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Fin Gin LEVY
MlO MILLS
REVENUE OF $621,453 WILL
BE RAISED ON VALUATION
OF $62,000,000 FOR MUNICIPAL
EXPENSE.
Comptroller Fairley yesterday I
brought an adding machine into
the executive session of the city
council which met to finally fix
the tax levy. The comptroller had
listened to the councllmen's adding
Thursday night and was little im
pressed with its accuracy. Of the
10 councllmen who added one set
of figures Thursday night each one
found a different total, and the
city clerk, comptroller and news
papermen's figures were still dif
ferent. Fairley, in his rich Scotch
brogue, said as he set the heavy
machine upon the table:
"Gentlemen, here's an adder that
never makes mistakes. Is there
anyone who can engineer It?"
Councilmen looked blankly from
one to another. Finally arose
Councilman Schiller and stated
that he could. Thereafter Mr.
Schiller was the boss carpenter
v.'ith the big stick and whenever
he added a column of figures he
smote the estimates upon the hip.
When the smoke cleared away
finally the tax levy was fixed at
10 mills and councilmen who had
wrested with pen and pencil until
blue in the face, almost, heaved
sighs of relief, for they had work
ed hard and worried long, and aft
er many meetings could not cut
tlie evident levy below ItVa mills.
"Wonderful machine, that,"
quoth Schiller, as he patted the
adder kindly. Hacked by figures
which couldn't lie the councilmen
made short work of finishing the
annual cutlass act.
The 10 mill levy is expected to
raise $021,453 on a valuation of
probably a little over $62,000,000.
The total expenses of tho depart
ments allowed amounted to $920,-
--853. The estimated revenues are
1805,400 for the year.
The final cuts of yesterday were
In the police, health, library and
fire departments. The former, ac
tion of allowing the police depart
ment 12 more men was repudiated
nnd six allowed instead. This cut
the estimate from $87,5159 to 181,-
Th* health department was cut
again from $36,250, the first cut,
to $25,060. It was cut under what
it spent last year, which was $35,-
--902.16. The public library, despite
an additional protest of Mrs. Es
telle Deffenbaugh, librarian, who
said that If her request for $32,250
was not allowed it would be neces
sary to discontinue the neigh bor
, hood and school branch libraries,
/Vas cut to $23,250. The first de
partment sustained a final cut from
$109.2*70 to $151,000. The proposed
water tower, which would cost
$7,500. was eliminated.
ASK REHEARING ON
CIGARET LAW
A petition for the rehearing ot
the antl cigaret case was made
yesterday to tlie higher court. Al
though the matter Is brought in
the name of 11. S. W'insor, the de
fendant In the case that was car
ried Into the supreme court, it ap
pears that all the tobacco dealers
in the city nre back of the action.
The petition recites that no attempt
was made to regulate the cigaret
traffic, but that "an Industry In
volving hundreds of thousands of
dollars Is struck down." The pro
viso that "tho provisions hereof
Shall not apply to the sales of job
bers doing an interstate business
witli customers outside the state"
was no more regulation or attempt
at regulation than If it had read
"that the provisions hereof shall
not apply to tho sales of cigarets
lv New York."
Lump Coal $7.50
DELIVERED
Best furnace coal on the
market.
NELSON COAL A WOOD CO.
CALL MAX. 194
The VOGUE '
w w w *-<r 917 919 RIVERSIDE
(In this, the last Installment of
the thrilling story of X. Z., the
writer tells how his months of suf
fering ended with recovery in hos
pital. He also adds to his specific
charges of torture aud murder
against Russian officials.—Editor.)
All these cases and a great num
ber of others I witnessed with my
own eyes during the four weeks I
passed in Llndvarden. In that time
I was taken several times to the
torture chamber. Each tl - ne I was
brought, back, senseless and left for
some days unmolested until I re
gained strength enough to rise and
undergo a new 'interrogation."
The dragoons, among other
things, dug deep holes In my legs
with their spurs, and pulled out
pieces of flesh with ordinary iron
pincers. They also stripped the
skin from the edges of my raw
wounds. My wounds were not ban
daged, my boots were clotted with
blood, and my linen bathed In it
and swarming with vermin.
On Oct. 25 (No. 7), 1906, I left
Lindvarten and was taken by two
dragoons to Ogern. There, at the
end of October, 1906, Jacob Zarin
was brought in, together with his
parents and a small brother of 12.
They were beaten by lonin with
wire and gutta percha rods. He
pulled hair from Jacob Zarin's
beard, kicked his old mother and,
tying the little boy to a stool,
flogged him with great cruelty.
Jacob Zarin's head and legs were
squeezed into a halter so that his
body was doubled In half. He was
then beaten from- behind with a
leaden weight. Drops of benzine
were poured upon his body and set
alight.
He was battered, mutiliated and
burnt all over, yet be confessed to
nothing.
A few days later, In the begin
ning of November, 1.900, Jacob
Zarin was court martlaled on the
charge of adhering to the social
democratic party, condemned to
death and shot.
On the Bth (21st) of November,
1906, I was brought to the central
■prison In Riga and placed In the
prison hospital.
In the hospital I was. for the
first time, given clean clathes and
•hot food, a bed and bedding. I
was placed in an underground cell,
very small and dark. 1 was then
so ill, after nine weeks of torture,
that I could not sit up in my bed
without help. Here, also for the
tlrst time, my wounds were ban
daged.
Amalia Kreger (whom I men
tioned before) was lying at the
same time In the hospital. She was
kept apart from the rest, so that
her terrible condition should be
concealed, but we managed to com
municate through the medium of
persons employed in the hospital.
She told nic in this manner that a
relation o fhers. Juris Kruker. upon
interesting himself in her case, had
been at once arrested. He is still
now In tin- Riga central prison, IS
months after his arrest. I passed
four months in the hospital.
The system of torture Which I
underwent in the tutumn of 1906
still continues, in spite of all oM
cial promises thnt it should cease.
I will describe a few of the latest
• Incidents which happened while I
was still in prison. In November,
1907, several Letts were arrested in
Priev (Estland) and brought to the
offices of the secret police in Riga.
There they were duly given the
"bath of blood." The two brothers
Tslrul were submitted to tortures
from which they suffered for a long
time in (he Riga prison hospital.
Gregus, Michaev and Davis still
remained the chief torturers, in
spite gf the official communique of
their dismissal and committal for
trial, nnd they were becoming still
more able and Inventive in their,
fiendish trade. Specialty con
structed Iron masks were screwed
on to the heads of the brothers
T/.irul, electric currents were
passed through their bodies, their
teeth knocked out, etc. They were
ordered to confess to being social
democrats.
In January Inst, 1908, the polit
ical Robert Knles, was brought to
the secret police fro mthe Riga ecu
tral prison. Gregus oredered him
to be fled to tho "socla democratic
bench," and he was beaten with
MILLINERY
..SPECIALS..
AT THE VOGUE
TO-NIGHT
Many models of stun
ning hats formerly priced
from $10 to $18, tonight
$7.50.
Semi - dress or street
hats, worth $5.00, tonight
$2.75.
Children's wool toques,
khit silk or bearskin
hoods at 50c.
the wire aud gutta percha rods. His
feet were seared with burning em
bers and he was submitted to cer
tain unmentionable tortures during
six nights, all because of a charge
of belonging to the Lettish Social
Democratic union. He is still nn
S. P. 8 S. WORK
HUNG UP
P. Welch & Co., Spokane con
tractors, are centering the bulk of
their construction force on the new
Waterville extension of the Great
Northern, extending north from
Columbia River station, on the Co
lumbia, to Waterville, a distance
of 50 miles. This line will pass
through tlie great wheat belt in
the west end of Douglas county.
In less than a month P. Welch &
Co. will complete the grading of
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle in
the vicinity of Cheney, which will
practically complete the roadbed
from the Columbia north into Spo
kane county. No further work will
be done at this end of the line un
til it is finally determined how the
s: P. & S. shall enter the city of
Spokane.
WHOLE CABINET
GETS BUSY
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 24 —
Roosevelt's entire cabinet will take
the stump for Taft next week and
join actively in the campaign in
liis behalf. Root will speak at Cin
cinnati, Toledo and New York;
Postmaster General Meyer will
speak in Ohio, New Jersey; Met
calfe will go to West Virginia; Sec
retary of War Wright will speak
in Haltiiuore; Cortelyou In New
York Thursday night; Honaparte,
Garfield. Wilson and Straus will
continue their present tours.
REGULAR CITY EXPERT
Hereafter the city will have an
expert accountant of its own, to
be Under the supervision of the
comptroller's office. This was
agreed (spoa yesterday by the city
council iv making its appropria
tions for the coming year. The
employment of such an expert was
suggested by city Comptroller
Fairley, whose Idea Is to have the
accountant keep tab on all city de
partments receiving public monies.
It Is thought "that by the employ
ment of an officer of this kind such
discrepancies as were revealed in
the recent expert examination of
the city books by experts Cannon
&. I.eMasters can he avoided.
NO CARDS, HE SAYS
M. Peterson, proprietor of the
Golden West hotel, this morning
denies the story of Chris Sehuler of
the Merlin hotel, who yesterday In
formed the police that he was
buncoed out of $100 In the Golden
West? Peterson says that a game
of cards has not been played, even
for the drinks, iv his place in
months. He said thnt a policeman
brought Schuier into the saloon
and Heljuler was uncertain as to
whether the Golden West was the
place he was robbed in or not.
THE SPOKANE I PRESS
the Riga central prison.
In the February of 1908 Pidrikson
was tortured and executed. He was
in a cell In the same corridor as
myself before his execution, and he
told me his story. He was arrested
and tortured first in 1906, but when
ONL V CA TS CAN SA YE THEM
SEATTLE, Oct. 24.—That every
family and business house in the
city should provide itself with a
house cat to help solve the rat
problem and rid Seattle of these
plague carriers, was the declaration
made by Dr. F. S. Bourns, chief
medical examiner of the city health
department, who stated that experi
ments in Indian and a.lpan, where
the bubonic plague Is prevalent,
have demonstrated the usefulness
of cats In bringing about a remark
able decrease in the spread of the
plague.
Unable to cope with the pests,
and helpless to prevent the rapid
increase the Seattle health depart*
Newest Industry-'-Aeroplane Factory
Here is a view of the Interior of the factory In France where 100
aeroplanes, modeled after the Wright machine, are being made for
a syndicate which paid the Wright brothers $100,000 for the French
rights.
Here's a Dish-Buggy
Some housewife has discovered
that an old baby buggy, useless In
a household where the babies have
grown up, may be converted Into a
handy vehicle for '"saving steps."
All that Is necessary is to have a
tinsmith put in a water tight tin
box arrangement, lv clearing tlie
table, the dishes may be tilled Into
the buggy and wheeled to the sink
all at once. Setting tlie table is
also made easier, anil the buggy is
handy for many other little house
hold errands.
dispatched with a convoy along a
road, there to be shot under the
usual pretext of an attempted es
cape, he left his convoy, which had
been amply provided with "doc
tored" vodka beforehand by one of
his friends, intoxicated upon the
road. He succeeded in reaching
England, "the land of freedom,"
and gave several interviews, which
appeared in London papers. But in
the beginning of 1908, becoming
homesick, he returned to Peters
burg under an assumed name.
_ There he was arrested, recog
nized and dispatched to Riga.
1 Early one morning I saw him led
out to a newly dug grave on the
place of execution and tied to a
pole. A sack was drawn over his
head, and I heard the officer give
the order to shoot. Pldrikson was
saying something in a loud voice,
but what it was I could not hear.
After the first volley he still re
mained standing and continued to
speak. The officer then approached
him and discharged a revolver at
his head. The warders finally
pushed the body into the grave and
covered it with earth.
I saw many other prisoners In
the Riga central prison who were
recently tortured, but 1 do not re
member their names.
I myself escaped final death only
thanks to the devoted assistance,
protection and solicitations of sev
eral kind hearted friends.
On the Ist. of April (14th), 1908,
during a temporary absence of
Governor General Mellor Zakemel
sky, the military procureur of Riga
allowed me to leave the prison on
a bail of 500 roubles. When the
governor returned an order to re
arrest nic was given, but I crossed
the frontier in time and so escaped
with my life. My brothers were
thenjkrearrested instead, and given
over'"to the court martial, which,
however, acquitted them. They are
now at home.
ment, after examining into rpeorts
! of experiments with cats in coun
tries where plague is a constant
menace, has appealed to the people
of the city to immediately provide
cats for their homes and places of
business. For the purpose of ascer
taining whether as a matter of fact
cats'are having an appreciable ef
fect on the mortality of the rat col
ony, the rat squad has carried* on
an investigation in the retail sec
tion of the city. Dr. Bourne de
clares that business houses where
cats were placed are now free of
rats, while the place without them
are. in many cases, overrun with
rats.
WIFE WOULDN'T WAIL
FOR JAILBIRD
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 21.—
Wife, furniture and money gone.
Aud in the greatest hour of need.
That Is the discovery which
Charles Gill, in the county jail
awaiting trial iv the circuit court
Mr "passing a bad check on Mrs. A.
WW's"*! - , proprietress of a woman's
furnishing store on Washington
street, made yesterday afternoon.
Gill has been in jail for several
days past, and yesterday, when his
bail was set at $1000 by Judge (ian
tenbeln, he thought of a valuable
paper which he had at home. He
asked the court to send an offlosf
along with him BO that he could
gain possession of the paper, amrin
that way Berure the ball. Hut when
he reached his home his wife,
clothes and even furniture were
missing So 0111 went back to the
jail to nwu : ti al and new; of his
wife
How many wrinkles a woma>.
nave if she didn't get xeved when
anyone vexes her.
The store
will remain
open until
9:30 tonight.
Goods on Sale To-Night
at the Wonder
Unbleached Canton Flannel—Just 500 yards in the lot, 27 inches wide, a good value at 10c,
on sale Saturday at, a yard 71^
Arnold's Flannelettes—For kimonos, dressing gowns and wrappers; 34 inches wide; shown
In a great Tange of designs; 10c and 12Vfec values, on sale at, a yard 8 1-3 c
Daisy Flannels-—As the quantity is limited, come early and get it; colors are pink, white and
blue; 27 inches wide; 12>,&c value, on sale Saturday at, a yard 10c
Cotton Batting—looo rolls on sale Saturday; Clover Leaf brand, pure white sanitary cotton;
each batt weighs three pounds, and measures when opened up, 72x84 Inches; fl.oo batts on sale
Saturday at, each 69c
A Sale of Table Linen Sets—so sets of Irish Table Linens; table cloth is two yards square
and there are one dozen napkins in 24 inch size to match the cloths. These sets are our regu
lar $10.00 values, and we will sell them on Saturday at, each $6.75
Cotton Blankets—ln gray and white, and tan; the sizes are 64 inches wide, 80 inches long;
these are in a good weight and a decided bargain at, a pair 95p
White Cotton Blankets —Splendid for sheet use, finished single and comes in the largest
blanket size, 72x90; on sale Saturday at, apair $1.50
Wool Nap Blankets—The Beacon brand, the best wool nap blankets In the trade; two sizes
on sale at these prices:
Size 66x84, on sale at $2.25 Size 72x90, on sale at $2.50
All Wool Blankets—ln gray and white, the genuine White Star blankets; positively all wool
and guaranteed unshrinkable; best value of the season at, a pair $7.50
Bath Robe Blankets—lmported goods, size 2 yards wide and 2\' 2 yards long; enough In each
one to make a bath robe; on sale at, each $2.50
Baby Blankets—All wool, in white only; nice war coverings for the little people; shown
with delicate pink and blue borders, at, a pair $2.00
11.26 Never Burn Roaster on
sale Saturday at 79c
98c Solid Copper Nickel-
Plated Tea Kettle on sale at.69c
39c p]nameled Dishpans, small
size, on sale at 29c
49c Enameled Preserving Ket
tles on sale at 83c
90c Double Rice or Oatmeal
Boiler on sale at 59c
10c Japanned Tin Comb Cases
on sale at 4c
25c One Gallon Oil Cans on
sale Saturday at 15c
READY FOR BLOW UP
TACOMA, Oct. 24.—Charges that
the Tacoma Gas Co.'s plant is liable
to blow up any minute because of
incompetent engineers and insuffi
cient help Holler Inspector Tanner
had Superintendent Brows of the
gas company and J. B. Howling, his
engineer, in police court under ar
rest, charged with violating the
boiler inspection ordinance.
Tanner says the gas company has
persistently refused to obey the
law. They attempt to compel the
engineer to be engineer, fireman,
stoker and general factotum around
the plant and maul coke and run
errands instead of attending to his
boilers, and furthermore the com
pany has refused to abide by the
law In employing licensed engin
eers.
This condition of affairs has been
going on for some time, according
to Tanner, and he Is getting
alarmed for the safety of the plant
and the people in the vicinity.
SECOND RECEIVER NAMED
SEATTLE, Oct. 21.—For the
CHOICE RANGE COAL
$8.00
Washington
Coal Co.
PHONE MAXWELL 380
EASTERN PRICES
We are the only flnu that
will furnish you funerals at
eastern prices
THREE HACKS. GRAVE.
HEARSE, BURIAL tf>«lj»
SUIT and CASKET, $/ D
Children's Caskets $5.00
Adults' Caskets $25.00
NEW ENGLAND
UNDERTAKING COMPANY
216 and 218 Wall Street
Free Ambulance. Phone 27?,
19c Wire Bathroom Soap and
Sponge Holders for 10c
$1.07) Six Foot Four Section
Clothes Rack for 75c
10c Decorated China Mugs for
children for 6c
15c Shaving Mugs, decorated
china, for 9c
15c Cream Pitchers, decorated
china, for 9c
25c Fancy China Cake Plates
for 15c
50c Japanese China Cups and
Saucers for 25c
second time the Alaska Central
railway was thrown into the hands
of the receivers. O. G.
of Spokane and John Goodwin of
Valdez were appointed receivers.
The headquarters of the road is at
Valdez. Alaska. John Ballaine,
formerly of Spokane, one of the
owners of the road, filed an affida
vit denouncing but the
instrument was not permitted to
become a court record.
Crows Ned— Rock Springs—Vulcan
COALS
PHONE MAIN 2346
18 YEARS' EXPERIENCE
A. H. WRIGHT, College Graduate
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
Office 808 Sprague Awe. Permanently located. Opposite Davenports,
over Sherman & Clay's Piano House. Hours 9 to 5.
Evenings, 7to 9. Open Sundays.
FIVE DOLLAR GLASSES eyes
_.- T _ _ EXAMINED
ONE DOLLAR free
To gain tho confidence and esteem of the public we are mak
ing a moat unusual offer. We will make a thorough examination
and. If glasses are needed, we will sell our regular $5 gold-filled
frames, fitted with crystal lenses, for $1. Remember, this offer
lasts but six days. We are hers to stay.
We make this offer to introduce our work.
808 SPRAGUE AVENUE.
NOTICE TO PAINTERS
WE ARE DESIROUS OF REDUCING OUR STOCK OF
BRUSHES AND ARE PREPARED TO MAKE YOU A
LIBERAL REDUCTION ON HIGH GRADE BTUCCOS, KAL
SOMINE BRUSHES, ETC. ROSENTHAL'S LINE.
ABOUT FORTY FEET GOOD SHELVING FOR SALE.
KEETH, BATLEY & CO.
PHONE 1876. »17, 719 SPRAGUE AVINUI
•and con
cert tonight, 7
to 9:30 at the
Wonder.
50c Child's Non-Spill Dinner
Plates, on sale at 29c
69c Salad Dishes, decorated
with gold edge, on sale at.. .39c
$1.00 Fancy China Medallion
Plaques, on sale Saturday at,
each 49c
$1.00 Fancy China Hand
Painted Plaques on sale at..49c
SPOKANE'S ONLY
COMPLETE DEPARTMENT
STORE
I-adies, make belts at home; mate
rial furnished cut; $15 per hun
dred; particulars stamped enve
lope. Unique Specialty Co., draw
er 248, Baltimore, Md.
Buy your Xmas
Gifts During Our
Removal Sale
We have reduced prices
on our entire stock of
Jewelery for the next 10
days as ye intend to open
our new store In the old
Kemp & Hebert location
with all new goods. Prices
:.re positively the lowest in
the city for high quality
goods.
17 JEWEL WALTHAM
OR ELGIN WATCH
$7.50
C. E. STURGES
Watchmaker, Engraver
and Jeweler
813 RIVERSIDE AYE.