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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
DO SOMETHING'S!

Wseacres at Washington predict that the tariff session
Of congress will be concluded before the middle of July
The senate has just spent three days the duty
and other cutlery 1t has spent two three other days
on disclosing which of its members liars directly
and financially concerned in fixing the schedules.
Meanwhile the manufacturing business of the whole
country is practically at standstl. There is panic,
but there all the conditions of panic Mills and fac
tories not closing to alarming extent but the
ufacturers not taking progressive steps, not
making any extensions. All "sailing close to the
wind, waiting to what extent readustment may be
made necessary by the schedules.
Congress has the country by the throat and long contnu
of conditions cannot fail to bring disaster 1t is the
uncertainty that hurts This is great nation and it
stand almost any disaster to any individual business
trade but to keep the whole business interests of the
nation in suspense chorofomed by uncertainty is brutal
folly Razors any other special articles only rea
lively important and it startes to be informed that
there liars tools of corporations in the United States
senate. What the whole nation wants to know the basis
upon which go ahead and do business, and every
minute consumed by congress in reaching any other
.clusion spells heavy loss to national prosperity.
Let the liars tools and honest representatives in the
ate accomplish the purpose of the session quickly
possible. This is what the nation demands. There has
been the devil to pay in every mans business since
tariff revision first decided upon. The agony has
been prolonged enough
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
1.-THE MAN WHO WORKS. !" KEYNOTE
OF GREAT CHURCH GATHERING !.

special 0orrsspondsncs to The Press
DENVER, Col, May 24.-Let
down the bars of religion and make
a place foN the man who works.
Preach the gospel in terms of
goth century 'every-dayism" that
will fit the lives of the men anG
women who belong to the ranks Of
the workers.
Here are some Of the underlying
purposes of great movement
which has been set going in the
Presbyterian church, at large in
this country through the General
Presbyterian assembly. now in ses-
sion here. -.
The. assembly is a body of about
1000 voting delegates. The posi-
-bility of bringing about such re-
form. along broad lines, as should,
naturally, bring the laboring class
es into closer harmony with the
church, has seemed of sufficient in
terest to the Presbyterian denom-
ination already to make it worth
while to organize labor and
church department under the direc {
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24

artery bursting Mulhare was re-
moved to the surgical ward, where
DR.. William G. Lusk wrapped the
weakened blood vessel with wire.
Three operations were necessary.
Cocaine was administered to the
patient and electricity was used to
coagulate the blood during the op-
eratiOns. The wire used was a
very fine strand of gold. In all IS
feet of wire was used, and Null.
hare's artery was wrapped as a
base ball bat is wound with tire
tape. The wire apparently had the
desired effect for the man lived for
30 months. His death is thought to
be due to some trouble other than
the arterial weakness.
The operation aroused much in.
terest among physicians. Formerly
silver wire was used for similar
operations. but the gold wire has
been found better. Electrodes
were applied at the back of the
neck during the operation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
GOSH ALL HEMLOCK!
NO HITCHING POST!

BLOOMINGTON. Ind, May "a
Farmers from all over the country
are holding indignation meetings
just because the county commits
sioners had been reading a maya
zine article about THE City Beau
tiful."
The article called hitching posts
an eyesore to a city, relic of bar.
barism, and lot of other things
The commissioners, filled with civic
zeal, ordered the hitching posts
torn out. They had hardly got set
tied back into their mission chairs
when things began to sizzle. Ever
since there have been delegations
of angry farmers calling at the
county building.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
TOES STRAIGHT?
NO WIFE OF NINE"

ST. LOUIS, May 24.-BecauSe her
toes were straight, young woman,
still unknown to the police, escaped
going to jail.
George Schultz is a jealous hus-
band. He found man and a yelled
woman on the street and accosted
them. Voice, figure, manner, walk,
dress, everything about the woman,
correspondent to his wife. Schultz
got excited and called a policeman
The woman protested. But she
wouldn't lower her veil. cts none
of his business who l am" she told
the sergeant, "but I'm sure I'm not
his wife" Then Schultz proposed
the feet test. my wife's toes are
crooked" he explained.
The lady in question said she'd
rather bare her toes than her face
In the privacy of the lieutenant
room, she slipped out of oxfords
and Isle hose. Its not my wife.
said Schultz, after one look.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
YOU ARE
STUNG

tariff on glass pitchers was a fly
speck compared with the huge prof
its of the dealers.
Lodge then called attention to
the fact that tea, which is on the
free list, jumped mysteriously from
a cost price of 16 cents to the job.
Der in New York to 60 cents a
pound when Mr.. Householder de-
sires to take a little of it home to
the family. The selfsame tea is
sold in Canada at 40 cents a pound.
which ciphers out that the Ameri-
can consumer is stung so per cent
worse than his Canadian brother.
Flint next contributed the 100
piece French dinner set that costs
the importer, duty paid, $10.89, and
is sold to the guileless ultimate
consumer in Washington for $3.50.
Also the cute little Japanese tea
set that comes in at a valuation of
Al cents and is sold for $3.50.
SmOot trailed in with the sad
story of the razor. The manufac.
turer sells it at 1896 dozen, the
wholesale dealer at SO, and the re-
taller at 81 apiece, or 1914 a dozen.
Ladies' gloves, averred the Utah
Statesman. cost the dealer $40 a
dozen, and are sold to feminine
bargain hunters at So per pair, or
$24 a dozen. Then there is the
history of the little pane of glass,
smoot had 1t looked up in New
York. The pane costs the import
er 4 cents, duty paid; the picture
frame man charges 25 cents.
Tillman had devoted considerable
time to research in the realm of
coffee. which is on the free list.
When it comes in it costs from to
cents a pound, and when it has
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
SENATE TARIFF DE BATE
TURNS UP SOME INTEREST
ING ITEMS FOR THE- MAN
WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT.

WASHINGTON, May pa nov
ell feature of the senate debate on
the Aldrich bill is the effort made
to shift the blame for high prices
from the much-abused tariff to the
wholesalers and retailers. I
The advocates of protected lum
Der were the discoveries Of that
line of reasoning. They found that
associations of retail lumber deal
ers in widely separated states sold
lumber at prices fixed by schedules
that were alike in every detail. 1t
made no difference whether the
wholesale price of lumber rose or
fell, the retail prices were as un
movable as Gibraltar. The point
in this argument was that 1.-THE
amount of the duty made no differ.
ence to the consumer. The tariff
was swallowed up in the profits OF
the middieman. and the unfortunate
consumer would pay the same I'M
der a high or low tariff. But low
tariff, it was claimed, would put
the manufacturer out of business
Along, then, came Senator Scott
glass manufacturer, of West Vir
ginia, with his industrial exhibit
This glass pitcher. fellow sena
tors" he said, lis sold by the manu-
facturer at 80 cents a dozen, The
retailer sells. it at 40 to SO cents for
a single pitcher"
Somebody with a mathematical
mind figured that in changing
hands the pitchers rose from sc
cents to $3.50 a dozen, and that the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
INSANITY FACTORY
rs NEW YORK CITY
(By United Press)

BUFFALO, N. Y, May 14.-New
York City--a place where insanity
Is manufactured.
This is the definition of New
York City which DR.. Albert War
rem Ferris, a member of the State
Commission in Lunacy gave in a
lecture on insanity.
Out of the states 10000 insane.
II 900 are In Greater New York.
There is not family in New York,
according to the doctor, that has
not had an insane member within
the last four generations.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
That's All
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they are the finest in the north
west. Come tonight. Bath and bed
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Phone 1874. ***
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
PAY! PAY! PAY!
THE STORY AN MAN WHO LIVED A LIE, AND WHAT
DRUMMER THOUGHT.
\ LIE, AND WHAT
A DRUMMER THOUGHT.

were seven records of seven horri
BILE wounds. | was about to exclaim
but the old man cut me short. Then
deliberately but haltingly he said:
My boy, I speak words which
thought | should never utter, and !
show you SCARED flesh that for 40
years | have hidde mas a man hides
secret sin. l had planned to die
and carry to my grave this story
which | now find myself telling
you. l do not know why | tell you
now-but to have you know gives
me peace which have not known
these many years
When | was young like you
sinned against another. Seven
times l inflicted hurts upon an in,
nocent victim. My acts were mon
strous, premeditated. and the harm
was irreparable. They were done
in secret and they marked me as a
coward and villain. In the end
they were fatal, and my victim car.
ried the secret of the wrong to the
grave.
When death came to blot out
the danger of exposure, | felt a
certain joy-now no one should
know the damning truth. But my
soul was tortured by a new and
strange fear-that l would never
have to pay. My God knows how
| then longed to pay. In the night
hours | thought of tortures tina,
might be inflicted upon me and ]
hoped they would come. | found
myself counting danger. l thought
that pain would be good; that
agony would be peace; that irons
in my flesh would comfort me.
prayed God to make me payday
as | had made my victim pay. Suf
fering so | thought that God would
pity me and the devil would lose
his smirk. My life seemed charm
ed: nothing would hurt me. At last
in desperation, hurt myself. Dur
ing seven weeks, as | had tortured
my victim (but only the victims
heart was hurt) l tortured myself
Those wounds are from the Jagged
knife and the red is from the salt
For seven weeks l was happy and
happiest when my body was quak
ing with the pain. And thus you see
the torture was not torture anG
when it was all over the debt was
as heavy upon me as ever. Ther
| knew ! could only pay by exposing
the truth, seeing my friends turn
from me, hearing the taunts of my
associates, witnessing the sorrow
and disappointment of my family
and this price l have never had the
courage TO pay.
"'And now am dying. 1t Is 9
towards death. / have lived a lie
The lie will go on, for you will keer
my secret and / will never pay or
earth. F"
At this point in the story the
young westerner stopped talking
suddenly. His listeners began tt
question him. He seemed fright
ened,. as If he had betrayed a soul
and in embarrassment he left the
car and said no more. A strange
story, the drummers said, as the!
|reIit their cigars. One of then
thought:
Pay! Pay! Pay. It is life's
implacahle rule. Men may seem I,
smother conscience. but do they
Men may appear to succeed in evil
but can they? Do we not all pay
WhS escapess
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
ARTERY WRAPPED
LIKE BASEBALL BAT

Special Correspondence to The PresS
NEW YORK, May 24.-James
Mulhare had lived for two and a
half years with rs feet of wire
wound about his right carotid ar
terry. Mulhare came to Bellevue
homeless, friendless and suffering
from alcoholism.
An examination showed that his
right carotid artery was affected by
an aneurism of advanced develop
ment. In an effort to prevent the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
BY MARLEN E. PEW.

Strangers thrown together in
such public places as Pullman cars
and steamboat saloons seem often
to lose natural reserve and with
amazing abandon close-mouthed
men will discuss private affairs
and confidential matters. In a
buffet car the other day a young
western fellow was heard to tell
the following story
S He had half dozen travelling
men in his audience and his story
was apropos of philosophical
sally by one of the drummers. He
said: A relative of mine, an old
man. died recently. THE relatOr
did not give the relationship-it
may have been his father or
grandfather-he did say that the
man was sc years old He went
to his grave. respected and mourned
by every man of his town. At the
church the minister held up his life
as a worthy example for all men.
He had never been active in church
affairs, but he had. done good wher-
ever he saw good to go; he was
quiet, not pious; gracious. not sane
timonious; generous, not philan-
thropic.
His wife had died in early
middle life and the old mans last
years were spent respectfully in the
old home, surrounded by servants.
All who knew him believed that
ne was as comfortable and happy
as one could be in such circum-
stances.
Il was his nearest friend and
relative and saw him several times
a week. Although his talk was
generally bright and interesting 1
still felt that there was secret
unhappiness or fear in his breast.
As time weakened his body this
subtle and apparently haunting
mystery seemed to deepen about
the aged man; he talked less and
at times seemed possessed of a
peculiar abstraction. Once | spoke
TO him about ii and he seemed SO
at first startled and then taciturn
that / thought ] would not again
hurt him by such reference.
"At last he took to his bed. Aside
from occasional apparent mental
disturbance. the physician could To-
cate no Illness. But it was plain to
the patient and to US that death
was not far distant
at daybreak the morning before
he died the attending nurse sum
moned me from my bed. The old
man had expressed a desire TO see
me. | FASTENED TO his room.
Though he had not slept during the
night, remarked how bright his
eyes were, how strong his hand and
how cheerful his face.
Presently he dismissed the nurs
Presently he dismissed the nurse
and asked me to lock the door. Az
turned from the door. inquiringly
to him, ! was startled by the ex-
preston his face wore. II had
changed instantly. saw in IT some.
thing between fear and daring, be.
tween compelling determination on
one band and despairing hesitancy
on the other. And / knew that the
mystery was to be explained.
He did not speak. but drew the
sheet down and exposed his thigh.
v me astonishment bcheld seven
essrlble, parallel red scars. They
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24

been roasted and passed to the con-
sumner it has trebled in value.
Newlands has Gomez in with the
suggestion that a government tri-
bunal be created to keep the peo-
pie posted on all prices, manufac-
turing, Wholesale and retail.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24

Homely Lady-Is it safe for me
to go through here, officer?
Ungallant Cop (sizing her up)-
Yes, l guess you could go most
anywhere.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24

Will some native of Africa come
forward and wise us on whom the
name of Bwana Tumbo was draped
before Roosevelt arrived?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24

A Buffalo Bill cowboy died from
having his toe stepped on by a
broncho, which reveals peril of
the plains the ambitious small boy
wots not of.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24

An Alabama statesman discovers
with surprise that the high duty on
food was unaccompanied with a
tariff on teeth. OF course not. We
have to have them to grin and bear
it with,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24

When some frenzied simplified
speller began to sign his letters to
his wife as "10-derly yours" we
thought the limit had been reached.
Now comes another who speaks of
dogs as KOS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24

The stock of gold money is rs
per cent larger than it used to be
10 years ago. Hadn't suspected it,
had you?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24
Most Anything
A WORD FROM JOSH WISE.

"SOme m e n
foller tn turf
W h en- t h e y
Dug h { ter be
layin' sod"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24

church department the direction Stezle
The Washington herald., 1909-01-31
Statement of Mr.. Alfred E. FOrstaI
Continued.

Mr. Forstall-I stopped Yesterday after
noon with the statistics from Baltimore.
showing the practical equality OF deaths.
in proportion 10 the population. With 10
Per cent carburetted water gas and > per
cent OF carburetted water gas Along
that same line I have some figures from
Chicago. which are not as recent as those
from Baltimore because since 1883 there
has been nc coal gas distributed IN Chi
cago. but I have figures for the FIVE years
1886 10 1880. inclusive in which quite a
considerable proportion. although 1 can
not say exactly how much. OF the gas
distributed was coal gas The company
with which 1 was connected in Chicago
at that tine was making all coal gas ID
70 1851. and then almost entirely coal gas
I'D TO 1883. and they supplied about two
thirds OF the total supply OF the CITY Of
Chicago For those five years the aver
age number Of deaths per wear from
asphyxistiOn Of all kinds. from all kinds
OF noxiOUs gases. not entirely Hlumi-
mating gas. but largely Illuminating gas,
was 4-3 per year per 10000 Of population.
From 1873 10 1897. inclusive, during which
time the supply Of gas was entirely
water gas, the average number OF deaths
Per 10000 Of population was 81 per year
decrease OF nearly one death per 10000
OF population. in spite OF the increase. or
concurrently with the increase, TO 110 per
cent OF carburetted water gas.
Mr.. MOOre-Those were accidental
deaths?
Mr. Forstall-Yes, those were accidental
deaths I have eliminated suicides in all
Of my figures.
Mr. Thomas-Where are those reports?
Mr. Forstali-The Chicago figures are
taken from this report to which I re-
ferTed yesterday, this report OF the com
mittee appointed by the English Board
OF Trade in 1899. They are taken from
appendix 8. The figures as TO the proper
ton OF coal gas 10 carburetted water gas
are not given. I happen to know that.
because I was connected with the Chi
cage company
Mr. Thomas-Those figures are not pub-
lished, then2 They are not in any pub
licaton whatever, the figures you gave
from Chicago.
Mr. FoTstaIl-The figures as to deaths
and population are published, but the
information as TO what kind OF gas was
being distributed IS not published That
can be looked Up by going through
Browns Directory Of Gas Companies for
The different years
Mr. GOldsbOrough-That would not give
the proportion, though
Mr. Forstail-That would not give the
proportion. no.
Mr. Thomas-This is simply from your
recollection. then. that you are testify
ing about the prOportiOn2
Ar. Forstall-Yes. from my knowledge
q the situation. I was employed with
the largest company IN Chicago from 1855
10 1880.
sfr. Thomas want TO say to the COM
mi5tee that am only asking these cues-
tons because am informed by Mr.. Muir
ply FOR the first time this morning that
the committee expected thai the Com
mizsioners would take part in this snves-
tisation- understand that IS the case,
ansl OF course, The Commissioners may
d. sire 20 be heard and 20 furnish testi-
n'eny- II this IS 20 be an ex parte investi-
cation just for those persons who desire
The Washington herald., 1909-01-31

Committee on the District OF Columbia.
House OF Representatives
Saturday, Jan %. 1903
The subcommittee met at 1879 O'Clock
a m, Hon. J. Hampton Moore. pre-
siding
The Washington herald., 1909-01-31

Continuation OF this testimony
viii be printed to-norrsvs0
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-01-13
LIQUOR AND CRIME.

Last week we published some
statistics on increase of temper
ance" furnished by the Anti Saloon
League.
The Richmond News-Leader ex-
presses the belief that the temper
ance wave" has not lessened the
criminal expenses or decreased
crime in the State, and remarks
that in 1906-O7 criminal expenses
of the counties of Virginia outside
the cities amount to S17O,474 while
In 1907-0S tley were S1S6,O9
The criminal expenses give u
the most accurate possible measure
of the amount of crime. There
fore, according to the figures, crime
in Virginia, outside the cities, has
increased steadily as the saloons
decreased in number and the dry
territory widened."
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-01-13
AN INFALLIBLE PRESIDENT.

Ninteeu hundred and nine will
be a blessed year if it brings to
the American people no other
benefaction than the termination
of an administration which is
am enace to the lawful liberty
of the people of the United
States. Free institutions cannot
long co-eXist under a President
who arrogates the right to make
and break the laws-to dictate
legislation and hector Legislators
to Judge the Judges and condemn
the courts. - Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot.
Our present President considers
himself infallible, to Judge by his
words and acts, and, just as he
SAYS, Words are only good when
backed up by deeds"
We heartily agree with the Vir-
ginian-Pilot that this will be a
blessed year for it's termination of
the administrator of iirehrand
When the ordinary obser, er
peruses the state papers of Thu
strenuous President. he inevitab bly,
arrives at a conclusion. And were
we not fearful of being drawn and
quartered for lese majps,e. we
would voice that conclusion by
expressing the belief that oar
vOciferous Executive wa rj.er
mentally Unbalanced or il toxicated
crazy or drunk.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-01-13
4 Religious Authors Statement

For several years l was afflicted with
kidney trouble and last winter | was
suddenly stricken with severe pain in
my kidneys and was confined TO bed
eight days unable 10 get up without as
sistance. My urine contained thick
white sediment and ! passed same fire.
quently day and night. I commenced
taking Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the
pain gradually sbated and finally ceased
and my urine became normal. cheer.
fully recommend Foley's Kidney Rem
edy. J. c. Jones & Co, Wildwood; r. C
Green, BOyce, Va.