREAKS
SLEEPING WOMAN'S ARM
(By United Press)

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May 13.-
When a member Of her household
screamed while dreaming, Mrs. w.
w. Phelps was SO startled that her
nerves caused a muscular contrac-
ton which broke her arm.
She had undergone a serious sur
gical operation and her nervous
system was highly susceptible to
the shock.
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-13
How to Really
Save Money On a
Piano

In the first place, be sure you go
to Eilers, for the Eilers economic
methods and superior purchasing
power will be sure to give you an
instrument at the very lowest pos
sible figure.
Then, when Eilers quote bar
gains, you may make up your mind
that there is an opportunity in
every price quoted.
Have you investigated the Club
Sale This is without doubt the
greatest opportunity to secure
high grade, brand new piano at
greatly reduced price that has been
offered for a long time past. 1t
means that you cooperate with 500
other buyers in great purchasing
plan and secure the same price as
paid by the average dealer
You don't select from a certain
make nor from a chosen few, but
from our entire line, comprising
Chickering, Steck, Kimball, Decker,
Hobart M. Gable, Lester, Schu-
mann, Smith & Barnes. Marshall &
Wendell and many others.
Club prices range from $148 up
wards, and are from $S5 to $3.50
under the regular retail price. The
terms are SO easy that you'll never
miss the money-six per cent down
and the balance at $3.50 or more
per week.
Come in and investigate.
Visitors welcome.
Memberships are limited,
| SO come early,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
NOT A CORPORAL DELIGHT.
by Writer Who Has Clearly
Studied the Subject.

II Is the fashion Of the more bilious
moralists to put kissing among the
gross pleasures, with eating, yOdlng.
snoring and the use of tObacr-. but.
as a matter Of fact, 1t is not a corpor-
cal delight at all, says a writer In the
Baltimore Sun. Its sole physical &C.
compartment, indeed, is sensation
of suffOcatiOn. and this, as all will ad-
NIT. is scarcely agreeable. No; the
insidious charm of the pastime must
be sought in its psychic effects-in its
marvellous and delightful interference
with the normal processes Of ratioci-
nation. A man kissed is a man trans
figured and transmOgrified. Let him
be the worst of misanthropes before
the sweet infringement Of nose upon
nose, and he may yet emerge from the
turmoil philanthropist. One kiss.
properly stage-managed, is enough to
transform q pirate into a poet, poll
tician into a philosopher. or vice YER
sa. One small kiss. indeed, is suffi-
cient to turn a proud. heaven-kissing
bachelor into a servile married man
the most stupendOus, antipOdal and
lamentable transformation possible, at
this writing. in mere human being.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Two Bits Of Wood.

Importance cannot be reduced to a
matter of size. The success of a
piece Of work may depend on a tiny
detail. Such is the case in regard to
that marvel of construction. the violin.
Rev. H. r. Haweis in his my Musical
Life" tells of the care and labor ex-
pended on two little pieces of wood
which 90 to make up the perfect
whole
The sound-bar is strip of pine wood
running under the left foot of the
bridge. A slight mistake in its posi-
ton. looseness. or inequality or rough
ness of finish will produce that hollow,
teeth-on-edse growl called wolf" 1t
takes great cunning and a life of prac-
teal study to know just how long and
how thick the sound-bar must be, and
exactly where to place it., in each in
strument.
The sound-post Is little pine prop.
like short bit of cedar pencil 1t is
the soul of the violin, and through 1t
pours all vibrations. Days and weeks
are spent in adjusting the tiny sound
post. Its position exhausts the pa
thence of the maker. and makes the
joy or misery of the player.-YOuth's
Companion.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
NEWEST USE FOR NAIL FILE.
Guest at Philadelphia Dinner at First
Caused Great CONSERVATION
by His Action.

A Philadelphia doctor has discov-
cred a brand new use for a nail file
which is likely to become much more
prominent than the old use. A short
time ago this doctor was guest at q
dinner in one of Philadelphia's most
exclusive houses. When the last
course had been served and the cigars
were being passed the doctor reached
down into his trousers and extracted
a penknife. Slowly he opened blade.
Everybody gasped. Could it be that
DR.. would so far forget himself
as to manicure his nails at the table?
All watched with bated breath. Slowly
the doctor reached out and secured a
match which was near his place. Then
he deliberately struck his match on
the rough part Of the nail file and Lit
his cigar. The suspense was over and
the doctor had not committed tho
frightful breach of etiquette which his
associates had feared. Now the Gus
tom is spreading fast, for 1t is less ef-
fort than 1t is to stand on one leg to
strike the match on ones shoe, and
decidedly more elegant than the time
honored method of striking it on ones
trousers.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
DINERS ATE sRoiLEo WHALE.
Also Roast Monkey, Boa Constructor
Outlets, Etc.

Broiled Pacific whale. grilled blub-
Der from Nootka, roast Amazon
monkey. baked Winnipeg porcupine
and boa constructor outlets were among
the more remarkable features of the
annual dinner of the Canadian camp at
the Hotel Astor at New York. These
delicacies came at the end of the
menu, the diners appetites being
whetted earlier in the feast by more
ordinary viands. such as Martindale
one-eyed trout, mountain lamb with
horns), Newfoundland rabbit pie, spit
ted Vancouver pigeons and african
sOrbet a Ia White"
Col. C. J. ("Buffalo'D Jones was the
guest of honor and the principal
speaker. His address, which the toast
master described in advance as
challenge to nature takers and molly
Goddess" was illustrated by a series Of
stereopticon pictures thrown on a
white curtain at one end of the hall.
Not the least interesting part of the
discourse were limitations by Buffalo"
Jones of the cries of the coyote. bear,
mountain lion. buffalo and other ami
mails of the plains, enabling any Of
the diners, the speaker said, Ito rec
ognize these specimens easily by ear.
whenever they CHANGED to get within
distance"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Women Train for Warfare.

sUeb Aug und Hand fur's Water
land" ("Train eye and hand for the
Fatherland"). That is the inscription
on the banner which is carried at the
head of a company of young women
at Brunn. Moravia, who evidently be-
lieve that they will some day be
called upon to defend their country.
They parade every Sunday in a dash
ing uniform and carry rifles. Their
craftsmanship and soldierly bearing
have won the admiration of the citi-
zens, says an Austrian paper, aud the
officers of the Amazon organization
say: I'VE feel proud of our men ="
In Servia women have also formed
military organizations. but these are
not only for target practice and ex-
hibition drills, but for home defense.
A picture recently received in this
country shows q non-commfSSioned
officer drilling a squad of women, COM
posed of housemaids. shop-girls and
factory employees. They stand at at
tention, the firearms In strange con-
trast with skirts, aprons and plumed
hats.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Real Olive Oil to Be Costly.

It is estimated that the entire Turk
ish output of olive oil will not exceed
100000 quintals (Turkish), or, say. So.
900 TONS 1t is. therefore. relatively
insufficient to meet local requirements
and foreign demands.
The olive oil crop in Greece, Crete,
Italy, and Morocco has completely
failed. The crop of Tunis is estimated
at about 10000 tons, or about one.
fourth of it's average crop.
AS far as Spain is concerned. opin-
ion is divided, but it is believed that
the country possesses a considerable
stock of last seasons oil and that the
present crop will reach about one
third of that of good year. Spain is
the largest olive oil producing coun.
try in Europe. A good harvest gives
about 100000 tons of oil. Its home
consumption is considerable and it is
probable that the high market price
will prevent its expectation.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
TELLS OF SIBERIAN AaR0Taess.
Many Uses Of q Bread Much Favored
in Gold Countries.

OF an the bareback breads Of the
uni erse ! have found BY actual ex-
periance the small ringed bread Of 81
IBERIA the most substantial. When the
Russian engineering parties were con-
structing the Siberian railroad this
whitening bread with the coarse rye
bread) WAS their main star of life.
1t made without salt or yeast and
is first steamed, then lightly baked to
expel the moisture. Some curious
uses were made Of these breads by the
engineers. When soaked In hot pure
taliow for . few moments till they
sank they were used in soups or
soaked in and eaten with tea during
the severe winter months. This tai
low bread was considered the most
heat-producing article In the dietary
1t should be utilized by our Arctic
explorers.
Another curious use to which 1t is
put Is as an extempore candle, or cof-
fee pot boiler. A nail is used to make
about eight holes in the tallow ring
bread; wax vestas are placed in these
and ignited. 1t will burn slowly for
about an hour, emitting a strong heat
sufficient to warm and light a small
tent and boil the tea or coffee water.
There is rather strong odor of toast
ing bread, but that is tolerated in pref
erence to smoke. While sOjOurning
with the engineers In Siberia l have
also seen them using the larger sizes
OF ringed bread as makeshift quOits
for Sunday afternoon sport in their
tents, and the bread would stand the
knocking about pretty we'll. and would
eventually appear in the soup at the
evening meal.
Small Siberian storekeepers also use
the ringed bread as an abacus, or
primitive counting apparatus for cal
culating small sums in rubles and
kopeks. and simple figuring. Three
strings are suspended above the coun-
ter; ten breads are strung on each;
the top line represents the rubles
their money transactions rarely 60
ing above ten) and the two lower
strings stand for the kopeks. OF
course the strings of bread can be in
creased to mount into the thousands
and up II desired.-L Lodian, in Scien-
tific American.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Mary's Wedding.

A Maryland man recently married
OF his fourth daughter, the ceremonies
touching whose wedding were given
much attention by the society ed
itors" of the country papers in that
region.
A week or two after the wedding a
friend who had been north for some
time met the father, to whom he made
some ocular references in regard to
the recent event" 81 see by one pa
per-" said he. that Mary's wedding
well nigh beggared description
WELL" said the old man, Il don't
know about that, but do know it well
nigh beggared mei"-Lippincott,s
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Fight Against "Treatina Habit"

: The AntfTreat league is gaining
many new members, says Theodore
Sutro In q letter to a man who in
quired as to the objects of the Or
ganization. Besides being a step
toward intemperance. he says, "the
foolish custom cannot be INDUCED in
by men in moderate circumstances
without entailing an unnecessary ex-
pense. We are opposed also to the
American barroom. where people
stand up in droves and gulp down
strong liquors in lightning haste and
in indefinite quantities. The associa-
ton is working toward the introduc.
ton of the barless barroom, where
guests will be served at little tables.
There people may sit down quietly
and sip their drinks as one would tea
or coffee, each man paying for what he
consumes, regardless of the thirst of
the man who may sit at the same
table with him. Not many men would
become intoxicated in barrooms of
that kind"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
A. to Humility.

Philosophers have quarreled over the
question Of humility, whether or not it
Is virtue. Since humility is so rare
it would seem scarcely to be worth dis
cussion. It is said that Epictetus in
five places breaches humility: IF thou
passest for a person of consequence in
the opinion of some people, distrust
thyself. No lifting up Of the eyebrows
Be nothing in thine own eyes-if thou
seekest to please thou art lost. Give
place to all men; prefer them to thy
self: assist them ALL" Theologians
have contended that humility cost
nothing to Epictetus, who was a slave.
He was humble by station as the
learned scholar might be proud by sta
ton. Voltaire calls humility the mod
esty Of the SOUL" These gentlemen
did not live in the twentieth century.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Probably True.

"Say," said the farmer, who was I'M
loading potatoes at the grocery, do
you believe that story about little
George Washington and the Ratchet
and the cherry tree?
Don't ask me-" laughed the grocer.
"Well, think 1t is probably true.
I've got q boy ten years old at home.
and after he had leased me for a year
or so l bought him a boys ak"
"And did he cut down your favorite
cherry tree?"
He did a heap better than that.
He cut down most of the apple Or
chard orchard"
"And did he tell a lie about it"
Nope. Owned up like q little
man."
"And, like Washington. you praised
him.
Unlike Washington, I didn't do
any such blamed thing. I gave him
q hiding on the spot, and have licked
him once a day since and am going
to keep it up until he is twenty-five
years old"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
Mark Of 4 Thorouohbred.

As an old horseman who has bred
and handled horses of many types,
says q writer in Outing, I have fire.
quently been surprised at the answers
given by the majority of people when
asked the question: What constitutes
the most striking difference between
the thoroughbred and the common
horse?"
Nineteen out Of twenty will name
the beauty or the speed of the thor
oughbred; but important as are both
Of these qualities, neither answer is
correct. 1t is simply that the thorough
bred when he is tired will keep on
with an undiminished courage and am
bition, while q common horse under
the same circumstances will quit.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05
A STRANGER In New York.

A Stranger In New York.
"Have you no friends at all here?" I
asked.
Not a one. I thought had two or
three, but was mistaken. They're
very friendly when they're in my part
of the country, but here they give me
only the telephone glad hand, which is
easy and cheap. You've been up
against it, of course?"
Possibly" l admitted doubtfully.
"Sure you have. Everybody gets II
here. I had It passed out to me the
first day, when gleefully called up a
man I'd been clever to out our way He
was mighty glad to hear / was in town
-tickled to death. But I haven't a
minute to spare to-day, old man. he
said. I'll be up to your hotel in the
morning That was five days ago."
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

tor. u . highly nutritious substance
that - . general favorite among chill
dren. Given ct the end Of meal It
can seldom do harm. Equal parts Of
chopped fat meat, lean meat and bread
crumbs. the whole lightly seasoned
with pepper and salt and dash Of
powdered sugar, make an. agreeable
filling for sandwiches that are often
acceptable to those who insist that
they do not like fat-Dr. l. F. Bryson
In Harper's Bazaar.