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EXPLAINS POSITION OF__ROAD PAESIDENT L. W. HILL OF GREAT NORTHERN DISCUSSES GRAND JURY CASE. St. Paul, June 9.-L. W. Hill, puesi dent of the Great Northern Railroad company today gave the Associated Press the first authentic statement of the position of the (reat Northern Railroad company relating to the de mands made upon it by the grand jury of Spokane, Washington, to furnish certain documents in connection with the indictments against its former at torney, M. J. Gordon. The interview crediten to James J. Hill at Spo kane is stated not to be authentic, as Mr. Hill refused to discuss anything connected with 'the grand jury inves tigation after leaving the jury room. However, he did agree to the furnish ing of these documents before the board. This was done today and the secretary, by the order of the board, sent this communication: "The board has carefully considered the request made of its chairman by the grand jury of Spokane to send to it from the company's files and recorcd in St. Patil certain papers and documents. Some of the documents requested have never existed, and as to the others, the board, after full investigation and upon instructions by counsel, is of, the opinion' that there no records in the possession of the company which would serve to give these grand jurymen any inforaua tion in addition to that already in its possession and on which it has acted. Therefore, after taking the advice of its own and outside counsel concern ing its duty in the premises, the board has reached the conclusion that it will not in this case depart from its rule, established many years ago, and almost invariably adhered to, that the company's records shall not be permitted to leave the state of Min nesota. For the foregoing reasons, the board declines to surrender the i'ecords to the keeping of the grand jury of Spokane, county." WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABCUT THIS? Editor Misooullan: Isn't it about tinte that the city council get down to business and give the city a sew erage system. Weeks, month and years have gone by since the agitation began for a sewerage system on the south side. The south side has dou bled in population during that time; beautiful homes, costly schools and business blocks have been erected and still we are apparently as far off as ever. Some portions of the residence district is a network of vile cess pools, sonic residences having no less than four, necessitated by the cesspools tilling up one by one and refusing to drain away the sewerage. That we have not had an epidemic' of typhoId fever in South .Missoula Is aliost a miracle, Time and again politi qn have gone to the city council asking for relief by furnishing a sewerage dastem. At the present time the large Pen well block is leing rected on the south side, the buildi occupying the entire land of the co pany. The own ers of this block hale with other citi zens held their pea e as long as they could, hoping tli the city council would do somethi g, but still no move. Until some syste i of sewerage is giv en the peopl , the buildhig will be practically us ess; and yet they are spending moor than $50,000 in building alone. Ther seems to be too much apathy on e part of both the city council anc the citizens themselves. Why no wake up and accomplish somiethin . The ci council was elected by the people f r the express purrpose of tak ing the initiative of these matters. We are no/longer a country village, but a rapidly growing city. We cannot long er expedt that our city council can jChange Cars at St. Paul Direct connectiou miay be made in St. Paul ilUion depot with all trains froim the West, if your ticket reads via the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bequiest your ticket agent to route you via this railway on your trip to ('hicago or the East. - Lon1,a g ir, hi h(r 01 wider" sleeping car berths on night trains, including TILE PIONEER LIMITED" from Minneapolis, S p. m.; iUnion station, St. Paul, S :35 p. m.; the U. S. GOVEPNVENT FAST MAIL from Minneapolis 6:45 p. m., and Union sta tion, St. Paul, 7:20 p. in., and a new FAST MAIL train from Miniicapolis 9:45 p. m.; Union station, St. Paul, 10:30 p. in. Other trains to Chicago from Minneapolis S a. in. and 3:30 p. mi., and Union station, St. Paul, 8145 a. in. and 4 p. m. Write or send collegt telegram for berth res ervations. W. B. DIXON ASSISTANT GENE RAL PIASSENGER AGENT 365 ROBERT ST., ST. PAUL meet once in two weeks and do all that is necessary; they should meet every day until some plan is adopted to furnish an adequate sewer system. and then push the work to completion as far as money and men can do it. If practical, active steps are not taken at once to accomplish this result a series of mass meetings should be held by the citizens themselves. If an epi demic of typhoid fever takes place, can you hold yourself blameless, as the coffins of the victims are one after another placed beneath the ground, and who will be the victims? Usual ly the children, the boys and the girls, perhaps your son or your daughter. If you saw your son or daughter standing on the track in front of a swiftly approaching train, what would you do? And yet the harvest of death from the cesspool and poor sewerage in Missoula will be represented by many a new-made grave in 1909. Not an other city in the state can boast of the rapid growth of Missoula, and not another city in the state but what looks with shame on Missoula for its lack of cleanliness from its part of sewerage. Once more I say, wake up; let every citizen that is interested send in a petition to the city council of Missoula for immediate and persistent action on the sewerage question. R. M. COBBAN. Missoula, June 9, 1909. When the printers dance everybody will be happy-June 22. A VOTE IS SECURED ONYiOOL SENATE DECIDES TO IMPOSE THIRTY-CENT DUTY ON CER TAIN KINDS OF WOOL. Washington, June 9.-By a vote of. 40 to 30 the committee amendment levying a duty of 30 cents similar to the Dingley bill on top waste, slub bing waste, roving waste, ring waste and garnetted waste was agreed to. The vote was the first that has been taken on the wool schedule, and is regarded as a test vote on all amend ments to that schedule. On the amendment no democratic' senator voted in the affirmative, while Mr. Crawford and Mr. Gamble, who have generally voted with the "progressive republicans and demo orats" voted, aye. The republicans voting no were Beveridge, Bristow, Burkett, Clapp, Cummins, Dolliver, La Follette and Nelson. After considerable debate, which did not bear directly upon the committee amendments, raising the house rates on shoddy from 20 to 25 cents a ptund. and on noils, wool extract. yarn waste, thread waste and all other wastes, composed wholly or in part of wool from 18 to 20 cents a pound the amendments were adopted. The amendments were voted on to gether, the ayes 42 and the noes 31. ANOTHER GERM DESTROYER. Herpicide Is. Death to Dandruff Germs. The germ burrows into the scalp, throwing up the cuticle in thin scales, called dandruff, or scurf, and digging at the root of the hair where at saps the hair's vitality. First comes brit tle hair, then lusterless and dead like hair, then falling hair, and final ly baldness. Nine-tenths of the hair troubles are caused by dandruff. Without dandruff, hair will grow lux uriantly, as nature intended. "Herpi cide" kills the dandruff germ, lerv ing the hair to grow unhampered, as it does with the American red man. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sample to The Herpi ride Co., Detroit, Mich. Two sizes, 50c and $1. Missoula Drug Co., special agents. The printers will dance June 22. If you misa it you will regret it. WLL TELLS STORY; ONCEMODE IOWA MAN ASSERTS HIS WIFE HAS GIVEN HIM VERY MUCH THE WORST OF IT. Editor, Missoulian: Will you kindly refer to your tiles of May 10 and 11. containing an account of the arrest, imprisonnent and subsequent release of my wife (Mrs. C. E. Gill) and Wal ter J. Buerle, both known there as Mrs. Lewis and nephew. I made effort while in Missoula to settle this matter in a way that would cause the least publicity and offered concessions to my wife for the sake of the children. These offers were all rejected, she stating that she preferred the life she was leading, and refused to return home to her children. On my return to Cedar Rapids I found that my wife and her paramour had written to several parties here and were endeavoring to clear them selevs at ihy expense. I desire that the people of Missoula, as well as those whom are interested here and at my former eastern home to know the facts in the case, which I feel should be known in justice to myself and my children. I came to this city in April, 1906, and my family followed in July ,of the same year. My suspicions were first aroused as regards my wife and Buerle in the early part of 1907 and I had reasons to think that an undue in timacy existed between my wife and Walter J. Buerle, which continued up to September 19, 1908, at which date she left her home, husband and chil dren, leaving the following letter dated September 9, 1908, addressed to -me, an exact copy of the original follows: "Charlie:-I know how you will blame me for the step I am taking, but as you say I run you in debt in Ohio and I' believe here also-and I thought I was helping you so much ;'this Tmonth and I find I have made a failure of it. I surely can take care of myself. Now don't think for one minute I am going with anyone, as I promise you on my life I am alone. I just made up my mind I would not go back to be a burden to all you folks, as it will be a good while before I c9uld work, as my head hurts so bad. I am giving tip everything to you. I have almost $20 with me, but I will need it for a while, then I will send it hack, if I can. I know you will be angry with me and I could not go back after I thought I was doing so well. I Charlie the greatest kindness you can do me is-don't look for inc for I don't want to come back and you, of course, won't want me back. I am only taking What I wear. Forgive and forget. INEZ." The following letter was also mailed - to the children, postmarked this city as follows: "Children All: Be good rr to your father. I am going out to h earn my own way, I will be alone, 0 don't think for one minute. you need i be ashamed of' anything I will do. I fl will let you hear from me again, but I wont stay to be a burden to you all. S I am taking almost $20 with me, but it if I am successful I will send back s every penny; I am only borrowing it ti for a while. Will let you hear from I a me when I get to rmy stopping place, t but I don't know where that will be. ir I mean to go until I can get honest ti labor, where I can prove to you that v I am alone too. I am only taking b what I wear with me. The greatest 1 kindness you can do is not look for I me. I swear I will not take my life, 1I don't worry about me, ulease. You a know none of you need ile, I want to C try my life all alone for a while. As r long as I live, and I hope to live a r good many years, I will not do any= c thing to shame my children. Now be V good to your father and take good n care of Moyne. God bless you all, t MOTHER." "P. S.-I think this is best. Be good V to each other for your mother's sake, 1 and stick together, and be good to t your father." I Since her departure she has not a lived up to the promisetr made in her ' letters to myself and the children, as she has not communicated in any I manner with the children or myself. c Further, her claim of taking only $20 1 is false. While it is true she only I took with her only such clothing as she wore when she left, but I discov ered, while in Missoula, last month, she was wearing a light jacket which I was in our home a week or more after she left. It is very evident to me that Buerle took this jacket from my house as he was a frequent visitor at I the house after Mrs. Gill left., As re gards the real amount of money she 1 did take it is difficult for me to de termine, but from the amount of un paid bills which totals over $300, it is I safe to say that she has been de- I ceiving me for several months prior to her departure. I note in her state ment made to the sheriff at Missoula, that she was compelled by me to take in boarders. I wish to state that this is false. It was her own wish and desire that she take boarders. I find that her ob ject in so doing was to obtain money for her proposed flight. She led ine to believe that she was paying cash for all purchases made August 19 to September 19, when in reality she did not pay cash for any household ex penses. The fact is she saved up the money which she collected from the boarders in addition to what money I gave her on the evening of Septem ber 18, it being railroad pay day. I found a number of unpaid bills after her departure, which I supposed had been paid by her. I also want to con tradict the statement which she made that I struck and abused her. This is absolutely false in every sense of the word, as can be proven by the mem hers of my family as well as our neighbors. I provided well for her and gave her a finely furnished home and ilid all in min power to make her life pleasant, all of which can be at tested to by our friends and neigh bors and the immediate family. I wish to say that we had a pleasant and happy home and was doing well until this infernal scoundrel (Buerle) who was in my employ, and who was re ceived in our home as a trusted friend gained the confidence of my wife through lies and trickery sucreeded in making my wife believe these false LET IT RAIN! We carry complete lines of the best water-proofed, rub berized wearables on the market ---everything to keep you warm : ~ and dry. 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Our first real trouble startedl in April, 1908, at which time she attempted to secure a divorce and I have since c learned this man Buerle was the in- I stigator of this proceeding. At that t time Buerle was ordered to remain away from my home, He disregarded these warnings, however, and contin- n ued 1hs visits, coming in the alley en- 0 trance and at times wldWO the children i were absent. This statement can also be verified by the neighbors. This practice continued until her departure. It will be remembered that Mrs. Gill a left her home on September 19, 1901 l and W. J. Buerle resigned his position October 19, 1908, giving but two days' notice of his resignation. Mrs. Gill makes the statement that she went direct from here to Iowa City and worked there a short time; this state ment I do not believe. I firmly believe that when she left Cedar Rapids she went to Minneapolis or St. Paul, and was joined at either of those places by. Buerle, they both going to Mon tana at the same time. The statement" made by Mrs. Gill in letters to myself f and the children are false in every c respect, except running tee in debt. t You will note she endeavored to im- t press the belief upon myself and chil dren that she was going alone and was I to remain alone, and earn in honest i living and do nothing to disgrace her I children. The disclosures madle at I Missoula and the fact that she lived with Buerle at Thompson Falls and I Dixon, Mont., roaming around fromtit different points to avoid detection and 1 assuming a. fittitious namne. which of F itself shows conclusively that htr life t has been a living lie, deceiving myself and her children. I am in a posittlon I1 to make further disclosures of her duplicity, but 1 de-ire to confine my self to this particular case, which is 1 more tŽcent, and which was given puit licity through her own actions, andtu not through any desire of mine, as I had kept my suspicions to myself for a long time, and was willing to say nothing had she shown a disposition to do what was right and honorable after I had warned Buerle to remain away from my home, and it was only her abrupt departure and unlawful re lations with this tman Buerle that forced me to make disclosures which I would have been only too glad to keep to myself had she remained in her home and ilid her duty towards myself and her children. It is not my desire to do or say anything to injure the reputation of this woman, and I have delayed as long as possible in making known the facts related above, but I aSt com pelled in justice to myself to mnake known the exact facts in the case and it is with no spirit of malice or thought of revenge. I have not heard, neither have any of my children, received one word from her and t understand from ither sources that both parties are still in Missoula. I trust that you will ap preciate my position to the extent of giving this communidcation space. Thanking you in advance for the fa vor, I remains. very truly yours, CHARLES E. GILL. Manager and Wire Chief Rock Island Linee. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 7, 1909. The impwrts of crude cocoa into the United States last year totalled 97, 419,700 poiuns, valued at $12,999,S36.I IN LITTLE,OLDNEW YORK New York, Jude t.-With a Whole week-in 3 fill of fl ags, flowers and civic ceremony, Gotham celebrated its heroes of the civil war with more en thusiism than Memorial day has called forth here in years. Pageants, parades, excursions and thousands of neighborhood rallies in honor of the older war veterans this year met with ready response and support from a generation that now walks the town with rea.l memories only of the Span. ish warfale. Heaped high over every acre of the great cemeteries of this metropolis vast loads of spring flow ers were laid by the grandchildren and even great grandchildren-of the men who fell for their countrymen who are now passing rapidly away. Bravely closing up its few remaining files, the great army that younger, New York's fathers knew stood for its annual review, which each year draws nearer to passing away en tirely. Ruling for Rogers. Through every loophole along the financial fortress of Wall street every eye is today focused ceaselessly upon the young nian who is stepping into the titanic shoes of his father, the mighty H. H. RTogers, at the age of less than 35. The public here has known young Rogers heretofore mere ly as a stripling whose energies have been apparently devoted solely to a college course and playing officer in the militia. From the grave of the suddenly stricken magnate, however, this boy has returned to the Standard til fastness downtown as the ac credited ruler of the money power whilih his father wielded with a force lthat often made things rattle in the Morgan stronghold across the street: While all the money world is holding i its breath to await the issue, the grim Morgan has today forced his own son into an important director's seat wlihich the senior Rogers left vacant, but could not will away. The passing of the elder oil haron promises to nmake things exciting for some time in the arena of Wall street. Deadly Dope. With an emergency fund of several t thousand dollars, which one woman i of this city has hastened to supply, the health department officials have iworkedi wonders this week to lay hold upon the sourccs of supply of the co Cine victims whose recent increase in Not Sisters Now and again you see two women pass. ing down the street who look like sisters. You are astonished to learn that they are mother and daughter, and you realize that a woman at forty or forty-five ought to be at her finest and fairest. Why isn't it soP The general health of woman is so in timately associated with the local health of the essentially feminine organs that there can be no red cheeks and round form where there is female weakness. Women who have suffered from this trouble have found prompt relief and cure in the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It gives vigor and vitality to the organs of womanhood. It clears the complexion, brightens the eyes and reddens the cheeks. No alcohol, or habit-forming drugs is contained in "Favorite Prescription." Any sick woman may consult Dr. Pierce by letter, free. Every letter is held as sacredly confidential, and answered in a plain envelope. Address; World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Buffalo, N.Y. this city is seriously alarming the au thorities. Unless the underground purveyance of this deadly drug can be in somne measure restrained the health experts predict its illicit use will soon eat deep in to the core of the life and stamnia of this metropo lis. Much of this noxious powder and the raw material from which it may be extracted is now known to be quietly brought into port from abroad and circulated with no chance of gov ernment supervision through the hid den chanels of the underworld to every section of this country. Medi cal men, welfare workers and socio logical experts throughout this town are today joining the movement which has been begun here to urge congress to place a prohibitive duty and inter nal revenue restriction on cocaine for the real protection of every com munity and family in the land. Guards as Guests. With private detectives constantly gliding on gum shoes at her elbow, the widow of Charles T. Yerkes is set tling down in her Fifth avenue man sion today in a hopeless attempt to make the place seem more like a home than a police station. Now that deci sion has been deferred by the courts on the right of the receiver of the Yerkes estate to board and lodge a squad of sleuths in the shadow of every piece of statuary throughout the palatial home, it 1s practically assured that these precautions against the re moval of any of its treasures will be kept up day and night. The strange plight of this mistress of the house who must harbor allen detectives within her walls is exciting a great deal of interest and some sympathy among New Yorkers. Everyone is anxious to know the final disposal of this rich treasure house of art objects which the western magnate built up hero apparently only to slowly be scattered arul lost to the public. Opening an Oasis. To supply the sight of one tiny plot of green grass to the crowds of lower Broadway the heads of good old Grace church are today ready to celebrate the end of a century of their activi ties by devoting a priceless building site, which they have bought, to ex tending their front lawn at the famil i lar turn of the thoroughfare. Garden ing upon this bit of Broadway will be expensive work, but no one who knows the town believes the memorial fund could be better spent than in preserving the natural greensward in i the midst of this waste of city struc tures. Where stone shafts and steeples might make a more pretentious show to some minds, the people of this city believe the strange eight of a few square feet -of -nature will prove the more impressive spectacle here. More than 100,000 New Yorkers have left the city as the vanguard of the annual summer sortee which is al ready well under way. Crammed to the rails with hundreds of vacation tourists, the big ocean liners are swinging off down the bay each day, while thousands of family parties are flocking away through the railway terminals. All shore and sound craft are groaning under the burden of this annual exodus to woods, fields, sea shore, mountains and lakes. Seldom have the people of Gotham begun their rush to the vacation grounds so early or in such overwhelming num bers. For the last two summers the pinch of the times was sadly shown in the late, leisurely and lean condl. lion of this very traffic. Today, how-A ever, the observers see in the press of the vacation crowds sure signs of brighter spirits and better business downtown. Petrosino's Pals. Empowered by a special law fresh from the hand of the governor, the police department today is setting about the pensioning of Adelina Petro-. sino, whose husband left herlittle be side the heritage of a martyred pat riot's memory. Already some of the citizens of this town, for whose safety Petrosino gave up his life, have ral lied about the stricken widow with all thb aid that they could offer. Now that the support of the wife and baby girl of the murdered detective is to be assured by the police force, every true New Yorker is greatly satisfied. The curse of the baleful Black Hand has followed the body of its victim to his home, and by a hundred secret signs, the police say, they can see it hovering malevolently over the future of his family. Strong arms and stout hearts from among the friends of Pe trosino stand ready to protect his loved ones, it is assured, and noth ing need now be lacking for their wel fare. To jump for the neck of a mad dened horse, galloping before a truck full of. iron down a slippery hill was the first duty presented to a new member of the police force here this week. There was not a shred of bit or bridle on the powerful brute's head, and a hundred school children were massed at the foot of the hill. The new cop had no time to think. He just tackled the horse's bare neck, and as he hung he squeezed. The horse gave it u1 just as he reached the children. Then the new policeman turned him over to his driver and quietly and quickly disappeared. No one found out about it until he had to turn in a brief report late that day. They found that the new cop's name was Murphy-which explained a lot. They found, further, that he was Mile-a-Minute Murphy, who once did this time and distance on his bike bes hind a train. When the children's par ents came to him on post to thank him he blushed and told them to for get it. He said any cop would and (lid do this trick all the time. He was right, but New York thinks today that he has beaten his best bike rec ord, Colombia is known to have at least 22 deposits of coal, but no scientific survey has ever been smtde of the field.