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DEATH BY WHOLESALE
IN CHICAGO EXPLOSION
Thirty-One Dead as Result of
Ice Plant Disaster.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—Five boilers
in Swift's ice plant No. li exploded
simultaneously with terrific force
at 10:40 o'clock this morning.
Twelve bodies havevboen recover
ed and 11 others ore beneath the
debris. A rough estimate places
the fatally injured at 50.
The plant was completely wreck
ed and all the ambulances in the
Bity are being hurried to the scene.
The work of rescue is very diffi
cult, as nothing was left of ths
TWO THOUSAND DEAD
THROUGH IGNORANCE
Little Knowledge Proves Dangerous—lsland
of Furni Depopulated- Used Human Virus.
VIENNA, Nov. 29.--A dispatch re
reived today says that 2000 out of
n total population ot 2500 on the
Island of Furni in the Aegan sea
are dead with smallpox.
The islanders having heard
;;as novel scheme
for venezuela
Banker Sellgman Proposes to Settle British and
German Claims on Venezuela's Bond.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.— t
Isaac Sellgman, the prominent New 1
York banker. Is In the city for the j
purpose of interviewing the presi- i
dent and the state department for i
a scheme for financing Venezuelan i
Indebtedness. I
It is understood that the firm pro- i
poses to take up Great Britain's it
and Germany's claims, accepting <
{Venezuela's bond as security.
This action would be pleasing to '
SLAYER OF PUTNAM
MAY BE IN SPOKANE
Sheriff Dyer of Kootenai County In the City on
Mysterious Mission.
Tho mystery surrounding the
death of Engineer E. N. Putnam is
the base of much excitement in
police circles both in Spokane and
Sandpoint.
So far the police are absolutely
in the dark for a motive. There
was at first supposed to he a wom
an in the case, but careful Inquiry
has, (t is said, about dispelled this
belief of the officers.
'vJLI some positive clue has been
furrSlhed is Indicated by the pres
ASSOCIATION IS |
BEHIND THE MOVE
To Increase Salaries of Post Office Clerks-
Public Endorsement Solicited.
The United National Association 1
pf Postofflce Clerks Is behind the I
local move for an increase in
salary.
That there Is an organization of
this kind will appear as a sudden
departure from tho government
employes' usual custom in making
a move of this kind, but It is made
known through several reliable
channels that this organisation has
been standing for years.
The clerks have an orgnulz.ution
Separate from the Association of
The Sookane Press.
huge building but a heap of tangled
wood and iron buried beneath brick
and stone.
Steam envelopes everything.
Tanks of boiling water added to the
suffering of the injured, many be
ing Bcalded while their comrades
were trying to rescue them.
The firemen had a hard effort to
restrain the crowd which surrounds
the scene of the disaster.
The main boiler, according to the
deductions of the firemen, first ex- :
[vaguely of vaccination lgnorantly
extracted the virus from the sores
of sick people and Inoculated
healthy persons.
Hundreds of corpses aro lying un
buried, tho survivors being afraid
to approach (hem.
the United States, but it is stated
that if it is a part of Seligman's
proposition to secure from tlio
United States a guarantee for the
bonds or even the mural Influence
of the government, he will be dis
appointed, ns the state department
is opposed to such arrangements
and will make it clear to Sellgman
that he must operate entirely it his
own risk.
Sellgman will discuss the mutter
with the president this afternoon.
ence In the city this morning of
Sheriff Dyer of Kootenai county.
The doughty sheriff's visit la said
to be through a suspicion directed
to a citizen of Spokane, but he
would not confirm the reported ob
ject of his trip here.
The sheriff looks as if he expect
ed trouble, for his person is decor
ated with his two trust Colt 45s
I and it will man business for the
|man his attention is ultimately di
rected to.
Carriers, which i* also n conserve;-
tivo order. The railway mail serv
ice employes have two organiza
tions; (his practically combines the
employes of the entire postal do
part ment.
The movement now In operation
Is directed at the public with a view
of soliciting their aid In approach
ing the various representatives at
Washington.
I Prank T. Rogers, tho president
!of the United National Association
ot i'oatollice Clerks, who has head.-
Iploded and shot - through tl*. roof
With a force equal to a X3-lnch shell,
ripping the iron girders lik»Straws.
The brick and stone walls of the
three-story structure collapsed im
mediately afterward and the four
'other boilers exploded simultane
ously.
Adjoining the building was a stor
age house, which was partly demol
ished. Of the 50 men employed in
this building a number were hurt,
though none fatally.
INDICATIONS OF THE APPROACH OF CHRISTMAS.
quarters in Chicago, is taking con
siderable interest in this particular
|movement and it is probable that
he will tour the country in behalf
of the postoillce clerks.
Por ttie past 15 years the post
oillce clerks of the country em
ployed in the tlrst and second class
Offices have been asking congress
to enact legislation that would '■
properly classify their salaries, so i
as to afford a living wage and to |
| grant them an approximate eight- (
hour work day.
The emnluyea think the public in
genoral is but poorly Informed as
to the exacting nature of the duties
lot II postofflce clerk. The impress
ion seems to prevail thai because
of the mere fact thai he is s gov
ernment employe his position must
be v sinecure, Previous to the en
actment of the civil service laws no
standard of efficiency was required
of an applicant for the position of
postofflce clerk. Political Influence
alone was all that was taken into
account Today each applicant
must pass a rigid examination, both
physical and mental, and must be
lof good moral character. But, un
fortunately tor tue clerks, that is
jabout as far as the Civil service
! goes.
The employes ask a raise to $1000
for clerks receiving less than Hint
lat present and to fiieo (or the pres
ent thousand dollar clerks.
Bayonne Mine Bonded.
The Bayonne mine at the head ot
Summit creek has been bonded by
the original owners to Myron N.
White. Tho bond is said to be for
i $50,000, the first payment being
foOOft cash. The property was
bonded some time ago by L. Uaveh
i port of this city for $40,000.
THE WEATHER—Tonight and Sunday fair.
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1902.
Three men working in the yards
were struck and killed by the flying
fragments of the walls.
When the last four boilers ex
ploded the force hurled tons of
brick, stone and timber high In the
air, falling in all directions, many
persons in the streets and in dis
tant portions of the stoclc yards be
ing struck.
Four men were killed outside the
buildings, all being identified. Of
the eight, bodies Just taken from the
ruins only four have been identified.
The others were so horribly crush
ed, mangled and scalded that it
Will be impossible to identify them.
The hospitals are unable to give
complete lists of the injured, as
many of the victims were taken to
their homes. Fifty is probably a
correct estimate.
It is now almost certain that
none of the 21! men yet in the house
escaped.
The firemen are heroically work
ing the debris.
CONTINUED.
Judge Hinkle today continued the
case against the offenders of the
slot machine ordinance to Wednes
day at 9:30 a. m. It Is understood
that two cases will be decided and
tho others will abide by the decis
ion. One of these cases will be
that of the arrests made before No
vember -•"> and the other after the
26th.
STOCKHOLM CASE IS
DISMISSED BY HINKLE
Orders Defendent, Alma Green, Discharg
ed and Her Gash Bond Refunded.
Judge Hinkle at 0:45 o'clock this
morning discharged from custody
Alma Green, a Stockholm employe,
and ordered her cash bond refund
ed, saying he did not think there
was sufficient evidence to warrant
conviction.
bimd refunded, saying he did not
think there was sufficient evidence
to warrant conviction.
| The case, iv which tho woman
COLLAPSED.
Swift Company's Disaster
Shakes Building Down.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—At noon to
day the four-story building of the
American Can company collapsed,
one man being seriously injured.
Fifty girls were warned by the
cracking walls and filed quickly
out, escaping uninjured.
The building is one block from
the Swift ice plant disaster.
OOM PAUL
Wants to Return to His
Native Land.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—Former Act
ing President Scalkberger of tho
Transvaal and the Boer agents,
Wessels and Wolmarens, sailed for
South Africa today.
Scalkberger carries a letter from
Kruger to Chamberlain, in which
he prays to be allowed to return.
Messrs. Wessels and Wolmarens
have been refused permission to
jroeeed to the Transvaal, but it is
believed the authorities at Capo
Town will relent.
MAY FIGHT.
Kentucky Opens Its Doors
to Boxers.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 29.—Judge
Toney today refused to make a per
manent Injunction against the Cor
bett-McQovern light, thus again
opening the doors to lights to Ken
tucky.
was charged with having robbed
Charles Jamleson, a Kitsville farm
er, took up the greater part of yes
terday's »"police court session. At
torney Thayer appeared tor the de
fense.
Several stories were told. Jamle
son claims that the Green woman
enticed him Into a room and after
he had indulged in two rounds of
c »cl tgtls ho knew uo more until
SIXTH CONCERT.
The sixth Sunday evening con
cert will be given by the Inland
Empire band at the Spokane the
ater tomorrow evening. Miss Gene
vieve Stevens, soprano; Miss Lena
O. Reise, dramatic readings, and
Pompejl and Faye, musical
sketches, are announced in the pro
gram.
BEHRING SEA
Arbitration Favors United
States.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 29.—The re
port of Dr. Asser of the Internation
al board of arbitration, who was
appointed the sole arbitrator in the
dispute between Russia and Ameri
ca regarding the fisheries in Bering
sea, was made public today.
The dispute arose from the seiz
ure of several American sealers by-
Russian cruisers.
Asser's judgment favors America,
but the sums of indemnity claimed
are considerably diminished.
The claims of the United States
amounting to $200,000 and dating
;back five years, were made not so
much for the loss of the vessels,
which were seized seven miles from
ithe Asiatic coast, as for the hard
ship worked on officers and men
'after their arrest.
GENERALS AHEAD.
Philadelphir, Nov. 29—
The annual gridiron strug
gle between the Army and
the Navy, as represented
by West Point and Anna
polis, took place today on
the Franklin field. The
day was an ideal one. West
Point used its tandem and
empire express successful
ly. The future generals
proved heavier men, but
Annapolis put up remark
aflly game fight. First
half ended West Point 10,
Annopolis 8.
SLOT LAW
To be Enforced to the Let
ter, it is Claimed.
An idea prevails in certain quar
ters that the city authorities will
grow lax In enforcing the ordinance
against slot machines.
Mayor Byrne authorized the fol
lowing statement in response to an
Inquiry on this point:
"So long as 1 remain In office the
ordinance prohibiting money slot
! machines will be enforced to the
letter. 1 will under no circum
stances permit these machines to
run."
NEARLY COMPLETE.
SELECTION OF ANDERSON
JURY MAY BE FINISHED
THIS AFTERNOON.
In the case of Qua Anderson,
charged with the killing of Fager
| stone, in the county criminal court
today th<- entire morning was taken
up questioning jurors, and they will
1 probably complete the number this
afternoon.
BRIEFS.
William Raugh, arrested for
drunkenness, forfeited his boiul
of $7.
On account of the heavy snow
last evening the street cars were
held up on the North Monroe serv
ice for more than an hour ami eouki
not be moved until tho plow was
111-ought into action.
he picked nimseil up on .Main st„
where, he states, the bartender of
the Stockholm had dragged him.
Jamleson maintains he was drug
ged. Mr. Jamleson further stated
that Gust Pearson and Attorney
Thayer threatened him when he
was In the judge's Offlee, saying
that if he testified In the case it
would be worse for him and that he
should have come to Pearson be
fore reporting to the police and he
would not have lost by It.
Tin' trend of the testimony of the
defense tried to show that Charles
Jamleson was not robbed or
drugged but was considerably un
der the influence of liquor and that
he spent what money he hud for
I whisky cocktails.
Cotton Blankets
at a saving
This Sale comes at a time when
cold weather makes it necessary for
a good many housekeepers to pro
vide themselves with additional bed
ding. These Blankets are all full
size, both white and colored are in
cluded in this sale and the prices are
less by a third. The kind you
would pay $2 and $2.25 for and con
sider low will be sold Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday for
J25-27-29 RIVERSIDE.
The Wonder
409 to 413 Riverside. :: J. HELBERG & CO.
Cold weather items
Four Bargains in
Men's Heavy Wool Fleeced Shirts—An odd lot; OK«%
regular 50c and 75c goods; no drawers: to close out fcOC
Men's Shirt 3 and Drawers —Lot of odd sizes; camel's hair
plush wool, extra fine, three wool threads; OQ#»
regular $1.25 value; at, per garment «fOC
Men's Underwear—Silver gray wool garment; superior fin
ish; extra quality; sold everywhere $1.25 each; qq
our cold weather price wOC
Men's Natural Wool Underwear—Extra heavy; odd sizes;
gray and blue; some worth up to $1.50 garment; 7C*»
closing at I DC
SWEATERS
We st ill have a few of those heavy all wool sweaters; colors
and sizes; mill seconds; men's $1.50 regular and boys' $1.00.
We price them to you today:
Men's 95c Boys' 75c
Select Your Style
and Quality and
the will be
Right at
HELLMANS
SEE OUR $5.00 HAT.
822 RIVERSIDE AYE.
Investigate
this Lamp before
buying any other
Costs 1 Cent
an hour to produce SOO
candle power.
H. HOMEWOOD,
Gen'l Agent.
Standard to lamp Co.
204 Post St., Spokane.
MAXWFLL & HOLLINGBERY
PLUMBERS,
STEAM AND GAS FITTERS.
Repair Work a Specialty.
1003 Sprague Aye., Spokane, Waeh.
Telephone Blue 26G.
Spokane's bank clearings today 9 235,164
Last year _.. 226.903 i
Gain of 8.261
Clearing for th.s week $1,588,026
Corresponding week last year 1.283.314
Gain of $ 304.712
$1^
JUST A FEW
Men's Heavy Underwear
TEETH
Philadelphia Denial Parlors,
LXCEtR
PRINTING OFFICE
Second Floor HohawK Block
or call op Telephone East 1874.
S. L. ALEXANDER, Manager.
— —
CHICAGO TAILORING COMPANY,
Oscar Sowards, Prop.
Suits made to order. Lady tailor*
ing a specialty. Steam cleaning,
dyeing and repairing. Will presa
one suit a week for $150 a month!
217 Temple Court, Spokaua, Wash,
Phone Front »»8
PRICE: ONE CENT.
55(5-28-30 BPRAGUE.
Full $s.ooSe]
Gold Crowns $6.00
Silver Fillings 50
Painless Extracting 50
All work guaranteed for 201
years.
A specialist in charge of
each department.
10-1112 Wolverton Block,
Over W. U. Tel. Co.
THE
Latest typo faces,
best stock, workman
ship second to none,
prices that suit all.
Call at
