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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-24
Miscellaneous
& Real Estate
Opportunities
Miscellaneous.

Make money corresponding for
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stamp. Press Syndicate, Ten, Mid.
dlepOrt, N. Y,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

decreased. Another is that the labor and
inconvenience of keeping up the pill supply
and filling and cleaning the lamps is to
be added to the cost of the oil.
Four rather haphazard examples OF what
is actually being done in supplying cleo
tricity to the homes of people of scanty or
moderate means under commercial condi-
tons in towns and cities in the middle west
may be given. 1t is to be noted that in
every case the current sold is generated
by steam power.
In Cadillac, Mich, the central station
company has 300 customers on it's books
(or had last August, when the statement
was made publicly whose wages do not ex-
coed more than 81 a day. These working
men can afford electric light and the COM
pany can afford to sell it to them, or of
| course it wouldn't do it. The company
gets from 80 to SIS a year from each con-
J sumner of this class.
An Educational Campaign.
Dubuque. Ia, has an up-to-date electric
lighting management, and here a carefully
prepared educational campaign has beer
carried on to convince householders OF
moderate means that electricity is not to
be regarded as a luxury for the rich. Dur
ing the last eight months more modest
homes have been equipped electrically thar
during any previous period of severaLtime,
that duration. Here 1t is found that the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

where only underground construction is
permitted), cost of customers meters, cost
of house wiring, ETC., which cannot be gone
into here, and these make the fixing up
equitable electric lighting rates a perplex-
ing problem indeed. But the general tend
ency, as the men and methods in the cleo
trio lighting business improve, is toward
cheaper prices. In Chicago, for instance,
the rates for electricity are now only about
40 per cent what they were ten years ago.
Comparisons with Gas.
At 10 cents a kilowatt-hour electricity is
considered to be about as cheap as gas for
lighting, and in many places electric energy
can be bought, even by the small consum-
ers, at a lower price than this. Often there
is a primary rate higher than the figure
given and a secondary rate considerable
lower, and the cottage or s"mall-apartment
consumer can secure the advantage of his
lights, which the central station company
will be glad to explain to him, for 1t en-
ables the company to make a better use
of its facilities and to stand ready to serve
more customers. Sensible cooperation be-
tween customer and company is mutually
advantageous.
In many small towns there are no gas
plants, and here the electric light COM
petes with kerosene lamps. This Is true
too, in workingmen's homes in larger cities.
Electricity has proved itself able to meet
this challenge. and in households where
every cent counts. One reason for this
is that of late years kerosene oil has con-
stantly risen in price. while electricity has
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

cheney lamps and reflectors, which produce
two or three times as much light for the
same consumption of current; not only in
the remarkable economies effected by mod
ern prime movers the machines which
drive the generators OF electricity. such as
steam turbines and gas engines; not only
in the greatly extended use of waterpower
but more than all these causes, even, the
change is due to the education and en-
lightenment of the electric-light man him
self.
The Electric Hustler.
The average manager of a public electric
lighting plant is no saint He is just a
"hustling." hard working American bust
ness man who is trying to get the best pos
sible return from the property in mis-
charge. But he takes a broader, more seri-
Gus view of the relation of a public-service
corporation to it's public than he once did.
He strives to please the people, not to an
tagonize them. And in selling electricity
he has discovered that 1t pays best to pro-
duce his product in large quantity to Sc
cure the advantage of low cost of produc-
ton; to sell large quantities to attain the
heavy load on the station which this policy
makes necessary, and to sell at low price
to secure the big demand
This may seem to be a s~elf-evident bust.
ness proposition, but in the central station
industry it is not so simple as 1t appears
There are troublesome questions of LOAD
factor interest charge on idle machinery
maximum demand readiness TO serve
extensions of lines ESPECIALLY inportani
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
ELECTRICITY IN THE HOME
Cost Of Electric Light Within Reach
of Modest Purses.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RECENT YEARS
Residence Lighting an Important
Branch of the Business-Marked
Development I'm Many
Western cities.

s"Give a dog a bad name and hang him."
|, is an old saying. and it is exemplified by
the fact that many persons still labor
under the delusion that the cost of electric
lighting in the home is so high as to be
I prohibitive to all except the well-to-do.
Itsis not strange that this is the case, for
msthe early days, and up to say ten years
ago. the ideal illuminant was, indeed, COM
I negatively expensive, and it's use for resi-
Z dence lighting was urged on the undeniable
: ground OF quality rather than price.
People generally do not realize, however,
the really wonderful development in the
art OF producing and marketing electricity
which has been made in the last decade.
The Improvement Is not only in the design
= of electrical machinery, to prevent losses;
not only In betterment of the means OF
transmitting the current, for the same
purpose; not only in the use of high eff
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

possibility of using the electric flatiron is
a great attraction toward the electric SER
vice. Where housewives do their own iDn-
ing, they find the electric flatiron a great
labor-saver. 1t is significant that in East
Dubuque, a small suburban village of
workingmen's houses. there is proportion
ately more residential lighting (electricaD
than in prosperous Dubuque, across the
river.
Residence lighting has always been an
important branch of the business OF the
electric lighting company in o. Detroit,
which is TO be expected. perhaps, in that
city of beautiful homes. The rapid
growth Of the business, however, dates
only ten years back. Now there are over
12,OOO residence customers of all classes.
In this city a large number of cottages as
well as more pretentious houses are cleo
trieally lighted. This business Is taken
from kerosene competition. Usually the
cottage householder who uses electric light
in Detroit owns his own home. This city
has many districts consisting Of rows Of
small houses, called terraces, where each
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

They Installed 1.-THE lighting systems for Ft Omaha and It. DeSMoneS wa M
decorative lighting of the grounds surrounding the post office square n lncoh was.
done b his company. lfunEdmd onamennliron poles each having four lOo watt
Tungsten lamps the equipment being similar to that nw contemplated W the 500
block boosters for mahafo for proper illumination
This company is equipped to do any kind and all kinds of electric light and
power construction. A year ago the Standard Electric Co. found itself in a position to
branch ot in another line ofbu ane@-that of furnishing electric and gas combination
fixtures And within the pas; year it hSg grown so that the company is forced enlarge
tits nw occupying three floors at 319 South 18th street. The first floor is devoted exclu-
workshop where all classes of medium land high pncedfxturs are manufactured. The
Standard Electric Co. is not only lobbeB of fixtures but manufacturers as they are
equipped to make fixtures of an design. The fixture show room which is just COM
pke is one of the petieN in Omaha The room has been reprinted, renovated and
appointed specially for show Don The decoration is in green with black trimmings
Suspended from the ceiling and projecting from he wallis ant setting upon tables
throughout the floor are modern lighting fixtures The stock embraces a special
line of art domeS a special selection of rChc ut gS. and fixtures of every description.
The stock is new and modern. Nothing has been carried ove',o or worked over Those
persons contemplating 1.-THE purchase of hxurS'M are cordially invited to inspect this stock
The Standard Electric Co. has equipped itself with special statesmen who are not only s
pleased to show the stock, out are experSin matters of electric lighting and will be
glad to furnish any suggestions by which the beauty of buildings nay be enhanced
The standard electric Co. pies itself upon its Glass; goods now aned in fine fashion oh the manf floor
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
Ole STANDARD ELECTRIC COMPANY

B9mm Omaha three year ago general construction bushes in drci gtp power ETC. During that time the cmpyh Sn
stalled great many large plants Among these ethel Rome hotel the HuhaN the Mn and HeIm lincoln hotel The company
also @ud mtd he large eMsm the city with complete power ps 1t Installed mee electric power @upenfU
Kg brewery Metz brewery 1.-The letter brewery South Omaha Thmmpnyh has owda numbro fine rMhmsh churches
and public buildings Mr. Shwgp president ue@uTT and gd manager the company has nNed IN the pasta complete
lighting plant kh furnishing all aMR lights dte city of Lm0n@ well as installing the city plants of Geneva and Sidney
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

Continued on Page Five,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
IL MINERS PERISH
Mine Horror Has Occurred In
Pennsylvania.
DYNAMITE THE CAUSE
After Hours OF Hard Work Digging
Through Fallen Slate and Other
Debris. Rescue Parties Succeeded In
Recovering the Bodies.

Johnstown, Pa.-Twelve men killed
in the Cambria Steel Company's coal
mine, two miles from here, as the re-
suit OF what IL supposed to have been
q dynamite explosion, are foreigners.
Three men escaped with their lives
by a perilous climb on life ladders
through poisonous mine gas and fall
Ing slate up the walls of the main
shaft. At the time of the explosion
only fifteen workmen, all track-layers
were in the mine.
The explosion occurred at sundown
rs the workmen were putting their
tools away at the end Of their day S
work. Hundreds of persons gathered
at the mine entrance within an in
credible space Of time.
A force OF men, working in shifts
began clearing the debris and fallen
slate in the lower levels Of the mine,
1t was hours before the workers
gained perceptible headway. When
the fnal barrier of rocks was passed
the rescue party found twelve forms
hnddled close together, the bodies in.
dicating that the men had died OF
saffOcation.
A majority of those about the mine
mouth and the rescue party say the
accident was undoubtedly the result
Of an explosion Of dynamite, but the
mine oaicials deny that the explosion
could have been caused by the ex
plosive, stating all powder and blast
ing material was removed from the
mine at the close OF work Saturday
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
THE sEABoARD PROPERTY.
More Than s12,ooo,ooo Cash VIII Be
Turned Over to Owners.

More Than $12,ooo,ooo Cash viii Be
Turned over to Owners.
New York.-At a meeting of the
board Of directors OF the Seaboard
Air Line Railway arrangements were
perfected for receiving the property
which Is to be turned over by the re
ceivers at midnight on November ).
c. H. Hix, general manager, was des-
ignated to receive and receipt for the
railroad, real estate and all physical
properties OF the Seaboard Air Line
system In behalf of the board of di-
Rectors.
All moneys, funds and securities
will be turned over to the treasurer,
Robert L. Mutt, and the secretary, ID.
c. Porteous, who were authorized to
receipt for the same.
A special committee of the board
Was appointed to fill the existing va
cancies in the organization, including
that in the ofice of president.
The amount of cash which will be
turned over to the railway by the re-
eeivers and by the reorganization COM
mittee, being largely the proceeds OF
the securities recently sold, Will
amount to more than S12,O00.000. The
company will start business free Of all
floating debt and with a considerable
balance in the treasurs after the pay
ment of all receivers certificates and
other current obligations.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
SHOT SPOUSE IN CELL.
Through Prison Bars Woman Fired
Pistol at Her Husband.

Chicago.-Through the bars OF the
cell where he had been placed only
two hours earlier on q warrant sworn
out by her. charging abandonment
Mrs. Esther Levy fatally shot her hus
band, Abraham Levy, tailor
Mrs. Levy visited the cell room OF
the police station where her husband
was confined, and before the startled
lookup keeper had chance to inter
fere, shot through the bars at Levy,
infiicting fatal wound.
In the building at the time were q
score or more of policemen. Mrs,
Levy had no difficulty in obtaining
permission to visit her husband. She
stood in the corridor of the cage talk
ing in low voice to the prisoner, who
remained locked in his cell. Suddenly
she drew the revolver, which had been
concealed beneath her jacket, and
fred.
She was taken to the women's an
mex Of the station, where she became
hysterical.
When Mrs. Levy secured the war
rant for her husbands arrest she told
the magistrate Levy had neglected hfs
home for other women, and that she
had to work as q ssieswoman to sup
port their four children.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
ROCKEFELLER OPENS PURSE.

@avss $1,000. 900 TO Fight 'Hoek
Worm Disease In South.
New YoTk.-A gift OF a1,ooe.eoe BY
NDhn d. Rockefeller 70 fight the hook
werm disease" has been announced
a the once of the Standard OIL Com
0any here.
A dozen wslIfHown educators and
nstentists, selected in large part from
hasHtmtiona of learning In the south
wAsre the parasite 10 prevalent were
e4l1sd In conference with Mr.. Rookie
gslisrSs representatives At the Stand
axd Oil Company's oficss ut 7t Broad
say, last Tuesday, and nc that meet
tMg Mr.. Rockefellcrs' desire to organ
ise q commission to carry on n cam
psign against the malady was dis
aHssed. AS n result of tAis discus
zion OF the situation the Rockefeller
Cemmission for the Eradication of the
Hook Worm Disease" was organized
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
COTTON TAKEsRISE
New High Record Prices Again
Being Made.
DECEMBER COTTON 14.47
Sensational BuliIsh Estimates Of Crop
and Reports That Planters Are
Holding For Higher Pricss.-ovsr
10000 900 Sales Predicted. f'ii'ft

New York-There has been contin-
'ued excitement in the, cotton market,
with prices again makiag new high
records, and most Of the active months
ceiling above 14h cents on sensational
bullish estimates Of the crops and re-
ports that planters were holding for
higher prices. Both southern and
western bulls were credited with be-
ing aggressive buyers at times.
December cotton sold rs high as
14.47 and May 1883.
Two prominent southern authorities
have issued estimates OF the crop. one
placing 1t ct fg,Sg0, ,O0e and the other
At 1o,s20.00o, comparing with last
Years commercial crop Of about 49,
100000 bales.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
VICTORY FOR UNIoNIsTs.
John humphreys Wins Fight In Bye
EIAHfinn

John humphreys Wins Fight In Bye
Election.
London.-The bye-election in the
Bermondsey division of Southwark, a
parliamentary borough OK London, re-
suited in a sweeping victory for the
unionists. John humphreys, union
ist, won the three-cornered fight. With
plurality Of 9s7. The vote was as
follows:
humphreys, 4,27S; S. L. Hughes,
liberal, 1921; DR.. A. Salter, socialist,
1,435.
The unionist victory is considered
severe blow to the supporters of
the budget, as all along this election
was expected to afford a good test OF
the feeling In London and the coun-
try generally on the impending strug-
gle in parliament.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
FIGHT FOR STATEWIDE.

Missouri Prohi Forces Try For Con-
stltutionai Amendment.
Kansas. City. Mo.-What is consid-
cred the frst definite step in the cam
paign for statewide prohibition In
Missouri was taken here when Judge
William H. Wallace, of this city, pres
ident OF the Constitutional Amendment
Association of Missouri, made public
an amendment to the constitution OF
the state to prohibit the manufacture
and sale Of intoxicating liquors.
The amendment. which it is pro-
posed to submit through the initiative
at the general election in November.
1910, is patterned after the Kansas
law
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
LOANS FROM BANKS N
Ex.Prcsident Of Farmers Union
Makes Statement.
COTTON HOLDING MOVE
Arrangement Has Been Made By
Which the Holding Movement VIII
No stiffened and Price Of Cotton
Reach IS Cents.

Which the Holding Movement VIII
No Stiffened and Price OF Cotton
Reach IS centa.
Atanta.-Banks in Georgia hare
agreed to loan, upon cotton stored in
Warmers Union warehouses in this
state. a sum aggregAting several mil
Hon dollars, to the end that the com
modify thus financed may be held
until the price reaches Is cents.
That was the announcement made
o0 behalf Of the Farmers, Union by
n. J. Duckworth, former state presi.
dent. and now chairman Of the ma
MonAl executive committee.
The agreement has actually been
executed, Mr.. Duckworth saya. and n
will 90 into effect ut once.
The banks subscribing to the ar
PAngement will advance money up to
q basis Of 13 cents pound valuation.
Tor this accommodates. 1t 10 under
stood, interest Is charged on q basis
OF per cent.
The announcement by Mr.. Duck
worth comes As the elimination of a
years effort In this direction. Nego-
Aiafions Of various nature and extent
have been under way for that length
Of timeA, gradually maturing, until an
agreement was reached entirely sat
iagactory to all parties.
The arrangement will become ef-
aeetivs at once, so that members
owuing cotton stored In warehouses
@Ad pressed for funds, may approach
the banks designated by theis ofncials
and obtain SUFFICIENT funds to relieve
@heir immediate needs.
The immediate and lasting effect OF
the arrangement perfected viii be to
sEiRen the holding movement, already
v9u-devslOped In this state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
OPENING or c. C. q q.
$1,000 Attend Big Dinner Given. al
SpartanhuPa, 9. c.

$1,000 Attend Big Dinner Given at
SpartanbuPS, Q. c.
Spaxtanburg. s. C.-RTominent rail
PoAd oficials, a. well as the mayors
Of all the cities In the state, through
which the road passes. gathered here
90 celebrate the completion Of the
Carolina. Clinchneld and Ohio rail-.
road from the coal Helds of Virginia
% SpATtanDurg.
The days exercises were held at
Ms fair grounds. where. speeches were
made By Visiting mayors and others.
More than 3.00e specially invited
guests sat down at q barbecue served
Ny the railroad authorities, while IL
IN estimated that $4,000 attended the
basket dinner rendered by the farm.
sss Of this county. All the railroads
s@sering the city operated excursion
0BNiAH.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
VIII Hang December 3.

Atlanta.-Rogers Merritt, the negro
convicted Of having assaulted a 10
ysar-old girl on Simpson street in
July, has been sentenced to hang on
December 8. His attorneys state that
they will make a motion for a new
trial Merritt, 1t will be remembered,
was identified by his alleged victim
as the negro who had committed on
her most brutal outrage. He was
convicted two months ago, but was
granted a new trial. His attorneys at
tempted, without success, to prove an
ailibi
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Nashville, Tenn.-Mrs. r. w. Mac
Dcneii, general secretary Of the wo-
ma9as board Of home mssEions of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south
states that the woMan's board. which
Teeeutiy met In Savannah, Ca. had
bsen niarepreaented In the statement
sAat IL had declared in favor OF wo-
man suffrage. Mrs. MscDoneu states
sAAt the beard NOS only did not take
sxeA action. but not one word was
uttered on the subject During the en-.
sire session. This boasd, she says. IL
o church body and esFotes its time
and attention ta church and eccesi,
astie@l aRairs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
Three Times Found Guilty.

Statesboro. Ga.-For the third time
jury has returned verdict OF guilty
with recommendation in the case of
Joe Woods, after being out two hours
Woods was charged with murder OF
Wink Mikell, young white man,
near Rocky Ford, on December .21.
1907. He had been twice convicted
prior to this and granted a new trial
each time. The counsel for the de-
fendAnt announce that the case will
be fought to the last ditch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
IEAKEsyILE GREENE COUNTY FRIDAY NOVEMBER leee
PASSENGERS RossED.
Conductor Had to Stop Train to PuI
chase TrouSera for Than.

Conductor Had to Stop Train to Pur-
chase Trousers for Than.
Bristol, Tenn.-Four passengers on
the New York and Memphis Limited
train were robbed near Chattanooga
while asleep in their berths. The
robbers got most of their wearing ap-
parel and it was necessary for Con
ductor Mooney to stop his train al
Sweetwater and purchase three pairs
OF trousers before the passengers
could leave their berths, while anota-
or lost his coat and vest. Watche 5,
pocket books, etc, were missing.
The theft is supposed to have bee
committed in the Chattanooga yards
while the Nashville sleeper in whic !
the passengers were riding was walt
ing to be attached to the limited train
for New York
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
BATTLE OF BALLOTS.
Interesting Elections in severa
States and Large Cities.

Interesting Elections in Several
States and Large Cities.
Washington.-Elee are being
held this week in many states and
cities throughout the country.
Three states elect governors, name
ly: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and
Virginia; New Jersey elects both
branches Of the legislature; Pennsyl-
vania elects a state treasurer, audi
tor-general and judge Of the supreme
court. Nebraska elects two Justices
Of the supreme court and three uni
versity regents.
The interest principally centers in
the three municipal elections in the
three great metropolitan cities-New
York, Philadelphia and San Francisco
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

HArbin, Manchuria.-The assassin
OF Prince Ito has been identifed as
Inchan Angan, a former editor OF a
newspaper at Seoul.
He said that he was one OF an or
gAnization OF twenty Koreans who had
taken an oath that they would kill the
Japanese statesman.
The assassin used dum-dum bullets.
which had been poisoned with cyanide.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
TRAGEDY ON cRIDlRoN.

Young West Pointer Has Neck Brok'
en- in Game of Football.
West Point, N Y.-AnOther death
has been added to the list of vic
Tins Of football accidents. Cadet
Byrne, Of Buffalo, N. Y, fourth year
man of the U. S. Military Acad-
envy, had his neck broken while en-.
gagged in a game Of football, and died
shortly after the accident
The tragedy has shocked the coun'
try generally and there will be nc
more football played by the West
Point eleven this year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
Not Guilty of kIIIino Mavor.

Beaufort, N. C.-After five hours
deliberation, the jury in the. case of
s. ]. Sanders, who was tried here on
the charge of having murdered Y. H.
Newberry, mayor of Newport, N. C.,
brought in a verdict of not guilty
Solicitor Abernathy talked four hours
in delivering his summing-up address
and Judge Guion spent an hour and
half in delivering his charge to the
jury.