The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20

the satirfxt Lauxh-interesting
R~mfnfseeneex of Men Who Made
Spokane AID whom Spokane
Made.
SPOKANE, Dec g.-Ths whsriigig OK
tine brings forth strange things, and no.
whore more s4snze than 81 tie beautiful
city By the falls. Nearly eight years ago
Spokane went Up In smoke. Duf the spo-
kanites OF That day were not dlsmzyed.
BY The light Of their burning roof-tress
taey sketchea the plans for new buildings
and ne9 homes. and within two years
Spokane hsd risen from IS ashes more
beautiful ard more vigorous than ever.
La the days % Spokansfs lusty youth T.
was a charmlnss place 70 abide In. The
men who founded II had faced the dan
gers and privatlons OF tbs West. They
had lived thousands OF miles from rail-
roads and civilization and from the soft
eniuK influences OF child and woman. The
red mans wigwam and war-wboop were
quite common in those days. and the plo-
neeT was far more likely 70 lose his scalp
than 10 achieve q fortune.
IN ITS when Jim Clover got his first
glimpse az the glorious falls OF the Spo-
kane river. tao horse thisvs held sole pos
session Of the site of the present city.
IL was from them that Glover acquired
tltls 70 the land around the falls where
the city has since grown. james "
Glover had come hither from Oregon, and
later he was followed BY ]. J. Browne
and n NJ. Cannon, former residents OF
Portland. When Glover frst located BY
the falls the red man stu lorded over the
land. The Indian was 50 yet uneorrupt-
ed BY the whisky and the vices OF the
white man. and great was the havoc
which he stlil wrought upon the white
men who came 10 usurp his sway IN
those days Mike CO.ley used 20 keep a
ferry and a little store fourteen miles
further up the river. CowIey had been
IN the K0otenAi In the days OF the Wild
Horse creek excitement. and he had long
experiences with the Indian and the ad-
yeuturer. lie possessed the fun Alto
SAT- Of Irish vii. aud for years he used
II on the Indian and saved his scalp
Jimmy Monaghan, or Spokane Jimmy,
40 he was then called, used 10 run the
stage between Colyille and Waila Walla.
He had played ferryman, rancher and
stage driver. and he had married the first
lady OF the land. To put Il In another
way, Mrs Monsg CHAN was the FIRST white
woman born IN Eastern Washington. and
j will add without fear OF contradiction
that better or nobler woman will never
again live in the stats OF Washington
than she She has gone where all must
20, bat IL is meet 10 pay her the NEED
OF a meloSious tear"
IN 1Ss2 the first railroad reached Spo-
kane. and people began 10 see future for
81. Then the Occur d'Alene country was
discovered and Spokane became u mining
csnser and the hamlet grew until a
boom" struck Il. A. 81. Cannon became
"a large real estate owner, then a banker.
railroad operator. and big political fac
L. tssS Ia NSTssG a =
and his home became famous for It's Law
isti hospitality and IT'S gasety. Jim Glover
had also become a banker and had built
himself noble mansion on that very hill
side from which on a glorious May morn
ing ne had first seen the falls and the
suna0wer-covered plain Of Spokane J. ].
Browne was also banker. millionaire, Do
iitical leader and newspaper editor. Mike
Cowley had cast the ferrssboat adrift, shut
ND the Old store. and transferred RS
household goods 10 Spokane, where ne.
too, became a banker and where he has
since used his Attic salt and Irish Wit TO
wheedle tho white man. since 'tweFe Idle
20 use r. on the red man more Monaghan
mad also become a millionaire and banker,
and ia the ''Doom days OF iSS9 and lSse
these were the great men % Spokane.
They were all genuine pioneers. brave
and good men. founders OF a new country,
and always 10 be h0norei. Frank Moore
and Charlie Sweeney and Col. John NJ.
Burke and While Norman and many 9th
ers we're also prominent In spokane in
those days But they ali belong TO an
other generation OF men than the pioneers.
Norman was young English journalist.
whom some decree OF the fates waited 20
the far Northwest. and whose name VIII
Always De interviewer with the foremost
enterprises Of the young city. Sweeney and
Burke were soldiers OF fortune. Sweeney
Rad gallant record as a solder Of the
Union. and Burke had wen fame as a gal
LIANT Confederate leader. Both had a world
OF romance interviewer with their careers.
Both had made and lost fortunes, and both
were certain TO make ana lose them again.
George h NcAuicy was another spoiled
china ~ fortune that made Spokane his
home Ia those days. The Scctchman was
too pronounced ia him 70 have much TO
nance tp his life. but ne had al the keen
ability the hard sense an1 the great ca
parlfy OF the great men % his race Be-
sides these were the active politicians.
John Wilson. born 70 the political trade:
Jones. the fluent. the sTable. the kindly.
che hatl-fsl.ow- Weli-met with every one:
George Turner. too dlgntfed. too superior.
% he ever a good politician. and Patrick
Henry Winston. the last but not the
least, ~ noble line Of wits. iarists ard
lifterateufs,
rare e. lsxy o. dlstin guished men. But
the maeissroa OF collapse and panic came.
and IL euEulfed fortunes and regulations
in one Mid whirlpool. Poor Etnnaird =
superior court Judge. the pink OF fashion.
the darling ~ society. leaped over the
falls and sought shelter from his grleCs IA
= watery grave. \ NJ Cannon lost ali
and d3ea 81 grief. Poor jim Glover saw
tha HcCumuialioUs of = lifeline swept
a~av ana cha fi.s.f,sS heFza vss,f>N "a N-,frs
60 shelter hts old and honorel age 40 -
another beneath the hammer. Frank
Moore pined srsf did wneu his fortune
teft hiTn- and al that was LETT OF J. J.
Bro wnSas Tram eusee fortune WAS his tesFs-
paoer. In fact. IN 1875 Spokane was th.
worst naukruptef town ] had evc- seen
A ra,e - sharks and vu1tures 81 the shAps
% ShTic~ks ard receivers had come %
prey upoa ths young tily an4 they alone
Vres p&red on ere woes 81 Others. They
lty@a ou re fat - the land. and The NJ
ined property owners and miainE specu'a-
tors has - cfn3 Ire knee &c nsai snd sa-
hasn bef7re the xg5dea calf
but the spirit fhat had survived the Gfs-
asfsr OF tna gre aud a. c-sss faa s,.it r-ntlr.t-
frE ln8 ans n TIE pRSt sal nvsd and TIE
ruined pioneers soaGat fortune NneW arlA
ehs rrountain regions - The ncrth. No
nawhAn and McAuley feuad a gola rulnn
called tae Caxfhoo. that yields hem 50" als
a wear, Ju4ge Turner ara Frank Graves
AID Gel Psstcn ard skelr associates
shanc~d upon the IaSot AID rniIicns.
Ths Wa Easle saved the regulations SRI
homes az Others. sa6 The EaArvc. osis dis
CovsTt~s IN gha Slec&n ART Tai ara
Boundary drew 90 Spokane a golden
stream ana INFUSED even more vigorous
ufe An4 sege ts&a Il sNsssesses3 n IS hAl-
cycn days
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