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LAST EDITION
NEWS WITHOUT FEAR OK FAVOR
KANSAS CITY
WASHED OUT
(Bcrlpps News Association.)
KAK CITY, Aug. 23.—The
greatest rain ever recorded here
fell this morning. Trains were
blocked at Seventeenth street,
where the water was six feet deep.
Citizens in a number of instances
narrowly escaped drowning.
The floods washed from graves
in Elmwood cemetery between 100
BEGIN TO REBUILD
THEIR RUINED CITY
(Scripps News *Bsnnlatton.l
VALPARAISO, Aug. 23—The!
governor of Valparaiso today is
sued a proclamation saying there
would soon be plenty of food, medi
cines and shelter. He warned the
people that the authorities are ful
ly able to control disorders and no
lawlessness would be permitted. |
Some business houses resumed
today. Wire communication with
Santiago is restored, but govern
ment officials only may uso tho
lines. Martial law still prevails.
WIDOW ENDS
HER LIFE
Sometime yesterday during the
absence of her sons. Mvs. A. Rett
shaw, a widow, living on Pleasant
prairie, nine miles from town, com
mitted suicide by hanging.
Coroner Witter last night receiv
ed j *>-»iephone message from H. L.
I>ancfftter notifying him of the fact.
The remains had not readied tho
city this afternoon.
Yesterday Berkeley Renshaw, a
son of the suicide, was thrown
from his horse on Second avenue
and Monroe street nnd sustained
a broken collar bone. He was taken
to Sacred Heart hospital and his
brother set out to notify their
mother. On his arrival at the
ranch he discovered the limp form
of his motoher hanging from the
end of a rope.
Neighbors say Mrs. Renshaw had
been failing mentally for some
time.
The body of Mrs. Renshaw will
he taken to Deer Park. Wash., to
morrow to be burled beside her
husband, who died last May.
MORE ROADS
SUSPECTED
CLEVELAND, Aug. 23.—Attor
ney Marchand. representing the in
terstate commerce committee, Is in
conference today with Ohas. Cham
berlain, secretary of the National
Petroleum soclty. Marchand says
the commission Is likely to resume
■work here soon and investigate
charges aguinst railroads of tho
central west which are alleged to
be discriminating. j
CAPTAIN BURNETT DEAD.
RAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.—Jo
seph J. Burnett, captain of detec
tives of the San Francisco police'
tfepartmont, and well known In po•
lice circles, died last night at Pa
cttle Grove of asthma and heart
trouble. I
ALL DOORS CLOSED TO
POOR CONSUMPTIVE
"It's a hard row that the home
less consumptive has In this city."
■aid Dr. C. V. Genoway, head ot
the health department this morn
ing.
Dr. Genoway (hen went on to say
that local hospitals all refuse theia
patients and that thoy are thrown
out of lodging houses and are com
pelled to eke out an axisteneo upon
and 200 corpses. The bodies were
washed into a ditch opened by
sewer construction. Persons liv
ing near say many were carried
Into the river.
Employes reburied as many as
they could find, and endeavored to
conceal the facts from lot owners
as much as possible to prevent
distress.
The government has appropriat
ed $4,000,000 for relief of the des
titute. A company will be organ
ized to raise money and rebuild tho
city. There is much trouble In
burying the dead as all cemeteries
were destroyed.
Citizens are required to cease
moving about at 6 p. m., and all
found out after that time will be
shot as marauders.
Great sheds have been erected to
shelter tho homeless from terrific
rains prevailing since the disaster.
MAJOR CAPTURES
GYPSY CAMP
Major Gwydir, city license In
spector, put his sleuth clothes on
this morning and located a Gypsy
camp on North Monroe street.
There were five men at the camp.
15 baliies, six dogs and a hen
staked out with a string.
When the major got the two boss
Gypsies to the police station they
gave their names as John Johnson
and George Adams.
Chief of Police Waller gave them
orders to "skiddoo." Some time
ago he threatened to pinch the
whole outfit for vagrancy.
ICE MAGNATES
DENY CHARGE
(Brrrpps News Association.)
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 23.— W. S.
Lyons and Harry Burke, ice mag
nates, were arraigned this morning
for conspiracy in restraint of
trade. They pleaded not guilty
and were released on bonds.
LOST IN MAILS
Richard Marsh of SlO7 Wall
street reported to the police this
morning that he had failed to re
ceive a valuable package sent to
him from Marcus, Wash., through
the malls, unregistered. The pack
age contained a bracelet made of
gold and silver buttons and a heart
shaped gold locket.
WANT STANDARD
POLICY
ST. PAUL. Aug. 23 -The com
niiltoe of Insurance commissioners
tOdfty adopted a resolution favoring
a standard policy in every state in
the union. It will determine upon
the form to be used.
BRIGHAM B UND OVER
Brlgham Wlllard Young, grand
son of the late Rrigham Young,
Mormon apostle, was bound over to
the superior court this morning In
justice Hinkle. Young wil charged
with passing a worthless check for
$100 on X.' C. Morris.
Charity of friends. Dr. Genowny Is
advocating a special consumptive
ward which Is to he Isolated from
any other patients. He would
have It conducted in connection
with some hospital.
Not a city In the slate of Wash
ington has a consumptive ward
such as they hnve In most largo
cities In other atates.
The Spokane Press
AID FOR THE
CHILEANS
At the meeting of the chamber
of commerce trustees this noon
the matter of extending aid from
this city to the sufferers from the
Chilean earthquake was considered
and a committee named, of which
Charles Hebberd of Tull & Gibbs is
chairman, to formulate a plan for
raising what Spokane should con
tribute. No definite plan was out
lined, ways and means being left
entirely to the committee.
The Seattle chamber of com
merce has taken steps to collect
and forward relief from the coast
cities.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23—Min
ister Hyeks was cabled this morn
ing to deliver to the president of
Chile $10,000 as a gift from San
Francisco people.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 23.—The
chamber of commerce relief com
mittee decided this rooming to
send $10,000 to the relief of Val
paraiso sufferers.
COP CONFOUNDED
BY CLEAN FACE
Such a surprising change was
made in the personal appearance
of Thomas MeCue by washing that
when he came before Justice Hin
kle in police court this morning on
a charge 01 drunk, Patrolman Mc-
Cloud didn't recognige him.
He was booked to McCloud and
when the policeman got upon the
witness stand and faced the pris
oner ho looked wide-eyed at him
and then turned shame-facedly
toward the court.
"Y-your honor,' he stammered.
"I don't think this is the man I
arrested."
But it was. McCuo. when he sob
ered up this morning, was given a
good wash and didn't really recog
nize himself. He was fined if 1 and
costs.
BIG SEATTLE
FAKE
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 23.—A
confidence game of incredulous pro
portions, worked in this city since
December, has just come to light
Prominent men of the northwest
have been victimized to the extent,
of 1160,000. Among the alleged
victims areChaa. Cunningham, Pen
dleton, $40.01)0; W. P. Gwyn, Ana
conda, $15,000; Thomas Norton,
Sacramento, $10,000; Dr. O. E.
Blackburn, Butte. $3000.
The game was fake wrestling and
fight bouts on which the victims
thought they had a sure thing. The
bouts were pulled off In an obscure
arena on the shore of Lake Wash
ington.
Alleged instigators of the fake
fights are Itussell B. Harriman,
alias Hubs Barrett, nnd K. W.
Brown, an eastern conlidence man,
and Matthew Rles, a well known
horseman.
The expose was mnde today by a
local newspaper and arrests are ex
pected.
PHILIPPINE BONDS GO
TO SINGLE CONCERN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Flske
& Robinson of New York, received
$1,000,000 In Philippine certificates,
bids for which were opened today.
They bid 102. Higher bids were
made but the government chose to
sell the entire Issue to one con
cern. Two bids considerably high
er unaccompanied by certified
checks were filed but no attention
wus paid to them. The government
will permit no more coups such as
an express clerk made on canal
bonds.
SCRAP CASE TOMORROW. —
The case of .1. A. Cederherg, a
clerk for the Spokane Employment
otlloc, KDd A. Dawson, will he heard
tomorrow morning. This Is the re
sult of trouble yesterday afternoon
during which J. F. Maher was
knocked over by Coderburg and his
hip Injured. James Brltt, on be
half of the Employment office, says
Cederherg was not responsible for
the trouble nor [or tho injury to
-Maher.
Weather—62 at Noon;" Probably Bhowers Tonight and Warmer.
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, THIKNDAI. AUGUST 23. 1906.
LAWSON TACKLES RAILROAD GRAFT
(BOSTON, Aug. 23. —'Lawson In an open letter today turns his
batteries on the Rockefeller-Rogers-Harriman clique in the Pa
cific railway stock coupe. He says:
"Unmindful of warning the fool-section of the people swarm
ed to answer the call of the system. Fifteen thousand miles of
railroad have been built by the people and maintained at the
people's expense. Instead of turning the profits back to the
people in the shape of reduced rates the system pumped
water into the stocks until the money met requirements for
interest and dividends to all interested in the deal."
BRIDGE IS STILL
UNSAFE
George T. Forsyth, the O. R. &
N. bridge expert, who condemned
several of the city bridges about
six weeks ago following the col-
lapse of the middle span on How
ard street, arrived in the city yes
terday afternoon. He will leave for
Portland, Ore., tonight. Owing to
stress of office affairs Mr. Forsyth
said he could not possibly return
to finish the work of inspection of
local bridges until the latter part
of next month.
In talking about bridge construe-
SPOKANE TIED UP
BY M'KENZIE
Until Lee McKenzie, the ppo-bah
of Are Insurance rates in this state
comes here —and he promises to be
here about September I—there is
no show to do anything about in
surance rates in Spokane. It is
hoped that by that time the city
fathers will have completed the
water works improvements so as to
give McKenzie some alleged
ground to work on.
In the meantime the Spokane
chamber of commerce has its
hands tied as regards co-operation
with similar bodies in Seattle and
Tacoma. The latter city has sent
a request for co-operation and Sec
retary Monroe has been forced to
state that nothing can be done by
CHARITY AND
TAXES
Representatives of the manage
ment of the Woman's hotel at
Sprague avenue and Madison street
this afternoon appeared before the
board of equalization and asked
that the assessment of $6500
against the institution be removed
because the Institution is a benevo
lent one and should be exempt.
H. D. Skinner for the Crittenton
Home asked for the wiping out of
the assessment on a lot belonging
to the Institution, which lot had
been purchased at tax delinquency
sale by a private individual but"
since has been redeeded to the
home.
J. P. M. Richards of the Spokane
& Eastern Trust company asked for
a reduction of $4000 on the ground
of lot 1 of block 21 of the Resurvey
owned by the company, because It
was out of proportion to other sim
ilar property in the vicinity.
WILL CARVE
IDAHO
OYSTER RAY, Aug. 23—Cortel
you after a conference this morn
ing with Pinchot said it was likely
that a new reserve would be es
tablished in northern Idaho. Pin
chot will start September 3 to at
tend tho Irrigation congress at
llolse.
FIENDISH WORK OF
VALPARAISO GHOULT
VALPARAISO, Aug. 13.—Bandit!
cut off the ears and Angers of Mino.
Montt, wife of the president-elect
of Chile, to get her jewelry.
jtion he said he had looked over the
plans for the reinforcing of the
Monroe street structure and is not
in favor of trying to bolster it up.
A new bridge should be put in.
Forsyth declares the bridge as it
• now stands totally unreliable and
'j claims that should a street car run
',oft the track, or a bunch of steers
jbe driven over it, the whole thing
might collapse. He recommends
! the commissioners place a watch
man thehre to keep teams at a
walk and street cars from speed
■ ing.
until after McKenzie's
' visit.
.In Seattle the matter is at boil
ing point. For 18 months L. M.
Wood has been stirring up things
and got together a pool of between
| $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 to be
! placed with companies outside the
j Washington Insurance association.
Some of the men In the pool were
appeased by offers and have with-
drawn, but Mr. Wood believes
there is still enough left to be
used in forcing lower rates. It is
claimed that subsequent to this
combination, the association went
out of business, but that Mr. Mc-
Kenzie continues as insurance sur
veyor in a private capacity.
KILL OFF REBEL
GENERAL
HAVANA, Aug. 23—General Ran
deras, a negro insurgent was killed
this morning in a fight with rurales.
The body was fully identified.
Banderas had pitched his camp
ami stationed guards thinking he
had eluded pursuit. Two ef his
followers were also killed.
Gurrar's insurgent army is pre
pared to advance against the gov
ernment troops. Gurrar telegraph'
ed officials of the Western railway
If more troops were sent to rein
force the government he would
blow up the road and bridges.
CRIMES OF
WALL ST.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23 —Creditors
Of M. J- Sage & Co. besieged the
offices today. Patrons have learned
that Adams, by his failure, cleared
up about $2.1100.(100 in crooked
stock manipulation.
NEW YORK. Aug. 23.—The sus
pension of Franklin & Billon, with
liabilities $100,000 and assets about
$30,000, Is announced.
GANS TRAINS ON POKER
GOLDFIELD, Aug. 23.—Joe Cans
has been sitting in a big poker
game since yesterday afternoon. A
OOUple of wise ones are in the game
with an eye for his coin. He's
supposed to have lost several
pounds by this method of training.
Nelson Is taking his on the road.
His financial balance! are being
fattened on the stock exchange.
POPE IS ALL RIGHT.
ROMS, Aug, 23.—Dr. Lnpponl de
blares the pope well and denies ru
mors of heart disease.
FIX COST OF
VIADUCT
John T. O'Brien, secretary of the
city commissioners, this morning
made an appointment with J. P.
O'Brien, general manager of the
O. R. & N., to meet the board of
commissioners and members of the
city council at 4 o'clock this after
noon for the purpose of discussing
the question of a viaduct over the
tracks on Washington street.
J. P. O'Brien arrived in his spe
cial car from Portland, Ore., yes
terday afternoon, accompanied by
George T. Forsyth and G. W.
Boschke, the former the bridge
expert and the latter chief engineer
of the system.
All day the general manager was
going over the line on special in
vestigation made necessary by the
absence of the division superin
tendent, who is in Denver, Col., at
tending a convention of superin
tendents. For this reason he could
not arrange time to meet earlier
with the city officials.
The viaduct proposition is a vital
one. City Engineer Mclntyre has
prepared the plans of a monster
viaduct to connect with the present
Great Northern viaduct, which is
to reach from hill to hill, covering
the tracks of the Great Northern.
O. R. & N. and Spokane & Inland
railways. The commissioners de
sire to arrange it so that these
railroads with the Spokane Trac
tion company shall each bear a part
of the viaduct expense with the
city. The estimated cost of this
work is $145,000.
FATHER LOCATES
MISSING SON
L. Boulis of Walla Walla. Wash
called on the police yesterday to
beg their assistance in searching
for his son who came to Spokane
a week ago from Washtucna. Wash.
Mr. Boulis feared his son has met
with an accident as he believes the
boy to me mentally unsound.
This afternoon G. L. Gordon of
Odessa, Wash., called up the police
headquarters over the telephone
and said that last night he had
visited with young Roulis at a
lodging house. He also conveyed
the information that the missing
man could be found almost any
time at the Coeur d'Alene theater,
where he is in the habit of spend
ing his time.
HE FALLS FROM GRACE
J. C. Longbehn. a young man
who had not tasted liquor for nine
months previous to last night, was
allowed his freedom by Justice
Hinkle this morning, a fine of $30
being suspended conditioned upon
the young man's good behavior in
future.
J. C. fell ofT the water cart last
night while looking upon the hops
when it was foaming over the edge
of the glass at the Kaiser bar.
STILL AFTER
HEARST
(Bcrtppa News ABSodntlon.)
NEW YORK. Aug. 2.1. -Jerome
took another whack at Hearst to
today. He said Hearst has no ideas
and as a man unimportance. Speak
ing of the Murphy incident Jerome
s.iid Murphy's brains are in Eu
rope, meaning Croker.
SENDS NEGROES AWAY
iHcrlppn News Asanrlntlon.t
OYSTER HAY, Aug 23—Gen.
Bell, chief of staff, called on the
president today to disccuss the
Brownsville trouble before taking
further action. He says he has
replaced the negro troops with
whites and has sent the blacks to
Fort Reno.
Clifford Pinchot talked with the
president on forestry.
WHO WANTS TO GO?
Mayor Floyd L. Daggett this
morning received a communication
(roa the Yakima Commercial elttfa
of North Yakima, Wash., soliciting
the attendance or Spokane repre
sentatives upon an Irrigation meet
inn which is to ho held there Sep
tember 13.
Major Daggett wishes to hear
from those who wish to attend as
representative! of this city.
ONE CENT
FOURTH YEAR, NO. 247. 25 CENTS PER MONTH
BURGLARS HAVE
LITTLE TO FEAR
The epidemic of early morning
buarglaries of late causes people to
wonder why all these tricks are
successfully accomplished in day
light.
The reason is that only six po
licemen patrol this city of 80,000
people between the hours of 4 a.
m. and 12 noon. These six men
have long beats to look after and
there are times when a policeman
Is not in sight for hours at. a time.
During these hours there is but
one man on duty on all the north
side of the river.
Between the hours of 12 and 8
p. m. there are eight men looking
after the troublemakers. If there
is any time of day when the cop
pers are not so badly needed it is
during the hours of daylight, for
on account of the lax rules of both
city and county almost every other
man one meets Is empowered by
special police or deputy sheriff
authority.
Between 12 o'clock at night and
4 o'clock in the morning there are
14 men on duty. Some time ago
WIFE SAYS DR. JOHNSON
GAVE HER THE SHAKE
That Dr. Adolph P. Johnson, on<
of the well known physicians o;
this city has deserted his wife anc
family and fled the state, ls
charged in divorce papers filed this
morning by Mrs. Anna C. Johnson
The complaint also says that th«
doctor lias frequently requester
his wife to get a divorce so that
he could marry another woman
and the allegation is made tha
since leaving he has written, stat
ing that he will not contribute t(
her support or that of the familj
unless she commences dlvorc*
against him.
It is also set up that the doctot
had attempted to dispose of prop
erty in order that the wife might
not have it. Plaintiff was aban
doned on July 80, at which time
he had "commenced secretly {<
NAVAL REVIEW
IS DIRT CHEAP
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23—The
naval review at Oyster Bay, in
stead of costing the country $1,-
--000,000 as charged, will cost just
$CO9 above the expense of main
taining the fleet one day, which ex
pense would have to be borne
whether there is any review or not.
The extra $009 ls for salutes for
black powder condemned for every
purpose.
HUSBAND APPOINTED
Letters of administration were
issued by Judge Kennan this morn
ing on the estate of Margarett 11,
Young, who died in this city last
February leaving $5550 worth of
real property here. The husband,
William M. Young, is made admin
istrator.
TAKES NO C ANCES
"Me wanta da interp," was what
Jim Demi, Italian, this morning
said when his case was called be
fore Justice Hinkle. The Italian is
charged with the larceny of shirts,
socks, suspenders and handker
chiefs from the Main avenue cloth
ing store of H. Seltzer. The hear
ing was postponed until Monday
to give Demi an opportunity to get
counsel and the city to flud an
■'interp."
WOULD UNITE
C.A. REPUBLICS
SAN SALVADOR, Aug. 23.—A
unionist party has been organized
here for the purpose of uniting all
Central American nations into one
republic.
GENERAL'S DAUGHTER
ON TRIAL FOR LIFE
MOSCOW, Aug. 2.!.—The trial of
three men charged with conspir
acy to murder Doubassoff began
today, One of the accused Is a
daughter of General Keller,
an appropriation was made for five
additional patrolmen, but the city
council as yet has not seen fit to
Indorse this so that the men may;
be put to work. Politics It is un
derstood Is responsible, for, whilo
the council hems and haws over
matters of franchises and "talks"
about bridges, the members aro
playing their favorites for posI«
tlons on the force.
It is not generally known but for
three hours, from 4 o'clock until
7 o'clock in the morning, the po
lice department is without an of
ficial head.
Chief of Police Waller and Ser
geant McPhee are in charge of
the department from 7 o'clock la
the morning until 6 o'clock at
night, when Captain Coverly and
Sergeant Sullivan come to work.
From then on these officers are la
charge and remain on duty unlil
4 o'clock a. m.
It would seem that a much bet
ter and more efficient arrangement
of the present force than thla
could be made for the protection of
the city.
convey property" to the extent of
over $5000, It Is claimed. He tried
!to sell his automobile and had
| turned it over to one Peter Hall
I for the purpose of sale to Eugeno
de Smeth for $1000.
I Since he left Spokane, the doc
tor has written, giving certain.
, real estate claimed by the wife to
be community property to her, but
las the papers are without tho
necessary formalities she cannot
sell the land with clear title. Sho
, says that the personalty left be-
I hind will not appraise more than,
I $550. Tlie couple were married la
[Spokane in 1892 and have two
children.
Mrs. Johnson asks for alimony
and counsel fees and also for an
injunction restraining her husband,
, Hall and de Smeth from disposing
of the property.
FOR SAKE
OF FAMILY
Not for 30 days will the forg
ery charge against Carl Nitsche be
heard according to the postpone
ment made by Justice Hinkle this
morning. In the meantime Nit
sche has been released on his own
recognizance to give him an oppor
tunity to secure a $200 surety bond.
He has a wife and seven small
children and his family when all
lined up in police court to hear his
and their troubles resembled a
stepladder.
A. H. Robinson, jointly charged
with passing worthless check in
assisting Nitsche in getting rid of
them, has been bound over to the
superior court on a previous
charge of grand larceny and as
both he and Nitsche are to ba
tried together, it was decided to
set the case a month ahead hoping
in the meantime that the superior
court would reach Robinson's case.
THEY DON'T
DIG THE $
"Uncle Jim" Sherman of Utica,
N. V., may possibly feel aggrieved
at the coldness with which his call
for $1 "from republicans working
in harmony in Spokane. So far
as Is known about the only re
sponse to the proposition, "Pay a
dollar and get a free copy of tho
campaign text book," comes from
the federal employes. Seventeen
county republican office holders
were asked If they had sent for
the book, and no one answered In
the affirmative.
One became Interested. He ask
ed: "Is this the fund for which
Congressman Nick Longworth con
tributed his dollar?"
"Yes," waa the answer.
"As a county employe I have not
,ihv time to talk about it."
DO NOT
PAY MORE.
YOU CANT
PAY LESS.