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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01
Nearly JeUenteen Thousand School
Children in Spokane County.

f.s aniodnt II ty.4aso. The out
standing school warrants amount to
p140, s0s.27.
The average salary paid men teach
srs was 3sI3Q per month and won
en-. $6e.sa.
The apportionment from the state
school fund was s127,594.7S; from
thA county, s229o44i special levy.
s19p.09S; sale of bonds, $4,000; other
sources, tsa46.ss. Three districts is
sued bondA apd 1e1 districts had a
special levy for school purposes.
seventy-two districts have libraries,
a gain Of nine over the previous year
Thlrty-seven have free text books
There were 1&e districts maintaining
school during the year, Thirteen dis
tricts have graded schools, as fol-
lows: Spokane. Waverly. Cheney
Spengle, Rockford, Medical Lake,
Moran. Pleasant Prairie, Latah. Fair
Acid. Deer Park. f1illyard and Milan.
Three were added to the list Of grad
ed schools during the year
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01

age and 1911 10 daily attendance. The
total number Of days school taught
was 1881, 800. as against l,4O5.623 the
previous year.
The total attendance by days ex.
ceeded that of the previous year 1884,.
743 days, which gives to the county
about $4,000 in excess Of what was
received for school purposes the pre-
vious year.
Three hundred and ffty-six teach.
ers were employed, Of whom 81 were
men and 295 women, The teachers
received III salaries S1s5.S63.5e. The
expense for rent fuel. etc, was $780,
oss.91; new buildings. furniture and
apparatus, 384.sS1.12; interest On
bonds. s24.sss.3s Of which $4,000 is
on city school bonds: interest on war
rants, $9.5s7e9: redemption Of bonds,
$16,s3o; other expenses. s2s.23, maxi
ing the total expenditure during the
year tP57.7ss.s9. The assessed valu-
et,5p 81 the districts amovntslto $685.
6o66es. The total bonds outstand-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01

The number of young men, men
from the 40 mark downward. who
are the heads of prominent businesses
or occupy chief positions in fore
most establishments in Spokane is
often the subject of comment.
Gray heads are in hopeless minor
ity among the city's business men
and the following incident illustrates
the laughable phase of the fact;
A business man, beardless and
with the smiling countenance of
youth, but who is the head and Shout
ders Of leading Riverside ave. re-
tail house, had occasion in winding
up the years business last night to
remain at his books all night and by
daylight this morning felt pretty
sleepy. He had about two hours
work ahead Of him and he thought
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01

drowning man does at a straw,
there is one woman In the world.
Princess Marie of Roumania. who
claims the proud distinction of pos
sessing the bluest blood in the world.
The wife of Prince Ferdinand. who
will some day rule Roumania. Is the
granddaughter of Queen Victoria;
her mother is the aunt of the czar.
The blood of Louis XIV. of France
and of Charles 1. of England flows in
her veins. She is a descendant OF
the British house of Guelph. the Ho-
henzollerns of Prussia, the Romenoffs
and the house of Broganza. She also
springs from a sister of King Murat
of Naples and the adopted daughter
of Napoleon. Stephanie Blauharnais.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01
EDWARD PR0CL AIMED
EMPEROR OF india

DELHI, Jan. To-day was the
greatest day Of all in the Indian Dur
bar. At noc- in the arena, which
seats 5000 people, Edward VII. of
England was proclaimed emperor of
India, At the stated hour Lord and
Lady Curzon entered the arena to a
fanfare of trumpets and took their
seats on the golden thrones in the
center Of the crimson dais. To the
right of the viceroy was seated the
duke and duchess of Connaught and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01

That Spokane county ranks well
in the van in educational matters Is
shown by the annual report of County
superintendent Of Schools Elmer
Drake.
The report shows that there are
in the county 165 schoolhouses, Of
which 25 are brick, 1876 frame and
four log The estimated value of
the school buildings and grounds is
s90o,995: furniture, $71.120; appara-
tus, s11,575, and libraries, including
text books. $24,865. a grand total Of
$i,00S,560. This Is an increase in
value over the previous year of
$16,S2O.
There are 16.7ee children between
s and 81 years of age in the county,
of whom s36s are boys and s39S
girls. The average daily attendance
for the last year was 1861 boys and
1878 girls. This shows a gain over
the previous year Of 1902 of school
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01

to the left the leading princes in In
dia. including the nizam of Hydera-
bad. the gaekwar of Baroda, and the
maharajas of Jaipur, Mysore and
Travancore. The ceremonies include
ed the reading of a proclamation in
Hindustanee announcing the king S
coronation and an address by the
viceroy, assuring the princes and peo-
Pile of India that he will ever uphold
their rights and rule them in justice
and equity. The days program con-
cluded with grand military review
in the afternoonf
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01
1000 Arrests Made by Spokane Police
During the Year:

the police force during the past
year. The following is the record by
months and nearly every crime on
the calendar is down on the book
from which this comparative state
ment is taken:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01

ing to the statement of the office,
were for petit larceny offenses.
This record when compared with
that of Seattle, where over 10000
arrests were made, show that Spo-
kane has been remarkably free from
crime.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01

January $50; February, 254, March,
252; April, 29S, May, 1868; June, S26;
July, 437; August, AL; September,
December, 271.
Most of the arrests made, accord
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01
Future Queen Of Roumania Boasts
Proud Ancestry.

While the individuals that com
pose the great common mass of the
people are grasping at ancestors as
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01
987 Law SUITS.

During 1902 9s7 suits have been
commenced in the Spokane county ST.
perior court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01
CHICAGO TAILORING COMPANY,
Oscar Stewards, Prop.

Suits made to order. Lady tailor
ing n specially. Steam cleaning,
dyeing and repairing. VIII press
one suit a week for 81 so a month.
PIT Temple Court. Spokane. Wash.
Phore Front 96S.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01

HAS BLUE BLOOD
OF THE BLUEST
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-01-01

Except Sunday.
Short line to California. San Fran.
cisco Portland route. Steamers sail
from Ainsworth dock, Portland. at !
p m. every five days.
GEO. ]. MOHLER, Gen. Agt.,
43O Riverside Ave. Spokane. Wash
Telephone Main 1862.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-10-16
spectators misconception which had

spectators nisconception which had
shielded her from the consequences Of
her madness; could shudder at the
thought of the ignominy she had mar
rowly escaped. But this was not the
gulf from which she now recoiled with
horror and self-loathing that led her
to avoid meeting the eyes bent curious
ly or alphabetically upon her, and to
cling to the nerveless hand of him
whose trust she had betrayed. To
MIN, her husband, she had not given
a thought when the dread tidings Of
disaster and death were brought to
her. What to her was an empty mar
riage vow, what the worlds reproba-
ton, when she believed that Edward
lay lifeless before her? Man. you do
not know how l loved him." she had
said. She might have added, II never
knew it myself until now And what
was this Overcoming when, and as it
debut a crime, a sin to be frowned
upon by Heaven and denounced by
man? A blemish, which. il set upon
her brow, as it was upon her S III, would
condemn her to be ranked with the out
cast of her sex, the creatures whom
austere matronhood blasts with light
nings of indignant sccrn, and pure yir-
gins blush to name.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-10-16

commands for the business day.
Certainly notl Nothing would give
me more pleasurer' AS he said it, the
respondent turned with PLEASANT smile
to his sister-in-law, who was pouring
out her husbands chocolate at stand
set in front of his lounge.
She started perceptibly at the prop
osition and her hand shook in replacing
the silver pot upon the tray. 81 could
not think of itr' she said hastily. at
is kind and thoughtful in you to sug
gest it, Elnathan, but, indeed, greatly
prefer to remain at home"
1T is my preference that you should
gow The invalid spoke decidedly, but
less irascibly than he would have done
to anyone else who resisted his author
ity. at is now four weeks since my
accident, and you have scarcely left the
house in all that time. You are grow
ing thin and pale from want of sleep
and exercise
81 practice calisthenics every day,
as you and DR.. Weldon advised" re-
Joined Constance, timidly.
But within doors. You need the
taken such good care of me, that
should be veryremiss in my duty, were
I to allow you to neglect your own
health"
He had grown very fond Of her with
in the period he had mentioned, and
showed it, in his weakness, more OPEN
ly than dignity would have permitted,
hoI 10 r.,
on her shoulder as she sat upon stool
beside him, the cup Of chocolate in her
hand. "Recollecti l must get an
other nurse should your health fail.
You see how selfish ann"
A jest from him was noteworthy,
for its rarity; but Constance could not
form her lips into a smile They
trembled instead in replying. 'T see
how good and generous you arei will
drive if you insist upon it, but there
is not the slightest necessity for your
brothers escort. John is very careful
and attentive. Or, if you wish me to
have company, l will call for Mrs Mel
len. She has no carriage, you know"
Send yours for her whenever you
like, by all means But, until am able
to accompany you, it is my desire that
Edward shall be with you in your
drives whenever this is practicable My
late adventure has made me fearful,
I suppose Call this a sick mans fancy,
If you will, my dear, but indulge it.
At twelve, then, Edward, the carriage
will be ready. Ascertain for yourself
before you set out that the harness is all
right, and have an eye to the coach
mans management of the horses"
10 80 ,sOSrISUEp
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-10-16

Aunt Mary-"But tell me. how did
you happen to marry him?" Bertha
why, you see, everything was ready
He had asked me to have him and I
had consented; he had procured the
license and engaged the clergyman, and
l had sent out cards and ordered the
cake; so, you see, we thought that we
might as we'll go through with it.
There, aunt, that is the reason, as near
as l can remember it."-Boston Tran
script.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-10-16

Lawyer Ito butcher)-"See here. now,
I've traded with you for five or six
years and you have never employed
me once"
Butcher-T know; but IL had ON
ployed you I shouldn't have had any
monV to carry on my own business
with; then where would you be whom
you wanted butcher?'-Boston Tran
script
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-10-16
CHAPTER TX.

HALL you be too
much engaged at
the Office today.
Edward, to drive
out with Constance
at ncon?" question
ed Mr.. Withers one
morning when his
brother came tc, his
room to inquire
after his health,
and to receive his
h,,cfro r- dow
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-10-16
PRESS ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER VIII.

HE conclusion was
in her mind often
enough every day
of her life to be-
come hackneycd,
yet it al W a y S
brought with it a
stra n g e, s W e e t
thrill. Truly sis
terly affection was
a holy and a beau
tiful thingl She
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-10-16

When you think you have heart d.
ease, the real trouble is probably iAdi-
gestion-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-17
TERM HAD A QUEER ORIGIN.
How a Quarter Of q Dollar Came to Be
known as 1.-TWO Bits''-
The s"Thrip."

did you ever hear the expression two
bits used as an equivalent for quar-
ter Of dollar?" asked New Yorker of
reporter for the New York Mail and
Express. ''The term is commonly used
in the south and west Not one person in
1000 even of those who habitually use
the term knows it's origin.
Even as late as the close of the
eighteenth century the silver coinage Of
the United States had not superseded
the Spanish 'milled' dollar in the west
and south. Fractional currency was
particularly scarce and to obtain this
the Spanish 'milled' dollar was cut up to
make change. Halves and quarters, Of
course, suggested their own names, but
when the quarters we're cut in two the
word eighth was discarded for 'bit,' a.
small slug having the value of 1919
cents. Many curio collectors have these
slugs in their possession, although, Of
course, they have long since gone out Of
use as currency.
$50 with thrip,' used in New Orleans
and the vicinity as an equivalent for the
nickel or fve-cent piece. "Thrip' is
merely an abreviation of 'threepence,'
the coin of that value once in general
use, representing about the same
amount Of money a. f1ve-cent piece"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-17

) AN ADVENTURE : '.'; e.: 3;:;;:''~',
) ) ~; OF HANC0Ck'S men

copyright. 1903. by G. L. Kilmer.]
L would have been a strange turn
Of fate for Hancocks noble corps,
the Old Guard of the Army of the
Potomac, comprising the boys in
blue who repulsed Pickett's charge at
Gettysburg, had it been captured or an
initiated in an off day Of battle, yet
that nearly happened at Bristoe, Va,
Oct. IA, 1868. The valiant leader was
absent at the moment, nursing his Get
tysburg wound, and another Gettys-
burg hero, General G.. X. Warren, was
at the head Of the corps.
After accomplishing his skillful re-
treat from Gettysburg to the south side
Of the Potomac, Lee marched leisurely
across the Rappahannock and encamp-
ed behind the Rapidan. Meade as lei
surely followed up with the Army of the
Potomac and bivouacked south of the
Rappahannock. Waiting to get his ar
my in hand for an advance to battle,
Meade was surprised one day by sig
nal dispatch from Lee to Jeb Stuart,
his cavalry leader, read on the wing by
the Federal signalmen, directing that
officer to supply his troopers with
three days. travel rations. During the
next twenty-four hours it ranspired
that Confederates on foot and on horse
back were marching around the flank
Of the Army Of the Potomac, heading
north. and the Yankee troops began
guessing that the year 1863 would wit
ness the annual battle at Bull Run or
Manassas.
Meade at once set his troops in mo-
ton for the heights of Centerville, a
position for defense between Bull Run
and Washington. On the morning Of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-17
HOW HE LEARNED TO SHOOT.
Raw Kentucky Recruit Could Best
Best Of Army Mar1ksAen-SeCret
of His Knack. x -

Among a big batch Of recruits as
signed to my company while ago.
said captain of infantry stationed at
a far western post, according to the
Washington Post, was gaunt, gawky
Kentucky lad, of the mountaineer
class, and not much above 20 years OF
age. He was growing so fast that he
was as clumsy as a St. Bernard pup
and he fell all over himself in drill.
Notwithstanding his perfect Wiling
ness, he was SO inapt a soldier that I
attached him to my quarters In the ca
pacity of dog-robber or striker. Soon
afterward my company was sent out
for target practice on the ranges. My
striker from Kentucky beat out every
man in my company, some of them
veterans wearing the distinguished
marksman' medals, in common canter-
He was as crackerjack rifle shot as I
ever saw in the army and I'd be will
ing to bet that there's not shootist
In that team that lately won the
Palma trophy in England that could
outshoot him. The gawky Kentucky
boys performance on the range filed
me with amazement, as it did every
body else who watched his marvellous
shooting, and when he was through
said to him:
"Look here, boy, where did you
ever get a chance to practice such fine
shooting?'
"Pinkin' rev'noo of1icehs, suh,' he
replied with q grin. *Yo' all fuhgits>
sub, that Ah'm fom Kentucky"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-17

stream, and Browns Rhode Island bat
terry Of the Second corps goes splash
ing across to a position on the opposite
bank.
Warren's men are marching along a
railroad track which is flanked on one
side by ridge 300 yards distant. Par
allel with the ridge is cut through
which the track passes. At the sound
Of Browns guns the leading brigade of
infantry L. ordered to form on the
RIDGE and while the troops are wheel
ing to obey Warren dashes into the
open, followed by his staff. Taking in
the field at glance, he shouts the or
der, by the left flank, double quick to
the railroad cutr'
The order passes down the line, and
while the soldiers Of three Federal bri
gades are running to the sheltering
cut they receive shower Of bullets
from four Confederate brigades of
HIPS line which are moving down the
slopes to the same point. Browns guns
are in action at the head of the column.
Ricketts, Pennsylvania battery climbs
the r1ge east Of the track, followed by
Arnold's Rhode Island battery. It was
all done in five minutes, and Warren
had In his grasp the crossing of Broad
run in 'front.' the crossing of Kettle
run in the rear, where two belated bri-
gades were coming up, and the rail;
road.
Warren commanded three divisions
Webb's, Hays and Caldwell sand Hill
three Hsth's, Anderson's and Will
cox's. It was o'clock In the afternoon.
Ewell was coming slowly up in the
wake of Warren's rear guard. If Hill
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-17
IMPORTS OF FRUITS.
Vast Quantities of Lemons, Oranges
and Bananas Reach New
York Each Year.

Mr.. Frank w. Hawthorne, in an arti-
Gle on Feeding Great City," in Pear
sons, gives some surprising statistics
He says that for the first six months in
1903 New York's lemon imports were
72,356, $40 pounds, valued at 81 ,367 ,074-
all from Italy. From all sources New
York received in the year from July l.
1902, to July l, 1903, 1875, 900 boxes of
lemons.
Imports Of oranges at New York
during 1902 reached 24,412,424 pounds,
valued at SAILS More than half
Of them came from ports in the
British West Indies, the bulk Of
the remainder from Italy; but in
scattering lots Cuba, Mexico and
Costa Rica figure, as we'll as Great
Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and
Germany, and Hong Hong sent us 3,41S
pounds. For the first six months of 1908
New York's imports of oranges aggre-
gated 7,328,074 pounds, valued at $123,-
264-nearly all from Italy.
New York imported in 1892 total Of
5,329,711 punches Of bananas valued at
81 ,636,274 The British West Indies sent
2,862,728 punches, Costa RIGA 1852 100
punches, Colombia 81, 249, San Domingo
81, Ass, and Cuba 355, 179. For the first
six months of 1903 the receipts at this
port were 1851, ISL punches, valued at
$S76,779.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-17
SOUTH AFRICAN COAL FIELDS.
Great Possibilities for Mining the
Substance Reported to Exist
on the Dark Continent.

Consul w. Stanley Hollis, of LOU
renco, MARQUEE. states that according
to the Gold Fields News. Barberton. the
Komau Poort coal area would soon
be declared open. The boundaries Of
this field are wide and are roughly as
follows: On the north, the Crocodile
river; on the south, the Swaziland
boundary; on the east, the Portuguese
line; and on the west, the limits of the
proclaimed area of the Kaap gold fields.
Although the extent of the coal de-
posts is not yet clearly defined 1t is
believed to be q continuation of the
coal belt which proved to be valuable
on the borders of German East Africa
and the Portuguese territory. and ex-
tends southwark to Natal and even
FARTHER. This contention is borne out
by the knowledge that the Swaziland
and Zululand outcrops are on the same
line Of country. AS far as yet made
public, the deposits at Komati Poort
show evidences of three or more dis
ttnct geological periods. In one bore
hole, opened not SO very long ago, the
strata pierced we're in the following or
der: Sandstone, shale, coal, a six-inch
seam Of shale, then coal again, with
shale and sandstone beneath. There
the exploration stopped for the time,
but the occurrences of the seams Ger
tainly are favorable to the belief that
an extensive coal field is there, and that
only the opportunity which Is now to
be given by the government has been
the cause of the bounties of nature not
having been sooner drawn upon in this
locality. Certain Delagoa men are
keenly alive to the possibilities lying
dormant here and the encouragement
offered to exploration work in district
SO adjacent to seaport, where facili-
ties for loading coal will shortly be pro-
vided on scale not hitherto seen on
this lfttOra1
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-17
tains from old pards amt with lookin


fer" ,s'@<1 i ss1 ~ PA
Railroad p asked Miller interestedly
That's fer you uns to make out
said Baker. 'Now, I amt a-goin' to
give away my authority, but I rid
twenty miles yesterday to substantiate
what heerd, an I know it's nothin'
but the truth. You all know old Bob
by Milburn's been buyin' timber land
up about yore property, don't you?'
'1>didn't know how much" answered
Miller, but 1 knew he had secured
some."
'Fust and last in the neighborhood G.
six thousand acres" affirmed Pole, IAN
he's still on the warpath. What fust
attracted my notice was findin' out that
old Bobby hain't dollar to his name.
That made me suspicious, an went to
work to investigator
Good boyr: said Uncle Abner In an
admiring undertone.
well, found out he was usin' Will
sons money an secretly buyin' fer
him. an, what's more, he seems to
have unlimited authority an big bank
account to draw from"
There was startled pause. It was
broken by Miller, whose eyes were
cleaning excitedly.
Its blame good news" he said, eying
Alan.
DO you think so?' said Alan, who
was still under his cloud of displeasure
with his friend
Eyes. 1t simply means that Wilson
intends to build that road. He's been
quiet and pretending Indifference for
two reasons-tirst to bring us to closer
terms, and next to secure more land.
Then they all went to find Bishop to
tell him the news.
To be continued in next Wednesdays
edition.