Montana Plaindealer

THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Published Weekly by The Montana Plaindealer Company. J. E. BASS, . . . EDITOR. Subscription $2.00 per year, Strictly in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Entered as second-class matter April 12, 1906, at the Post Office at Helena, Montana, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all Communications to The Montana Plaindealer, 19 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. PEACE! PROSPERITY!! UNION!!! IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH. The Editor's Song. How dear to my heart is the steady subscriber, Who pays in advance without skipping a year; Who takes out his dollar and offers it gladly, And casts 'round the office a halo of cheer. Who never says 'stop it, I can't afford it." Or "getting more papers each day than I read," But always says, "send it, the whole outfit, likes it- In fact we regard it as a buisness need." How welcome he is when he steps in the sanctum; How he makes our heart throb; We outwardly thank him and inwardly bless him. The steady subscriber who pays in advance. Exchange Let the watchword for the year 1908 be "Onward and Upward." Turn a deaf ear to the agitator and shake off the weight that wouldhinder the progress of the race Surveyor General J. F. Cone is a broad gauged official who finds time from his ardorous duties to see for himself the capabilities of our people. We have received from the Chicago Tribune another question sheet, as to our preference for presidet, truly the Metropolitan press are working overtime in taking soundings as to who will get that much coveted plum. BOOST FOR THE BAND The movement which was set in motion this week by several of our young and enterprising Citizens to organize a first class brass band is descrving of the hearty encouragement of evey good Citizen. We have an abundance of talent to draw from and all that is needed is both the moral and financial from our Citizens In general to make it an as sured success. The Plaindealer heartily enborses the movement and asks that all of our Citizens join in and give the new organization a boost. The movement is at present headed by David Harris and Eugene Clark two of our very estimiable young and progressive Citizens. THE LATE W. R. DORSEY. The untimely death of our esteemed Citizen W. R. Dorsey cast a gloom over this Community which is shared in by all of our Citizens, regardless of race color or creed; his life has been such that he by his strong character and general usefulness he had made for himself a place in this community of which any man might well be proud of. Coming to Helena in 1891 by industry and thrift he had forged his way to the front as one of our leading business men, and was a leader among our people and every sentiment and deed was always for the uplift of the race. He was prominent in both Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges having served as Treasurer of the former for six years up to his death, and at the time of his death was serving as Noble Grand of Golden City lodge, he was also at the time serving as president for the third term of the St. James literary, and while not a member of the St. James Church was one of its strong suppo- ters leader of its choir and general woker for the cause, He was also a charter member of the Afro American Building Association and one of the leading spirits in getting the same incorporated His whole life has been an inspiration this section to those who aspire to the higher things of life, and in his death the Community loses one of its most progressive type of Citizens, the fraternity a useful and true brother the church a faithful worker and the race one of its strongest advocates his family an indulgent father and loving husband. The Plaindealer extends to the heart broken family its condolence in their hour of sorrow, realizing that his loss to this Community is one which time a lone can fill. THE AFRO-AMERICAN BUILDING ASSOCIATION INGORPORATED OFFICERS ELECTED. The Afro-American Building Association of this City has been duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana with the following board of directors, Nathaniel Ford, M. O. J. Arnett, J. Crump, G. W. Alexander, W. C. Irvin, Mrs C, Matthews, M. Simmons and Mrs Lenora Johnson they later organized by the election of N. Ford Pres J. R. Bass Sect. and W. C. Irvin as Treas., the corporation is formed for the purpose of buying realestat and erecting buildings there on, a large part of the capital stock has been subscribed and the Associatio starts out in good shape, and offers a splendid investment for the colored citizens of Helena and the state For par ticulars address the Afro-American Building Associan Building Association No. 19 S. Main St Helena Mont. Helena, Montana, Friday, January 10 1908 THE NEGRO IS ALL RIGHT. THE NEGRO IS ALL RIGHT. Thus Spoke Andrew Carnegie in a Recent Address. At the request of a number of friends who have not been able to get hold of a copy of the highly significant address of Mr. Andr w Carnegie, delivered on the occasion of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of Howard University at Washington D. C. and the formal installation of Dr. Wilbur Patterson Thirkield as president of that hist ric institution of learning, The Freeman is publishing herewith the full text of Mr. Carnegie's remarks. They were very brief and wholly impromptu, but very much to the point. In the present of a magnificent audience, including the President of the United States, the British Ambassador, the Secretary of the Interior, the Bishop of Washington the United States Commissioner of Education, the representatives of 40 white and colored colleges in the land and thousands of the race's most cultured men and women, Mr Carnegie said; Mr. Carnegie's Speech. "Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentleman—It almost seems to me this moment that some power higher than myself brings me here upon this occasion. It is not my doing. I was wholl unconscious of your meeting when requested to come to Washingtoh, and it does seem to me now that it would be almost proper to say, 'Now have I seen the glory of the Lord. "Only a few days ago as ambassador to my mother land, as told you, it was my privilege to address the Philosophic Society of Edinburg. An expression of surprise at the facts I could give them about the Negro was startling. They came and chook me by the hands and said, 'You have revealed some thing to me I never dreamed of.' "My study of the Negro question is this—but before giving you that I wish to say one word. This Republic of ours have never failed in solving any problem coming before it, and she is not going to fall inregard to the Negro problem. I believe with what Burke said about Britian, 'that because she founded her colonies upon Liberty, was that which was to make her venerated in future ages. I believe in the triumph that our Repudlic is going to make in raising her fellow slaves, that were to men that are to be, and that in the same way it will make her venerate in future ages. The quotation leads me to echo what Lyman Abbot said. I know no man who has done greater service in solving this problem than he. 'No race ever made such progress, materiall and educationally, in forty years as the Negro has in America.' "I thank you, Mr. President, for permitting me to say these few words. I cau delay you no longer Don't be afraid. The problem, not fifteen years ago, was, 'What shall we do with the Negro?' And good men, speculated upon Liberia and other places. Look how problems solve themselves! Listen t this, anxious politicians and statesmen; They are always worring about what is to happen a hundred years from now ahd before the hun dred years come, the problem has gone. "The problem was, What shall we do with the Negro?' Now the problem is 'How can we get more of them?' They are indispensable wherever they are. The President has told you that 762,000 now own or cultivate farms covering an area larger than Englan and Wales combined, and they own territory larger than Belgium and Holland combined. A race that forty years ago did not own an acre of land, and in forty yearr have aquired territory larger than Holland and Belgium combined can be trusted to make its way in this Republic. Don't worry about the Negro; he is alright Mr. Carnegie took his seat amid tumultuous applause. His reception, at the outset, was spontaneous enthusiastic, and he was given the Chautauqua salute. He was easily the most popular man on the pl form of international dignitaries Mr. Carnegie's intense love for the singing of Negroes was evidenced by the Howard University choir under the able direction of Miss Lulu Childers. He was especial impressed with a mass from Rossini and the standard "Inflammatus," in which Miss Childers attained the difficult obligato with fine effect. It is not strange, therefore, that within thirty days, Howard University has received from Mr. Carnegie the generous sum of 50,000 dollars for the erection of a muchheeded library building. THE LAST SAD RITES The last sad ritesover the remains of our esteemed citizen the late W. R. Dorsey who died at his home Dec. 31 was held from the St. James A. M. E. Church on last Thursday at 2 o'clock, promptly at 1:30 o'clock the Golden City Lobge of Odd Fellows proceeded to the idence anp took charge of the remains and escorted them to the Church where the Rev. W. T. Osborne preached the funeral sermon It was a very able sermon that the reverend delivered on this occasion, he vividly protrayed the usefullness of the deceased as a citizen and laid stress upon the care in which he prepared for his family and an expressed hope that he also prepared he Soul. After the sermon the beautiful funeral service of the Odd Fellows was conducted over the body at the Church, after which the body was given in charge to the, R. J. Fletcher Lodge of the A. F. and A. M. who ascerted the same with a large following of friends to the Cemetry where they conducted the last sad rites at the grave. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS The prospects of Helena having colored band are very bright. Alfred Johnson of Great Falls, is in the City. At this writing all of the childre nof Mrs. W. R. Dorsey are reported to be down with the Lagrip Mr. Dave Harris has been onthe sick list the greater part of this week. Mrs. M. Parker of 210 S. Ewing St. is very sick. Dan Williams who has been in Butte for the last week, stoped over for a few days on his way back to Great Falls. The Busy Bee Club has had a pleasant vacation, and is ready to begin work again--They realized 71 dollars and 75 cents clear from their trip to Japan. Mrs. J. E. W. Clark will entertain them next. The Bright Star Club is preparinfi for a Big Apron Bazaar. Special revival services will be every night next week at the St.James A. M. E. Church--All are invited to attend. C. H. Mason writes give his regards to Main St. also rember him to the gang and that he is yearning to come back to old Montana, and it is no Surprise, because Helena and Montana are the greatest places on earth. Mrs. Virgil Brooks, sister of Mrs Ed. Johnson, and Ed. Bigbee both of Great Falls were married last week in that City. THE PLAINDEALER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY? Alderman Wendol would not make an excellent mayor. 0 0 0 0 0 0 There is such grief among the deni- zens of upper Main St. and vicinity. 0 0 0 0 0 Charley Reid is singing about the man in the bunk. The Manhattan Club does not take full charge of the Lincoln Day excercises. 0 0 0 = 0 Lee Parker came home Friday. 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Yancy does not put in an appear ance and get busy. Our friend Charley Reid of Lewistown failed to send his greeting for the New Year. A young lady taken the editor to task over an item in this column. Every one of our people should not support the movement for a brass band A. J. Young has passed up the Plain- dealer and the entire gang. The Busy Bees have not come out from their hive. --- PETTIBONE IS FREE JURY FINDS "NOT GUILTY" IN NOTED IDAHO CASE. Moyer Is Freed Also by Judge Wood—Orchard's Trial at Caldwell Next Term of Court—Simpkins Still at Large—Pettibone Very Sick Man—Goes to Denver. Boise, Idaho, Jan. 5.—The end of the prosecution of the men charged with the murder of ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg, with the exception of the cases of Harry Orchard and Jack Simpkins, came Saturday with the acquittal of George A. Pettibone. Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, was formally released later, and will return with Pettibone in a few days to Denver. The case of Orchard, the self-confessed assassin of Steunenberg, is in the hands of Prosecuting Attorney Van Duyn of Canyon county. No statement as to the future procedure in that case has been made, but it will be called during the next term of court at Caldwell, when it will probably be finally disposed of. Simpkins, a member of the executive board of the Western Federation of Miners, who is charged with complicity in the crime, is a fugitive from justice, and the charge against him will stand. When the Moyer case was called by Judge Wood, James H. Hawley, representing Prosecuting Attorney Van Duyn, signified the desire of the state to have an order of dismissal entered. "I am satisfied," said Judge Wood, "that the course taken by the district attorney and decided upon by attorneys for the state is the proper course to be taken in the matter. I have watched the evidence carefully, so far as the connecting and corroborating evidence under the statute was concerned and its application to this defendant, and there has certainly nothing been developed in the cases that would justify the count in submitting the case against him to a jury, unless there was considerable additional connecting testimony than that which has been shown in the two cases that have been tried, and for that reason the case will be dismissed and an order entered exonerating the bail of the defendant." McGee and Allen Also Freed. At the request of the state the cases against Dr. McGee and C. W. Allen, charged with perjury by reason of testimony given by them in the Haywood case, was also dismissed. Although the Pettibone jurors agreed that their deliberations should be kept secret, it has been learned that on the first ballot the vote was 8 to 4, the majority being for acquittal. The second ballot resulted in a vote of 9 to 3. The third 10 to 2, and so it remained all through the night. The two holding out for conviction were finally won over. Pettibone and Moyer received many telegrams of congratulation, chiefly from Colorado friends. Pettibone, although ill for the last two weeks, walked to the local headquarters of the Western Federation. No demonstration of any kind marked the reading of the verdict which made Pettibone a free man. His wife, who has been by his side at every session of the court during the trial, went for joy. Attorney Darrow Happy. Los Angeles, Jan. 5.—"It is unnecessary for me to say," Darrow said, "that I am delighted. I am gratified beyond measure. I had, of course, expected an acquittal." Mr. Darrow then dictated the following message to George A. Petitbone: "Congratulations; come here. I have flowers enough for two funerals." Commenting further upon the result, Mr. Darrow said: "There was never anything to these cases but Orchard. He related a weird, fantastic, exciting story, but there was no corroboration of it that tended of itself to incriminate anybody. The country had seen in the Haywood trial what a monster liar he was. It was not safe to take the life of any man on such testimony. In the Pettibone trial the people had become accustomed to the story of Orchard and thoroughly discredited it. Very little attention was paid to it. "I should think that the prosecution would now dismiss the case against President Moyer. "Even Orchard testified to very little against him, and no one else did. The fact that he was admitted to bail showed that the prosecution held their case as being weak." Announce West Point Board. President Roosevelt announces the appointment of the board of visitors to West Point for 1908: Lieutenant General S. B. M. Young, U. S. A., retired, Yellowstone Park, Wyo.; Colonel H. L. Higginson, Boston; Charles M. Hough, federal judge of New York; Robert S. Bean, Portland, Ore.; Dr. George M. Morrow, Birmingham, Ala.; Joseph B. Bales, Bloomington, Ill., and George S. Patton, Los Angeles, Cal. It is easier to tell the truth than to tell a lie, particularly a plausible lie. THE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER T. S. Whitmore of Newark, N. J., in Jail. Newark, N. J.—Following a searching examination, during which many incidents of his life were laid bare, Theodore S. Whitmore, the husband, was held by the New Jersey police as a suspect in the leath of "Lena" Whitmore, who was beaten insensible stripped of her clothing and drowned in a pond on the Hackensack meadows, in harrison, on the morning of December 26. Whitmore, who had been detained in New York, was taken to Harrison, and, having identified his wife's body, was questioned closely by the authorities. The nature of his testimony determined the police to keep him within the jurisdiction of the local courts. The jewelry worn by Mrs. Theodore S. Whitmore, the Harison (N. J.) swamp murder victim, when last seen alive, was found in a Brooklyn saloon, Fred E. Radin, the saloonkeeper, said the rings, pins and locket, with a quantity of table silver, were left with him by Whitmore, the woman's husband. JAPAN CALLS HER RESERVES Ordered to Tokio From Vancouver Is. Report. Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 6.—Many Japanese reserve army men have been ordered to Tokio, according to a report current here. The Japanese themselves refuse to discuss the question, but it can not be denied that several hundred men have arrived from the southern side of the boundary line and are making ready to leave for Japan. No Japanese in the city will admit the coming of the order for the return of the soldiers, but officers of the Asiatic Exclusion league have absolute information that this order has been received in Vancouver since the departure of the American fleet for Pacific waters. Many of the men now arriving here on their way to Japan are from the states of Washington and Oregon. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Miss Mary Duffy, a young woman reiding with the family of W. A. Clark, Jr., in Los Angeles, while horseback riding was struck by a trolley car and fatally injured. She had lived in Butte, Mont. J. B. Gay, aged 70 years, a well-known Montana pioneer, is dead at Virginia City, Mont., the result of a runaway accident. His neck was broken. Amos Purdum, prominent in early days in Montana died in Southern California recently. A $125,000 fire occurred at Culbertson, Montana, last Monday. Little insurance. The confirmation of Silas H. Reid to be ditsriot judge in Alaska has been referred to a submcommittee of the senate judiciary committee. Three people lost their lives by a fire which destroyed the outbuildings at the French hospital in San Francisco. S. A. D. Puter is a free man in Portland, Ore. The pardon issued by President Roosevelt at the instance of Francis J. Haney has been received. George Dixon, the famous negro pugilist, winner of nearly 100 ring battles and for many years featherweight champion of the world, died Monday night in the alcoholic ward of a New York hospital, penniless and friendless, aged 37 years. Traffic on the Northern Pacific west of Spokane was delayed for a number of hours Monday on account of the derailment of a freight train about two miles west of Marshall. There is a movement on foot in Tacoma to get a light artillery battery for that city. The company to be organized under the national guard laws. Ruled Against Laborers' Law. Washington, Jan. 8.—That the congressional act known as the "employers' liability law" is not in accordance with the constitution of the United States because it goes beyond the bounds permitted in the regulation of interstate commerce, was the conclusion reached by the supreme court of the United States in deciding two damage cases coming to the court from the federal courts of Kentucky and Tennessee, which were brought under the provisions of the law. The decision was announced by Justice White, the court standing 5 to 4 against the law. Even among the five who voted not to sustain the statute there were different shades of opinion. Foraker to Courts. Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 5.—Proof that Foraker leaders in the fight on Secretary Taft's presidential indorsement will seek court aid in balking a state primary to select state convention delegates came in the announcement from Napoleon, a Foraker stronghold, that an injunction against the primaries would be asked. The papers allege primaries will be illegal and can not be paid for. The Foraker contention is that the primary law makes the county committee sole authority for fixing the method by which ballots shall be cast. They assert county election boards need not obey the state committeecall. Washington's Oat Crop. The value of the Washington oat crop last year was $4,745,000, according to a summary of farm crops issued by the national bureau of statistics. The total acreage was 190,000 and the average yield was 55½ bushels to the acre. Total production was 10,545,000 bushels, which sold for 45 cents a bushel. Idaho was second for average production per acre, with 50½ bushels. NEWS OF THE WORLD SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE. A Review of Happenings in Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres During the Past Week—National, Historical, Political and Personal Events. Rumors of the illness of the popo are unfounded. At Louisville, Ky., recently Clarence Sturgeon, 19 years old, was executed recently. The old cruiser Marion was burned to the water's edge at Frisco bay recently. A severe earthquake visited Cape Prince of Wales Sunday, lasting two minutes. John H. Croxton, a well known lawyer, who for many years practiced in Denver, is dead. Horace Botes, twice governor of Iowa, is critically ill at Providence hospital, El Paso, Texas. Francis B. Peabody, the senior member of the banking firm of Peabody, Houghtaling & Co., Chicago, is dead. Major Joseph T. Crabbs of the quartermaster's department has been placed on the retired list of the army. Mrs. Van Ness Roberts, well known in New York society, is dying of an overdose of strychnine, self administered. The Rev. Father Dennis Stafford, D. D., pastor of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, in Washington, D. C., is dead. In the Elko, Nev., railroad yards recently two men were killed, three injured and 11 cars smashed to splinters. The striking boilermakers in the northwest shops are said to have been notified that the strike has been called-off. Charles G. Brockett and Mrs. Ruby Pishsak, wife of a state bank examiner, committed suicide in Chicago recently. William J. Dalley, who with William N. Byres founded the Rocky Mountain News in 1859, died recently at his residence in Denver. General Erwin L. Price, son of the late confederate general, Sterling Price, and who served under his father in the civil war, died recently in St. Louis. Labor conditions in the Panama canal zone will be investigated by Secretary T. J. Dolan of the International Association of Steam Shovelers and Dredgemen. A. C. P. R. freight train was wrecked recently one mile west of Fernie. Eight cars in the middle of the train were derailed and piled across the track. No one was hurt. The engagement of Miss Katherine Noble of Baltimore, the heroine of the Mohegan disaster, in the English channel, is announced. She will wend Ernesto Trovi-Slimondetti of Mexico. Judge Garland of the federal court in South Dakota, has issued a temporary injunction restraining the South Dakota railroad commission from reducing passenger rates from 3 to $2\frac{1}{2}$ cents a mile. Policeman Anderson of Portland has taken into custody a man who gives the name of Howard, but who the police believe to be Joe Sullivan, wanted in Salt Lake for the murder of Policeman Charles F. Ford in that city on December 14 last. The Grand Trunk railway has given up hope, apparently, of securing Jap labor for construction work on its lines next summer. Advertisements are appearing in Amsterdam, Holland, asking for 20,000 Hollanders to work on the Grand Trunk next summer. Seven companies of United States troops under command of Colonel Reynolds have left Goldfield. The troops remaining in camp, about 135 men, have been divided into two full companies. Captain William H. Washall and Lieutenant Goodwill will be in command. LATE NEWS ITEMS As a result of the overturning of a skiff containing nine men, seven were drowned near Leavenworth, Kansas. The Great Northern has declared its regular quarterly dividend of $1 \frac{3}{4}$ per cent. Secretary Taft is a strong advocate of increased pay for the army and his annual report, just sent to congress, completely dispels any doubt that may exist as to his position. The U. S. treasury department last Monday purchased 300,000 ounces of silver for delivery in equal amounts at Denver, San Francisco and New Or leans, at 56.258 cents per ounce. Senator Allison of Iowa is seriously ill with the grip. Henry Bauer and Edgar Kent, self-confessed horsethieves who were arrested recently were sentenced to the penitentiary by Judge Steele at Moscow, Idaho. The former got three years and the latter 18 months at hard labor. Powers Jury Disagreed Georgetown, Ky.-After being out more than 48 hours the jury in the case of Caleb Powers, tried on a charge of complicity in the murder of William Goebel, reported for the second time that they were unable to agree upon a verdict and were discharged by Judge Morris. Judge Morris overruled the motion for Powers to permit ball. He fixed July 6 as the date for a new trial. SPORTING NOTES. Twenty principals of high schools of the state have agreed upon the Washington High School Athletic as sociation, a body composed of the heads of the various high schools of the state, to make uniform rules for the control of high school athletics. Battleing Nelson and Kid Scaler of Spokane have been matched by Manager McCarry of the Pacific Athletic club to fight here January 14 in a 10-round go for a share of the gate receipts. Charles E. Dvorak, formerly the crack polo vaulter of the University of Michigan, has been chosen coach of track athletics at the University of Idaho and is now at Moscow. There is every prospect that the racing season on the New York tracks next summer will be an exceptionally active one. There is not a prominent horse on the turf, with the single exception of Peter Pan, which will never race again, that is not entered in one or more of the big events. Boxing and wrestling among the amateur clubs of Portland, Seattle and Spokane win come in for an airing very soon if the plans of Ed Morgan of the adultnomah club are carried out. He proposes to introduce a resolution at the next trustees' meeting of the club, which shall direct the Muttomah representative to work with the Seattle and Spokane clubs to have a one-year residence rule adopted. That is, he favors boxers and wrestlers only getting into the ring in inter-club contests after they have been bona fide members of their respective clubs one year. At Los Angeles recently Rudolph Unholz had the better of a glove contest with George Memsic. The new rules down there won't allow more than 10 rounds nor a decision at the end of the bouts. It is hoped that the universities and colleges of the northwest will form a conference, so that pure amateur sport may be maintained. The athletes of the University of Michigan are anxious to make the team for the Olympic games at London next summer. Harriman, last year's captain and quarterback of the University of Montana football team, may be an aspirant for a position on the Washington State college eleven next fall. Fencing bids fair to become a popular pastime at the Spokane Young Men's Christian association gymnasium. Nick Burley, a man who used to do some fighting in and around Spokane, may be matched with the colored pug, Young Peter Jackson. Jockey McClain is back in the saldle at Oakland. He is the jockey who was hurt on the Lewiston track last fall. The American association magnates have decided to enter Chicago. They believe the move can be made without warring with the major leagues. One question of securing a park is now being considered. California sportsmen are reproaching themselves that they did not long ago think of the Japanese as jockeys. May Sutton, holder of he women's international tennis championship, has announced her readiness to compete in the Olympic games to be held in London this year. Joe Heinrich, the Spokane product in the .70 pound professional wrestling class, is one of the best artists in the country on the mat. FLOODS AT HOQUIAM, WASH. Water Deep in Streets in Residence Part—Aberdeen Wet. Hoquiam, Wash., Jan. 6.—The highest tide in many years, caused by a heavy southeast gale that swept the harbor for the past 12 hours, has flooded the residence portion of the city, and it is from two to three feet under water. The Northern Pacific track is damaged and a portion of the grade is carried away by the waves. The diking system throughout the city has been damaged to a great extent, tides completely submerging the dike and carrying a portion of it away. The city is in darkness owing to the light plants not being able to run. Board streets and private walks are carried far out of line by the action of the water. Unprecedented Tide at Aberdeen. Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 6.—A terrific southeast gale, which blow out several plate glass windows and damaged trees and houses, was followed today by one of the highest, if not the highest, tides ever known. All high water records are said to have been wiped out. Persons residing on the extreme lowlands were forced to leave their homes or get into second stories. Cattle had to be taken to the highlands, and some have undoubtedly drowned. Robber Killed Officer Oakland, Cal.—While attempting to arrest two supposed burglaries at the Southern Pacific station Policeman J. J. Fenton was shot and instantly killed. His assailant, who gave the name of F. S. Boyle, was in turn shot with his own gun and wounded by J. S. Shiell, a barber, who rushed from his shop to Fenton's aid. Boyle died on the operating table at the hospital. The second desperado escaped, leaving behind a telescope grip containing $600 worth of postage stamps and a letter addressed to Campbell, Santa Clara county. The postoffice at Campbell was burglarized and the safe blown out two weeks ago. An $8000 violin may be worth the money, but it would hardly be classed as a good investment. NORTHWEST STATES WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON AND MONTANA ITEMS. A Few Interesting Items Gathered From Our E:changes of the Surrounding Country—Numerous Accidents and Personal Events Take Place—Crop Outlook Is Good. WASHINGTON NOTES. About 60 per cent of the clearing house certificates issued in Spokane during the recent financial flurry have been retired. The state book will show 240,000 population for Seattle, 90,000 for Spokane and 90,000 for Tacoma. Hopgrowers of the Yakima valley have formed a union. The city of Colville is now in the third class. There are entries of 700 birds for the poultry show at Walla Walla. There will be no cut in the price of hair cuts and other tonsorial work at Tacoma as announced some time ago Tacoma, Wash.—While his accomplice stood at the door of the wool-shed frightening away inquisitive children with a revolver, John Vargo, a miner at Carbonado, recently stole a chest containing $1020 in $20 gold pieces, the lifelong savings of John Vaselino of Carbonado, and made his escape. The body of P. W. Dillon, who died at his home in Davenport, was shipped to Tacoma for burial. Injuries that may prove fatal to both were sustained by Abraham Neilsen and Albert Olson, who jumped from the second story window of a Spokane lodging house while that floor of the building was enveloped in flames. During the year 1907 over $2,000,000 of county and school funds were handled in Spokane. During the past year Tacoma has spent $87,501.95 for new fire houses and fire equipment. There is little hopes of rescuing Harry Joyce and John Hager, who were buried in a caving well on the ranch of Miss Tillie Bleck, two miles north of Eltopia. The Toppenish school district has commenced suit to annul $6000 worth of school warrants, declaring them fraudulent. Steve Phillips has been charged at Seattle with murder in the first degree in the killing of Mrs. Madge Henderson, a negress. A meeting of all county commissioners of the state has been called at Tacoma for February 11 to form a state organization and make a systematic campaign for good roads. Filing of candidacies under the direct primary law for the city election in March closed with 104 aspirants listed for the 19 offices in Seattle. Earl Musselman, aged 14, was killed and Clyde Damase, aged 13, fatally injured, recently by a heavy shingle bolt, which crushed them. At the meeting of the state teachers' association at Seattle it was decided to hold the next annual meeting in Spokane, commencing December 29, 1908. Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: President; A. H. Yoder of Tacoma; vice presidents, N. D. Showalter of Colfax, and Miss Nettie Sawyer of Seattle; treasurer, Chas. Fagan of Seattle; secretary, O. C. Whitney of Tacoma. The Sedro Woolley postoffice was burglarized recently. It is reported that state general fund warrants are being discounted by banks of Seattle, Spokane and elsewhere 5 per cent. The trim new steamer North Star of the Columbia & Okanogan Steamboat company has made her first trip up the Columbia. The snowfall has interfered with completing the approaches to the new Wenatchee bridge and the formal opening of that structure consequently may be delayed until about January 15. The Walla Walla auxiliary to the Washington State Stockgrowers' association was formed recently. N. N. Carroll, a Colfax stock buyer, has made the largest shipment of live stock that ever went out of the Colfax yards in one day. The shipment consisted of five cars of stall fed steers and three carloads of hogs. Two laborers were killed and eight badly injured by a dynamite explosion at a subcamp of Contractor Taylor on the Portland & Seattle road, 25 miles south of Sprague, Saturday. Six members of the Law Enforcement league who canvassed Spokane Sunday gathering evidence against those saloon proprietors who kept their places open found 13 saloons closed in one district, in another 22 and in the third 40, making a total of 75 saloons which were closed. With a complete counterfeit outfit in their possession, two alleged workingmen, giving their names as W. H. Hawley and C. A. Quaife, were arrested in Tacoma along the Northern Pacific tracks in South Tacoma. IDAHQ NEWS Rooseveit has created a stir in political circles by demanding the resignation of Surveyor General Eagleson of Boise. It is said that the president was dissatisfied with Eagleson's conduct because of his friction with the land office. The large loan companies have reopened their offices in Lewiston and are seeking borrowers with approved real estate security, the announcement carrying with it a cut in the interest rate. Alleging that he was libelled in an interview from Governor Frank Gooding in the Boise Statesman, in which Gooding replied to articles signed by State Auditor Bragaw in regard to a controversy over the fund used to pay expenses of the Pettibone and Haywood rials, Bragaw brought suit against Gooding and the Statesman for $50,000. Bragaw's article appeared in the Capital News. The coroner's jury at Wallace in investigating the cause of the death of Nicholas Thornton returned a verdict that Thornton died of fracture of the skull, and that "sad fracture was the result of a fall or being thrown or pushed from the door of the Wallace hotel on the morning of December 30." Deputy Game Warden Mack Habbaugh will attempt to satisfy his craving for big-game by a mountain lion hunt this week. After two months' inactivity a resumption of payment on Indian leases is scheduled for January 20, at which time money will be paid to the Indian landlords by the white leseses, the transfer being made through Indian Agent O. H. Lipps. The copper-colored landowners have $80,000 outstanding in lease money. The Nez Perce assessment roll carries about $2,000,000 more this year than last. Joseph P. Fallon, elected at the last election to represent kootenai county in the lower house of the state legislature, is out for the seat of Congressman Burton L. French. Schools bells in every district in the state summoned the children to school Monday morning, after the usual two weeks' vacation. MONTANA NOTES Messrs. Shannon, Cutts and Edwards, the Butte labor leaders, who were adjudged guilty of contempt of court for violating an injunction restraining interference with the property or business of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company, and who were sentenced to three months in jail, began the serving of their terms Saturday. It had been determined to appeal the case to the circuit court, but this plan was abandoned and the men persented themselves to the United States marshal and were committed to the Helena jail. W. F. Scott, state game and fish marden, of Helena, and Deputy L. L. Lownds of Helena were in Libby on official business recently looking after a location for the purpose of a fish hatchery, also for the purpose of putting in a fish ladder at Kootenai falls, a few miles below Libby. Justice Phillips has held M. White to the district court to answer the charge of murder. White is the young man who shot and kille' a teamster named Gibson at Taft December 26. The state board of pardons of Montana has approved the pardon of Arthur Van Winkle, the 10 year old colored boy, who will be sent to Minneapolis to live with his grandmother. The pardon is effective contingent upon railroad fare being furnished the lad to Minneapolis. The meeting in Helena on January 14, 15 and 16 next of the National Woolgrowers' association in national convention promises to be the most important in the history of the organization. Simultaneously there will be held a midwinter sheep show that bids fair to eclipse any northwestern predecessor. Montana, with its 5,000,000 head of sheep, is the greatest wool producer in the sisterhood of states. L. O. Newman, a business man of Butte, shot and killed himself on a Southern Pacific train near Battle Mountain, Nev. He was temporarily insane. January 17 is the date definitely fixed for the convention in Helena of the mine operators of central Montana for the purpose of organizing a permanent state association to alleviate, if possible, the present mining conditions caused as a result of the new schedule of double the former rates put in effect December 1 at the East Helena plant of the American Smelting & Refining company. The management of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad announces that a train service will be established January 12 to Marmath Mont., 30 miles west of Bowman, N.D., the present terminus of the road's western extension. OREGON SQUIRRE Howard Whittier, who shot and killed his brother in law, Frank Raymond, a Snake river rancher, was released at Roseburg on $500 bail to appear at the May term of court, the charge of manslaughter and the proceedings are only entered in order to exonerate the boy, as the officers are convinced the shooting was justified. Upon the vote cast in June for the bill appropriating $100,000 for the building of armories for the O. N. G. companies outside of Portland depends Portland's chances for securing such a building. John Segill, mail carrier between Newport and Yachats, narrowly escaped death in a tidal wave which engulfed his two horses and wagon as he was driving along the beach. The Right Rev. John Heinrich, vicar general of the diocese of Baker City, died in that city Sunday. He was 60 years of age. The vicar general's death followed an extended illness growing out of a stroke of paralysis received about two years ago. Don't be kidnapped—that is to say, don't let somebody lug you off without a protest. CATARRH BLOOD DISEASED Catarrh is not merely an inflammation of the tissues of the head and throat, as the symptoms of ringing noises in the ears, mucous dropping back into the throat, continual hawking and spitting, etc., would seem to indicate; it is a blood disease in which the entire circulation and the greater part of the system are involved. Catarrh is due to the presence of an excess of uric acid in the blood. The Liver, Kidneys and Bowels frequently become torpid and dull in their action and instead of carrying off the refuse and waste of the body, leave it to sour and form uric acid in the system. This is taken up by the blood and through its circulation distributed to all parts of the system. These impurities in the blood irritate and inflame the different membranes and tissues of the body, and the contracting of a cold will start the secretions and other disgusting and disagreeable symptoms of Catarrh. 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Corbaley, S5 Washington street, Spokane, Wash. Fp NU No. 2 8 CATARRH AND SYSTEM Catarrh is not merely an inflam- throat, as the symptoms of ringing na- tive into the throat, continual hawking a cate; it is a blood disease in which part of the system are involved. Cat of uric acid in the blood. The Live come torpid and dull in their action and waste of the body, leave it to se This is taken up by the blood and the parts of the system. These impur- the different membranes and tissue of a cold will start the secretions a symptoms of Catarrrh. As the blood tarral poison affects all parts of the feeling, nose continually stopped u comes and goes, the stomach is uspe No.28 6p NU I had Catarrh for about fifteen years, and no man could have worse. I tried everything I could see, and no one suited. I then began S. S. S., and could see a little improvement from the first bottle, and after a short while was creamed. This was six years ago, and I am as well today as any man. 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Secretary Garfield and subordinates decline to discuss the case, but it is understood that throughout the investigation, which cost the government $100,000 the interior department has not been in sympathy with the government law officers. The department of justice has announced that an appeal will be taken, and it is said a contrary decision will be reached shortly. Mrs. Von Schoenbeck insane Allenstein, Prussia.—Mrs. von Schoenbeck, whose husband, a major in the army, was killed by Captain von Goeben on Christmas night after the major was found in his wife's apartments, has gone insane. It is now declared that she has been mentally deranged for several years. Build Locks 100 Feet Wide By unanimous decision the isthmiuau canal commission will recommend to the secretary of war that the locks be constructed at their present projected width, namely, 100 feet, holding that this will be ample for all commercial shipping for years to come. Japs Flock to Vancouver. The unexplained arrival of 300 Japanese in Vancouver recently and the prospect of an influx of another 1200 within the next month from Honolulu are the features of the oriental situation in Vancouver. Keens Rabbits Away. North Yakima, Wash.—G. C. Mitchell, an extensive fruit and hop grower, who has been experimenting with a solution to keep rabbits from injuring his fruit trees, reports that as far as he has observed there are no traces of where the rabbits have attacked his trees since using the solution. British Sealer Is Wrecked. Halifax, N. S., Jan. 7.—A cablegram received here by the owners from Captain Anderson, commanding the British sealing schooner Baden-Powell, reports that the vessel is a total wreck at the Falkland islands. The crew of 12 men was saved. Bent Strike in Chicago. Five hundred residents of Chicago's ghetto formed Sunday night a tenants' union, with the avowed purpose of forcing landlords of the district to reduce rents $2 a month. Wigmakers Win First Strike the wigmakers of New York recently celebrated a double event, the recognition of their union and the winning of the first strike of the year Fire at St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo. Jan. 6.—Two large buildings constructed by the William J. Lemp Brewing company, but utilized as warehouses, burned Sunday, entailing a loss estimated at $100,000. Spokane Theater Attractions. Spokane Theater attractions during the month of January are: January 5, "Big Hearted Jim"; January 6, 7 and 8, "The Gingerbread Man"; January 9, 10, 11, 12, "The Lion and the Mouse"; January 16, 17, 18, Ralph Stuart in "Strongheart"; January 19, 20, "Arizona"; January 23, 24, 25, "Brown of Harvard"; January 26, 27, 28, De Wolf Hopper; January 31, Grace George. Write to Charles Muehlman, manager, for seats to be reserved in advance. Send remittance. The wheat yield in western Canada may possibly be 70,000 bushels. RRRH BLOOD DISEASED FROM DISORDERED dilation of the tissues of the head and big noises in the ears, mucous dropping back and spitting, etc., would seem to indi- which the entire circulation and the greater Catarrh is due to the presence of an excess Liver, Kidneys and Bowels frequently be- tention and instead of carrying off the refuse to sour and form uric acid in the system, through its circulation distributed to all purities in the blood irritate and inflame issues of the body, and the contracting us and other disgusting and disagreeable blood goes to all parts of the body the ca of the system. The head has a tight, full up, pains above the eyes, slight fever upset and the entire system disordered and affected by this disease. It is a waste of time to try to cure Catarr with sprays, washes, inhalations, etc. Such treatment does not reach the blood, and can, therefore, do nothing more than temporarily relieve the discomfort of the trouble. 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Cars are now running over all the lines, and with the exception of a little stone throwing on the outskirts, the cars were unmolested, notwithstanding they were manned by imported strikebreakers and unguarded so far as deputy sheriffs and troops were concerned. Explode Bomb in Bank Kansas City, Jan. 5.—A terrific bomb explosion in the basement of the First National bank created intense excitement here Saturday morning. It wrecked part of the building and injured a plumber, porter and two or three bank employees. At first it was thought an attempt had been made to rob the bank, and as yet no explanation has been offered. A strange man was seen in the lavatory 20 minutes prior to the explosion. The First National bank building was one of the most beautiful structures in the city. It was only finished last year and cost close to $1,000,000. The main floor was occupied by the bank, which is the largest financial institution in Kansas City. The two upper stories are occupied by real estate and insurance firms principally. Investigation developed the fact that the bomb had been placed in a toilet room in the northwest corner of the basement and 20 feet from the main vault. German Editor Guilty Berlin, Jan. 6.—Maximillien Harden editor of Die Zukunft, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment on the charge of libeling Count Kuno von Moltke "Little Egypt" Is Dead. New York, Jan. 7.—Catherine Devine, known on the burlesque stage as "Little Egypt," is dead. Weak Lungs Bronchitis For over sixty years doctors have endorsed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs, colds, weak lungs, bronchitis, consumption. You can trust a medicine the best doctors approve. Then trust this the next time you have a hard cough. The best kind of a testimonial — "Sold for over sixty years." Made by J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. Also manufacturers of SARSAPARILLA, PILLS, HAIR VIGOR. We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. 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Vegetables—Cabbage, $1.25 cwt; beets, $1@1.10 cwt; rutabagas, $1@1.10; carrots, 75c; white turnips, $1; parsnips, $1@1.10 cwt; cauliflower, 75c@$1 doz heads; onions, $2.25; tomatoes, 50@60 box; green, 25c; sweet potatoes, $3.50 cwt; potatoes 75c cwt; Hubbard squash, 75c@$1 doz; citrons, 75c doz; pumpkins, 75c@$1; eggplant, 1.50 crate; peppers 50@60 box; parsley, 15c doz bunches; colery, 60@75c doz bunches; pineapples, $2.75@3; Concord grapes, 45@50c basket; Tokays, $1.75 crate; Musc cat grapes, $1.25; Italian grapes, $7.50 bbl; Cornicheon, $1.50 crate; bananas $2.75@4 bunch; huckleberries, 10c 1b cranberries, $12.50 bbl; winter pears $1.25 box; lemons, $7 case; cooking apples, $7@$1 box; fancy eating $1.25@1.50 box; quinces, $2.25 box; comb honey, $3.75 case. Butter and Eggs—Fresh specia white filters, $8 case; local ranch, ca dled, $7.25; first class local creamery butter 33c lb; Jersey Beile creamery $1c lb; Columbia creamery, 30c lb cheese, twins, 18c lb; Wisconsin loa Swiss, 18c lb; limburger bricks, 18c lb; Tillamook, 17c lb. Sugar—$5.40 cwt; beet, $6.25. Coffee—Common package goods, $17.10 cwt. Seed—Red clover, $15.50; choice, $16.50; Kentucky bluegrass, $18.50 cwt; timothy, $6.50; white clover, $18, alfalfa, $18. Wholesale Feed Prices. Bran, $17 ton; bran and shorts, $18 ton; red shorts, $19; white shorts $23; corn, whole, $1.60 cwt; cracked $1.70; rolled barley, $1.35 cwt; wheat $1.50 cwt; timothy hay, $25 ton; grain hay, $18 ton; oats, $1.50 cwt; straw $10 ton. Live Stock—Steers, $3.50 cwt; cows, $2.50 cwt; sheep, $4.12 cwt; hogs $6.80 cwt; calves, $4.12@8 lb; hogs 5½ lb. Poultry and Eggs—Live hens, 12@ 13 lb; dressed hens, 12@14½ lb; ducks, live, 14 lb; turkeys, live, 29 lb; dressed, 22 lb; geese, live, 13 lb; dressed, 15 lb. Feed—Timothy hay, $20@22 ton f. o. b. Spokane; grain hay, $13@15 ton; alfalfa, $13@14 ton; oats, $1.20@ 1.25 cwt; feed wheat, $1.25 cwt; whole harley, $11 cwt ROOSEVELT SAYS ADMIRAL ACTED CHILDISH. Has No Right to Defy Naval Laws—Sole Concern Should Be Good of the Service—Must Have Obedience—President Upholds Command of Hospital Ships by Medical Officers. President Rosevelt's attitude on the question of the command of hospital ships in the navy, which resulted in the resignation of Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson, and incidentally some caustic observations on that incident, and the controversies among the naval officers and their adherents as to details of naval construction and methods of training were made known when Secretary Metcalf gave to the press the two letters from the president addressed to him on the subject. In the first of these letters President Roosevelt condemns in unmeasured terms the act of Admiral Brownson, declaring it to be unseemly and improper. The question upon which Admiral Brownson took issue with the navy department, the president declares, is one on which there can be entirely legitimate difference of opinion, but, he adds, "There is no room for difference of opinion as to the gross impropriety of the admiral's conduct in resigning sooner than carry out the orders of his superior officers in such a matter. The officers of the navy must remember it is not merely childish but in the highest degree reprehensible to permit enough personal pique, wounded vanity, or factional feeling on behalf of some particular bureau or organization to render them disloyal to the interests of the navy and therefore of the country as a whole." Regarding the controversies in the navy the president admits there always were and always will be defects, both in the construction of the ships and organization of the department and in the actual drill of the fleet. It is well, he says, that these defects be pointed out, but it is also well that they should be pointed out without exaggerations or malicious untruthfulness. He scathingly rebukes those guilty of exploiting them in grossly exaggerated form in the fancied interest of an individual or clique of individuals, or for the sake of supplying sensational material to newspapers. Because of such misrepresentation and exaggeration the president has asked Secretary Metcalf for a statement of the exact facts connected with it, describing particularly the opinion of Admiral Converse, formerly chief of the navigation bureau, who, because of his high professional attainments and standard of conduct and duty, the president considers peculiarly fitted to give judgment. NEW FINANCIAL BILL PRESENTED The financial bill which has for some time been in preparation by leading republican members of the senate committee on finance, has been printed and given to the public. The bill provides for an additional issue of bank circulation which shall at no time exceed $250,000,000 on bonds other than those issued by the government, including state and municipal bonds in approved case. The comptroller of the currency is given discretion in issuance of the proposed currency and is authorized to decide as to the amount to be awarded to any banking institution. It is provided that increased circulation shall in no case exceed 75 per cent of the value of bonds deposited. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. The president has nominated Christian Schuebel to be United States attorney for the district of Oregon. Assistant United States Attorney James Cole of Oregon has resigned. F. Augustus Heinze was arrested in New York last Tuesday on an indictment charging him with having illegally certified a check on the Mercen tile National bank. He was held in $50,000 bail, after entering a plea of not guilty to the indictment. Richard A. Ballinger, commissioner of the general land office, has tendered his resignation of that office to President Roosevelt and it has been accepted, to take effect March 4. Fred Bennett, assistant commissioner, has been appointed commissioner. Though the wrecking of a Great Northern train near Wolf creek, Mont., Tuesday night two persons were killed and a number of loaded are cars demolished. For some unknown reason the cars jumped the track and were piled inan indiscriminate mass, the victims being caught in the debris. Against Women Teachers. President G. Stanley Hall of Clack university stirred the delegates to the Iowa state teachers' convention recently in an address, in which he declared there were too many women teachers in the schools and that American schools are becoming "offenized." There are 1400 teachers attending the convention and nearly three-fourths of them are women. 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Wholesale Feed Prices Prices Paid to Producers Creamery Produce. f. o. b. Spokane —First grade creamy butter fat 32½c lb. Hides—Green beef, 5c lb; dry salted cured, 6@%1/2 lb; dry flint, 14c; calf skins, green, 9c; dry, 15c; dry sheep pelts, 11@%13b kip, 5c. Northwestern Wheat. Portland, Ore.-Bluestem, $.8@86c; valley, $8@84c; red, $1@2c; Tacoma, Wash.-Two cents higher; bluestem, $5c; club, $3c; red, $1c. Great Violinist Robbed. While Jan Kubelik's private car was in Spokane, the Countess Szaky-Csell, the virtuoso's wife, learned that her jewel box had been broken open and two diamond rings and a gold bracelet with diamond setting, three three valued at $1800 were missing. They were stolen somewhere between Denver and Spokane. Seware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely alter the whole system when entering it through the mucous membrane. 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