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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
: AHEAD FOR SPOKANE

That Spokane is to have great
deal of improvement done on her
streets in the spring is shown by the
number of petitions handed in to the
street commissioners. A petition was
given to the commissioners this morn
ing signed by over 60 per cent of the
property owners on Front avenue be-
tween Lincoln street and Division for
n pavement to consist of asphalt with
brick curbings. AS the property own
ers propose to pay for the work out
of their own pockets. there is no
question but that 1t Will pass the
city council
The city ordinance provides that
when 80 per cent of the property own
ers petition the city for street inn
provements the petition shall be
granted, and as practically all the
owners on Front avenue desire the
work to be done Spokane can expect
to see the street torn up some time
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UNCLE SANS MIDNIGHT MESSAGE
SENT AROUND THE WHOLE WORLD

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 81
Promptly on the stroke of midnight
tonight Uncle Sam will start New
Year greeting around the world. The
army posts and naval stations Of the
United States in Hawaii, Guam, the
Philippines, Porto Rico, Alaska and
other parts of the world will receive
the message, the sending OF which
is made possible by the completion OF
the Pacific cables and those to Alaska.
In less than ten seconds this salute
will completely encrcle the globe and
return to the starting point-the white
towering naval observatory on George
town Heights. This, at least, is the
calculation of Lieutenant Commander
Everett Hayden, the naval officer in
charge OF the observatory. The route
OF the message will be by telegraph
to San Francisco and thence by way Of
the new Pacific cable TO Honolulu, to
Midway, to Guam, to Manila and 10
Hong Kong.
Flashing up and down the entire
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31

within the next three months. Ac-
cording to Street Commissioner Root.
Front avenue Is in more need of a
pavement than any other, although
the owners will be put to great ex-
pense to have the proposed ground
put in readiness Most of the side
walks along the street are four feet
shorter In width than the city ordi-
nance calls for.
Other petitions are coming in to
the city clerks Office In large num-
bers. Property owners on Broadway
petition the commissioners for i'm
provements between Chestnut and
Cochran streets. the improvements to
consist of grading and curbiug. Pc
titions asking for improvements from
Main avenue to Wilson avenue. from
Sinto avenue to Hollis street and
from Huron street to Main avenue
were also received by the commits
sionpra
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
Public Schools.

At a meeting of the board Of educa-
ton yesterday Charles G. Phillips of
Ashland, O., was elected as head of
the commercial department of the
high school, and F. c. Jackson Of
Glenwood Springs. Col, was elected
as assistant in the sciences. In addi-
ton Mr. Jackson Will assist in the
commercial department.
Hereafter the pay of janitors will
be regulated according to the amount
of work done and will be graded up
and down from a 10-room building.
For this school $40 month will be
paid deduction Of $3.50 per room
will be made for any number of rooms
less, and 50 a room added for any
number above. Janitors will be paid
according to the size of the lawns.
The high school engineer will receive
500 month and the janitor $50.
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before the birth of the new year.
Similarly, it will be 10 o'clock when
the signal flashes into the Denver and
the mountain belt towns, and o'clock
when it reaches the Pacific coast.
When the island OF Midway 10 reached
the clocks will register p. m, up to
this point the message will be ahead
of the new year, but as the island "a
Midway marks the international date
line, where each new year il born.
the instantaneous spark will be flash
ed into Guam at 3 F. M. New Years
Day while our soldiers in the Phil
ippines will receive the greeting about
the hour they have finished their New
Year dinner At Calcutta and Ceylon
II will be II a. M; at Bombay, 10 a.
M; ut Alden, a. m; at Rome. 6 a. m,
III the Canary Islands, a. M; in east
ern Brazil, a. M; and sc on back 10
Washington, all within the ten seconds
following the midnight hour when ~
message was started on its way.
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City News.

An order requiring Samuel w. Spear
to submit to an examination of his
person by disinterested medical ex-
perts was issued from Judge Belts
court today at the instance of the
Washington Water Power company
who are defendants in a damage suit
instituted by Spear.
l.. l.. Westfall was today appointed
guardian ad Item and agent of Peter
Dueber, Jr,, and Byron S. Dueber.
minors, in the care OF their interests in
the estate of Mary Dueber, deceased
The estate is valued at 1920.
In the case of h. Riley against LEILA
Helen and Anna Louise Baker involv.
ing the title to lot |, in block 4 OF
Chambers addition. decree was rsn.
dered today by Judge KEENAN, in favor
of the plaintiff.
c. Harvey Smith. J. j. King and +.
o. Hughes were today appointed APP
praisers Of the estate OF Florence Ade-
aide White, deceased.
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lodglnu-House Fight.

A fight occurred in the Miners lodg-
ing house this morning which for pun
ishment to one of the parties equaled
the Corbett Hanlon fight which took
place in Frisco a few days hence.
Madge Wilson and John Willard decid.
ed to settle all difficulties and both
went TO the ring in the best of condi-
ton. Willard was in the best shape,
and if referee had been there the
decision would have gone to him.
Madge had her eye closed and her face
scratched in woeful way. Willard
did not show any marks of punishment.
but was little the worse for wear.
The row was stopped by the police
before the affair ended. and both were
booked for disorderly conduct.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
People VINO
Arc Coming
and Going

Banker Il. +. O'Neal of Wallace, Ida,
Is in town stopping at the Victoria.
Ed Ross and wife, cattle man from
Cut Bank, Mont, are registered at the
Arthur.
w. H. Whealer, prominent man Of
Nelson, h. c., is at the Spokane.
Wallace Sackett, advance agent for
the Lost River Theatrical company, is
booked at the Victoria.
Mr.. A. II. Porter, prominent land
owner in Lewiston, Ida, and wife, are
registered at the Spokane from Chi
cago.
DIR. Charles James and son Gordon
James of Tekoa are at the Victoria.
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4 homestaying blonde young lady,
aged l6, well brought, fond Of the piano,
a model daughter, shocks her friends
by running away presumably to be
married. Her chum, equally attractive,
dark, well formed, joins in the adven-
ture, disappearing with the brother Of
the first young lady. This double
elopement, if indeed such it be, is now
in the hands of Chief Woydt. For
three days and nights he has carefully
gone over the hotel list, but is still
baffled in his efforts to locate the
runaway young people.
These model young ladies ran away
presumably to be married, but thus far
not scrap of writing has come to the
anxious parents. Where are they?
What has become of them? Are they
really married? The suspense is agon-
izing. The girls came to Spokane with
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
A TIMELY SUGGESTION.

This is the season OF the year when
plenishes her supply OF Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. 1t 10 certain to be
needed before the winter is over. and
results are much more prompt and
satisfactory when It is kept at hand
tracted and before 1t has become set
tied IN the system. In almost every
Instance q severe cold may be warded
of by taking this remedy freely as
cold appears. There is no danger in
giving II TO children for II contains
no harmful substance. 1t is pleasant
TO take--both dults and children like
It. Buy 1t and you will get the best
druggists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31

eastern coast of Asia it viii cross SUI
matra, Borneo and Java to Australia
and New Zealand BY the land route
across Siberia it will be flashed to
Moscow and st. Petersburg, and there
be taken up by the thick mesh of wires
covering northern and central Europe,
passing London and at the same time
spanning the coast OF africa From
Alexandria it Will be shot $50 miles
up the Nile, into the very heart of the
dark continent Leaping ont into the
sea it will register itself in the isles OF
Madagascar and M0mius. From Lis
bon to the Madeira, aHd over the Cape
Verde islands ii will jump to Peruam-
buco, Brazil. thence down into central
Argentine and up into Bolivia, across
the Windward isles. the Lesser An
titles and the West indies, and then
home again to Washington
Over llsp,OJ0 miles OF wire and
cable will he utilized in transmitting
the message When the midnight
signal reaches Chicago IT vii be an hour
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
WILL CLICK OUT THE
OLD AND IN new YEAR

Tonight at 1855 o'clock every tele-
graph instrument in the country will
stop ticking, according to Manager
Masters of the local branch of the
Western Upion here. Immediately will
start the ticking of the old year out
and the new year in. 1t is a wonder
full thing the way this lie done, for the
whole thing will be operated from the
giant clock at tie observatory in Wash
ington. D. C. This clock is connected
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
zoo LIVES LOST

oally suspended. The board OF TRADE
closed at noon out OF respect TO the
disaster after the mornings apathetio
trading. From morgue to morGue the
weeping ones hurry in quest Of miss
ing friends or relatives, or emerge
from the oharnal houses bearing svi-
dsnoe that the search II ended and
the worst feays realised.
TELH0HA1rs OF INQUIRY.
The mayors ONCE 10 buried In tsle-
grams Of inquiry. From cities Of
America and Europe come messages
Of coincidence.
Equal almost to the heartrsndins
scenes at the morgus 10 that Of the
police cuStodian's room, where the
anxious ones are going over the heaps
Of garments and trinkets left behind
in the mad rush to escape the burn
ing theater. Little children's cloth
ing, soiled and torn sealskins Of value,
slippers and skirts torn from strug-
Cling women and portions Of waists
complete the tragic evidence Of that
last terrible rush. Five bushel bas-
kets filled with purses, gloves, hand
ksrohiefs, jewslry, and two barrels
were required to hold the overshoss
and shoes alone. All night long and
yet today crowds fill the streets
around the scene Of the catastrophe,
giving way to tra1ac and pedestrians
only through the active efforts Of the
police.
The IriQuois theatsr stands to The
outward gaze intact with all the
glamour Of new construction, its
marble columns and soulptured hs-
ures Of tragedy and comedy not even
hiaokened with the death.dsalins
smoke. The grand entrance with its
marble staircase and terraoes il still
beautiful and intact. But inside not
a vestige Of anything innammabIe 10
left
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31

A large order for bridge iron was
placed with the foundries of this city
today by the county commissioners If
Kootenai county, Idaho, which win
be used in building lot OF new bridges
throughout that county. Commission
ers Joseph Fisher, Alex McQuarie and
c. W. Dyer are in the city today ne
gotiating for this iron.
1--WE will make general repair of
the bridges of the county" said Mr..
Dyer this morning, "and from now on
Kootenai will have very excellent
bridges"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31

CHICAGO, Dec. 3l.-Ths 1roquoin
thsstsr Ars Of yesterday afternoon 10,
~ all rsokonings, the greatest dis
astsr Of modsyn times. Never within
the memory Of man has there been
such appalling disaster from = nrs.
Mount Pslse could have been NO
worse.
The accounts Of the origin are con-
Aictins. Some lay II to the electric
wires, other to tho explosion Of gas,
used with the limslishts. The CRY,
"FirsW started the panic. A majority
OF those on the ground Aoor managed
to escape, but the 800 to 900 people In
the galleries persisted missrably like
rats in q trap. The fearful jam Of
human bodies told the story. Women
and children screaming "Firep be-
came insane with fear, dashed to the
gallery doorways, which were almost
instantly jammed with the dead and
dying.
WERE sUFFoCATHD.
Those inside were sufFooated by the
gases, smoke and flames. The the
alter, all told, held 1900. The awful
hillocks Of the dead at the exits TO the
gallery, reached within two feet Of
the top Of the doors. These bodies
were composed Of women and chill
drsn. When the hremen came, tho
mass OF bodies reached at least eight
solid feet back from the stairways.
The corpsss were In attitudes Of CON-
vulsion.. Women ana children, frantic
with excitement, their minds gone, at
tempted to pull and tear each other to
pieces, trampling on zach other,
stransling, choking and crushing each
other in the mad fight for life.
LIST WILL REACH TOO.
At 9 O'Clock this morning the police
compiled the list Of bodies recovered
In the holocaust 10 SOL, with q pros
poet Of finding other bodies In the
debris. It IL almost certain the num-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31

A new car was started out on the
newly built line of the Occur d Alene
& Spokane electric line this morning
This makes two cars now being used
by this company.
Both the eastbound and the west
bound Great Northern passenger trains
were an hour late this morning( caused
by storms in the Rocky and Cascade
mountains.
The o. r. & n. and the Northern
Pacific lines both announce a general
change in freight rates to go into effect
January Is.
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the management OF James Gilmore,
an ex-convict.
Whatever the truth may prove to be
In regard to these rumors. the i'm
preston Is general in the tenderloin
that there will be no police interfer-
ence with the proposed gayety. One
old tenderloincr. who has been
through previous reform eras, voiced
the general sentiment today when he
said: THE last election meant that
the people of New York wanted the
old times Back. and II they do it's
the duty OF the officials to git II to
them. II the other side had won no.
body would have thought Of opening
up"
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mittsd their inability 70 compile .
CORRECT list Of the dead, injured and
missing. Tho revised statement is
sued ct that hour cuts the number Of
dead from 6sl to ISL. The missing
IL placed at 400, and probably with
the unidentified dead and injured 400,
Of whom the physicians report prob
ably 100 fatally injured. The news
paper reports compiled at the various
morguss and hospitals until noon
vary, the lowest being se4 and the
highest SIC.
Coroner Trasger impanellsd jury
early this morning and conducted 1t
into the numerous morgues, where
each body was viewed separately.
Several times the men were oom-
PEELED to cease labor, overcome by
emotion. The spectacle Of burned
children affected them most. Two
jurors were unable to 60 further than
the first morgue, where they were OK
cused and other men substituted. The
jury's unpleasant task Will probably
occupy until midnight, by which time
tho last Of the victims will probably
have been seen.
Soon as this 10 done the hearing Of
evidence will be begun. The invssti-
cation will be complete. witnesses
will be required to tell why the doors
Of the ohildren's galleries were not
left open 80 every means Of exit could
be used; also why the asbestos our
tain failed to work, and whether or
not the several building laws were
complied with. All information shows
that had the asbestos curtain worked
the loss Of life would have been small.
The city today IL in profound
gloom. The death list il 80 great
that hundreds OF thousands are num-
bered as either relatives or friends
or acquaintance among the victims.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
Business In many lines 10 practi-
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THE LIGHTS OF new Y0RK'S TENDER.
L0|N Will SHINE AGAIN TONIGHT

all past performances In the shade.
Tho Haymarket, 1t is said, will
shine again in all its glory and the
TiVoli, Berlin and other resorts of a
similar character that have been dark
or at least subdued for months past
will throw wide open their doors.
Most interesting of all the reports
current today IL one to tho effect that
there will be n reopening OF the EN-
piro, West Twenty-ninth street.
This place has been closed ever since
a waiter named Tobin murdered Cap
tain Craft there and hid his body in
the cellar after beheading It ana cast
ing the head into the furnace. 1t is
said the resort will DO reopened under
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31

direct with the instruments of the
capital and thus connected with every
instrument in the United States. If
those who are up at that hour go to
the Western Union office they will
hear all the instruments suddenly stop
ana then with every move of the Sec
ond hand on that great clock at WASH
ington there will Be millions Of CORE
spending ticks all over the United
States, until the hour of u, and the
birth of the new wear of 1904.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
OLD Veterans
OF Stene River
Meet Again

SHELBYVIILE, Ind, Dec d.
Survivors of the battle of Stony River
(Tenn) met here today to revive MEM
cries and swap stories, of the famous
conflict which was fought forty-one
Years ago today. The occasion of the
gathering is the fourth annual reunion
OF the association composed of the
veterans who took part in the engage
ment. A two days programme has
been arranged. A majority of the six
hundred members of the association are
present and several noted speakers will
be heard at the annual fire tonight.
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NEW YORK. Dec 31.---Unusual
activity In the tenderloin region serv-
ed Ms n reminder to those who strolled
that way today that a change in the
administration OF Greater New York
was Mt hand. Notorious resorts that
have been closed during the Low ad-
ministration have been refurnished
and redecorated and otherwise pre-
pared for a grand opening. When
Trinity chimes ring In tho New Year
tonight and also the first day of the
administration of Mayor Mcclellan
and his Tammany associates there
will be celebrations and festivities in
the region about Twenty-ninth street
and Broadway which promise to put
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
Vessels Captured.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3l.-A dis
patch from Minister Powell dated yes
terday, says two sailing vessels from
Curacao are bound for Azusa loaded
with arms and ammunition for the
insurgents were captured by the pro-
visional dominican government. The
latter assuming the offensive was sue
cesstul at Guerin. Prisoners are being
sent to San Domingo city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31

In the action brought by the Traders
National bank against j. r. Woodley,
ct al, to settle the ownership of 5000
held by the bank, that amount having
been deposited with the court, Merritt
& Merritt, attorneys for Woodley, to-
day fled lien upon the money for
$500 for fees and compensation for
services.
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Der win exceed 600. The coroner Still
believes the total WIN reach TOO, ~
the basement and upper dressing
rooms OF the stage and part Of the
upper galleries have not been thor
oushly searched.
At the city hall, where the lists OF
the victims and descriptions Of the
unidentified dead are being compiled,
men, women and children throng the
corridors. The death list II being
added to by the hospital reports
where the injured were taken. The
police believe at least 25o were in
jured.
Pumps are working on the base
ment, which was flooded. At every
step in the building the police are
finding diamonds, jewels ana furs. NO
one 10 permitted to enter the building
without a special permit from the
chief Of police and accompanied by
a special guard. Thousands of dol
lars worth Of wraps and jewels have
been hauled to police headquarters.
DANGER OF COLLAPSE.
The rear and side walls Of the
stage are in danger Of falling. Arohi-
teots today warned the firs1nen that
the rear Of the building might col
lapse at any moment and crush to
death all In that portion.
william Dee, q wealthy contractor,
whose two children, Edward, aged 9,
and Louise, aged 3, ana nurse were
missing, chartered q special train
from Mecca, Ind. Today he found the
nurse ana Louise. The latter WAS
picked up crying on tho streets In
front Of the theatsr. The nurse II
badly injured and was taken to the
hospital. The boy Is missing.
VARIOUS ESTIMATES.
Still confronted by chaos that will
take days to straightsn, the police
and coroner's ofuoials at noon today,
after 40 hours' continuous toll, ad-
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 81
An additional indictment against John
Benson, a wealthy real estate dealer
IN San Francisco. who is charged By
the interior department with being
the head Of alleged land frauds in n
dozen western states and territories
has been returned by the grand Jury
here.
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Union Park Ladies'.

The Ladies' Aid OF the Union Park
Methodist church held an interesting
meeting yesterday afternoon at the
Residence of Mrs. NJ R. Brown. A
corps of officers was elected for the
ensuing year, as follows; president,
Mrs. E. Calhoun; vice-president. Mrs.
Geo. Barker; secretary, Mrs. II. s.
Patten; treasurer. Mrs. Lucia Collins.
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The Ladies' Aid society. of the I'm
ion Park Methodist church, will hold
an experience social on Friday evening
January 10, at the parsonage. Each
member of the society is obliged to
earn $l,00 and tell the manner in which
it was accomplished in appropriate
verse, The proceeds of the evening
will be used for church purposes. Re.
Treatments will be served to those
present. ...,., ...-..... .....
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An Awful
Wreck

GENEVA, Ohio, Dec. 8l.-The Lake
Shore limited double-header struck an
open switch while running sixty miles
an hour, west Of this city this morning.
Engineers Spring and Macintosh and
fireman Kelpin were killed outright.
A number of passengers were injured,
three serioucly. The wreck caught
fire.
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Cash on Hand.

The report of the city comptroller
for the month of November. 1903
shows cash on hand amounting to $44,-
061 rs, with warrants outstanding
amounting to SOS ,369.55.
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Meet This Eve.

The Reading Circle of Union Park
meets this evenig at the Methodist par
sonage and will be followed by the
Watch Night services at the church
from 8 to II o'clock. Rev. NJ. II.
Brown will have charge of the services.
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JAPAN
She Purchases Two
War Vessels From
Argentine.

ROME, Dec. 3l.-The Japanese
went to Genoa this morning
to inspect two. Argentine cruisers rr"r-
chased by japan. The guns are not
yet mounted but could be made ready
for active service in short time.
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Serious Injuries.

Robert Young, colored driver Of
one of the city scavenger wagons, was
and perhaps fatally injured
in a collision with street car on
Division street.
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They May Repent.

There were 1910 marriage licenses
issued from the county auditors Office
during the year 1908.
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For SPOKANE and Vicinity
Tonight ana Friday probably
snow.