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PAST WEEK IN RUSSIA
WHOLE STRUCTURE OF AUTO
CRATIC REGIME IS FALLING.
Emperor Nicholas No Longer Resists
Aspiration« of Finlanders Realized
at Last—Sad Story of Their Past—
Text of Czar's Manifesto—Old Laws
Wiped Out—New Government Now.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 6.—The whole
structure of the autocratic regime
falling, and Emperor Nicholas no
longer resists. The memorable week
which began with abdication of abso
lutism before a political strike dem
ontsratlon extending throughout the
confines of the empire, and reducing
the government to Impotence, and the
birth of a new and popular regime
amid scenes of disorder, pillage and
bloodshed, ends in a complete surren
der to the aspirations of the Finland
ers.
The sad story of the Russification
of Finland began under the regime"
of Emperor Nicholas' father, with the
Introduction of the Russian postal sys
tem. and attracted the sympathy of the
world. One by one the Finnish grand
duchy was stripped of ancient privl
leges by Ihe Russian administration,
including the gendarmerie, and mill
tary conscription and the use of the
Russlan language were Introduced.
Finally the Finnish diet became whol
ly emasculated and was powerless ex
cepl to protest '
The Finns fought sturdily, but Rus
slan troops garrisoned every town and
hundreds of prominent Finns were
driven Into exile. As with all cities
in Russia, political intrigue and ob
to political criminals of various cat
structlon, their only weapons, proved
unavailing. After the Issuance of the
imperial rescript of March 3, the Fin
landers managed to wrest some con
cessions, Including the restoration of
the Finnish language; and this week
they were quick to see aud to seize an
opportunity, while all the attention of
the government was engrossed on the
irapore proper. They struck and tied
up the railroads over which troops
could be dispatched, and compelled the
emperor's appointed senate to resign
in a body. They organized a militia
in Helsingfors, practically drove the
Russian gendarmerie out of the city,
and sent a deputation to Prince John
Obolensky. Ihe governor general, and
also one to Peterhof to demand the
Immediate convocation of the diet In
extraordinary session and the oblit
eration of the whole Russification pol
icy. The situation was so threatening
that the government was obliged to
send warships to Helsingfors and
turn the guns of the fort on the city.
On the advice of Count Witte and
Prince Obolensky, Emperor Nicholas
yielded and signed a manifesto not
only convoking the diet, but giving It
control ot the budget and authorizing
an election law providing for universal
suffrage. Another manifesto abro
gates the military and other laws of
Russification.
The success of the Finnish program
may Inspire a similar spirit In Poland.
The manifesto of Emperor Nicholas
granting the demands of the Finns
convokes the diet December 20; abol
ishes the dictatorship; rescinds Gover
nor General Bobrlkoff's illegal enact
ments; annuls the manifesto of Feb
ruary 15, 1899, which provides for com
mon legislation for the empire and all
Ihe laws since then enacted. It an
nounces that the extraordinary diet
now convoked Is for the revision of
the diet's electoral basis. The ukase
gives power to elaborate a new system
of representation, based on universal
suffrage and for a report to the ad
ministration which win make it re
sponsible before the diet.
The ukase provides for the formu
lation of laws giving practical auton
omy. The emperor has accepted the
resignation of the entire senate and
has virtually promised to remove the
governor general of Finland, Prince
John Obolensky.
DUNGEON DOORS ARE OPENED.
Out of Russian Prisons Come
Wretches in Sad Plight.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 7.—From all
over Russia conies news of the release
of political prisoners under the am
nesty proclamations. There were many
pitiful incidents connected with the re
uniting of families here In St. Peters
burg. A relief commission has been
organized to furnish clothing and aid
for the poor wretches. The doors of
the tastile, Spalernia. the detention
prison on the Vlhorg side of the river,
was opened at 6 o'clock this morning.
Notwithstanding the hour and the
darkness, several thousand persons
congregated about the entrance. The
authorities gave to each person re
leased 20 cents to pay his cab fare
. and turned him loose.
The news of the coming release
comparatively unknown within the
prison walls on the previous night.
Death Dealing Autos.
Los Angeles Cal Nov 6 In an
1.08 Angeles, t-ai., nov. 6. In an
unprecedented series of automobile ac
eidents In Ixis Angeles during the past
24 hours one person has been kiued,
one perhaps fatally Injured, and six'
others more or less seriously hurt.
The dead:
Mrs. H. T. Austin. 30 years old, 116
South Hope street; skull fractured.
D. B. HENDERSON NEAR TO DEATH
Former Speaker of the House May
Undergo Operation.
Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 7.—Colonel D.
B. Henderson, former speaker of the
house, is at the point of death and has
been removed to a hospital. Physi
cians may resort to an operation in a
last attempt to save his life. He Is
suffering from paresis.
sued an order excepting all fourth
class postmasters from the operation
of the order prohibiting notarial
charges by notaries public who are of
ficers of the government.
Notaries Public in Postoffices.
Postmaster General Cortelyou is
8PORTING NOTES.
"Texas Tom Walsh," well known
among racing men all over the country
'nn/'ätT s" r iZs^" e pit. d i1rom
dropsy.
Word has been received from Jack
: O'Keefe In Chicago, stating he would
{leave for Spokane so as to be there
10 days before the fight with Honey
Mellody, November 24. The men are
j to weigh In at 3 p. m. the day ot the
match at 142 pounds.
Arthur F. Duffy, against whom a
charge of professionalism was made
in the recent statement issued by Ber
nard MacFadden, has denied In toto
the statements made and repudiated
them as unauthorized and Incorrect.
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Now Jeffries has retired as a ref
He has nothing left to do now.
eree.
it is said, but hue potatoes on his
California ranch.
An effort to bring Fitzsimmons and
I O'Brien In the ring may materialize.
One week from Saturday the Butte
high school football team goes against
the high school of Spokane at Butte.
At Chicago Verner Wise, 17 years
of age, was killed in a football game
between two high schools.
A crushing attack enabled Harvard
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0 " a , ke I , " r touchdo *" B a ? al " 8t tbB
Carlisle Indians on Soldiers field Sat
urday, bat the crimson defense could
no ' keep l,ark ' belr oppon , enU
goring twice, the final points being
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The comlng flgllt bctween Honey
MBllody and Jark ° Kcof<! at Spokane '
November 24, Is to be billed as a cham
plon8blp eVB,,t a,,d the wi,1HBr ot ,he
baUle wl " bu ready to mBB ' a11 cbal
' en g® r » f ,,r tb at Utle.
Completely outplayed, Columbia suf
f< ' r, ' d the worst footbal > d « feat hBr
hl8tory at American League park on
H" ,uri lay afternoon, being beaten by
by ^ a ' B; lbe »core being 53 to U.
Ice hockey may be added to the list
of winter sports contesting for popu
lar favor in Spokane this winter,
Fighting like demons, the football
teams ot Seattle and Tacoma high
schools mixed fiercely Saturday after
noon, the game resulting In a victory
for Seattle, 16 to 0.
Pitcher Sparks of Philadelphia Is
the nominal and Dan McGann the real
leader of the National league in field
ing averages for the season of 1905.
At the recent meeting of the board
of directors of the S, A. A. C., the
board concluded to bring wrestling
learns from Multnomah and Seattle
athletic clubs to compete with the
athletes from the S. A. A. C.
Through the generosity of W. A.
Clark. Jr,, president of the Butte
Driving club, the organization will
have a half mile track next year for
matinee races. Mr. Clark, who is Ihe
son of United States Senator Clark,
started Ihe ball rolling with a dona
tion of $5000.
The official batting averages of the
National league, compiled by Assistant
Secretary John H, Heydler, give tae
national premiership to J. B. ("Cy )
Seymour of the Cincinnati Red SIock
Ings.
The groat football contest with Cal
ifornia will be played this year on
Stanford's new field, which cost about
$25,000.
Coast League Standing.
PC.
Los Angeles .. ..
San Francisco .. .
Oakland.
Seattle.
Portland.
Tacoma.
,564
. .547
. .540
. .474
. .452
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FIGHT ON FREE SEEDS.
Cost to Government Used as an Argu
ment Against Plan.
Members of congress from agricul
tural districts are anticipating a re
newal of the fight at the coming ses
sion of congress against their pel hob
by, the free distribution of seed by
the government, on which a determin
ed attack was launched last year.
When the appropriations (or the agri
cultural department are made it is ex
pected that the item providing for the
maintenance of the seed distribution
bureau will meet with vigorous oppo
sition. on the ground that It is an
extravagance and an expensive burden
on the government.
PRINCE LOUIS DINED.
Guest of Honor at Washington Society
Functions.
Washington. Nov. 6.—Rear Admiral
Prince Louis of Battenberg was Sun
day the guest of honor at a luncheon
given by tbe assistant secretary of the
war department, Mr. Oliver, and Mrs.
Oliver, and at night was entertained
at a dinner by Walter B. Townley, a
counsellor of the British embassy, and
Lady Townley. Following the dinner
there was an "at home to the officers
of Rear Admiral Prince Louis' squad
ron. now in Washington.
Anne Warner, author of the "Susan
Clegg" stories, which first appeared in
the Century, has just finished a short
humorous serial which real magazine
prlnt ' beglnning in a " ea >- |y naI "
ber
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Daughter—1 do wish papa'd get an
automobile.
Mother—Are you so fond of riding
, j n them?
| Daughter—It Isn't that, but If we
don - t get one peop i e may thlnk we
can't afford It.—Brooklyn Lite.
Girl Was Murdered.
Kansas City.—The dead body of Wi
nona Charlotte Newton, aged 15 years,
daughter of Thomas Newton, a pain
ter, was found near a bridge over a
small stream near 55th street and Col
lege avenue on the outskirts of the
city. The girl evidently had been
murdered.
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It requires the workmanship ot 20
men and the use of much costly ma
chlnery to make that dainty article of
the household, tne thimble.
Most deaths occur between sunset
and sunrise.
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SHORT TELEGRAPd ITEMS FROM
A Review of Happenings in Both
Luring the Past Week — National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.
NEWS OF THE WORLD
ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
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attempted to kill her four children and
herse'f- She shot and killed three
children and fatally wounded the oth
er. I he mother shot herself in the
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Mrs. James D. Brennan of Minneap
olis quarreled with her husband re
cently and after he had gone to work
left breast, and, It is believed, will
die.
C. W. Sangster. accused of having
sent poisoned candy to his wife's chil
dren. was Indicted at Chicago by the
grand Jury on a charge of assault with
intent to kill. He is under arrest at
1 er. Is making arrangements to sail
for Japan next month on a long leave,
Lawrence, Kan.
Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minis
Negotiations have been opened for
a new trade treaty between the Unit
od Stales and Germany.
Professor William Rainey Harper,
president of the University of Chlca
go, Is falling and It is said he can
live but a short time. j
Aluska will have a railway Its en
ilme length from north to south and
giving communication with the outside
world. If plans which are being for
mutated are carried out. Harry White,
former mayor of Seattle, la at the
head of he enterprise.
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The Injunction sought to prevent the
supreine council of the Royal Arcanum
from putting into effect the rates
adopted at the Atlantic City meeting
and later ratified at Put In Hay, Ohio,
was denied by Federal Judge Clark
vnd the Idll of complaint was dismiss
ivltch, brother in law of the emperor.
lias been relieved of the post of head
>f the department of the mercantile
ed.
The Grand Duke Alexander Michael
marine.
The Canadian Typothetae has begun
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'» .. . printers from England to
break the printers' strike.
The comptroller of the currency has
removed Dank Examiner R. H. Mad
lorn on account of his failure to dis
cover the conditions existing In the
Enterprise National bank of Allegheny
City, Pa,
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respectively ambassa
dora to England and Spain, died re
cently in Paris, aged 84. I
Emperor William recently received
in audience Brigadier General Thomas
II. Barry, who was accompanied by
Mme. Cambon, mother ot Paul and
Jules Cambon,
his aide de camp. Captain Sidney A.
Coleman, and Captain William R. Rid
lie, the American military attache at
Berlin. |
William
Russian shin of
..Inning to right itself Grad
uaRy disorder that foDowed the
premu gatl no? the constltuUon giv
lu people liberty"» be ng put
p • K
The national memorial t
E. Gladstone, erected by public sub
scriptlon in St. Clement Dane's church
n the Strand. London, was unveiled
recently.
J. J, Hill, president of the Great
Northern, has sailed for Europe.
Theodore Klinker, night watchman
it the Canton. Ohio, postofflee, charg
ed with extracting money from letters
contributed to the McKinley memorial
fund, has been held to appear for
trial.
Count Witte Is getting his hands on
he helm, an) the
ing
lown.
James R. Dual, cashier of Ihe Gold
field Hank & Trust company. Gold
field, Nev„ which failed six months 1
igo. with liabilities of $SU,000 and
with but $5 in cash on hand and about
$20,000 worth of securities, has been
«■quitted of the charge of embezzle
ment by the district court at Haw
Former State Senator Emmons of
Kern county Cal who was found
tullty of bribery and sentenced to five
.ears' imprisonment in Ihe penlten
Jary, at Folsom, has been released
from the county jail on $10,006 ball. ,
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The Chinese cook Ah Sam. who was
irrestert ni Nelson II P on a eharee
irrested at Nelson B. C on a eharge
.f assault on a white child, was sen
tenced to two years'imprisonment and
i .ozen as les.
P. Augustus Heinze of Butte has
sold the Columbia & Western lands to I
he Canadian Pacific iallroad, accord
ing to a Grand Forks, B. C.. report.
t home.
Harry K, Kemp, one of Bullfrog's
(Nev.) most prominent business men,
was found dead In his office. No rea
5on can at present be given for the
Iced. His family resides in San Fran
cisco.
Commander Joshua Bishop.
Four Cremated in a Fire.
Dnvtnn Ohio Nov 7 _..e.,h Manch
bia wf f e and son." Jesse', were cremated
a fl re which destroyed their cottage, i
eight miles north of Dayton. Oliver
Hangh. another son. was seriously
burned, and was taken to a hospital. '
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_. . _ Football Iniurias
Clarence Van Hokelen, a young stu
donl of ,be San ta Clara, California,
high school. Is dead from the effects
"f a crushed skull, which Injury he
received during a football game.
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Commander Joshua Bishop, U. S. N,
retired, died at his home in Washing
In
ton, D. C. Sunday, aged 66 years,
the civil war, he was (or a time in
oomniand of one of the gunboats at
the siege of Vicksburg, and later at
the capture of New Orleans.
Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia
is working steadily on the writing of
the memoirs of General Jubal A, Early,
the distinguished confederate leader,
jThe senator has but recently returned
extended trip In search of material for
to his home in Washington from an
notes and additions to the book.
Sketch of the Girl Who Has Been Sent
to the Pen tor Two Years.
lèmeoced'at'SdfaTw^:
to serve two years in the state penlten
tlary, although only 18 years old, has
a most remarkable history. She says;
"I never did any housework and
don't know how. From the time
was old enough to do any work I help
ed on the farm, driving horses and
doing the work ot a boy.
THE GIRL HORSETHIEF.
I never
cooked a meal in my life and know
lots more about horses, plows and
farm work than about dishes, cooking
and work about the house.
"1 like to work out doors and would
lots rather wear men's clothing than
dresses. I always helped my father
end he treated me like a boy. I plow
ed for 8everal weekg with the team
stüle , There were three „
bay a gray aud a brown j llked the8e
hor8e8 and one nlgbt , made up my
mind to steal them.
"when I got the money for them—
$225.00—l took the train for Walla
Walla. There I biowed all the money
in for clothes. I then went to Pres
cott, where we had lived. I went to
a neighbor's and they did not know
1 had my hair cut short at St.
It has always been rather
short, as I had it shingled about once
every year.
me.
John.
I asked for a room to
dress in and went In there and put on
girls' clothes,
"I read In the papers all about tnem
looking for me, hut I did not try to
get away. When the constable and
another man came after me they had
two big guns and a pair of handcuffs,
They pulled the guns on me and tried
to make mo throw up my bands.
wouldn't do It and bluffed them both
out. They were big men and I 'rubbed
It Into them' about two big men and
two guns and a pair ot handcuffs after
one little girl, but they could not put
handcuffs on me and they didn't.
went with them In their wagon. They
had a lantern and did not blow it out,
but put It under the seat lighted, and
it burned ami smoked my clothes aw
ful."
Their Loyalty to President Roosevelt
| s Next to King Edward.
Washington—Rear Admiral Prince
PRINCE LOUIS BANQUETED.
1-ouls was the guest of the American
army Saturday. At night he was the
guegt a( a fortnal 8tate dlnner ln the
stale dining room ot Ihe White House,
where the president had a distinguish
ed company to present to Britain's ad
mirai prince.
Admiral Prince Louis asked permis
sion to say a word.
"Next to their loyalty to their king,"
the prince said, "every British officer
cherishes the president ot Ihe United
states. The king first but the presi
dent next. They had,"'he said, "a pe
collar affection and esteem for both
Theodore Roosevelt the president and
Theodore Roosevelt the man.
Wher
ever the English language was spok
en this sentiment prevailed." The
prince then thanked the American of-.
fleers, army and navy, (or the hos-!
pltality and courtesy which he and his
Nov. 9-10—York State Folks.
Nov. 14 15—Sultan of Sula.
Nov. 18-19—Peggy ot Paris.
Nov. 22-23_Merry Burlesquers.
Nov. 24-25_Arizona
Nov. 26—Peck's Bad Boy
Nov. 28-29—Thoroughbreds.
Out of town patrons can have seats
reserved for any of the above per
formâm es by writing or telegraphing
Jos manager of Spokane the
a 'cr. who will give such orders his
«P^lal attention. Prices range from
25 cents to $l 50 *
officers were receiving,
COMING ATTRACTIONS
AT THE
SPOKANE THEATER.
Mme. Helena Modjeska will appear
1» Spokane this season on her fare
"ell tour of America.
"Sunday." the play of western life In
which she made such a strong Im
pression last season.
Theatrical Notes.
Ethel Barrymore Is still on tour In
'i.l^nvei 18 ^' t0 T ny a m08l , p0p ;
0 re8 ent a (i.D ^ f
pr , nt a fuU fled g Ld Prima donna of
f four °ve^' solon^ 1 In^.ron
* i., , .. ' , ' ope
tollr i br oneh the nnitoH c
M|I1 r . . . ' .
-Inu. Calves lour opened October
30 In Toronto, where she was greeted
i... „ . 700,1 ... , . " ,
bj a $7000 house. She Is not the only
allractlon, as she Is supported by a
splendid company, if she appears at
Spokane in January she will
"Carmen" in costume,
Rhea Acton, who plays Jennie In
"York State Folks,"' is to be starred
as Sunday, the character which has
been made famous by Ethel Barry
more.
of Hebrew character roles, is appear
Joe Welch, the popular delineator
ing in Hal Reid's drama, "The Ped
1er." again this season.
Grace Klliston is to create the roll.
of Shirley In Charles Klein's new play
"The Lion and the Mouse. "
v, * ra Mlchelena and Reuben Fax are
' n . CaSt ° f " The Yankee Con sul,"
** ^ SP ° kaDe ' a * er
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„ A p,ay '* hicb «'-»ehe. a moral and
8 ' t0 do better d^s and be
8a,i8flBd *'' b ltf « aa one find. It. »
always to be commended, and this is
what Will O, Murphy has accom
pllshed In his wonderful story of "Why
Women Sin," which will be presented,
at the Spokane Theater Saturday,
venif'r it. Smiles and tears are
pHy blended and a rich.scenic equip
|ment helps lo round out this thrilling
story of life.
Nat Goodwin has decided to come
weat again this season and has been
hooked by Manager Petrlch of the
Spokane theater (or one night, Jan
nary 5,
China has opened the port of Haichu
to foreign trade.
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Port of Haichu Is Open.
The princess of Wales has had a
magnificent picnic motor car built (or
the use of herself and her children.
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MlnlnWrSI SI All'S
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WASHINGTON. MONTANA, IDAHO
AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
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From Our Exchanges of the Bur
Few Interesting Items Gathered
rounding Country—Numerous Aocl
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dents and Personal Eventa Take
Place—Fall Trade la Good,
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
George R. Andrus, a pioneer ot
Washington, died at the home of hla
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! »on, Wallace R. Andrus, in Tacoma,]
a recently.
. A company has been formed to erect
a crematory In Pomeroy.
) The steamer Lansing, the largest
oil tank boat In the world, will be senti
Puget Sound from the Atlantic side
b Y ber owners, the Union Oil company,
A new Masonic lodge has been con
stltuted at Lind.
Sixty tons of copper wire, costing
150,000, the Initial consignment of the
mammoth order placed with eastern
manufacturers by the Spokane & In
lan d
ka ne.
railroad, is
In transit to Spo
( Jeremiah W. Culton, one of the sub
stantlal and wealthy farmers of near
Palouse City, who Is over 70 years
old. last week, for the second time
> e d a blushing bride to the altar. His
bride was Mrs. Mary Milk, who has
reached the 70 year milestone and this
I ls her fourth matrimonial venture,
"Uncle Samuel," was killed near Pres
cott by falling from a load of hay,
dislocating his neck,
Samuel Erwin, familiarly known as
Mrs. Pascoe, wife ot William Pas
I coe, a well known contractor, died re
cently in an Anacortes dentist's chair
while under the influence of chloro
form. She leaves a babe seven weeks
»Id and another child of 19 months.
Two physicians were present,
j Stephen Bowers, a prosperous far
tuer living near Palouse has demon
strated the profitableness of potato
raising. He raised 10 potatoes whose
aggregate weight was 25 pounds, the
larg e»t one Upping the scales at three
pounds and two ounces.
The town of Harrington was on last
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Tuesday night lighted by electricity
for the flrst tlme '
George Beede shot and fatally
wuuuded Rodney McDonald at Seattle,
McDonald was in company with Mr.
Beene's wife when the shooting oc
curred.
of gullty 10 8tBaling two horses and
a hack from E ' M ' Waruer ot Two
Klvers a week ago ' and was sentenced
lo serve five years in the penitentiary.
James Dalton, alias Elward Wester
arrested at Lyons
John Barries,
Ferry, on Snake river, entered a plea
man ' was f °und suilty at Spokane of
mu Ç der * n the first degree for killing
R°Uceman Henry Stotko on April 4
Iast '
Governor Mead has reappointed J.
Arrasmlth as state grain inspector.
Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, a
member of congress from the state ot
Washington from 1896 to 1898, and for
merly one of the best known lawyers
and orators of the state, has decided
lo resi « n as corporation counsel of
Chicago January 1. if not sooner.
Spokane county teachers went on
record as emphatically opposed to pen
sinning teachers, when they voted
down tbe resolution.
One of Ihe biggest real estate deals
madB ln tbe Walla Walla country for
, 8 ° me time was consummated when the
I »rumheller company and Fay Le Grow.
"> B AthB " a ba nker, purchased ot Mr
about a "- of land, one
8ection belng *» Adam » and ' bB ba
ance In Douglas county, near Moses
lake. The purchase includes between
3000 and 4000 head of cattle, and the
purchasers will go into the stock rais
Ing business on an extensive scale,
Rumor says the consideration Is about
$150.000.
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IDAHO NEWS.
Chinese Inspector F. W. McFarland
of Helena, Mont., and Inspector John
Sullivan ot Priest River, Idaho, ar
rested a Chinese woman and eight
Chinamen who were making their way
Into the United States by the Bonners
K( ' rry roUte '
Tbe spools of Shoshone county will
. be closed all of this week to enable
| ,he teachera to attend tbe Institute at
"allace, which will he in session all
i ot lbe * eek '
I JutI Thompson, the pioneer miner
w -ho In the fall of 1861 erected the
1 first house In the Boise vallev died at
1 nrsl Duusl ' ln lne ÜOI »e valley, U16Q ai
, the county hospital at Lewiston last
1 wee k
Samuel B. Bibby, surgeon general of
sing'ihe Idaho National guard, is dead.
I Isaac McFarland, the hotelkeeper at
Forest, lies dead and his wife Is In a
critical condition as a result of gun
shot wounds inflicted by McFarland.
Andy Goddard, Darwin Bevan and
George Halleck, all of Wardner, who
started on a trip to New Orleans down
Ihe Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
going over Ihe route traveled by Lewis
and Clark in their expedition, abandon-1
ed the trip after reaching a point in
North Dakota. They found the
1 full floalina lee and the weather ex-l
| îreme.y côffi They Cosed o7 the
boat they had built In Montana and)
returned to Wardner.
1 '' ifty thousand fish have been placed
»Yldaho streams by.the United States
government since August. Within the
last two weeks 3000 have been placed
m the streams of Latah. Nez Perce
and Koo.enai counties.
The sheriff at Lewiston recently
burned gamblers' tools valued at $4.
000. Many machines were found to be
No-'"fixed" as the interior of the appar
hap-fatus showed how the victims stood a
peer chance of winning.
A company composed of 15 citizens
cf T rcy have purchased a Percheron
sta! 1 on.
The animal was Imported
from I ranee, and cost ;Ue company
He is (our ye-t s olfi. aud
brings with him a pedigree verified by
$-.000.
J. H. Bruff. a fireman on a freight
the French government.
engine on the Wallace-Tekoa run, was
badly burned recently when the head
N* 111 ot lbe engine, which he was
ll g btlng . exploded Burning oil was
ihrown on Bruff's face, and In a mo-1
ment his clothing was In flames,
orthfeng.ne^tîo^^'tJnder and f low 1
ered himself through the manhole In
I to the water tank. |
Me
MONTANA SQUIBBS.
Within the past month there have
{been six men confined In Butte Jail
awa ni ng trial for murder committed
■
id the city
I After a bitterly fought court con
test reaching over the past five years
the Wolff & Zwicker iron works of
Portland were awarded a decision tor
$21 -? 00 agal " 8t the Butte waterworks
at Butte. The Judgment Is for an
un p a j Q balance for the construction of
a p j pe n ne f or tbe wa ter company.
I Peter Coello was assassinated Sat
,
8eno .
{close friends, were drinking and Jokes
led to a quarrel.
urday morning at Butte by Anton Mas
were
The two Italians, who
Pat O'Brien, a miner, met a horrible
death at Zortman while working in an
open cut for the Alder Gulch Mining
company of that place. He drilled a
[ misst d hole, and the explosion liter
ally tore the lower part ot his body
away, while his chest and face were
filled with small stones and dirt. He
lived four hours and was conscious
up to the last minute.
I Tl.t mas Murphy, an electrician, tvss
killed Saturday at Anaconda by a fall
from a pole. He lived recently In
Helena,
Within a stone's throw of police
headquarters and in the very heart of
the business section of Butte, a mask
ed highwayman walked into Joe Har
Ing and at the point of a revolver com
polled the proprietor to hand over the
men's saloon on Broadway, near Main,
shortly before 2 o'clock In the morn
contents of the cash register, about
$75.
were arrested at Sandpolnt, Idaho, on
suspicion of being the men who held
up the Northern Pacific operator at
Ravelll, recently,
Virgil Stewart and Hector McLeod
The men stoutly
(denied that they had been at Ravelll.
McLeod is a halfbreed Indian and both
men live on the Flathead reservation,
near the scene of the holdup,
While walking along the county
road three miles south of Helena Sun
day, J. C. Dollve and A. K. Arpln, two
well known telegraphers employed In
the local Western Union office.
without the least warning, fired upon
: four times from ambush by an un
known man, and each sustained dan
gerous but not necessarily fatal ln
juries.
because of the darkness officials who
ware.
Their assailant escaped and
left thigh and Dollve In the right arm
and right groin,
!
1 went In search of the would be mur
derer were compelled to abandon the
Arpln was shot twice In the
chase.
OREGON ITEMS.
Melburn Alvin, the year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Mathew ot Flora,
was drowned In a garbage bucket
while In the house alone.
The enterprising residents of Free
I water have under consideration the
project ot raising funds for the erec
tion of a suitable building near the
depot In which It Is proposed to dis
play the resources of this section of
the country. It Is suggested that a
building 16x24, with glass on one side,
I be erected.
-1 section of the country is adapted to the
successful growing of hops has been
I made near there. The experiment has
Proved entirely successful, showing
,ba t the »oll, as well as the climate,
Is well adapted to the growing of hops.
In fact this section of the country Is
thought to be In some respects su
Perlor to hat on the coast.
>'I. Ly , ng at 'l 0 "' 8d " r ln a Portland
hospital is Jack Williams, an unem
ployed longshoreman, who was shot
full of bird shot by C. B. Murhard, a
plumber, Into a window of whose
home the victim was peeping. He
had obscene pictures In his posses
A test to determine whether Athenh
sion. and he Is said by the police to
be a man who has gained the reputa
tion of late of being a "Peeping Tom."
Fire damaged the Hotel Oxford at
! Portland to the extent of $40,000. The
I fire started in the basement and quick
ly spread.
I W. H. Olston. supposed to be a
trave i lllg man from st ,
1
land and kllled . The b i owlng out G f
a f use cauge d the car, which was
(traveling rapidly, to «top suddenly,
Sums of money, aggregating thous
arK ] 8 0 f dollars are tied uo bv reason
r f ,,. d , P , Dy reaBon
Q f tbe ( Ila bi|Ry to adjudicate proceed
lnK8 bankruptcy owing to the
I . üanaruptpy ' ° , ng ,. to .
states "
) The price of land In Athena has been
advancing rapidly (or the past three
or four years.
Paul, Minn.,
was thrown from a street car at Port
I
va
district judge at Portland
j Cases in admiralty are also in a state
of suspense.
FROM MONTANA to 'FRISCO.
Railway Reported Assured to Build
Through Idaho.
The San Francisco, Idaho & Mon
tana Railway company, which. It is
ann °uneed in a dispatch from Mlnne
al>olls ' bas been financed, has been
Pr° mo,e <l by G - E. Propper, J. A. Me
rivori^^^ and W. A. Foran of Boise. The
latter bas been in tbe east for some
* bB '"^est of the project.
The plan is t0 start the road from
' Boise wltb a vlew to ba » d ' a 8 the San
.. . . t Montana The firsl
'^^^^.^^gouth^rn Pa
. i' " western Pac flc in the viclnlty
P ®^ or ^ te ™ Paclflc vic,nlty
Innemucca.
Double Tragedy Over $4.
Ix>s Angeles, Cal., Nov. 6.—Ira B.
Caler, a blacksmith, shot and Instant
ly k Ried his wife, and then shot him
self through the forehead and
Francisco connection before crossing
died
five hours later. The Immediate cause
of the killing was a quarrel over $4,
but the couple had not lived together
happily, and the woman had recently
began suit for divorce.
The symbol of the cross is used in
I the religions of the aborigines of North
and South America, and by the most
ancient nations of Europe, as well as
by Christians.
1DUR1N6 LAST FISCAL YEAR 6533
ARMY DESERTIONS
QUITE THE SERVICE.
Major Générai Ainsworth in Hla An
nual Report Devoted Much Atten
tion to the Subject—Canteen Not
Likely to Be Restored—Easy and
Luxurious Life of Soldiers Criticized.
Major General f. C. Ainsworth, the
military secretary, in his annual re
port, devoted much attention to de
sertions Irom the army. Those who
Know how the canteen came to be
abolished, he states, are not hopeful
of its restoration; there is no llkeli
nood of any such Increase in the sol
diers' pay as will offset tne greater in
ducement ottered in civil pursuits; the
comforts and even luxuries that are
turu.sued men In our service are even
uow cnucized by some as being not
only extravagant, but injurious in their
effect on men whose real business it
is to march and light, encumbered
with few comforts and no luxuries;
and the discipline and instruction to
which the soldier is now subjected are
not likely to be relaxed in the future.
He couttnues:
Our people have little real Interest
in tue army in lime of peace and front
.ue earnest days ot the republic have
oeen accustomed to look upon it as a
more or less unnecessary institution.
Enlistment in the army in lime of
peace Is not uncommonly regarded as
evidence of worthlessness on the part
of the recruit.
it is safe to predict that desertions
from the army will continue to be
cessive until there sha.i have been
a radical change of pumic sentiment
toward the army and until the de
serter shall come to be regarded as
ihe criminal that he Is, to be ostra
cized and hunted down as relentlessly
as any other transgressor of the laws.
There is no reason to look for such a
change of sentiment in the near fut
ure, aud there are some who believe
that the change will never come until
our people shall have learned, through
national disaster and humiliation that
the effective maintenance ot
of professional soldiers is absolutely
essential to the preservation of the na
tional honor and life, aud that the
trained and disciplined troops of a
modern.enemy can not be withstood by
hastily organized armies of untrained
or half trained civilians.
The losses In the regular army dur- *
ing the liscal year were; Officers kill
ed in action or died ot wounds, disease,
etc., 24; resigned or discharged, 2U;
dismissed, 13; deserted, 3; retired. 5»;
total, 119.
Enlisted men killed In action or died
ot wounds, disease, etc., 377; dis
charged upon expiration of term of
service, 22,254; iischarged for disa
bility by sentence of court martial and
by order, 9460; deserted, 6533; retired
f»9; total, 38,831,
During the year 274 battle flags In
custody of the war department were
returned to the governors of tne states
in which the regiments that bore them
were raised. He says there still re
main here 452 ot these flags,
General Ainsworth recommends that
these union flags be transferred to the
United States Military academy, and
that the confederate flags be given to
some general confederate memorial or
historical association.
ex
au army
SPOKANE
Wholesale Produce Prices.
New potatoes, 50®60c cwt; onions,
$1.25; squash, $1.25 doz; cabbage, $1.25
@1.60; oranges, $5.75 to $6 case; lem
ons, standards, $5,50@6 case; seconds,
$4.50 case; pineapples, 65c@$l; beets,
60@75c; turnips, 60; dried figs, 7®
8%c lb; cranberries. $12,50 bbl; huck
leberries, 12%c lb; eating apples, $1.25
@1.75 box; cooking apples, $1@1.25
box; beets, $1.26; turnips. $1®X,25;
Hubbard squash, 75c@$1.26 doz; egg
plant. $1.50 crate; sweet potatoes $2.75
@3 cwt; Concord grapes, 35@40c uas
ket; Muskats, $1,75 crate; Tokays,
$1.75 crate; winter pears, $1.25@1.50
box; eggs. $7.50@8 case; flour, local,
$4@4.25 barrel; creamery butter, 30c
lb best grade; celery, 60c doz; honey,
$3.25@3.50 case; sweet potatoes, $2.75
@3 cwt.
Wholesale ^eed Price*.
Bran, $16 ton; bran and shorts, $16;
straight shorts. $17.50; white shorts,
$19; corn, $1.50 cwt; cracked corn,
$1.60; timothy hay. $15 ton; alfalfa.
$12; grain hay, $12@13 ton; rolled
barley, $1,10 cwt; whole oats, $1.20
cwt; chopped oats, $1,30; wheat, $1®
1.10 cwt.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live Stock—Steers, $2.50®2.75 cwt;
cows. $2@2.15; calves, $6@7 cwt; pigs
$5.50®5.75; sheep, $3@3.50.
Dressed meats—Steers. 6@5V4c lb;
cows, 4@4%c; veal, 5@7c lb.
Hides—Green steers. 8%c lb; cows,
8c; salted, 1c higher; dry hides, 15^c
lb; calf skins, green, 9c; kip. 8c; sheep
skins, 75c@$L
Poultry and eggs—Chickens, hens,
12c lb live weight; large spring, 12c;
roosters, 8c; broilers, $2.75@3.25 doz;
turkeys. 16c lb; ducks, 10@llc lb;
geese. 10@llc lb.
Creamery products, f. o. b. Spo
First grade creamery butter
«an
fat, 2SV4c lb.
Hay.and grain—Timothy. $12.50 ton;
alfalfa, $10®11 ton; oats, $1.10®1.15;
potatoes, 40®b0c cwt; cabbage, 80c®
$1 cwt; cooking apples, $4.50 case;
bananas, $2.75®3 bunch.
Wheat Market.
Portland, Ore.—Club. 74@75c; blue
stem, 76@77c; red, 70@71c; valley, 74
@7 5c.
Tacoma. Wash.—Bluestem. 76>4c;
club. 73>4c; red, 69%c.
Half Million for Missions.
Having pledged Itself to raise $542.
779 the coming year, the executive
committee of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society of the Methodist
church brought Its 36th annual session
to a close in New York with a service
of song and prayer.