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THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SPOKANE UNITEDPRESS ASSOCIATION SERVICE ANOTHER JOHNSTOWN DELUGE IN MONTANA Wall of Water 70 Feet High Sweeps Down Into Valley. HELENA, Mont., April 14.—Dis patches reecived from Cascade early this morning say that the flood occasioned by the breaking of the dam at Hauser lake yesterday Is doing great damage, sweeping everything before it and driving the people to the hills. The surface is dotted with hay stacks, live stock and every other thing that could be moved by rushing waters. One report Just received here is thai the big steel bridge at that point is doomed to destruction and that nothing short of I'rovidence can save the lower sections of Great Falls from being engulfed. NO BEDS FOR 0. S. SAILORS BAN DIEGO NEGLECTS SLEEP ING ARRANGEMENTS AND CITY'S GUESTS OF HONOR WALK THE STREETS ALL NIGHT. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 14.—Un able to find sleeping accommoda tions nearly 800 sailors from a bat tleship who have been granted Bhore leave, were compelled to tramp the streets all night. Tho headquarters of tlie committee on entertainment was visited, but only a few could lie cared for. "What will happen when (1000 sailors come ashore tonight?" usk men nnd the committee can not answer. Committees had arranged for tlie entertainment of the visitors, but had not realized the fact that many sailors of tho fleet would also wish to remain ashore over night, ESTEP DISQUALIFIED FOR COUNCILMAN ALREADY It is stated today that W. G. Estep, present councilman from the Third ward, is ineligible. For sev eral months past Mr. Estep has planned to sell out and go to Mod ford, Ore., hut for reasons has not been aide to dispose of his proper ty until a few days ago, it Is said. Therefore be is no longer a proper ty owner and the charter requires that it man to hold a public office must be n. property owner. At present the council is demo cratic by a majority of one. But after May 15 the republicans will BANK THIEF TRAILED DOWN TO HIS CA YE AND CAPTURED NEW YORK, April 16,—1n the days when the "Wild and Wooly West" hud not reached Its present stage of civilization, bandits held up stage coaches, wrecked trains nnd robbed banks, After securing their "booty" they would return to their hiding place in the moun tains, which was generally a cave. In New York things have been run on a different basis. The bank president or cashier, who sudden ly drops out of Hlght with a large portion of the cash, generally turns up on an ocean liner in a foreign city. With the capture of Daniel It. Delaney, however, a case has been brought to light where tho modern thief resorted to the nn- Oient highwaymen's method of elud ing the police. Delaney, who was cashier for Henry 0. Coe, (!9 Wall St., disap peared last October leaving a short age of $.'1(1,(1110. Delaney hid in the city until recently. Remembering a cave which he knew in his boy hood, he decided to leave town and go to Sulllvuafccounty for his health, The cave is situated high up on the mountain side near the little set tlement of Moiintaindale. It looks out 00 the Wallklll valley on one side and the Naveslnk valley on the other. The average height or the cave Is about three feet and the walls are very close together. The entrance commands a view of the road for two miles in each di rection, and It Is impossible for anyone to approach without being seen a long distance away. In order to Insure himself kgalnsl any possible harm. De laney armed himself with two Win chesters, the mafiazines of which Were kept full all the time. He bought two bloodhounds, three bird dogs and four yellow coon dogs. Then he purchased a Held glass, so as to command a view of tlie stir Similar conditions prevail along the river towns of northern Montana. Reports from Craig, in Lewis and Clarke county, 46 miles north of Helena, say that the town is under 25 feet of water. The inhabitants, numbering 400, fled to the hills, where they remained all night. Estimates placed the loss at Houser lake at $500,000. Loss of cattle and sheep will be very heavy. It was learned this morning that the power house at the dam escaped destruction. The water tore away a portion of the dam 300 feet long, releasing a wall of water 70 feet high and draining a lake covering 22 square miles. ROBBED OF $150 A colored wench last night pick ed the pockets of E. Snow and se cured |160, according to the story told to the police last night. Snow lives at the Pedlcord hotel. Early in the evening alter dusk he start ed out from his hotel having in view but a quiet saunter all by him self and a comfortable smoke after dinner. He was accosted by the soot-hued female when he reached tlie corner of Main and Washington. Snow thought it a joke to talk to her. Suddenly she remembered she must meet a friend and left. Then Snow searched himself. Then he cussed himself and went to police head quarters with the wench's descrip tion. Col. D. P. Jenkins will speak on his personal reminiscences of Lin coln and the part Illinois played in the civil war at the banquet of the Illinois club at Davenporfs this evening. Prof. H. M. Shai'er, of Cheney; Rev. Rasmus, Mrs. J. M. Moore and H. C. Beach will also deliver add losses. be In the majority. Should Bat op retire while the denlocrats are in power his successor would un doubtedly lie a democrat, which would increase the strength of the democrats in the next council be cause Estep was elected for the term ending in 1909. Foreseeing what would result from his retire ment at this time, it is claimed Mr. Estep is playing the fox and will not announce he has sold out all interests here until after the new council is sealed and ready to name n republican as his successor. roundlng country. He made his own bed, cooked his own meals, and while he slept the dogs remained on guard. Ho then made the acquaintance BMBBWSLdSR DELANEY "BNAPiHOTTBD" ON His RETURN FROM HIS MOUNTAIN CAVE. of John Doyle, a farmer, with whom he UlOd to go to the village once a week to replenish his Stock of pro visions. In some way or other two detectives learned 01 Delaney's hid ing place and they drove tip to Mountain.lale disguised as hunters. They scraped up an acquaintance with John Doyle's father and then in turn met John. John, who was proud of ltis mysterious friend, took the SUDOOMd hunters into ills con- THE SPOKANE PRESS MURDER AND ROBBERY Evidently murdered and robbed, the body of an unknown working man was found late this afternoon in a vacant shack, E4Ol Front ay. A bruise near the right ear and pockets turned inside out denoted the crime. There was nothing on the body by which It would be identified. JOHNSON DECLARES HIMSELF CHICAGO, April 14.—"1 don't think that my candidacy is imperti nent. It's not of my seeking, hut now that I am in it I am going to work determined to dignify the fight." Stirred Tjy literature sent out by Willis J. Abbott, Bryan's representative at Washington, which intimated that Johnson was an interloper and that his candidacy was impertinent. Johnson today re moved his candidacy from a pas sive stage and declared himself in the above terms. "1 did not become a candidate un til friends and democrats all over the country insisted and while 1 think that they could have chosen more wisely, now that 1 am in the matter I am not going to run away. My presence in the field is hardly impetlnent, as i see it." GREAT PARADE AT SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO, April 15.—Dan Die go is navy mad. Not since tlie days of the Spanish war has there ben such a tremendous outburst of pa triotis enthusiasm. Until "Good night" flashed from a ship thou sands crowded the shores looking at a brilliantly lighted vessels. Under command of Capt. Schro eder of the Virginia the brigade with a full regiment of the marines landed at Spreekles' wharf at noon. At 1:90 the procession began to move. Again the crowds cheered madly as the boys in blue, veterans and a regiment of the national guard stepped along to the crash of bands and roll of drum corps. The formal ceremonies began with presentation of a jeweled key of the city to Admiral Thomas, with sword and medals. Governor Gil lett welcomed the fleet and was re plied to by Admiral Thomas in a brief address. fldenee and they proposed a rail 00 the mysterious cave dweller. Doyle agreed and they started out one morning for the mountain cave. Doyle gave the necessary mysteri ous signals, so as to prevent De laney from shooting, and after con siderable parleying they succeed Ed in gaining admittance to the cave. Delaney enjoyed the visitors so much that he consented to take a walk with them In the woods. The four strolled down the moun tain to Doyle's home where the de tectives suddenly snapped the handcuffs on his wrists. Delaney submitted with good grace and was brought to New \oi k Delaney Is 2-1 years old and has a wife and baby. Weather—Showers tonight or Thursday. SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1908. Coming!!! Uncle Sam's Midsummer Political Menagerie NEW LIABILITY BILL IS SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER special Oorrespondeaoa to Tlie Press. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 15. —Jokered again. Is that what workmen are to find when the new employers' liability bill again gets to the supreme court? It looks de cidedly that way. Every circum stance of the new bill's origin and passage tends to bring it under suspicion. It was a suspicious circumstance that the senate insisted on taking it up and shooting it through while Senator La Follette was at home 111. La Follette has been recognized as the friend and author of this legislation. Every reason of cus tom and "senatorial courtesy" would have ordinarily let to a short postponement until the author of tho bill could l)e present. It was a suspicious circumstance that the Follette bill and the Knox bill were discarded by the senate, and In their place was pass ed a bill which emanated from the house judiciary committee, a notor ious nest of reactionaries. it is a suspicious circumstance that the bill was fathered by Rep resentative Llttlefield, openly an enemy of organized labor and al ready In the open as a reactionary and attorney of the vested inter ests. Also that Llttlefield said openly in the house that lie thought the bill unconstitutional. It is a suspicious circumstance that the bill as passed did not spe cifically COITOCt the one defect tor which the supreme court pronounc ed the law unconstitutional, but, after leaving this vague, injected other points of uncertainty into the bill. Speaking of this defect. Sen ator Clark said In the senate: "I MARRIED MEN DUPE PRETTY SHO W GIRLS VICTORIA. B. C, April 15 — Legal proceedings without prece dent in Cutadi are threatened by the attorney general's department against three citizens of the Koo tenay, two of whom are married buslneas men of Greenwood and one a grand Forks hotel proprietor. They are accused of having been principals in a double bogus mar riage ceremony, the Greenwood men being the respective grooms ami their Crank Forks friends im personating a justice of the peace Md officiating. The brides were two attractive members of the "Beggar Prince" opera company, which organization has recently closed a tour of the Kootenays. When the company visited Green wood the two fictitious bridegrooms became acquainted with the girls they subsequently made their dupes. Upon the company's pass ing on to Grand Forks, it was fol lowed by the Greenwood citizens, who renewed their attentions with the result that the show girls tin ally consented to marry them, and a local hotel proprietor, Introduced as "Judge," officiated with all gray- think the point goes to the very life of the bill, and a failure to correct it at this time will subject the bill, if we pass it, to the same sort of a decision that nullified the act in the first Instance." It is a suspicious circumstance that Senator Hopkins of Illinois, aways a good servant to railroads and corrupt interests, replied to Clark: "That section has been framed with great care by great lawyers (meaning the house judi ciary committee, Littlefield, Jenk ius et al.), and why not leave it as it is rather than to attempt to go into the domain of speculation by adopting amendments which have not received full consideration?" It Is a suspicious circumstance that Senator Foraker approved the bill in the form it passed, and man ifested an open anxiety that it pass in unchanged form. it is a suspicious circumstance that the regular senate gang voted as a unit to reject the proposed amendment providing that "all questions of fact relating to negli gence shall be determined by the Jury." It is a suspicious circumstance that this provision first went out of the house bill at the instigation of Daniel Davenport and Representa tive Littlefield, Davenport being tne permanent paid lobbyist of the an ti-labor interests. It is a suspicious circumstance that the bill was tabogganed through the senate in response to a quiet order by Nelson W. Aldrich. It is a suspicious circumstance that President Roosevelt had sent four messages demanding this legis lation and was preparing a fifth. ity at wltat the young women be lieved to be a double marriage ceremony. Being Americans, the girls were ignorant of Canadian marriage law, and not aware of the necessity of a provincial li cense. The day following the supposed marriage, the company proceeded to Republic, Wash., where, in (die dienee to requests, the girls resign ed from the troupe iv order to re turn to Grand Forks and Join their husbands. The latter had left the town, however. Having ascertain ed the true position of affairs, they took legal advice, with the result that the matter was reported to the crown law authorities of the province, by whom, if the victim ised women do not relent, very te pious charges will he pressed against the trio of men concerned, WIFE DESERTER GUILTY J. ('. Longsehn this morning pleaded guilty before Judge Hune ke to wife desertion. He will projh ubl.v be sentenced to ■ term In pris on next Saturday. a Be, n f ill- shrdlupu India pu uuu REPUBLICAN LEADER SORE AT CHICAGO CHICAGO, April 14—Chairman Harry New, of the republican na tional committee, gave vent to his feelings today when he criticized Chicago for its convention facilities. "Chicago should have never been given the convention." he said. "There are several other cities in the country that could have given ns better facilities. Chicago prom ised us room for 14,000 people. I will give a cash bonus to any man who can seat more than 11,000 peo ple in the Coliseum which is the best building here. I am sorry Chicago got the convention." O'BRIEN PLEADS AN ALIBI The trial of Jimmy O'Brien, the young Italian holdup who was part ner with "Stub" Cassidy's gang of street car holdups, will probably reach the jury this afternoon. He was on the stand the most of the morning himself and told a story of being in the Coeur d'Alenes at the time of the robberies. Detective George Miles, who was informed of the movements of the Cassidy gang by O'Hrien, testified for tlie Italian in an endeavor lo some extent car ry out the promise of immunity which was made in return for the information. Yesterday afternoon members of the gang sent to the penitentiary on O'Brien's information, testified that he was equally guilty with them in the recent robberies. RICH WOMEN GARY CANS WINNBTKA, 111.. April 15 — Women of the millionaires city of Wlnnetka have won their 10-year fight to secure gas for their homes. By parading the streets just pre vious to the last election they forc ed the voters to put in office al dermen who would favor a gas franchise. In their parades the women carried oil cans in their hands. The placard on the can read: "Not For is." They expert to have gas for cook ing by early fall. Most of tho women who took pan In tho election are Indepen dently wealthy. Their homes are stone and brick mansions, but poorly ligltted because of the gas fight which has lasted 10 yea i s MAKES JIM HILL DIG UP $16,000 DAMAGE Recovery of $lt!.ooo for failure of the (1. N. to furnish the Frost- Cole Lumber Co. cars to haul logs has been made in the superior court of this county. The company claimed $25.dun damages for loss ot business. It has a suit for 13000 worth of logs destroyed by the rail road's alleged uegligence pending. ™ ONE CENT SIXTH YEAR, NO. 136. 25 CENTS PER MONTH MESSENGER AND $1,700 MISSING The G. N. Express Co. Reports Big Shortage in Cash Account. Joe Burrows, or Frank Burrows, a trusted messenger of the Great Northern Express Co. disappeared yesterday with about $1700 of the company's money, according to a report made to the police last night. The young man had not been at work for a day and it was thought at first that sickness caused him to remain in his room. When he did not put in an appearance yesterday the police and Pinkertons were no tified. It was found that he had not been in his room the night before. As soon as this was known it was concluded that he stole the money that. Is missing and has started for parts unknown. Every available means to effect his capture is being used. Officers in all parts of the country have been notified. A de tailed description has been wired broadcast. Undoubtedly a reward will be offered later. There is the possibility that the young man may have met with foul play. Experienced officers, how ever, scout the idea and are work ing on the theory that the man em bezzled the money. Every effort has been made to HOW ABOUT THIS? ► The central labor union, reinforced by the Liberty Park ► Kickers, made an impression on the council last night suffcient ► to pass a resolution asking that contractors on city work em ► ploy taxpayers instead of tbe usual force of foreigners. Funk ► offered the motion, which was seconded by Latimer. ► "What's the matter with requiring that all city work be given ► to taxpayers if taxpayers want, it? ► It might also be in order to learn if the contractors are pay ► ing their alien labor the city scale. If they are not they are ► subject to punishment. ► If they are, what are they gaining by hiring the foreign ► labor? k A. Ah Ah A\ A Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah - Ak Ak - a BRYAN FIGHT TOMORROW Bryan is the Issue In the demo cratic caucuses to be held in this city and county tomorrow. Under the new primary law the old form of election machinery in this state operates only on presidential poli tics, consequently the forces fight ing for a straight Bryan delegation from Washington will be extremely active and the faction headed by F. C. Robertson and Dr. Newman will carry on as much of a fight as they are able for Johnson. The Johnson men meet tonight in the municipal court room for the purpose of organizing. Allan Gill and Councilman Pratt are reported to be yoked together under the Johnson banner. Pratt is not against Bryan openly, but he used to go to school with Johnson. The caucuses tomorrow open at 8 p. m. at tlie usual polling places for each precinct unless precinct chairmen have found reasons for procuring a new meeting place. The caucuses will send delegates to the ENDS LIFE WITH HIS RAZOR The dead body of Sam W. Fraser, with a bloody razor with which he had cut his throat, lying near, was found west of Manito park yester day afternoon. Fraser, it was as certained from letters, was a Phoe nix. P.. C, miner and belonged to the Odd Fellows of that camp. A portion of a letter from his sweet heart in Spokane was found. Who, site is, however. Coroner Witter has not learned yet. Fraser is said to have friends in Spokane, but none of them as yet have reported to the coroner. The lodge l in Phoenix has been informed of the suicide, and may be able to throw some light upon the cause. RECOVERS ONLY $400 A Jury in Judge Sullivan's court this morning brought in a sealed verdict in favor of Mrs. Helen elir ringl on. who sued the Traction Co. for $5000. She was allowed only $4on. it w as alleged she was in jured on account of a street car starting before she was well off. ROOSEVELT TO HEAD VAST CARNEGIE UNIVERSITY PORTLAND, April 15.—Roose velt as the chancellor Of a great national university endowed by An drew Carnegie with |26,0OO,()OO is the future predicted for him by a Washington correspondent who de clares the information was given keep the matetr quiet. The police admit that there is such a case, but say that they are bound to secrecy as to the details. At the company offices it is de nied that anyone or any money is missing. It is understood that a woman with whom the young man has kept company for several months Is un der surveillance and is e.tpected to follow her sweetheart. On this theory she is being watched and in case she leaves she will be follow ed, as the police are confident tnat at the end of her destination they will find the embezzler waiting for her. The notice sent out by the chief of police asking for Burrow's arrest describes him as 30 or 35 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches tall, weight 160, hatchet faced, large, long nose, broad shoulders, stylish dresser, dark eyes, hair and derby hat. He wore a light gray suit, looks like an Italian, but speaks with English ac cent. One tooth is out on the up per left hand side, or it may be fail ed with gold. He is also known as A. H. Burrows. primaries which meet Saturday to name delegates to the state conven tion. The latter elects delegates to the national convention and that's where the Bryan-Johnson business comes in. In the city the primaries will be held from 5 to 8 p. m. at the polling places unless otherwise specified and from 2 to 4 o'clock in the country. The county con vention will be held in Elks' temple a week from Saturday. The young democrats figure on taking a lively part in the campaign from the start and went into the preliminaries last night, H. D. Mer ritt explaining the work in hand. The club is for Bryan by a large majority, but a motion to declare for him last night was left unacted upon in order to avoid the appear ance of taking advantage of absent members. It will be made a live issue at a subsequent meeting and the club will line up for the candi date favored by the majority of its members. LID FIGHT IS ENDED All the Sunday closing cases were dismissed this afternoon by Justice Hinkle. Leon Rundle, who at the head of the Main ay. cloth iers carried on the prosecution, ap peared in court this afternoon and paid $150, the costs to date and stated to Assisting Corporation Counsel Khaades that it was his de sire to withdraw the cases and on payment of the costs he was allow ed to do so. There now remains only cases under the state law against the theater meu who were protected under the city ordinance by permits from the mayor. It was decided at first by the Main ay. clothiers when the ques tion of withdrawing the cases came up, that they would agree to post ponements until the city council re pealed the ordinance. The council, however, has steadfastly refused to do this. The clothing men have been stopped after vleclartng they intended to close up everything by somebody. out by one whose position is such as to give it great weight. It la said that Sec. Root prevailed upon Carnegie to make the endowment: The plan is that the president travel a year abroad and then re« turn and organize the university.