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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-08
SCHIvELY MUTE

OLYMPIA. May State In
snfnIte Commissioner Sehiyely has
returned TO olympia ffam Portland
With the firm intention o. not dis
uussing his ease with ans one He
IL absolutely mute on all matters
deailag with iha investigation hers
and bis troubles in Spokane
WhegaeF OF not he will resign ID
aa much 4 mystery aa ever.
iIls vislt 10 Portland Is said "a
have been fof the purpose OF dis
lupaing Of some stocks and bonds 10
order that he will not be without
funds for his defense
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-08

view with Governor Hay and his
supporters In the governors OF.
flee. In which some harsh things
were said. Ross declared at that
tins that he would not stand for
another Investigation.
How far back will this investi.
CATION gog is the query heard on
all sides in Olympia. II is evident
that Governor Hay is back OF the
whole matter. and no one knows
whore he proposes to stop. There
are some who even believe that
It may reach to the supreme bench
OF the state.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-08

Il Will answer 10 God A.
rl7hsy--i % not care TO MI
sreshsf rsn--l surrender"
Win his hands hIEh In air, his
nor working in nervous eonlor
t.ors. lean Fortier, who yesterday
hot and killed his brother and
thsu attempted to murder Mrs.
Nan Jane Fnrtier. bis brother 3
~. kare himself w Nhen covered
b he gun Of Deputy Sheriff Scott
s,cns yesterday. Malone, while
e1ptminS the man. probably saved
" M al the same time
rur seven hours Fortlcr lay IN
hIdlnx sffcr shooting Mr. Forticf
Il iks Peterson a Donovan cook
hou.<. I'VE miles out Of Green
Lakr Al about Iib the murderer
M kis hitlns place around which
prs6abls . DOZEN officers had
1assed and repsssea durins the
ensneu.. and started back TO
0reer lxks.
rssisr Appears.
Deputy Sheriff Nalone was
guarding ihs maa q tho hlll sam
MI aboas ioo9 yards wes; Of the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-08
when THE STATE HANGS
me- MY FAMILY CAN live
IAN WHO KILLED HIS
BROTHER TELLS
WHY.
Woman Who Was Shot by
This Drink Crazed Man
May Survive.

swhsa the state hangs me-
my ismils will be provided for.
Yh, msmsns ! step apoa the
ssIIs~. NY wife ard little chit
I'm viii receive the 5000 for
ssisA N, llis Is assured" This
4 n. ss.ssmsat made BY Jean
Esr,l,r this mornlrg q, tho
sssnsy JILL Hs q seemingly
ssim sns spent the morning
,,sslas The papers which save
:, sssss~s q his capture,
PersssSs wife and ,ts little
shiisrsa are 10 Destitute c'reum-
stssssI
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-08

NEW YORK. May s-rhe 500
called shakc-up In the local branch
Of the customs service went merrily
ahead today under the orders Of
william Loeb, collector Of the port.
Several men in uniform were let 20
and others viii follow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-08

OLYMPIA, MAY sl-As the result
Of the recent exposures In the state
offices. a campaign OF inyestiga.
tion has been started which Is ex.
pectsd to include every state off
elal Ia Olympia. and some OF those
whose terms Of office have expired.
At present the plans OF the leg
isiaiive investigating committee. as
made public today. include former
Gov Mead. former State Treasurer
George d Mills. son.in.law OF NJ. ].
Gordon. OF Spokane, and C. W..
ClausBen, present state auditor.
Landing or Mead.
The investigation OF Mead and
Mills is the outcome OF cursory
examination Of the new executive
mansion. Mead and Mills %. K.'dr
the payment OF ze.o00 for this
building. and ii has been deter
mined to the satisfaction Of the
committee that the building could
have been erected for half that
amount. The committee feels that
II there wasn't graft in the con
Gtruetion Of this building, there was
eareleasness In the handling Of
The states nancy tha, 4 ,yor,by ~
nrobJng
IN addttlnn "a an irxestt..,io, In
connection with the building Of the
governors residence, Mead will also
have TO tell the committee why he
allowed hls nam. ID h. s,amnad
on namilton'e vonchers wlthon,
,nallnx anv effart "a tnow u.ha,ha,
tho STATE vas Ket,lnx yalna ~.
col,ed
r,.. A.. st.
x,,,,,' 49, a., ~. p,s,n'
"a, W" i,a.s - ~, =, '.'s uonp,e ~ y
$3.50 - ~ ti.s - - aau,VoI,
, s,sa ~ s,,,. w ,,aa , .' soueneis
mai attention.
Claussen. In addition 10 THIS, has
some private conduct 10 answer for
TO the committee. He has been
away from his office In Olympia
now for over month, In Seattle
institute, for the restoration Of
shattered nerves. This Is said to
be his third visit to this institu-
ton.
Probing Insane Asylum.
Today the committee is at
Medicine Lake investigating the
Eastern Washington Insane Asylum
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
MINISTER WANTS sloo LESS
Asks to Continue Working for s7os
Year, But Presbytery In
ssts Upon $500.

Marksboro, N. J.-One Of the inter-
esting questions that the Newton
Presbytery, in session at Washington.
will have to decide is whether Rev,
F. A. Lott of Newport, Pa. shall be
allowed to accept a pastorate Of the
Presbyterian church at this place. The
only objection thus far offered to the
candidate is that he does not ask for
enough money. The presbytery has
made rule not to appoint pastor
for the church in question at salary
less than $500 year. whereas Mr..
Lott is willing to accept 500.
Mr.. Lott has a daughter he wants
to educate. and he has figured out
that. with the free tuition offered to
children Of ministers, he can accom-.
plish his desire on the $500. That
sum is, therefore. enough for him. and
he will not ask for any more. as he
hates to be burdened with wealth.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
80 S H.

r. HERE are the GHOSTS" in the his
= torical old Chapel Of the Comfort.
er at 10 Horatio street, near Jackson
square, In New York City! Soren
Lindgren. who until recently was sex
ton Of the little mission supported by
Ascension parish, of which the Rev.
DR.. Percy Grant is rector. has not
only seen the spirits. but he has taken
photographs OF two Of them.
These strange. mysterious figures,
according to Mr.. Lindgren. congregate
every evening at the foot Of the altar.
IT is a weird story Mr.. Lindgren tells
OF his experiences in the church,
where he and his wife, who frankly
confesses that none Of the GHOSTS"
have been visible to her, had their
living apartments.
So interested did the sexton be.
come in the movements of the de.
parted spirits that he purchased a
camere and lay awake at night to
take snapshot pictures of them. The
Lindgrens took up their residence on
an upper door Of the church last No.
vember. and the presence of the
ghosts" was revealed to mr.. Lindgren
the first night he slept there.
About II o'clock at night" Mr..
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19

NEW YORK.-There Is man in a
IN big real estate firm in the Wall
street district OF New York city who
has not paid penny of house rent for
the last ten years. although he has
lived during all that time in hand
some apartments In the most fashion
able part or town; the smallest OF
which never is leased for less than
$1,000 a year. Among the very few
who know the secret OF how he Is
able to occupy such expensive quar-
tiers free of charge he is the most en-
We'd man. Yet he himself finds his
GOOD fortune something OF trial.
He does not know from one month
to the next where he will have to
move. He always is the first tenant
OF all to move into the house. and
when the house begins to fill up he
knows he must prepare to get out
Then this man who lives rent free be-
gins to wonder where he will have
to move to next No sooner has his
family made circle OF pleasant ac
quaintances among the other newcom.
ers in big apartment house than
they have to make some excuse. teIe-
phone for the moving vans. and have
their furniture taken to new place
Of abode
This nomadic New Workers. re.
moval from one place to another does
not cost him anything. except the
wear and tear on his furniture. and
the labor OF getting settled in each
new apartment. His changing about
Is part of his days work and arises
solely from the fact that he is consid
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
Elephant Collects Pennies in Zoo

Keepers practice when the bank was
full to take Congo across to the soda
fountain nearby and buy him quart
OF ice cream out Of the days receipts.
At this rate Congo soon learned the
value Of money. and also began to
love !tnot Tor, Its own sake. but for
what It brought him. When Richards
went for his luncheon a lew days ago
ne carefully emptied the bank, leaving
Congo with vacant tin boz
When the keeper had finished hi,
meal he fastened back to the faithful
Congo. but on the way met four 3u.
bilant urchins. who were dividing so
cents. 7.
There stood Congo. awaying mourn.
fully. Beside him Sultana and Khar.
tonm. two other elephants, were hold.
Ing up their educated fellow. Who
seemed III. 35'
a seedy man standing At the ran q.
planned The case: 4
Some boys were inst Ia here with
some apples they'd stole, and every
dine they gavs the elephant With the
bank n ample he gave them cent,
an - soon q they got his last cent
lithey beat Y +
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
perts alone can give expression to
facts thus observed
Missouri Fish story.

Keytesville. Movable at the Ice
pond fishing few days ago. wv. r.
Sweeney noticed large spider on a
leaf at the edge Of the water that
seemed to be fishing also. The spider
would put out one leg in the water.
shake 1t little bit and then wait.
BY and by . minnow came to the top
and grabbed the spiders foot.
This seemed to be what It was wait
ing for. and without minutes hest
tation it sprung onto the minnow. be.
ing carried under the water several
times. but never releasing its hold ON
the fish until It ceased to struggle and
was dead. when the spider hauled its
prey ashore. to be deyoured at leisure.
In trying to land the struggling min.
now the spider would lay hold Of I
leaf or weed on the shore ana hang
there with . death-like grip. and 1t
last landed his catch In that WY. ~
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19

THE Yemassie Haymakers. a West
side organization In New York
city. whose members say they are
henchmen Of Leader 1.-THE" McManus.
had an outing at College Point and
the last installment came home BY
way of the East Thirty-fourth street
ferry at 1880 o'clock In the morning,
They TANNED the ferryboat. Manhat.
tan Beach. and there were also aboard
q number Of outsiders returning to
their homes,
AZ soon az the boat started Charles
Ammon. so years old. 667 Tenth ave
nue.. called some Of the picnickere to
gether and announced in no soft tones
4 that he was going to open court and
that as fudge be would sentence every
one brought before him for disorder,
i ~ conduct *
The idea was taken up readily and
soon several OF the Officers" appoint
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
PeriLs Which Auiators Meet

exist like the waves of the sea. but
they are more capricious.
When crossed the channel and
found the desired opening In the clitf.
] was caught by a whirling eddy which
caused me to spin round twice and
was the reason of my abrupt landing.
At other times the atmospheric pres
sure in those eddies is such that I
feel myself glued to my seat. and even
have the sensation that I am sinking
into It. Then suddenly the aeroplane
rebounds as II 1t had been shot from
springboard. These atmospheric pres.
sures have the grave disadvantage Of
straining our machines to the very.
limit Of their Resistance. After a
dive into the void We feel ourselves
caught up ~ an upward moving cur
rent: the stays. the metallic wire, the
walls Of the cells are put to formid.
able pressure. They resist ten. TWEEN.
~ and hundred times. but at the
hundred and nrst. they give way. Ex.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
~ This ii November.

Thousands upon thousands Of fam.
lies who have not been regular eat
ers Of Quaker Oats will begin on the
I drst Of November and eat Quaker
Oats once or twice every day for thirty
days 81 this month; the result In
GOOD health and more strength and
yiEor will mean that, every other
month Ia the. year will find them doing
/ the same thing. NJ
4 Try IL! Serve Quaker. Oats plenti-
4 fully and frequently for the thirty
days q November and leave OF cor.
responding amount OF meat and greasy
1 foods. FOUL get more health, more
yigor ana an nsngth than you ever got
I a thirty days 81 any other kind Of
I eating. !. I s. RI I. III n s.sS
While you are trying this see that
the children get q full share.
Quaker Oats Is packed In regular
aise pack and large size family
4 packaReS. n
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
Mock Court Ends in Real Court Trial

ed ~ Ammon dragged q much-fripht.
ened negro before him.
This man spit on the deck" said
one of the gang.
Make him stand on his head or.
dered the court.
The negro made feeble effort to
put his feet In the air and when he
was unable to do SO he was made to
drink five glasses of water. n. be.
came III suddenly and his tormentors
let him go.
It happened that Sergt. Irwin and
six patrolmen. all traffic men in citi.
zens dress, were aboard the boat, and
as soon as they heard of the court
they started a mock fight so they
could get arrested and see how the
court" was working.
Patrolman Fritsch was promptly
nabbed as a disorderly person and
was hurried to where Ammon was
holding forth and was charged with
lighting
Let him turn few handsprinRs. /"
shouted Ammon. but Fritsch, who is !
powerful fellow. hurled, two OF the
men aside and walkeT away. Next
day In real court the rowdies paid
finee for their fun.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
Quart a Day to Family Of Five
Persons Is Proportion.
Two-Thirds Of Supply Furnished by
Cow Is Used to Make Butter and
cheese-Where Good Quail
ity Comes From.

Observation-Disclosures two-thirds
of all the milk produced by farmers
for sale is used to make butter and
cheese. the other third is sufficient to
allow each person to consume on an
average of about twenty gallons a
year. This means about quart a day
to family of five persons. In other
words. milk and cream together fur
nish 16 per cent. of the total food Of
the average American family of to-
day.
In some parts Of the world other
kinds of milk are used than that
taken from "old bossy." Goats milk
Is common, especially in the billy dis.
tricts of Europe; buffalo's milk is
much used in India: the llama's milk
In South America: camel's milk In
the desert countries; mares milk in
the steppes Of Russia and central
Asia; reindeer's milk In the arctic re-
gtons. but cows milk predominates
entirely in the western world. Per-
haps no food has been more often
STUDIED by chemists than milk and
Its products, and great deal Of in
formation Is available regarding the
composition and properties Of this
important food material.
The milk which Is ordinarily sold
for household use Is subject to con-
siderable variation In composition. 1t
is owing to such natural variation in
composition that milk Is purchased at
creameries on the basis Of its fat con-
tent. This variation in nutritive value
Is In large part attributable to differ.
ences in the breeds of cows kept. GER
tain Heeds producing more milk that
contains fat than others.
Among the best for producing
cream are the Channel Island breeds,
which give milk rich IL fat that
easily rises to the top The age Of
the animal also has considerable In.
fiuence young cows producing richer
milk than old ones Of the same kind
In general, well fed COW gives more
and better milk than If poorly fed,
but the relative proportions of fat,
casein. and sugar In the milk are not
so greatly influenced by the compost.
ton of the food as Is the quality of
the milk.
The average COW of a given breed
possesses certain capabilities for pro-
ducing milk. but does not reach her
normal capacity Of milk production
unless she is well fed. When once
she has sufh Gent and well balanced
ration. neither the composition nor
the amount Of the milk yield seems
to be greatly improved by either In.
creasing the ration or changing the
proportion OF the nutrients 1t sup
plies.
Disease germs may get into milk
either directly from diseased COW
or indirectly from diseased person.
from polluted water, or some similar
way. There are many other possible
sources OF contagion. Among the
contagious diseases to which the
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
Sexton Finds Ghosts in a Churc]

Lindgren said, II heard rap on the
door of my bedroom. Positive that
l had locked the front doors, / was
puzzled to know how any one could
have entered. I'threw open the door
and standing in the dark hallway /
saw the figure Of an old man with a
long flowing gray beard. asked what
ne wanted and instantly the figure
vanished.
1T was several weeks before the
OLD man again made his appearance.
Determined to investigate the matter
| followed the old man into the
church. Hardly second had ELAPSED
until ! found the strange figure at
my side.
BE not afraid he assured me
This building was once dance hall.
and 1t was here that wasted a for.
tune which had been left to me by
my father. who was an Italian noble.
man. killed mrn in this yery
room. Yes. stabbed him in the back.
stole the money to buy rum. and
her am a physical wreck.
EARLY the next night" he said. "as
the old man approached the altar I
fixed my camera in position and gave
the picture a long exposure. Mrs
Lindgren was with me and we went
directly to our apartment and devel,
oped the picture. Only the white out
lines OF the mans face, head and
beard we're shown in the photograph
but BY using pencil on one Of the
negatives. succeeded in drawing an
excellent likeness of the mysterious
figure"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
ITALY TO RENEW ITS FORESTS.
Extensive Operations In ReaToresta-'
ton Have Been on for Forty
Years-Prosrsss Made.

Washington-Italy. which has sui
fered extremely in the past from the
ruin which follows the removal OF pro-
tective forests. is now among the lead.
ing nations working for the conserva-
ton of forest resources. Extensive OPP
erations in reafforestatlon have been
going on for 40 years. and the italian
secretary of agriculture has Just pub
lished his report on the progress made
In that time.
This report indicates that the tia
liam government is keenly aware OF
the value of forests to the country,
and that, 1t is determined to bring its
deforested lands into forested state
as soon again as possible. To attain
this end. planting operations have
been conducted on government land to
such an extent that during the last 30
years $4,000 acres have been planted
in rs Of the provinces of Italy. OF this
area, $4,000 acres. or approximately
10S square miles, were planted in the
year 1907 alone, causing IN outlay OF
nearly s2.00O.000 and giving employ
LAShS " a Ahl &c AuilOSi vi hlOA.
Reafforestation has been carried on
so vigorously that there now remains
only about $4,000 acres of government
land In need Of planting. In addition
to conducting planting operations on
large scale, the Italian government
has during the last 40 years distribut-
ed over 1S0,000,000 young trees and
237.600 pounds of seed. an amount sui
ficient to restock approximately 1907
900 acres Of land. to the people III an
effort to encourage planting and SOW
ing by private persons. AS the forest
area of Italy amounts to only slightly
more than 100000 acres. this plant
ing by the government and private
persons amounts to approximately
one-fortieth of the total forest area of
Italy. Further steps must be taken by
the government, however, before its
forest policy will prove the success of
some of its European neighbors.
Forest fires still continue to be the
cause Of heavy damage. During the
year 1907. 1924 fires were reported
with an estimated loss of $194.400.
While this amount Is insignificant
when compared with the yearly loss
from fires In the United States. 1t Is
large, relatively speaking. and would
be viewed almost as a calamity in the
better managed German forests. OF
these fires. 81 were due to criminal
design, 267 to culpable negligence. 1872
to accident, and the rest to unknown
causes.
Fire. however, is not the only enc
my of the Italian woods. The small
landowner often fells reckiessly, and
sometimes with good excuse. because
of the heavy taxation of timber lands
Large tracts which used to be covered
by thick growth of chestnut have.
even during recent years. been strip
ped Of every tree.
Like all other countries where for
estry Is successfully practiced. Italy
must not only resort to planting the
cut-over areas. but must also perfect
system of fire protection and enact
laws to relieve timber lanGs OF exces.
sive taxation.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
me we'll woman and I have no more
backache. I hope / can help others by
telling them what Lydia r. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me. Mrs. EMMA MISE, 1873 FirstSt,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one of the thou
sands Of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond a doubt that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases Of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound a trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope Of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is free.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
Apartment House Mascot and His Job

cred as mascot or forerunner of
good fortune for certain rich man,
who owns a great deal of Manhattan
real estate, and who is continually I'm
proving 1t by putting up large apart.
ment houses
One OF the crucial periods in the
life of an apartment house is when
1t just has been completed, and it Is
desired to fill 1t with tenants All the
apartment houses owned by this rich
man are managed by the firm of
agents in whose employ is this mascot
who never pays rent Just how the
superstition started is not tnown, but
that the man who believes In 1t has
grounds for such belief that are sat
isfactoroy to himself is evident from
It's long continuance.
When a new apartment house be-
longing to this great landlord is fin
ished. the lucky clerk in the agents
office is notified that his quarters will
be ready for him on such and such
day His apartment is the first to
be completed. The other apartments
may be still in the hands of painters
and decorators and the halls may be
Uttered with shavings and broken
plaster. But this professional first
tenant has to have his household be-
longings moved in and get them ar
ranged as artistically as possible with.
But his field OF usefulness Is not
confined exclusively to new structures.
1t sometimes happens that an un.
profitable number of vacancies occur
in one Of the older structures.
Strong in the belief in this mans
magnetic qualities, the landlord tele-
phones him to move in hurry to
the apartment house whose list of ten.
ants is dwindling. Even in such
seeming desperate cases as this, where
the apartment house is less attractive
than a newer building, the mascot's
luck seems to warrant the landlords
confidence in It,