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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-30
Chaplain Tells Pope.

ROME, May 30.-Major Vattmann.
chaplain Of the American army. was
received by the pope today. He told
his holiness the condition of Catholic
affairs in the Philippines of which he
was hitherto ignorant. The pope was
surprised and much interested, ask
ing many questions.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-30

Earned runs-SpOhane 3. Seattle 2.
Two base hits-Taylor. Mckay ca.
Three base hit--Zalusky. Sacrifice
Slagle, Hulen, Bah
bitt. Struck out--By Slagle 8, by
Mckay 8. Bases on balls-Of Slagle
8, off Mckay 1. Left on bases-Spo-
kane 7, Seattle T. Double plays
Klopf to Ferris; Hurley to Hulen to
Freeman Time--2.30
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-30

Contractor Broad has more than
100 men at work on the Second sewer
district The Second district is that
part of the city south of Boone ave-
nue. aud west of Oak street The
work Of laying the pipes is progress
ing very rapidly.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-30
Omaha Packers
Strike 10 Be Ended.

OMAHA, Neb., May 30.--It Is be-
lieved that labor troubles with the
packers will be settled at conference
behing held today, Both sides are
making concessions.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-30
Unions Boycott
Frisco Cemetery

SAN, FRANCISCO. May 30.-The
labor council has declared a boycott
against the Cypress Lawn cemetery
The undertakers. hackmen and street
car men are in on the boycott. 1t is
very bad time to die here now.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-30
lave YOU Mor1cnp THEM,

Look Mt your clothes and see IL you
can use our service at $3.50 per
month, one suit each week. The
Unique Tailoring company, ll2 Wash
ington street. Phone Main 72A
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-30

You can get anything you want for
a sewing machine at ]. p. Eastman
q Co. ss3 Riverside. Phone Main
I146. Machines rented or sold on easy
terms, Expert repairing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-30

pend. Ten thousand acres are under
water Two hundred homes are food
ed and the rains still continue.
EMPORIA, Kan, May 30.--One
thousand acres are flooded The work
Of rescuing farmers by boats con-
tinues. No railway communication.
TOPEKA, Kan, May 30.-The ter
ror Of waters is still increasing. The
river is % feet above low water mark.
day in sight of those unable to assist
them. The water and electric plants
are now submerged. North Topeka
and Oakland are entirely submerged,
the people shouting and screaming
for help. Rescue work continues un-
der the direction of the police.
LINCOLN, Neb.. May 30.-Practi-
cally every stream in eastern Nebras-
ka is now a raging torrent. Scores
of towns are flooded and the crop
damaged will be appalling.
Beatrice is the worst sufferer. The
electric light and water plant fires
are flooded and several hundred am
lilies shelterless.
Several hundred Russians living
west of this city have been driven to
the hills to escape drowning. Rail
way communication is shutting off.
The basement of Bryans Commoner
was flooded last night, destroying his
library. temporarily stored there.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-30

pend. Ten thousand acres are under
water. Two hundred homes are food
ed and the rains still continue.
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
Champ Clark Favors Cockreu.

The Hon. Champ Clark, whose express
sions are always interesting, has an
nounced himself in favor of the nominal
ton of the Hon. Francis NJ COckreII for
governor of Missouri to succeed the
Hon. Alexander VI. Dockery, whose term
expires January I, 1905. It is probably
revealing no secret to say that the dis
tinguished Representative from Bowling
Green has a dual purpose in seeking to
place the senior Senator from Missouri
in the governors chair.
In the first place, Mr. Clark has long
cherished an ambition to become a mem
Der OF the United States Senate. It
takes too much of his profitable time
from the lecture bureau business. and
the Iaborious pursuit of farming to get
out and hustle every other year for re-
election to the House.
The Hon. Champ, who is long on mem
DRY, has a vivid recollection of a time
about ten years ago, when he neglected
to perform the proper amount of hust-
ling, believing that he had what might
vuIgularly be termed a "cinch' on his
Job. and when the votes in the Ninth
Missouri district were counted on that
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
WHEN 4 MAN HAS A COLD.

When man has a cold it is really sur
prising
The way that his friends try to
straighten him out.
Their cures for the same confidently ad-
vising
Each one calculated to put it TO rOut.
It's hard with so many sure things to be
choosing
A remedy, home manufactured or sold,
But equally hard if you think of refusing
To try one. It's tough when man has
a cold,
To please my dear friends the most nau-
seous potions-
Decoctions of onions. the viIest Of
teas
I think asaGetida one Of their notions
took just because l was anxious to
please.
I've made myself stupid with brews al
coholic;
I've scaIded my feet; in iced sheets I
have rolled;
The lemons I've eaten have given me
collie
tell you it's tough when man has 4
cold.
Ny ears with the quinine I've taken are
ringing
I'm smelling Of Iiniments rubbed on
my chest;
Yet other new cures they're persistentIy
bringing,
Until just ache for moment Of rest.
I'm blistered and burned and I'm soggy
with soaking,
I've swallowed more drugs than mere
mortal can hold.
It isn't matter for laughing or joking
They're tough on a man, are these
cures for . cold.
Chicago News.
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
GERMAN PAPER SCORES
SHIRT-SLEEvE DIPLOMACY

BERLIN April Accommodating on
President RooseveIts speech on the
Monroe Doctrine at Chicago. the ''Vos-
sische Zeitung" takes the view OF the
average prosperous BerIiner when it
says that it was due 10 his prudence
and the irour1spection of the Washing
ton governr ent that the Venezuela af-
fair passed ~ without serious disaster.
Reverting to the Monroe Doctrine the
''Vossische Zeitung' says:
mo logical objection can be raised to
the doctrine II IS for North America
matter OF national sentiment and ma
tional business, and any attack on it
from this side of the ocean would be
mere fitting at windmilIs- Since
Frances IuckIess adventure in Mexico
there has been no instance Of an at
tempt to upset the doctrine in the last
hundred years. On the contrary. Euro
pean possessions in the Western Hemis-
phere have been steadily dwindIing by
revolution and sale.
The American is like a dragon thai
imagines 1t has to protect the American
girl from violence. while Europe is ike
the man who. though always being bIed.
Is constantly accused of sucking the
blood OF others The best proof of the
Discrimination OF Europe to acquire ter
ritory in the American continent is the
fact that there was no attempt 10 do so
when America had no feet worth men
tioning.
In conclusion the paper says it re-
grets that there is stiIl a part Of the
American press and even American dig
nitaries who are addicted TO the shirt
sleeve diplomacy OF the Far West" It
says that time viii doubtless alter this.
as America is making gigantic progress
in every field and it may he hoped that
the country is improving in that OF
political manners, also.
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
SAYS FLOUR DEALERS
INJURED FOREIGN TRADE

IN reporting 10 the State Department
the competition directed against Amer
lean -four, r. T Greener. United States
commercial agent at vladivostoek, Rus
STA. writes as follows:
The fear OF competition from native
sources with our flour trade in Siberia
has frequently been expressed The
price of -four. american and Manchu-
rian is advancing in Vladivostock-
American -four. in my brief experience.
has always been able TO hold its own. As
much again could have been sold, IL
certain American -four companies had
been Straightforward in their dealings
with Siberian merchants. II one case,
coming under my immediate notice. sew
eTaI hundred sacks of corn meal we're
substituted for choice brand OF -four.
But for instances OF similar character,
our -four could have found a far more
extensive market in Siberia.
Notwithstanding the cheapness OF
Aianchuriau wheat at Hardin and the
establishment of several mills of con-
siderable size, Manchurian -four has not
yet driven out American -four from
despite the greater cost
and added duty. nor is there any visible
diminuJion in the demand for our
staple"
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
Eyes Trained on Senate.

OF this, MIR Clark desires TO be re-
lieved by elevation to the Senate, where
the election turn is done only once in
six years. Missouri has adopted a most
admirable course of retaining her Sena-
tors for many terms. and. if Mr. Clark
succeeds in reaching that body, 1t will
doubtless mean a life job to him. When
IL became known that Senator Vest
would retire, Nr. Clark was for a time
candidate to succeed him, but before
the canvass had proceeded far, he was
forced to abandon his purpose, and give
way to the Hon. William Joel Stone,
than whom there is no more astute poll
tician in all the region of the Louisiana
purchase. Mr.. Clark placed his Sena-
torial ambitions on cold storage, and if
Senator CockreIl can be induced 20
change the scene of his Iabors from
Washington to Jefferson City, he viii be
a candidate to succeed him Mr.. Clark 3
other motive is to checkmate any moves
vid R. Francis, ex-governor. ex-Secre-
tary of the Interior, and president of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
There is much talk now about the
plans of MIR. Francis TO re-enter poll
ties when the big St Louis fair is over,
and the coming of that event is giving
him q great deal of free advertising
Mr. Clark and Mr. Francis represent OPP
posing factions of the Democratic party;
the former is Kansas City platform
Democrat. which Mr. Francis is not, Mr..
Francis is Cleveland Democrat
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
The Venezuelan Protocols.
hr. Bowen Is Right in Opposing the
Allies Latest Amendment.

Minister Bowen, acting as Vene-
Euela's agent, IS justified in protesting
against the latest demands made on
him by Great Britain, Germany. and
Italy. He has feared for some time
that the allied powers would seek to
annul the agreement tc carry to The
Hague court their differences with
Venezuela. The contract entered into
two months ago to submit to arbitra
ton the question whether or not thew
were entitled TO preferential treat
ment IN the settlement of Venezuela's
debts may possibly have proved an
lrksome one. And if the allied pow
ers have not openly repented of their
bargain of February 13 last, they
have certainly shown a disposition to
balk at ITS prompt and unconditional
execution. 1t Is natural that Great
Britain, Germany, and Italy should
prefer settlement out of court with
President Castro TO submitting their
claims as preferred creditors to an i'm
partial international tribunal. Such
tribunal might not content itself
with deciding whether or not resort to
d pacific blockade entitled the three
allies to claim precedence over their
less aggressive feIlow-creditors. It
might feel called on to determine
under what conditions, if any. private
debts due citizens or subjects of a ma
ton can properly be collected by that
nation through military force. It
might even inquire into the validity
and equity Of the obligations, to com
pei whose payment Great Britain.
Germany, and Italy blorkaded Vene-
zuela's ports.
II Is a question whether the allies
seriously expect to sustain before aay
court Of international law the conten-
ton that an indemnity is due them
for their ''pacifc blockade" No such
naturalization was thought Of at the
time the February protocols were
signed. Preferential treatment was
all the three powers then asked. Now,
as If anticipating defeat at The
Hague, they come forward with a
plea for compensation for acts which.
as they seem to fear, The Hague court
may hold to give them no more
favored status IN Venezuela than
other non-blockading creditor nations.
The indemnity amendment is. ap-
parently, only to be made another
pretext for shilly-shally and delay.
If The allies see any way of escaping
a reference Of any part Of their case
to The Hague court, they will proba-
bly, strain every nerve TO accomplish
that result. In the interest of clear
er understanding Of the many inter
national issues involved IN that refer
ence, we hope that the original plan
Of arbitration will be adhered to.
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
Lessons of the Past.
The Experience of 1914 Re-enforces the
Presidents Plea for Larger Navy.


The picture drawn by GailIard
Hunt in his Life of James Madison"
recently published, Of the capture Of
Washington by the British in 1914, IS
not a pleasant one to contemplate by
the average American even at this late
day-the rout of the militia at the
first discharge of musketry; the pan
ic-stricken fugitives rushing through
the streets of the Capital; the red
coats advancing upon the doomed
city; the sacking of the White House
and destruction of the Capitol; the
President hiding for three days in the
woods Of Virginia and Maryland, an
object of jeers and ridicule to those
who looked upon him as the author Of
their country's misfortunes; the re-
turn Of poor "withered little Apple
John"-as Washington Irving dub
bed him-to the charred remains of
what had once been his official resi-
dence, while the British were still
bombarding the forts below AIexan-
dria-aIl this, we repeat, doesn't fur
nish particularly pleasant reading for
the average American even at this late
day.
Speak softly ana carry q big
stick; you VIII go far" IS the old
adage quoted by the President at Chi
cago the other day. "If the Ameri-
can nation" he said, will speak
softly and yet build and keep at
pitch of the highest training a thor
oughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doc
trine will go far" and" added
he. ''that doctrine is not international
law. and though | think one day it
may become such, this Is not neees-
sary as long as It remains a cardinal
feature Of our foreign policy and as
long as we possess both the will and
the strength to make it effective"
The experience OF 1914 should
serve to REINFORCE the Presidents re-
minder that preparedness for war
does not necessarily mean war, but Is.
on the contrary, the best guarantee Of
a lasting peace. Ships, more ships,
and still more ships for the navy
that should be the watehword of both
political parties. The most expensive
navy is infinitely less expensive than
a disastrous war. And lives there
the American who would knowingly
invite another 1914 by opposing pub
lie sentimentality to the stern lessons
of experience and adversely?
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
THE BOARDERS' BRIGADE
AND THEIR POISON DIET
Comment on Dr. Wiley's Agricultural
Department Experiment.

Dr.. Wiley, of the Department Of Agri-
culture, seems to require long time to
decide whether his brigade OF poison
eaters" as the Washington wits have
dubbed his free boarders. are really eat
ing poison or only harmless food pre-
servatives unjustIy suspected of being
injurious
It needed no elabrOate experiments to
prove that 4rugged food may be eaten
without serious harm. Many OF US are
probably eating more or less drugged
food all the time without actually hav-
ing to be taken to the hospital; but
many others do suffer. = health, vital
ity, and capacity for work from eating it.
In regard TO saiicylic acid and formal
dehyde, Dr.. Wiley himself wrote Ia
''Leslie's Weekly" two years ago that
there is no doubt of the pernieioUs in
ffuence OF these preservatives in some
cases. He also said. truly. that the
public supervision should look after tbs
weak and diseased digestive systems
rather than the strong and vigorous"
Why, nevertheless. he chose to make bis
Washington experiments on the strong
est young men he could find is a mys-
terry he has not explained
In the Lancet" of November 80, 1901.
an account was given of a series OF ex-
peTiments with borfc acid made by DR..
Rinehart, in which the symptoms of
poisoning disappeared as soon as the uss
of the drug was given W. Further evil
dence is furnished in the 'Munehener
Modicinische Wochenschrift' Of Jan
uary %.
DR.. c. Merkel, OF Nuremberg. expert
mented with boric acid on eleven pa
tients, seven of whom promptly showed
disturbance OF the gastro-intestinaI
tract The inevitable inference from
such facts is either that the use Of boric
acid as a preservative of food should be-
prohibited by law, or. at least, that the
law should require mention of its use
on the label of canned goods. and in
butter, cram. milk. and meat, in order
that those whose digestion Is not as
robust as that of Dr. WiIey's select
boarders may take waruing.-New York
Evening Post.
The Washington times., 1903-04-06

o

election day, it was found that eoun-
try schoolmaster-dubbe by the origi-
nal Champ as the inspired fiddler
who had accepted the nomination after
half dozen other Republicans had re-
fused it. had actually been elected. His
constituency. however, promptly repent
ed of their ungracious action in depriy-
ing the nation of the public services of
so versatile a statesman as Mr. Clark,
and have ever since been returning him
to Congress. but as the majority is not
uncomfortably large, an election means
the expenditure of some effort.
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
Republicans in Virginia.

It is reported that some Republicans
with money, but probably with but lit
tie journalistic experience. purpose
founding two or three Republican news
papers in Virginia Such papers would.
no doubt, be political organs rather
than profitable business enterprises. al
though the party is practically without
representation in the daily press OF the
State. Two motives are ascrtbed to the
proposition, one is that the Republi-
cans intend to strengthen the party in
the State. build UP a strong organiza-
ton, in the hope that Virginia may be
swung out of the Democratic column in
1908. and possibly in 1904; the other
is to overthrow the present organiza-
ton, create ti-RooseveIt sentiment,
and win the State delegation to the next
Republican national convention for Sen
ator Fairbanks of Indiana.
While there is some possibility. there
is little probability that either Of these
purposes could be successfully carried
out. Kentucky, West Virginia, North
Carolina. Maryland. and Delaware of the
border and near the border States have
shown in recent years strong Republi-
can tendencies. and the belief is that
the Old Dominion might be persuaded to
forsake it's old political allegiance
The Washington times., 1903-04-06

Once hePHs Ancestors Hanged His Own

Fraud of the "Frias Casket."
The sensational disclosures now filling
the papers on both sides of the Atlantic
with regard to bogus antiques and art
forgeries. serves to recall to my mind
the fact that one of the most celebrated
and beautiful frauds OF this kind is at
the present moment somewhere in this
country. 1t is known as the ''FTias cas-
ket," owing TO its having been in the
possession of the Dukes de Frias until
it was carried of from Spain as loot
by the retreating French army al the
time OF the Napoleonie wars
1t is beautiful ivory casket of large
size. delicately carved. and. according to
an inlaid inscription contained on the in
terror of the lid. purports to have been
presented by Captain General Cordova 10
Christopher Columbus in the name and
in behalf of King Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella. II was picked up by an Ameri-
can dealer for a sum of about 81. 900
at Paris some twelve years ago. II II
had been what it really purported TO be
that is 10 say, work of art OF the time
Of the first discovery OF America. its
value would have been almost meal
cuIable But the style of the carving.
as well as of the decoration. furnished
proofs confirmed by subsequent investi-
cations, that It was made at Naples in
the seventeenth century and that as a
forgery 1t had been famous even in the
eighteenth century.
I have often wondered what has be-
come of that casket. whether it is in a
private collection, or in some public
museum. It would be interesting TO
learn. But that it is in this country
have reason to know
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
The Harp Of Erin.

IN reply to the query which reaches
me by letter from a reader, I would
say that the Irish harp first made its
appearance as a heraldic emblem of
the Emerald Isle in the reign of Henry
VIII. who caused it TO be impressed upon
his Irish coinage. 1t seems that son
of King Brian Boru presented his
fathers harp TO Pope John XVIII in
zoos. and that it was treasured in Rome
until Pope Leo Y, 500 years afterwards,
sent it to King Henry VIII, of course
prior TO that bluebeard monaTch's quar-
rel with the PapaCy-
King Henry was so delighted with the
gift that be caused a representation
thereof to be impressed upon his Irish
coinage but after his quarrel with the
Vatican. and his foundation OF the pres
sent Anglican Church, distinct from
that of Rome, he lost his interest in
the harp, made q present of it to the
first Earl of Clanricarde, and after
passing into possession Of several Irish
families in turn. the harp eventually
found home in the College Museum at
Dublin, where this venerable instru-
ment, at least thousand years old, is
still to be seen. 1t was King James
1. however. who first introduced the
harp as part and parcel of the royal
arms of Great Britain. assigning to it
what is known heraIdically as the
third quarter
The Washington times., 1903-04-06
Seeking the Pope's Favor.

Seeking the Pope's Favor.
From Rome comes a story to the ef-
feet that the stay OF the Infanta Eulalie
in the Eternal City, and her frequent
visits to the Vatican, were due to her
desire to secure from the Papacy an
annuIment of her marriage to Prince
Anthony of Orleans, from whom she has
been legally separated for some years
past. and who now bears the Italian title
Of the Duke of GaIIera- He will be re-
membered as having visited this country
with the Infanta at the dme of the Co
lumbar celebration and the World 5
Fair at Chicago. They parted company
not long after their return, and the In
fanta now divides her time between
Paris where she makes her home with
her mother. Queen Isabella. at the pal
ace of Castillo, and Madrid, where she
has apartments in the royal palace.
One of the grounds, on the strength
Of which the Vatican annuls marriages
is when the wife has been forced TO wed
against her will It was on this account
that the marriage between the Prince OF
Monaco and his first wife, Lady Mary
Hamilton. was annuIled by the Holy Seat.
and as it is a matter of common no
toriety. both at Madrid and in Paris,
that the Infanta Eulalie was forced into
the marriage with her first cousin. Don
Antonio, by her brother. the late King
Alfonso. it is by no means impossible
that she may secure from the Church a
dissolution OF her marriage
This would in no wise affect the legit-
macy of the two boys born to the union
any more than it has impaired the
legitimacy of Prince Louis of Monaco,
only son and heir presumptive of the
reigning prince of Monaco, by his first
wife. The Infanta is still very fas-
cinating and attractive woman. exceed
ingly popular both in France and IN
Spain. and has many devoted admirers.
It would be well for the dynasty if she
were TO marry anew and we'll.