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8 HEALTH DEPARTMENTQNLY SUFFERER SO FAR Council Pares $10,000 and Then Adds $12,564. After wrangling over estimates until nearly midnight the council last night instead of cutting down about $200,000- cut off $8,100 from the health department and about $2,000 elsewhere and added more than that amount to the police de partment. Comptroller Fairley sprung a surprise by declaring that advices he got from County Audi tor Greene w»re that instead of the valuation being $65,000,000, on which this city was to base its tax levy, the correct amount is ?62.000,- --000. Therefore a tax levy of prob ably 14 mills will be required to raise the money asked for by the departments. Councilmen were apparently de sirous of using their axes on the estimates but finally figun d there was good aigument that the de partments needed the money asked for. Just where they are to make sufficient cuts to put the tax levy at nine or 10 mills, as the mayor desires, was not indicated last night. Councilman Schiller referred dur ing discussions of other depart ments to the health department, and indicated that he would hit it one fell whack with the ax. After they all got through swinging the ax, that department's revised esti mate of $36,250 was cut $8,100. And that was the only cut of conse quence secured during the more than three hours consumed by the arguments, the department charged with care of public health. The nearest approach to an out break came through Councilman Dalke's defense of the commission ers' estimate, which included $11.- --000 for new fire stations and property. Councilman Baldwin, who was trying hard to cut some thing, proposed to eliminate any new fire stations. "Why," he ejacu lated, "the fire chief himself de clares there is not apparatus enough, or men enough, to man what they have under present cir cumstances." Dalke flared up like a political torch at this: "Give the department the men and the apparatus. Those people whose territory we annexed de mand something for the taxes they are to pay. There's no fire protec tion on either hill to amount to anything. Invariably when a fire breaks out the dwelling or what ever it may be is consumed before Trie Tire department arrives. Those hills kill off the horses. 1 demand that those fire stations be built." "This town has the largest fire department of any other town of its size In the country," retorted Baldwin. Councilman Schiller here dis played tact by suggesting that the matter be passed for the present. Another ruction was imminent immediately the police department was suggested in the order of busi ness. Councilman Daike again got into it by declaring against any further increase in the depart ment force. He said the chief of police had told the council that be could get along with the pres ent force and if the council allow ed him any extra men, even one, Rice would drop dead. "And we don't desire to kill an efficient chief," declared Dalke. "He said he could get along if he had too," vouchsafed Baldwin. "If he needs them, he needs TEDDY BEAR? NOPE—JUST A REAL, LIVE LOVABLE BABY GIRL SEATTLE!, Oct. 21.—How's this lor the original Teddy Hear? Tin- photograph la of Kalstugia, n Siberian baby, who la now here With a group of Slberlnn natives to be exhibited at the Alaska Yu kon Pacific exposition. However, Haletugla, or In r pre them, and that's all there is to It," said Councilman Funk. "Every year they have been going to put on men for the residence districts. Where are they? Hut this time we want them and must have them. What are we paying taxes for, any way? Everything seems to go into the Second ward, police and all." Various suggestions of from five to 12 new men were made and a motion for seven men offered by Baldwin lost. Then 12 new patrol men were voted for, which added $12,564 to the police department estimate and brought its allowance up to $87,539. When it came to wrestling with the engineering department the councilmen were stumped at the figures, so after worrying around a bit and noone knowing where they were "at" after several min utes when everyone talked at once, the matter was passed over until the next meeting and tbe engineer ordered to appear and not only ex plain by word of mouth but to write the explanation. Mr. Ralston has a clever way of "explaining" things so that when he gets through nothing really, has been explained although at the time he is talking things seem clear as daylight. The street department estimate of $131,852 was cut haphazard to 1130,000; the bridge repair depart ment from $16,836 to $16,000; the jail department was allowed $10,260 asked; the electrical inspector $5,640 as asked; executive, legisla tive, legal, treasurer, clerk and comptroller departments were pass ed along without change. On account of including the bailiffs salary of $1,300 in the judiciary estimate the latter was cut by that amount, making it total $3,200. The W. W. P. benefited on ac count of a Blight scrap which arose over arc lighting. Councilmen tentatively agreed on 30 more lights in each of the five wards. This, if finally allowed, will add $7,200 to the annual lighting bill, bringing the sum total to about $43,200 for lights alone. The W. W. P. has a contract for lights at $48 each a year. Councilman Lambert suggested that $5,000 asked by the 150,000 club for booster lights along Riv erside also be added. This was op posed by Councilman Ostrander. who said it was extravagance. The matter was passed for the present. Commissioner Wetzel appeared with revised estimates for the water department totaling $312,000, only $1,800 less than his original figuve. It was not finally disposed of. The committee adjourned to Thursday night, when department estimates will once more be tackled. DRUNKARD KILLS WIFE SALEM, Ore., Oct. 21.—1n a drunken frenzy, Silas Timmons, plasterer, age 37, killed his wife, age 19, with a razor last jiight in a rooming house, then cut his own throat. Timmons will live. The couple came to Salem from Portland five weeks ago. Timmons was frequently drunk. The girl told the landlady yesterday that her husband held a knife over her Tuesday night. Love your neighbor—but don't Invest in h's stock. Charity covers a multitude of sins, but it's always our charity and other people's sins. decessors, from time immemorial, or to the dim past ages of Siberian history, have woru like customs. And she's Just as lovable a mor sel of laughing, cryinfl crowing, ■ ling, eating, bewitching hu manity as any baby girl you ever knew of course, your own. (Herewith is given the second In stallment of X. Z.s remarkable story of barbarities practic- .1 upon Russian prisoners. The narrator Is relating his personal experiences. While his identity, for obvious rea sons, Is kept secret, his story has been thoroughly Investigated and substantiated.) Tortures were practiced In the night between 16 p. m. and 6 a. m. During that time not one of the prisoners could sleep. We all tossed restlessly upon tbe hard asphalt floor. Many of us were shaking with fever, cold and nervous tension. I was among these. Fever made it painful to remain in one position for more than a few seconds. My nerves were strained to their high est pitch, when, suddenly, the door opened, and the detective, Luden dorf. appeared and pronounced my name. It was then about half past 10. I guessed what was awaiting me, and followed him, prepared for the worst. When the door closed behind ng Ludendorf passed his arm through mine and led me up to the second floor, into one of the corner rooms, the private rooms of Gregus. The room was not large. It had one window and two doors. When 1 entered I saw Gregus and his assist ant, Michaev, also the agents of the secret police, Alexandrovsky, Anton and Zimmerman. l.udendorf entered with me. Gregus and Michaev, in their shirt sleeves, were stretched upon sofas. Alexandrovsky was seated at the table, pen in hand, with a piece of paper before him. The other three came and stood behind me. Alexan drovsky commanded me to tell him about my revolutionary activity. I answered that I had nothing to tell him about. He then lifted a gutta percha rod (called by the secret police Marie Ivanovna) into the air. "Do you know Marie Ivanovna?" he asked. "If you don't tell us everything you know, you will soon be introduced to her." I answered that I knew nothing, and therefore I had nothing to tell them. Michaev, springing from his sofa, aimed a blow at my face, ordering me to undress and lie down upon the bench. I did not move. Then Gregus rushed at me, and shouted that I was to lie down upon the bench. Again I did not move. After that the detectives who stood near flung themselves upon me, knocked me down, stripped off my clothes, ONE ROCKEFELLER MORE THAN EQUALS 28 ONLY COMMON FOLKS WITH P. U. DEPARTMENT UTICA, N. V., Oct. 21.—You can t boat the Rockefeller "pull" with the government! "My dear senator," writes the Standard Oil messenger boy, and like magic disagreeable little fea tures of proposed trust legislation are eliminated. The latest servant of the "pee pul" to hot foot to the assistance of America's richest family is Post master General Yon L. Meyer. No one has been kind enough to "swipe" the secret correspondence in this latest Standard Oil scandal, but p'raps the messenger boy's epistle to the postmaster general read something like this: "My dear General: At your earliest convenience please have the postofflce at Derrick, N. V., closed, and the postofflce at Bay Pond, N. V., continued. Mr. Wm. Rockefeller's friends and servants would be greatly inconvenienced if there were no postofflce at Ray Pond. Derrick is not Important. "This will be greatly appreciated, and if we can reciprocate it will be our pleasure. Yours sincerely, "John D. Archbold." Ring! Rang! That sound conies from the closing doors of the little Derrick postofflce. Wm. Rockefeller owns a hunting park in the Adirondacks of 52,000 acres. Ray Pond is the station. Armed guards are employed the year around to keep trespassers from entering the sacred precincts of the enormous estate. Persons who have dared to fish in the Rock feller rivers or climb tlie Rocke feller mountains have been arrest ed and fined. Wm. Rockefeller has spent less than one month at this estate during the nine years that he has owned it. Rut his children go there and fish from streams stock ed by the state, and shoot deer that are driven or lured into the park by the Rockefeller guards. The lust of possession is the only explanation that has been made of Rockefeller's reason for holding the great nonproducing tract which he never sees, but is mainly used by servants in his employ. Derrick is seven miles from Hay Pond, inhabited by 28 families. It seems that the postal authorities decided that either the postofflce at Derwrick or the one at Ray Pond would have to be discontinued. At Day Pond there is one family—that THE SPOKANE PRESS, OCTOBER 21,1908 tied me on to the bench with ropes, 1 and covered my naked body with a I wet cloth. Zimmerman sat upon ; my head, and Gregus once more : commanded nic to tell them every thing I knew about the revolution ary movement. I was silent, and the first blow from the gutta percba rod fell upon me. Then, again I was ordered to : confess my guilt. Then the blows rained down upon me. The -pain was excruciating. My senses reefied; I my brain grew numb. It waS'Lu- 1 dendorf who tortured me first. 1 When he was tired Gregus replaced 1 him. I began to shriek with the ex treme pain and to bite the wood of the bench in frenzy. Later I re member Michaev beat nic, shouting maliciously: "Beat the editor! Beat the so cial democrat." How long they labored upon me ,1 cannot say; blood was streaming from my mouth and nose; my face 1 was bathed In it; a cold sweat ROCKEFELLER'S PRIVATE STATION AND POSTOFFICE AT HAY POND, AND THE MUSKET EE US WHO KEEP EVERYBODY OFF THE KEROSENE MANOR. of Wm. Rockefeller. And, of course, the 28 families of Derrick got the worst of the new deal. There is indignation among them. They must now go to Bay Pond for their mail. How to do that and not be fined for trespass is a puzzle they have not yet solved. To reach the Bay Pond postofflce they have either to step on Rockefeller's land or walk down the track of Rockefeller's New York Central railroad. In either case armed guards or railroad de tectives might ketch 'em. The penalty for trespass is $25 and costs. Derrick's people have petitioned broke out upon my body when at last 1 was untied from the bench I was so prostrated that I could not move, still less rise. Gregus jerked me from the bench to the floor and began to kick me all over. Not content with that, he ordered Anton and Ludendorf to haul me up from the floor and stand me up right. Then he himself, from the front, and Ludendorf from behind, showered blows of the india rubber rod upon my head, chest, back and other parts of my body. Gregus not only remarked that he would put out my eyes, but also break my breast bone, so that even if he left me go alive I should not remain so for long. Michaev also beat me upon my arms and fingers, saying that I should never again set anything in type or hold a pen. They continued to beat me, ordering me to reveal the hiding place of the secret print ing press, and also to confess that I was the editor of Strahdeeks (The the postmaster general to reopen their postofflce. SPOKANE BRIDE GETS CASH BLOOMINGTON, 111., Oct. 21.— Mrs. Virginia Wolgamot, of Spo kane, was yesterday made the bride of J. R. Race, age 80, of De cateur, a wealthy farm owner, and the happy recipient of $10,000 as a wedding present from the groom. The bride was the sister-in-law of Race. Her former husband died 14 years ago. Maids may come and maids may go, but the housework goes on for ever. Workman), the organ of the Lettish social democratic union. I gave no answer. After that they ceased to ques tion me, but continued beating me, pulling out my hair, my beard and mustach, hammering upon my nails and kicking me. When at last they got tired of this, Michaev declared to me that I should be immediately taken out of the town and shot. They began to charge their rifles in my presence, Gregus remarking that five charges would be enough for me. Then they put on their hats and coats and sent for an isvochik (cab). Heavy Iron rings were fastened upon my arms. I thought my end was approaching. Addressing Gregus, I asked him to give me a revolver, that I might finish with myself. I felt that It would be better to die than to suf fer any longer. Gregus was furious at my request, and began to swear at me and strike me, until a power ful blow from his revolver upon my head knocked me senseless. When I came to myself I was lying alone In a cell. During that night I was four times tied to the bench and beaten. It was my first night of suffering in the torture chamber. After that night I lay lmmovoble for several days, and frequently loßt consciousness. Hut as soon as I be gan to recover a little I was again taken from my cell to Gregus' room on the second floor. Gregus and Michaev questioned me again, and I, as before, declared that I could tell them nothing. I was once more tied to the ter rible bench and the torture recom menced. My body was racked with unspeakable agony; it tore my heart and made my head whirl round. To increase my torments, they salted my wounds and damp ened them with beer and rubbed their revolvers upon them. The tortures lasted again till dawn, when 1 lost consciousness. This was the second, and most terrible, night of my suffering in tlie torture chamber. I was kept in the Riga secret police cells for 16 days. On Sept. 29 (Oct. 12), 1906, I was. together with the above mentioned Martin son, changed aud chained and taken to the railway by the chief of the Riga district, lonin, and a detach ment of police. We traveled to the station of Ringsmundshof (upon the Riga-Oriel line), where we were handed over to the dragoons of the Lindvarden Punitive (the Ninth Ellsavetgrad regiment). (To be continued.) S. P. TO RETIRE {39.900000 NEW YORK, Oct. 21—Official an nouncement is made today that Southern Pacific will soon retire preferred stock amounting to $39,- --500,000. The management figures that $1,500,000 a year will be saved by retiring It. The preferred stock was issued in 1904, when the company was paying dividends, and another Is sue last year when money was tight. The stock is 7 per cent, cumulative, subject to call at $1.15 until July, 1910. It Is convertible Into common stock at par at the holders' option. ANOTHER DEADLY TENEMENT FIRE NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—Three were burned to death In the third big tenement fire In a month this morning. Several were injured in jumping. An incendiary is sus pected. Many frenzied women and chil dren flocked to the fire escapes and were saved by firemen just as they were about to meet certain death. FOUR CAUGHT IN DEATHTRAP. NEWHURG, N. V., Oct. 21.— Four men were burned to deuth today In a gre destroying the steamer New York, which was un dergoing repairs at a shipyard. Fifty persons were aboard. The four dead were trapped below decks. THE "BUILDERS BOOK" Will help you if you are building. Call at Spokane Paint & Oil Co., Madison St. & N. P. Ry. •*• Phone M. 2346. 02622 Dakota St- REPUBLICANS PRAYING FOR MERCY NOW COTTERILL LIKENB THEM TO THE PENITENT BINNERB WHO ADMIT PABT GUILT AND ADMIT EVERYTHING. George P. Cotterill of Seattle, in an address of an hour and forty minutes at the Spokane theater last night made a most favorable impression and won support in his race for election as a democratic United States senator from the state of Washington. Mr. Cotterill is deeply in earnest in what he says, and tried to Impress his audi ence with the truth of his asser Hons as he selieves them, rather than to entertain with flights of oratory. He has the appearance of a plain, practical man, with a lot of good, hard common sense, and differs materially both in dress and speech from Cushman. The theater was comfortably fill ed, and F. C. Robertson, calling the meeting to order, delivered a spir ited introductory. He stated that "The demand for Mr. Bryan on the Pacific has now equalled the billows of democratic success on the Atlantic, and all indications point to an old fashioned demo cratic victory in November." Mr. Robertson charged that Wes ley L. Jones, republican candidate for senator, had for years repre sented all the railroads and trusts in the country and is unfitted to represent the state of Washington in the senate. He paid his respects to Judge Poindexter and T. D. Rockwell, whom he said "were democrats down south, but thank God have left the party since com ing to the state of Washington." In his opening remarks Mr. Cot terill thanked the people of Spo kane for their support In the pri mary and referred to the 15,000 democrats who voted for the state ticket in the primary as men who could not be swerved from prin ciple by any band wagon move ment. He said the general Indications in the state today are "similar to those at this time in 1896, when the state of Washington recorded its preference on the side of the plain people." "What republican orator today tells us about the full dinner pail,' 'let well enough alone' or 'urges us to 'stand pat'? Every speech today Is a plea of guilty as to past shortcomings and a prayer that the party be permitted to make amends in the future." "Recently the Portland Oregon ian denounced a quotation on the tariff question taken from one of Mr. Bryan's speeches. The edi torial had a trange democratic ring to it, which resulted in an investi gation showing that the portion of Bryan's speech objected to was an extract from the republican na tional platform from which, by mistake, the suotatlon marks had been omitted. "I see the Spokesman-Review Is very much exercised about the rec ord of John W. Kern. If it would turn Its microscope on James Sherman for a few moments It would find enough to keep It busy until after the election. Sherman for years has been the official 'fat fryer' for the Interests on Wall street, and in his own home city is known as 'Short Weight Jim' because of his opposition to a bill requiring the weight of canned goods to be printed on the can In order that the people might know that they were getting all they paid for." Mr. Cotterill said he attended the republican national convention at Chicago and saw the inglorious manner in which the reforms pro posed by LaFollette, whom bo call- Guaranteed RAINCOATS & f w. M m c e n „ moisture Its outer surface Is waterproofed and its inner sur- 3 face is coated with a thin elastic layer of the finest quality oM Para rubber. It is made up in the most stunning designs In fabrics, every I one of which is In accordance with the very latest fashion ad- i vices. The reasonableness or the price is one of Its chief attrac tions. LADIES' $15.00 TO $28.75 MEN'B $18.00 TO $30.00 Our little at a time plan makes it easy for you to buy one. 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"Out of its $90,000,000 net earn ings last year, the Northern Pacific paid dividends on Its $155,000,000 of capital stock, not one dollar of which represents original invest ment of capital beyond the cost of the paper on which the shares are printed. What Is true of the North ern Pacific is equally true of all the other great railway systems of the country. They were built by money secured on bonds and the stock represents water on which the people pay dividends In freight charges." "The United States senate has been the burial place of nearly all meritorious legislation proposed in late years. So long as the old method of electing senators ifi clung to the vicious Interests will be assured of enough men In the United States senate to control all legislation. If Hill and Harriman had made up a purse of $50,000 to ecure my election to the senate whom do you think I would serve if elected? 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