The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-25
HAPPENINGS N SPOKANE.
CRY sTTRRED To WRATH BY A
TRAVELLING EVANGELIST.
DR.. oliver breaches OF the Wicked
ness Prevailing AID Cfttress Re-
faiinte--Leawue Baseball Team
Arranged For-Late Cold snap.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Intelligencer.
SPOKANE. Nov. 2f.--Dr. French oliver,
a seif-styled evangelist hailing from Chi
cago. has aroused the ire OF all classes OF
Spokane citizens because Of his rahId ut
terances made throughout a series of re-
vfyal meetings. held In the First Meth
odist church during the past week. Al
though he had been in the city but few
short hours. al his FIRST meeting he start
ed out with the unqualified statement that
Spokane Was the most wicked city TINT
he had ever been in.'' This was the
preface Of a series OF Wholesale attacks
upon the body polite OF the city in
which everybody from the mayor down
was given a three-ply roast. Spokane so
ciety. both high and low. also came in for
a share Of the evangellst's TRADE.
city officiaidom came back at DR. Oliver
with scathing denunciation or the man
and his methods He was denounced as
a fakir and other like unkind terms.
while one OF the local ministers went SO
far as TO call him freak and suggested
that the evangelist might DO nm adven.
turer. To these little pIeasantrics made
through the local press. DR. Oliver re-
taliated with counter assertions delivered
from the pulpit In his vigorous and sem
sationai manner OF speech. Dr. Oliver
FIRE" him out OF town. but he says he
proposes to remain until he has cleaned
the city OF sin. which means that his
stay viii he somewhat protracted.
j. J. Grim, late OF the Montana Base
bah League. who has been here for sew
eral months past working up a PROPOSE
ton 70 have Spokane represented In the
proposed Pacific Northwest League. an
nounced this week that his efforts have
been entirely successful, and that he will
manage the Spokane professionals. "Spo-
kane will have a league team here next
season" said Manager Grim. THE finan-
cisl part is working out just right. At
first we thought that the team would be
operated by two or three business men.
but 80 many have expressed desire to
get into the proposition that II was de-
cfded TO organize stock company. This
we have done. We have issued 5. Gao
r north p s stock az SEQ per share great
We have secured grounds just mil.
from the business part OF the city upon
which We Will expend about U.sn0 10 put
y In shape. First-ciass umpires from the
East VIII be selected for the league, and
the players will be seasoned and fast, giv-
ing patrons the best kind OF baseball.
1900 n month. Half a dozen weil-known
professional players have already sent
IN their applications for positions on the
SPOKANE team ! am informed that Sc
astic over the prospect for frrt-class pro-
fessiohal baseball for next season"
The pasr week has witnessed the worst
snow storm and cold snap that has been
experienced In Spokane in November since
The weather bureau was established here.
snow has been falling with but slight In
terrnpttcns ever since Saturday. q week
ago. while the Temperature has been how
ering around the zero mark. The cold
snap has come as n mixed blessing. how
ever. for while the poor have suffered TO
some extent, X has served to stimulate
business with the local merchants. En-
Wed IL the possessor OF sleigh. for the
general public has been compelled TO un-
derEo considerable hardship In going to
and from business. as the car lines have
been seriously hampered In keeping open
traffic.
A silly Chinese battle nag. blood
stained and full Of bullet holes. captured
on the outer wall AT Pekinr China Au-
gust u. 1850, by Calvin p. Titus. mem
Der Of Company r. Fourteenth infantry.
q 8. A., was received here this week
BY w. ~ Lee and wife. Mr. Titus IL
their nephew As will be remembered
Titus was the FIRST American soldier 10
scale the outer wall 81 Picking on that
memorable day In August. when the al
He'd forces starmsd fha walled city and
brought snccor 10 the eesieged iegation-
crs.
In a letter received with the nag. Titus
writes that as he seated the wall he
found dead Chinafaan. and beside him
Concluding his letter. Titus writes: II
Will Just say about guang up that wall:
The papers say u was with a rope, but
Vas not The wall Is built o. Big
mortar hai washed out 10 get 10. All
the rope that was there was string
We used 70 pull The gwn@ M with" The
war department i new preparing a medal
~ aon0r for Mr.. Titus, as a remembrance
" his deed
There Is a prevailing belief existing 10
viii rrsuit IN i Consolidation of , railroad
interests "a SPOKANE between the Narth-
ern Pacific ana 6;r@as Northern railroads,
joint rishf-of-e ay throagh the cry and
a perfetf untnn depot system. There are
MANY iecsi .ndle~tionS 70 bear out the
arsns to- "a jsis ~ r trssks Win ,ss Dr
rlght-nf-wat that ths Great Mort narn Is
nov constructing through. Spokane. and
thAf he hahdsesne rev depot that TIE
sans company T. soon to erect wfli he
ueed as a union dep@st W both ruiirgsas
II this prriess - carried OFT u Will mean
ccHsglets shtftins 81 ihe present whole
sale district to The north sank cf the
riser.
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