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WBATMXS FOBXOAST: TOMOUOW, SHOWERS.
IF CHICAGO STRIKE SPREADS
MAYOR WILL CALL OUT TROOPS
Efforts Are Being Made for a Peace
ful Settlement of Strike—Employ
ers Still Importing Strike Break
ers—Gompers Is Expected to Settle
Strike Soon.
\ (Scrlpps News Association.)
CHICAGO, May 16.—Whether the
Strike will spread to all the trades
In Chicago or enter upon v stage of
peaceful negotiation for a settlement
Is the question that is hanging in
the balance today.
Tin' coming of President (lumpers
nnil the executive board of the team
sters' brotherhood is looked upon ns
favorable to peace methods on tho
part of the teumsters.
On the other hand, the Importation
of more strike breakers today with
the uncompromising attitude of the
employers give tlie situation a more
unpromising aspect.
President Shea and President Hold
and Joseph O'Neill, representing the
freight handlers, and other labor lead
ers had a Conference with Mayor
Dunne this morning. It is said the
mayor asked tlie labor leaders not
to spread the strike and to use every
effort to prevent further disturbance
pending the mayor's effort in bring
ing about arbitration through the
medium of council committees. The
labor men promised tlie mayor that
they would use their utmost author
ity to keep the situation peaceful, but
Insisted thnt the employers should
take no Bteps tending to Incite the
GIRL'S RUIN BEGINS
AT MINNEHAHA PARK
The whereabouts of Nannie Ander
son, aged 1« years, who for five days
was missing after her visit to Min
nehaha I'ark on Sunday, May T. has
been discovered and two men are be
ing held for criminal assault. The
two men are Cliff Goode, the man
who was arrested a few days ago and
released on a $500 bond, and C. A.
Haines, who was arrested this morn
ing.
Chief of Police Waller took the
girl to his Office yesterday and, after,
talking to her for a long time, she
confessed as to where she had heen. '■
although for some lime she refused
to let the fHcts be known.
The facts as confessed to the chief
yesterday put n good ease of criminal !
assault against the two men.
The Anderson girl, in company with 1
CHIT (loode. went to the park and
Indulged In a few drinks and then
they came to town, (loode took the
girl to the GrMt Northern hotel, cor
mw of local w
TO BE DECIDED TOIMDT
The future of Spokane's fair will
be decided tonight at a mass meeting
of business men to be held In the
chamber of commerce rooms. If the
fair Is abandoned this year, It will
probably result In Its permanent
abandonment and sale of the grounds.
The present situation Is the result
of an unwillingness of the business
nun to contribute tO the guarantee
fund. The fair directors are busy
men and when they received the cold
Shoulder upon starting their sub
scription llhls, they could see no rea
son why they should give both time
nnd money without appreciation and
so called tonight's meeting.
CRANE IS DEAD'
MAGO HAS CONFESSED
William Crane is dead.
Vincent Mngn, the Italian, has con
fessed to shoot lug him.
Murder will he the charge preferred
against Mago for tho shooting of
Crane at the Columbia hotel on Hun
day morning at ahout 11:110 o'clock.
The Iron doors have closed on Mjigo
for many years to come and probably
he will never be a free man. Little
did he think of this When he con
fessed his crime last Right. Little
did he think that Crane would die
but a short time after his confession.
The trouble arose In the burroom
The Spokane Press.
teamsters to radio*] notion. They
also agreed to submit their side of
the controversy to a council arbitra
tion committee, which will meet to
day to Investigate the eomlltions and
endeavor to effect a settlement.
Several hundred strike breakers ar
rived from St. LoulS this morning.
Two hundred additional policemen
were detailed to guard the wagons to
be sent out today. Several cases of
minor disturbances wore reported tills
morning.
Tlie mayor Informed the strike
leaders that a spread of the strike
Would immediately lend to the calling
out of troops. Me told them he was
determined to preserve peace at ull
events.
A committee of liverymen called
on the mayor nnd complained that
eabdrivora in their employ refused
to carry passengers on strike-hound
streets. The mayor promised to re
voke the license of any cabman who
refused. It Is their duty to the pub
lic.
Judge Kohlsnat this morning con
tinued the light of the injunction
cases against the labor men until
hearing of testimony before Master
ln Chancery Sherman was concluded,
Tho taking of testimony was e<yi
tlnued today.
nOr id' Stevens street nnd Front ave
nue, where he had a room. The girl
staved there on Sunday night. She
moved to the Bavaria hotel on Mon
day and stayed there on Monday
night.
(in Tuesday night she went to the
Swedish Brothers' hall to a dance
with C. A Barnes, the man who was
arrested this morning. They danced
for a time und then went to the
Marlon block and secured n room.
The two stayed there on Tuesday und
Wednesday nights.
On Thursday night the Anderson
girl went to a hotel on Main avenue
and stopped for tlie night nnd return
ed to her home on Friday.
Chief Waller says he hns a good
case against both of the men for
criminal assault, doodc will he re
arrested today on the charge. He
Is now charged with buying liquor
for a girl under age without the
consent of her parents.
■•oratory Cosgrovs of the assoclsr
tlon estimates that 10,000 paopla wore
brought to the city hy last year's
fair, if these spoilt $5 each, a very)
low estimate, the elty was $100,000
gainer, i>o the business Interest! of
the elty wish to saorlfloe thla amount?
Tin' Portland fair is offered as an
excuse for the abandonment of tho
locgl show. The fulr association of
flcera, however, say from present In
dications the attendance would be
larger than last yenr.
II behooves every business man to
be on baud tonight and settle tn the
right way this fair question,
<>f the hotel, Cra/ta went to wait on
a man ami woman In one of the boxes
and three Italians tried to see who
were In the l>u\. They wi re stopped
by i'lane. There was considerable
trouble In the saloon, aa all conoerned
»eie more or less under the Influence
of liquor,
The three men were finally foroed
to leave the place, One of the nun
cursed Crane and was hit. As Crane
turned lo go tmck to his work the
man who was hit, afterwards found
to he Mage, shot at him twlee. The
first shot struck Crane in the back.
The Second one missed him. The
men then ran, two of them going
across the street and the other jump
ing the fence.
Deputy Sheriff H. J. Hamlin hap
pened to be at the hotel and rushed
down stairs. He could find nothing
but a hat, so went into the street.
Shortly after a bareheaded man came
down the street. Hamlin caught him.
The man caught was an Italian giv
ing his name as Ross Razella. He
gave information leading to the ar
rest of Mago.
m siioi
Down m
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(Scrlpps News Association.)
WARSAW, Poland, May 16.—A
gathering of Russian Jews and so
cialists in Nalowskl street was dis
persed at midnight by a volley from
infantry patrolling the street. Sev
eral persons were wounded.
DOODIi (ffi
APE HTOSD
(Scrlpps News Association.)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 16.—
The cases of Charlea F, Kelly and
Charles Outke, conv'fcted of hoodling
In the St. Louis municipal assembly,
were today reversed and remanded
by the supreme court on the ground
that the Information on which they
were indicted was not properly veri
fied.
YOUNG SENT FOR
TO ASSIST THE
LABOR ASSEMBLY
Organlzer C, A. Young of the
American Federation of Labor will
probably be in Spokane In the near
future. At the meeting of the Falls
City Trades and Labor assembly, held
last evening, a letter was received
fro mthe headquarters Of the Ameri
can Federation stating that Mr.
Young was In Walla Walla, and if
the assembly deemed It advisable Mr.
Young Would be sent to Spokane. The
secretary was instructed to tele
graph Frank Morrison, secretary of
the American Federation of Ijuhor,
to have Mr. Young come on to Spo
ka no.
FIRE
(Serlpps News Association.)
ALTTONA, Kan., May 16.—The
Cookrell slno smelter was destroyed
by Are today. The loss Is $100,000.
THAT BOY ON UNCLE SAM'S FARM
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1905.
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(Scrlpps News Association.)
MINNEAPOLIS. May 16.—As a re
sult of tlie bullish tendency of the
market wheat jumped from $1.13 to
$1.20 today, closing nt $1.151t
is expected to go higher.
ARRESTED
EOR BEGGING
"Like many more unfortunates,
1 look into the future in fear,
I am forced to ask strangers for
charity,
For I can neither speak nor hear."
Such was the game as played by
Frank Hazard and a companion in
the east end of town this morning.
Hazard was arrested by Officer Alex
Macdonahi about 10 o'clock on the
corner of Riverside nnd Division
wlille he was playing the game.
Macdonald arrested Hazard, but the
other man got away. Hazard would
not talk until he got to the station,
but when tlie officer proposed the
steam room, wdilch is supposed to
burn the hair off a man, Haiard'a
tongue came back remarkably fast.
"My Ood, I can talk all right. I
did it because a man has to live,"
announced Hazard.
He had about HO cents on him when
arrested, all of which he had probably
picked up this morning.
CONDEMNED
TO DEATH
(Bcripps News Association.)
WARSAW. Poland. May 16—In a
court martial today the workmen Im
plicated in the riots of last January
were convicted and sentenced to
death. A reprieve has been granted
the convicted men, however.
WIFE IS DESERTED
Agnes Btlckney was granted a di
vorce from I". E Btlckney this morn
ing by Judge Kennan on the grounds
of desertion. She alleged thai they
were married in Wisconsin In 1890
and that In 1003 her husband left her.
She claimed that he did not support
her and that he was able to earn $1!
per day.
Judge Kennan granted the divorce
With a permanent alimony of $J5 per
month and the costs of the case.
ELECTRIC COMPANY
IN RECEIVER'S HANDS
fScrlpps News Association.)
MILWAUKEE, May 16.—a receiv
er was appointed today for the Na
tional Electric company. It was
capitalized for $3,500,000. Frank
Blgelow, the former president of the
First National bank, was president,
but he resigned when the alleged de
falcations became public.
Oyama Is preparing to move. He
might have done so May 1, but those
Japs don't care for traditions.
"T ED ENCOURAGES LARQE FA Ml 1.1 K.S . •
BOLD HOLDUP.
One of the boldest holdups
ever tried in the city was the
one that happening last night
about 9:45 o'clock, when two
men tried to hold up Charles
Olson just east of the Work
iugmnn's Home.
There were many people on
the street at the time and the
men must have been desperate.
Olson was shot nt and at such
close range that the powder
burned his coat and ear.
When the men commanded
Olson to throw up his hands
he said something and struck
one of the men. The man im
mediately fired. No good de
scription of the men could be
given as it was at a very dark
placo.
IRRIGATION MEN
AND CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE MEET
A meeting of the officers of the
northwest section of the Irrigation
association with the chamber of com
merce will be held this afternoon.
The object of the meeting, as explain
ed by Secretary Bottle of the Irriga
tion association, is to discuss and
settle upon a definite plan of action
regarding the Washington irrigation
projects.
"Tlie association Is determined,"
said Mr. Hot-tie, "that a portion of the
$3,000,000 contributed by this state
to the national Irrigation fund shall
be spent here. Nevada has contrib
uted $75,000 and Arizona -$160,000
to thut fund and are having the mil
lions contributed by other states
spent within their borders.
"Washington wants its projects
given a just hearing nnd some of tlie
Irrigation fund spent here."
WRH LA SHELLE
IS DEAD
(Scripps News Association.)
BBLLPORT, L. 1., May 16.—Kitk
I.a Shelle. theatrical manager and
playwright, died at his home today
of blood poisoning resulting from an
Injery to his leg.
VIOLENCE IN
BREWERS STRIKE
(Scrlpps News Association.!
SEATTLE, May 16.—The first vio
lence aid bloodshed in the brewers'
strike occurred this morning when
P. V. Rice, a non-union teamster, was
assaulted and badly bruised about the
head and face by a union sympa
thizer. His assailant escaped.
TAFT WOULD
BUY SUPPLIES
OF FOREIGNERS
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Secre
tary Taft's decision to go into the
world's markets for the shipping
supply for the Panama canal has
raised a storm of protest from the
protection wing of the republican
party. It is understood all members
of the commission except Taft are
against the proposition. It is said
Strong pressure will be brought to
bear on the president to overrule
Taft's decision.
BRIDGE IS CLOSED
The North ~ Washington street
bridge will be closed today for re
pairs. New boards will be put in the
door. The old floor is worn out.
STEAMER STRIKES
MINE AND SINKS
(Scripps News Association.)
TOKIO, May 16.—The Ninkomnro,
a naval auxiliary vessel, has gone
ashore off Fusan. Korea. It Is believ
ed it can be floated at high tide.
TOKIO, May 16.—The steamer Kilo
struck a mine and sank off Port Ar
thur on the night of May 11. The
crew were rescued and brought to
Osakl,
ARGUMENTS
BEGUN IN THE
HOCH CASE
(Scrlpps News Association.)
CHICAGO, May 16.—1n the Hoch
murder trial today Professor Haines,
tlie chemist expert, took the stand for
tlie prosecution. He expressed the
opinion that it was Improbable, if not
Impossible that the arsenic found in
the stomach of Mrs. Wclcker Hoch
had heen absorbed through the casket
from the soil of the cemetery. More
over, another expert expressed the
same opinion as Haines. Concluding
the testimony, State's Attorney Healy
began the argument for the state.
BANKER GOLL
BOUND OVER
(Scrlpps News Association.)
MILWAUKEE; May 16.—Henry G
0011, former cashier of the First Na
tional hank who Is charged with doc
toring the hooks to aid Frank Bige
low In embezzling $1,500,000, today
waived preliminary examination nnd
was bound over to the federal grand
Jury.
FARM LAND
IS FLOODED
(Scripps News Association.)
LINCOLN, Neb., May 16.—The Elk
horn river dike at Neligh broke this
morning;, flooding 1000 acres of farm
lands and causing heavy losses of
live stock and crops.
HUNDREDS HINT
FOR SCORPIONS
CITY OF MEXICO, May 16.—Hun
dreds of men. women and children are
hunting scorpions In the state of Du
rango. The municipal governments
throughout the state nre paying one
cent for each scorpion killed, and
from 50(m to 15.000 are being killed
daily. Last year all the surplus
money in the municipal treasuries
was expended for scorpions, and the
payments were necessarily suspended.
Since that time tlie scorpions have
multiplied at a marvelous rate, and
now the atate seems to swarm wltji
the poisonous insects. It is stated
that there are more scorpions this
year than ever before in the history
of Durango. For some reason the
•COrplons of DurangO are more poi
sonous than those of any other sec
tion of Mexico The bite of the in
sect is almost always fatal to small
children, and many adults die from
scorpion poisoning.
Several hundred scorpions have
been received at the National Medical
Institute In this capital from Duran
go. Rabbits will he Inoculated with
the poison of the insects in the hope
of securing a preparation that will
prove effective In the treatment of
scorpion poisoning.
DOM AttSWERS
mum looms
(Scripts News Association.)
WASHINGTON, May It.— Korraor
Mlntatar Bowen thla morning In per
son tiled with Secretary Taft a formal
■"•ply to UM statement and counter
Charge! made by Assistant Secretary
of State Loomla,
Bowen*s response consists of 13
typewritten pages He absolutely de
nies any responsibility for the publi
cation of the stories reflecting upon
the Integrity of Loomis. Tills raises
the direct issue of veracity between
himself ami Loomis, the latter having
charged that Bowen caused the pub
lication of the story.
STATEMENT IS
DECLARED EALSE
The pPreposition from tho now
trades council presented st ■ previous
meeting that tine lebor assembly Join
in the oresnisetion of the new ooun>
ell was tabhM indefinitely/. Eleven
out of the 17 forming Its moniber
shlp were re presented at last night's
meeting.
Allied CtaWSOn of Federal union No
11,4 m stated today that there Was
absolutely no truth 111 the published
statement that his union would sur
render Its charter and merge with
federal union, No. . lie also stated
that Federal union, would
retain i's delegates in tne trudil as
sembly.
THIRD YEAR. NO. 1«3. PKICE: ONE CENq»
HI TO
TM AND
Jack Snyder, councilman from the
Fourth ward, and A. J. Burrows, re
publican candidate for city clerk,
threw discretion to the winds, Sunday
night, and openly acknowledged their
allegiance to the Washington Water
Power company. Not content with
declarations, they offered to take the
warpath in behalf of their corpora
tion master.
A little the worse for many pota
tions, tills pair of corporation servers
made their way Into the Eureka bar,
0708 Monroe street, Sunday night.
The Eureka was a democratic rallying
point during the recent campaign.
The Fourth ward councilman and his
friend probably though if there were
any democrats on earth and any ene
mies of their big master, they cer
tainly would be found hero. Again, it
was Fourth ward soil and who had
more rights there than the great
Snyder and his protege, Burrows.
These two brave time-servers were
SWEENY BUYS
HALF INTEREST IN
CRANE SHOE GO.
Charles Sweeny, banker and mining
man, has been busy since his return
from tlie east, and has made another
of his well chosen investments. He
Is now half owner of the Crane Shoe
company and his son, Charles Sweeny,
Jr., will take an active interest in
that business, representing his
father.
The stock of the Crane Shoe com
pany was formerly owned by George
T. Crane und Frank C. boring. Mr.
Lorlng formerly lived in Spokane,
but is now a resident of Chicago.
It is the hallf interest of Mr, Lor-
POLICE THINK THEY HAVE
A DANGEROUS MAN
Frank Murphey, alias Tony Se
bastian, was arrested last night by
Special Policeman Tom Smith and
bonked at the station as a suspect
as being the man who held up A. L.
Anderson of the Reliance hotel and
another man across the street from
the Western beer hall. These two
holdups were within a space of 15
minutes and undoubtedly performed
by the same man.
K. C. Dean, who lives at 823 Sec
ond avenue and drives for Julius
Lund tit Co., came to the station this
morning to try and identify Murphey
as the man who tried to hold him up
on the corner of Second avenue nnd
Howard street. While Mr. Dean was
iii Known mm
5 MID WMI
Albert D. Finch, a conductor on the
Great Northern and well known in
the city, was pronounced Insane this
mointi g by the superior court.
Mr. Pinch has been sick but a
short time and the news of his mind
failing him came as a great surprise
to bin many friends.
Mr. Finch was taken sick with the
present spell ahout April I antl for
the past month has had some very j
peculiar delusions. He thinks he
hatched out nine Children in one night
aud Is looking for them Another
GERMAN TROOPS
ARE NOT IN GHINA
(Bcrtppa News Association.)
LONDON, May It,—A dispatch to
lta-utcr's from Toklo, stating that
Oerman troops had occupied Helchu,
a town of Shantung province, China,
created a sensation heie.
SHANHII.AI, May 111.—The reported
landing of (let man troops ln Shan-
WHEELER MUST LEAVE
Stowell Wheeler, the hat man, was
again In Jail last night, booked as
an habitual drunkard. Wheeler has
been In Jail ab. ut half the time tlur
One cent
looking for trouble. Burrows an*
pounced the fact to the 10 or 12 occu«l
pants of the room upon entering l&H
Said Burrows: "We are looking fosy
trouble. We ran lick any enemy of
the Washington Water Power com-}
pany around here. You may be nbl«l
to outvote us, but we can lick your
just the same. Give us a 5-cenf
drink." i
Proprietor Charles Delgrove ln- j
form tlie pugnacious pair that ha.
knew of no one about there who'
wished to fight, and, hurling defiance
at the Invisible enemies of the Wash*
ington Water Power company, this!
sycophantic councilman and tils
would-be servant of the public de«
parted.
Snyder's position nnd record nrel
well known and he was defeated be
cause the putdlc was nauseated by
them. An open avowal of his cor
poration alliance at this time there*
fore will not surprise many.
ing that Mr. Sweeny has purchased.
The price paid for this stork waa
not given out. The company la in
corporated for $50,000 and is consid
ered one of the best paying business
houses for the capital Invested on
Riverside avenue, so It Is probable
Mr. Sweeny paid a handsome bonus
for his stock.
Charles Sweeny, Jr., will he made
an officer of the company at the com
pany's annual election. He was at
work on the books this morning and
will take an active part ln the busi
ness.
going home from the theater he no
ticed a man start across the street
toward htm. He stopped and got a
good look at htm. Dean says the
man returned to the sidewalk and
went down Second avenue. About
three minutes afterward he heard a
police whistle blow and wont to see
the trouble. He found It was the
holdup of the unknown man. Dean
says that he can not postively Identi
fy the man, but thinks Murphey la
the one. He says Murphey has oa
tlie same kind of clothes and is about
the same size.
The description as given by A. li,
Anderson and Jack De Wolfe tallies
very closely with Murphey. Murphey
had a gun on him when arrested.
d«)USlon Is thnt his nephew has put
electricity In tils room anil If he had
awakened he would be killed. He
says his legs are wooden, his body la
his father's, his head belongs to
someone else, his eyes were taken
out nnd carried away In a wagon.
Mr, Pinch imagines that he is a cap
tain in the t'nited States army and
that someone stole his legs and gave
him another pair that do not tit.
Mr. Pinch is 5S years old and has
lived in Sp ilntlM for some years. Ha
is a married man and has one child.
He lives at Ms Gardner avenue.
turn; province Is regarded as doubtful
here. Tlie rumor possibly originate!
from the presence of a Gorman boat
in tlie bftrbor on a surveying expedi
tion, |
nKHI. IN. May It!.- Tho report that
Herman IrQOB* have occupied Hal
chu, China, is officially denied.
ing the past month. He has promised
the Judge to have today today or
tomorrow if lie would let htm go.
Judge Hlnkle put Mm under a
l>orson.il bond to appear tomorrow
und If he is in town nt thut time will
probably be locked up.