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The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1902-09-20
.fELEGRAPnIC ITEM

rike.
King Alfonso ol Spain persists
determination to marry an Anne :
n heiress.
FrankIi lin X. Lane has received tn,
mocratic nomination for governol
California.
Cardinal Gibbons is seriously III =
Baltimore, and may have to undergo
~ operation.
Five months revenues on goods i,
ported from the Philippines amount
60 only $40. 1000.
A tornado hurled train from die
track in Minnesota, causing the loss
o several lives.
The Shah of Persia has secre y
IoaLed to Russia $50, 600, 600 from his
own private funds.
Dull times are reported in British
slipvards, owing to low freights an,
freign competition.
The Russian Minister of Finan, e
has refused to allow the fol nation #
IN oil trust in Russia.
The cruiser Brooklyn ran on
rock on the Atlantic Coast, but wa
not seriously damaged.
The distinguished historian Lecke
will resign his seat in Parliament,
on account of heart failure.
Great Britain has bea swept y
heavy storms, Belfast and other ci :
les in Ireland being flooded.
Forest fires are raging and fire
bodies of timber are being destroyed
10 the State of Washington.
The rebellion in the SEE Chuan die-
t let, China, is spreading, and tie
foreigners are in great danger.
French and Swiss experimenters
are said to have successfully solved
the problem of color photography.
The Sultan of Binadayan, who was
held ia hostage at Manila, attempt
ed escape, ,aad was shot by a sentry.
An immense landslide in Trans.
caucasian Russia destroyed twenty
villages, and caused loss of ove'
200 lives. ~ AZ: ~
The islands of the West indies are
again in a state of serni-darkness,
the result of recent volcanic dis
turbances.
Premier Sagasta of Spain is on Il e
verge of physical collapse, and his
mental faculties are becoming alarm-
ingly weak.
William f. Howe, of Howe &
Hummel, the ablest criminal jury
lawyer in the United States, recent
ly died in New York.
An Ohio syndicate have purchased
the famous Lincoln Copper Mining
Company, comprizing 1000 acres ir
Arizona, for 100000.
Sir Thomas Upton will make an
other effort to win the America Cup
The challenge will issue through the
Royal Ulster Yacht Club.
The town trustees of Berkeley, Cal
ifornia, are to experiment in sprink'
ling their streets with oil, on account
OF water being SO EXPENSIVE.
The populists of South Dacots
resented the visit of Theodore Roose
welt Jr., and refused to allow him tt
shoot prairie chickens on their farms
Rains in the Dacotas and Mime
sofa have done immense damage Il
the harvested crops, the loss being
estimated at several million dollars
Tourist travel to Rome between
January and June of this year amour
ted to 954, 600 foreigners, the re
venue from whom is feckoned at $40
100000.
BY the recent eruption OF Noun
Pelee, 1860 lives were lost and so
injured. These people had all lef
their homes during the May eruption
and returned only one week befor
the recent eruption. III
Frederick Marriott, editor Of th
San Francisco "News-Letter" wa
lshot and seriously wounded by Tor
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19

They're Off at Chicago" called
the man at the telegraph instru-
ment. The shutting ceased, and
there was only a half audible, con-
fused murmuring.
Tick, tick, tick, tick-"Andes
first'-tick, tick, tick, tick--"St.
Cuthbert second"-tick, tick, tick
Federal third"
The man looked at his ticket
again. He was playing what seem
ed to him most of a certainty. He
had gone on Federal, the horse the
bookmakers believed would win, be.
cause they had made him the favor.
lite, and
Tick, tick, tick, tick-"Horner at
the half" tick, tick, tick-''by two
lengths stick, tick, tick, tick-"St.
Cuthbert second by half a length"
tick, tick, tick-"St. Minor third"
Federal hadn't received a call at
the half, while ST. Cuthbert, whom
tout only moment ago had sage
ly remarked was ''all there is to it,"
was
Tick, tick, tick, tick-"St. Cuth-
bert at the hree-quartcrs tick,
tick, tick-"by half length "-tick,
tick, tick, tick-"Minor second by
a head'-tick, tick, tick, tick-'Hor-
ner third'-tick, tick, tick-"half
length"
God, Imafraid of that one!"
said the man, huskily, to himself,
and half abound in his alarm, as he
heard the words that told of St.
Cuthbert coming to the front. He
steadied himself against the rail-
ing while he bent forward with his
eyes on the man who was mechan-
ically interpreting the message.
Tick, tick, tick, tick--"St. Cuth-
bert in the stretch (came in sing
song voice., by a length-tick,. tick,
tick, tick-"MinOr second"-tick,
tick, tick-"half a length"-tick,
tick, tick, tick-"Federal third, by
neck"
st. Cuthbert was running like a
winner, and increasing the lead.
Federal had a call, but was length
and a half behind, with two good
runners in front. The ticket the
man held on Federal represented
his all. He grew pale as his grasp
on the railing frightened. In fancy
he could see this race that meant
so much for him. Away over there,
on the other side of the track, is
! that group of bobbing figures that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
THE SPOKANE PRESS: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1909.

rise and fall in human waves, a
blurred vision in a cloud of dust,
Of horses and boys In a jumbled
mass, sweeping along; around the
turn they 60, still clinglng together,
and into the stretch they come rid
ing like mad. Then, from out the
bunch, like shot from a cannon,
comes one horse of mighty bound,
with the jockey bending over his
neck and urging him on, the boy
and the horse but parts Of single
moving machine. Then another
clears, and another, and still anoth-
err, and, in q broken line, they are
pounding along. And his horse, the
horse his money is on-he's strain
ing his eyes to see that one. There's
only a chance now, one chance in
hundred, and the man is watching
the finish with every muscle and
every fiber tense. He's living long
time now with each second that
passes. There's no sport in all this
for him; that is gone. 1t Is narrow
ed down to grim, cold, hard neces-
sity. His lips are dry and his throat
parched. His last dollar in the
world is at stake, and he's watch
ing every move in that race; he
sees every leap of the horses.
They're nearing the wire. A few
seconds more and it will all be over.
A Jockeys whip sings in the air,
and falls with singing force. An
other ounce of strength is called
for, and they. are laundering down
the track almost neck and neck,
fighting every inch of the way. Like
a whirlwind they sweep past, a
mighty roar goes up from the crowd
and
Tick, tick, tick, tick-"St. Cuth-
bert wins'-tick, tick, ticf, tick
"by half length"--tick, tick, tick,
tick-"Minor second"-tjck, tick,
tick, tick-"by a length"-tick, tick,
tick, tick-"Federal third"
But the man at the railing heard
no more after st. Cuthbert's name
was spoken. He was deaf to all
else. He grew winter His hand
closed on the ticket it held. You
could hear it crackle.
Don't block up the passageway,
please" came from behind the rail-
ing. With dropping head, the man
shuffled along, unnoticing and I'M
noticed in the crowd. AS he reached
the door and opened it he stopped
moment and shivered. Then he
pulled his hat down over his eyes,
held his coat collar close to his
neck and went out into the driving
rain-penniless, homeless, helpless.
And up in the third-story room
of the Court st. tenement there
sat a woman and a child in cheer
less, scantily Furnished room, how
ering over the embers in an old,
broken stove. A faded shawl about
her and her child helped but little
to keep away the damp and the
chill. There was hunger and des-
pair in her eyes; her hands were
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
TO TIE SHAME OF A CHURCH.

For five Miss
ncns and universally beloved missionary Baptist
open the day and as inspiring of cheer
the sunshine
She mnistering the poor giving
afflicted the true
sionary humanity, glory
day that this woman was only
passions temptations just like
o
She snned her SHINING self
forgetful she had been
She found lying
the other
accidental of There proof of guilt But
death that had cruelty
and the world she had WELL kindly her
another and better world Judgment.
But the church held
ndignities upon IL
Men and womenparticuary Christians,
turned ghouls vengeance upon
Judge that
been well known
it evidently unknown their
They permit
ing the womans funeral service in it, they said
The highly virtuou
less for humanity and Gods their whole than this
sonary did declared they sing
The body of this speaking
cast the caion with of all whom her life had blessed
ready charity.
Then anchsoued old of God them and told
them they than than evenand
that
might well be nailed
Decency prevailed, but what all
Christianity that nothing forms
The this church
der and deeper than all the nfde and scoers the
do.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19

men, men we'll dressed and men
seedy, men who laugh and joke and
drink at the convenient bar, and
men who stand about with sober
faces and wear a serious air; there
are winners with slap on the back
for their friends and an invitation
to Tets take something" there
are losers, who keenly feel the hard
raps Of i'll luck and who see no
companionship in their fellows;
there are men with a quiet bunch
on good thing" striving to appear
careless and Indifferent; there are
touts with their simply like-finding-
it" tips to tray the unwary; there
are tickets in hands, brand-new, for
the race to come, cOnned, compared
and treasured as keys to open the
doors of wealth; there are tickets
under foot, torn, trampled and
dirty, the valueless discard of I'M
fortunate ventures.
There's the bar and lunch stand
at one end of the room, and the
broad raised platform at the
other, on which are busy men, be-
hind a railing, and with piles of
cash in gold and silver and paper in
sight; there are wickets through
which goes the money of the play
ers, and through which comes the
bit of pasteboard, amid the clink
of the silver and the rustling of
the bills that pay for it. There
are blackboards all about the walls,
reaching to the ceiling, covered
with the names of the horses and
the odds, and there are men with
chalk and brushes, changing the
| figures, drawing ovals around the
names of the winners and-but the
crowd is drawing closer to hear the
race run.
| And in the throng was one that
somehow stood out single from the
many. How old, you couldn't tell,
for most of the creases and lines
came with all nights out, and the
pace that kills, rather than from
years. His hat was shapeless In
crown and threadbare at brim; his
trousers baggy at the knees and
frayed at the bottom; his shirt col
| larless and cuffless, and his coat
wilted and shiny. His hand trem-
! bIed as he reached in his pocket
and counted his money, in dimes
and quarters, dollar IN all. He
studied the boards, started, stopped
and counted his money again. Then,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
A TRAGEDY Of TIL POOL ROOM.
BY D. s. T.

"At the post at Chicago!" sang
out the man in a nasal tone that
rose above the buzz-buzz-z of talk
and the shutting of feet and pene-
trated every part of the over-the-
river po0lroom
Then there was a sort of MUIR
muring akin to the satisfaction of
the animal at sight of prey, and
there was slow shifting as of one
body toward the end of the room
where man stood beside a tele-
graph instrument that was bring
ing the news of the running of a
race at a far-away point.
Probably 200 people are in the
room, edging in and out and
through, a constant, ever-changing
thrOng. There are fat men and
lean men and tall men and short
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19

thin and worn, and trembled as she
pulled the shawl closer. And she
sat there in the gathering gloom,
with her child and-her thoughts
=
at seems like | can't break my
run of bad luck" said the poolroom
owner with a sigh, as he climbed
aboard street car with a friend
that evening to come over the
river. We ought to have made at
least three thousand on the fourth
at Chicago today, and yet we clean
ed up only about half of 1t. 1t was
the same way in the sixth at st.
Louis yesterday, and what with my
wife logging me for a new sealskin
coat, because the one she has Is
out of style, I'm worried half sick.
Let's stop off at the Gibson and
open a bottle"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19

like one who had figured the cost OF
win or lose, he pushed on to the
wicket, thrust his money in, and,
when he withdrew his hand, it
clutched the coveted pasteboard. A
sigh of relief, then anxiety, and he
stationed himself close 70 the tick
ing instrument and-waited.
Yes, / know that fellow" said
a passing acquaintance. "You
wouldn't think he used to be a de-
partment manager in IS store,
but he was, and at $4,000 at that.
Married a Hartwell girl about Six
years ago, but he got TIC playing
the ponies, and they barely exist
now, | guess, up in a rear third
story room of Court st. tenement.
Pity, too; they've got little girl,
and-excuse me, there's a friend
over there l want to see."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
THE FATHER OF TRUSTS.

President
ton!
In of trusts (ung the its popular sense
combinations
Of competition, reaching wide
industry gone way every
for itself welded the independence
cherished tradition.
This seeming sacrifice has not
that this eulogy might lead people suppose
The plain truth the
being country monopoly
through direct paenal of the government
widely order
TO constitute itself a
Using the word trust In Its
tenn 10 far than trustit is the father
Through their exclusive
banks allied they
could become through all the
privilege manpuates
AL business to a degree unknown to other Institution
spirit operation many form
body and s personifed J. Pierpont Morgan
So the banks well afford Sin the way"
More perfect consolidation in interest is impossible.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
MEET TONIGHT
O'Brien-Hart Mill at Phil
adelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 49,
philadelphia Jack" O'Brien and
Marvin Hart Of Louisville in a six
round bout is the magnet that is
expected to draw a great crowd of
ring followers to the Pennsylvania
Athletic club tonight.
On more than one occasion Hart
has displayed qualities emitting
him to consideration as prospect
i've champion of his class and those
acquainted with his record are of
the opinion that he will put up a
good showing when he meets the
redoubtable Philadelphia
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
Welded
Fashionable Nuptials in
Chicago

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 19.-Grace
Episcopal church was the scene
this afternoon of the most fashion
able wedding of the season so far.
The contracting parties were Miss
Alice Higinbotham, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Higinbotham,
and Joseph Medill Patterson, grand
son OF the late Joseph Medill, foun-
der of the Chicago Tribune The
bride had her sister, Miss Florence
Higinbotham, as her maid of hon
or, and the best man was Joseph
Medill Mccormick, cousin of the
bridegroom. The ushers included
Leonard Thomas of Philadelphia
Alexander Cameron of New York,
Montgomery Hallowell and Lincoln
Mitchell of Cincinnati and w. r.
Clyde, Jr., of New York.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
BR|bERS
St. Louis Boodlers' Case
Being Heard

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 19.-The
cases against ]. J. Hannigan, John
H. Schnettler, Edmund Bersch, IL.
A. Faulkner, w. M. Tamblyn, John
Helms, Louis Decker and Otto
Schumacher, former and present
members of the house of delegates,
accused of bribery, came up for
hearing today.
Owing to the widespread munich
pal corruption recently unearthed
the cases now before the court
have attracted great attention and
the results of the trial are awaited
with keen interest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
SCRUB, SCRUB, SCRUB.

sterihze mouthpiece telephones every day.
kill the bacteria
day for the be
scrubbng scrubbng
these bacteria
hour minute? any
everybody drinking only
boiled,
We have all often enough
kissing warning duly
served o course.
Now having virtuousy God
made and from the other enements is
bacterioogists that still
crobes unless scrub, scrub scrub.
when the scrubbng upon
hardship
another march upon us through the scrub brush?
Maybe shall selize
serzer Psychologists Unsuitable
stop.
But their demands fully
living scrub
saving from microbes
The farmer instead of blowing, would
the microbes butcher killing
would ceaver
nothing produced o
This of thing easily
teriologists must learn draw the line somewhere.
old saemites in the
of witchcrat.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
THANKSGIVING DINNER.

The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation has arranged to give a
dinner to the young
men in this city who are away from
home. They have requested that
all ladies who are willing to assist
meet at the Y. M. G. A. rooms on
at o'clock Thursday
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
POLICE NOTES.

officers Burns and Parrish made
an arrest last night in an opium den
In the house owned by T. J. Joiner,
near the Great Northern passenger
station. Joiner is charged with
running an opium den and Ida Gus
ley was found hitting the pipe"
Both are colored
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
NEW AGENT AT REARDAN.

w. A. Beardsley, who has held
the position of depot agent at AL
mira, has been transferred to Rear
dan. where he will hold a similar
position, recently vacated by e. T.
Smith.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
The Spokane and
Eastern Trust Co.

Unexpectedly
SPOKANE Washington.
Pays interest on open &C.
counts subject to check as
follows: 2 per cent per an
mum credited to accounts
semi-annually, June Island
December LIST on all bal
ances of 500 or multiples
thereof, computed monthly
on the lowest BALANCE
standing to the CREDIT, If the
depositor, on any day dur
ing the current month. Al
lows interest on time GER
tificates Of deposit at the
rate of 4 per cent per an
mum on certificates issued
for one year, 3 per cent per
annum for six months and
2 per cent per annum for
three months. Certificates
of deposits issued for a
stated time are in no case
payable before maturity.
Savings Deposits received
on the following terms: De-
posits of $1.00 to $1,000 re-
ceived at any time and re-
paid after thirty days.
notice in writing. Interest
paid at the rate of 4 per cent
per annum, semi-annually
January l and July /, on
the minimum quarterly
balance.
Securities of this depart
ment are kept separate
from other assets of the
company, and are exam
ined and approved monthly
by a committee represent
ing the depositors.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
eco.
sol l.2 Riverside. Tel. Z. PSI.

SOL l.2 Riverside. Tel. Z. PSI.
&19Oo-5-room cottage, large lot.
barn, lawn, shade and fruits; Fourth
ave-, close in: half cash.,
$860-5-room cottage, large corner
lot, Nettleton add, two blocks from
Broadway car line; half cash.
S950-3-room house, two lots. we'll
of water and city water; West Main
ave-, close in; Will make terms.
92O00-T-room modern house. lot,
lawn, shade and fruit trees, small
barn; on Gardner ave-; half cash.
$275--Choice 50-foot lot with water
on lot, Broadway.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19

Except Sunday.
Short line to California. San Fran
route. Steamers sail
from Ainsworth dock. Portland, at
p. m. every five days.
GEO. j. MOHLER, Gen. Agt.,
430 Riverside Ave, Spokane. Wash.
Telephone Main 1862.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-19
Oregon R. R. & Nav. Go.
Oregon Short Line r. r.
Union Pacific r. R.
ONLY LINE EAST VIA
Salt Lake and Denver
TWO TRAINS DAILY.
Steamship tickets to Europe and
other foreign countries.

Daily Spokane Time Schedule DAILY
Dep. Effective June %, 1902. Arr.
z :46 FAST MA1L.-To andl
A. M. from Occur d'Alene dis
trict, Pennington. Gar
field, Colfax, *Pullman,l
man, moscow, *Poml
roy, Waitsburg, Day
ton. Walla Walla, PEN
dleton, Baker City, and Gas
all points EAST. p. n.
3:46 EXPRESSION Farm-l
p. M.lington, Colfax, Pullman,I
Pullman, Moscow, Lewis
iston, Portland. SAM
francisco. Baker CityI
all points EAST.
EXPRESS - From all
points EAST, Bakerl
City, San Francisco,l
Portland, Colfax, Carl $3.50
field and Pennington. A. "a.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-16
MANY LIVES lMPERlLED.
Fire From Electric Current Causes
Bad Blaze.

New York. July 16.-Nicolo Serelli, a
street sweeper, was standing on the
corner of Twenty third street and Sec
ond avenue shortly before l o'clock
yesterday afternoon, when fiery
stream of lava poured down from the
elevated structure and set fire to his
broom. He shouted Fire! and ran up
Second avenue like a wild man. A sheet
of flame shot down from the elevated
structure and blazed along Second ave-
nue. for distance of fifty feet.
Several electric surface cars We're
passing at the time. A car of the Sec
ond avenue line bound downtown was
fifty feet from the corner and several
others were near. All were crowded.
The passengers saw the flames all
around them. The flame struck car L.
speed to get away. The passengers in
this car were nearly all women and
leaped from the car while it was going
at full speed.
About this time laborer who had
been at work on the tracks of the ele-
waited structure was seen hanging from
cross tie With his legs dangling in the
air. The wooden parts of the structure
near him were in flames. Several other
sborers dragged him from his perlous
bsition. Then they threw water on
e burning ties. extinguishing the fire
few minutes.
They told the police that an iron bar
had fallen upon the third rail near
where they had been at work, causing
a short circuit from the rail to the iron
structure, which made all the trouble.
Six women were hurt in getting off the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-16
BoERs NOT SATISFIED.
Settlement of the Territories Attended
With Considerable Friction.

Settlement Of the Territories Attended
With Considerable Friction.
Pretoria. July 16.-The settlement of
the annexed territories is not being ac-
complished without considerable fric
ton. This is especially noticeable in
the bitter feeling and persecution on
the part of the Beers who stayed in
the field to the end of the war against
the Beers who served as scouts. 1t is
said that some of these native scouts
have been shot or beaten. SO intense
is the feeling that many of the burgh-
ers who fought consistently till the end
distinguish themselves from those
who surrendered during the war by
wearing a green badge. The Transvaal
and Free State colorS are also freely
worn and the custom is encouraged by
the Dutch who did not take AN active
part ia the war. Many of the burghers
declare they We're induced to agree to
surrender by the false representations
too rosly Discordant elements are
numerous and any attempt to place the
burghers who surrendered during the
war in authority over those who fought
turnout will conceivably result in a re-
newal of hostilities The majority of
the Beers have apparently in no way
abandoned their nationality and some
of them preach the ACCESSIBILITY of
opening Dutch schools so as to keep
alive their nationality. The whole sit
uation so bristles with difficulties that
there are not lacking those who doubt
if the document signed May 81 was
really the final settlement of the South
African trouble. 1