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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
The Coming Labor Carnival
ONE OF THE
FREE ACTS ~
Mat Gay. the Hiqh Diver.

There are champions and would
be champions In various daredevil
exploits. A great many people
have witnessed an exhibition of
high diving, but the exhibition of
nigh diving that will be presented
at the big midsummer labor car
nival. which will open August "a,
by Mat Gay is one never to be
forgotten by any person Witness
ing 1t. Mr.. Gays tower, by. actual
height, is "a feet. The tank Of
water in which he dives is feet
wide. IL feet long, and contains
exactly four feet Of water. Mr..
Gay ascends to the platform at
the top of his electrically lighted
tower and. after seeing that every
thing is in good condition, he turns
his back to the tank, secures his
proper balance and topples off
backward. turning two complete
somersaults in midair in his de-
scent, alighting in the water with
a terrific spash. throwing the wa
ter in all directions for 40 feet or
or more. Some idea Of the fool
hardness of this act could be
gained by stating Mr.. Gay weighs
166 pounds, and 1T requires but
little mathematical figuring to see
that coming from this height he
strikes the water at a pressure of
about 5000 pounds to the square
inch. Mr.. Gay will present his
exhibition twice daily throughout
the carnival--every afternoon and
every evening.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
COLE TURNED DOWN
FOR REGISTERS JOB

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer of
yesterday contains the following
special from its Washington CORE
spondent:
Several days ago President Roose-
Welt received, at oyster Bay a long
telegram signed by Senators Ankeny
and Foster, urging that immediate ac-
ton be taken in the matter Of the
register of the Spokane rand office by
appointing Hal Cole to succeed Will
liam Fl. Ludden. Senator Foster has
been endeavoring for more than a
year to secure Coles appointment,
and he was reinforced in his efforts
by Senator Ankeny after the election
at Olympia last March.
The president forwarded, the tele-
gram to the Interior department, ask
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
FIVE BUILDINGS BURNED
in FIERCE H|LLYARD FIRE

Shortly after ! o'clock this morn
ing hre started In T. E. Armstrong;
general merchandise store, corner
Market and Wabash streets, Hillyard,
and within Is minutes the interior
was q mass Of flames. The origin
Of the fire is unknown, as there was
NO stove and no one occupied the
premises.
The flames rapidly spread from the
Armstrong store, which consisted Of
three single story frame buildings,
west to two-story frame residence
occupied by Mrs. Hattie ]. Stockton
as a boarding house, and south, de-
etroying DR.. d. F. Eakins pretty cot
tage and his Office building adjoining
Thence It jumped across Market
street and soon the Wormald block
was mass of flames. 1t was check
ed at this point. ffiliyard has no
hre-fighting apparatus, but shortly
after the alarm was turned in by
Night Waterman Owen Donahoe
scores of willing helpers brought
garden hose, while others borrowed
hose from the nearby Great Northern
shops, and the Spokane fire depart
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07

"A petition Is being circulated
among members of the Mattresses
alliance. No. 400. favoring the union
OF that organization with the wait
ers' union. The sentiment among the
girls seems to be unfavorable to the
combine.
The published report that Miss
Austin was by vote Of the alliance
at their last meeting night again
recognized as a member Of the order
IL today strenuously denied by the
leaders Of the opposing faction. They
claim the matter is not settled and
that they still have a few moves in
reserve.
Mrs. NJ. King. regarded as one Of
The leaders OF the opposition to Miss
xustin's reinstatement, denies that
she has withdrawn from the alliance
or that she will do 30. If the wait
resses' troubles are not soon settled
m appeal to a higher body or a split
IN that organization is not improb-
able
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
Co. Operative Mil
Secures It's Title.

The title to Its site on Sinto ave-
nue. between Elm and Cannon streets
yesterday passed to the Union Manu-
featuring company. the cooperative
mill whose promoters are striking
employees of the other mills. Some
difhculty was experienced in getting
the title to the land Strengthened out
and this has delayed the transfer.
Today men were put to work lay
ing the foundation, the excavation
work having already been completed.
meeting of the stockholders Of
the company is called for August "a
at 1880 p. m. at Central Labor hall
for the purpose OF electing a board
of trustees and transacting routine
business.
I. The promoters OF the company
stated today that they saw nothing
In the future that would interrupt
the erection OF their plant and that
1t, would be pushed forward as rapid
ly as possible.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
Russians Murdered.

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. T.
The Dispatch this morning says that
several letters have been received by
officials in London from different
parts Of China predicting another Sc
rious outbreak of Boxers.
Advices from the interior Of China
state that there is much feeling
against Russia and that many Rus
sian officials have been murdered.
The Dispatch says that Russia
thinks the situation at the present
time is too critical to permit Of re-
prisais. therefore the news OF the
deaths are not given - the outside
world, -.--'-
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ing that the papers in the Cole case
be sent to him, as he would like to
dispose of the matter as soon as pos
sible. The papers accordingly were
forwarded. Today the acting secre-
tary of the interior received a letter
from the president, returning the pa
pers, and saying that he had decided
not to appoint Cole.
1t appears ''inadvisable" to do so,
the president said, in view Of Coles
record, and also in view Of Mr.. Lud-
denis fine administration as register
Secretary Hitchcock is not in the
city, but his views in regard to the
Cole candidacy are well known to the
president. The secretary's attitude
is clearly defined in writing also in
the papers which were forwarded to
the president the other day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
THE ZIG FELLOWS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.-Those
who incline to the opinion that Jim
Jeffries has seen his best days as the
pugflistic champion of the world,
should have been here to witness the
big fellow resume his boxing after
several days Of rest. Seldom has jeff
ries shown as much speed as on this
occasion. The unusual amount Of
phantom sparring and footwork that
he has done with untiring regularity
seems to have had decided effect for
the better.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. John
Scott of this city is the happy father
of three additions to his household
The triplets are very promising chill
dren. All are in the best of health
and perfectly formed. There are two
boys and girl.
Mr.. Scott has decided to name them
Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt
and Alice Roosevelt. The distin-
guished persons for whom they are
to be named will be notified Of the
fact. Mr.. Scott has selected the
names through admiration for the
persons, and not for netoriety. Both
he and his wife are native-born
Americans.
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After some work at the pulleys and
day morning, Jeffries and Fitz donned
the gloves for three fast rounds.
Despite the fact that Jeffries had lit
tie If any breathing spell preceding
this bout, the pace that he cut out
was surprising. He continued to
hustle the big Cornishman about
without letup. At the end of the
third round Fitz came Keeling from
the ring and exhausted, sank into a
chair, while fiecks of crimson showed
on his lips and dropping to the pink
tights that he wore, despatched them
for the first time in many q day. jeff
ries, though not even breathing to
excess, also received a slight cut in
his mouth. The go was a very fast
one, and by far the hardest that the
champion has engaged in since he
commenced training.
Jim Corbett furnishing UP his
speed quality is a far more interest
ing object to watch than Jim Corbett
toying with cumbersome apparatus
for the purpose of developing muscle
Jim is regular dancing Dervish
these mornings when he cuts loose
with Yank Kenny on the roped plat
form out under the trees at Croll's
Yank is the heavy villain for the play
He impersonates Jeffries, even to the
crouch which Tommy Ryan claims to
have invented in the first place. Cor
bett is thoroughly satisfied with his
speed drill so far, and for that mat
ter considers that he is as fit to box
now as he will be August IA. He says
his aim from now on will be to keep
at his present notch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
NOTICE TO KoLDE1U or FIRST
AVENUE SEWER BONDS,
DIHTRICT NO. 9.

Notice is hereby given that there
has been collected and paid into First
avenue sewer fund, District No. 9.
special assessments in said district
SUFFICIENT to pay special Improvement
bonds First avenue sewer, district
No. 8, Nos. s and 6. with interest
thereon until the 26th day of August,
1903. and said bonds, with interest,
will be paid by the undersigned, city
treasurer, upon their presentation to
him at his office in the city hail. in
the city Of Spokane. Spokane county.
Wash; and interest on all bonds here
in described will cease on said last
named date.
M. II. EGGLESTON,
City Treasurer.
Dated Spokane. Wash. August 5.
1908.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
MARKEr BRIEFS.

The first Payette Idaho) melons
arrived this morning. Dealers prices
10Q15c.
Barbour's dollhouse tomatoes are
cheaper today by 15c a basket, SELL
ing at coo. The price per pound is
down from zoe to 15c.
Oregon fancy tomatoes have de-
clined to 75o for 20-pound box.
Colorado watermelons range in
price from zoe to soc.
Prices on berries remain unaltered.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
CITY NOTICE..

Bids will be received by the board
Of public works until Q o'clock p. m.
August ~. 1908, for the sidewalking
OF North avenue (now Highland ave-
Of Hilliard street to the center line
of Hilliard street to the center line
of Sherman street, according to the
plans and specifications on file in
this office. L. B. HANDLEY,
Secretarv
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
CITY NOTICE,

The board of public works will re-
ceive bids until 2 o'clock p. m. Au
gust 10. 1908, for the construction of
sewer on Second avenue. from How
ard street to Lincoln street, in ac-
cordance with the plans and speci-
fications on file in this Office.
L. B. HANDLEY. Secretary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
BOY CURED or CoIIC APrER
PHYSICIAN'9 T1EAT1GEMT
HAN PAYY.En

Ny boy wben years old was
taken with collie and cramps in his
he Injected morphine. but the child
kept getting worse. 1 then gave him
half teaspoonful Of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
and in half an hour he was sleeping
Shell Lake. wis. Mr.. wilkins is
bookkeeper for the Shell Lake Lum-
Der Co. For sale by all druggists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07

ket for wheat and are paying in the
country CSC for club and red wheat,
sacked, and CSC for bluestem, sacked;
barley, per cwt., 90c; oats, per cwt.,
SOC; timothy hay, per ton, $12@l3.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
xE1 BEAUTY.

She used to be a charming woman,
beautiful in appearance and DISPOSE
ton. She married -. who prov
ed to be worthless sot. How much
better would 1t have been II the man
had gone to Smith, ES07 Baldwin ave-
nue., and been free from the drink
curse which ruined two lives
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
Sloane. Paine Go.
SIP. Cos Special
Blend Coffee. 0E~|
l5c lib, 2 lbs for ~
NEW TODAY.

Best canning cherries, lb......... 70
Fancy Bartlett pears, basket. zoo
Fancy peaches, basket. $50
Hu"Sy grapes 10 '.'............ .100
Plums. all varieties, basket. $50
Tomatoes. fine. 5-lb. basket. .oOs
Home grown watermelons. 400 70 $50
Black caps. red raspberries and
blaokberries at lowest market prices.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
Score by innings:

Score by innings:
Frisco ........0 0 0 o. 0-5
Summary: -
Earned runs-Spokane /, San Fran
cisco 3. Home runs-Elsey. Two
base hits-Klopf. Zalusky, Nordyke,
Stovall, Zearfoss, Elsey. Stolen bases
Burns. Elsey, StovalI. Struck out
BY Hogg II. by Lehman 6. Bases
on balls-Off Hogg 4. Left on bases
Spokane 8, San Francisco g. Hit
by pitcher-Deisel. Wild pitches
Hogg. Time-2 hours. Umpire
Warner. Scorer-Patton. Attend
ance-9S5.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07

During months Of July and August
special train will leave Spokane for
Loon Lake at p. m. Saturdays: re-
turning. leave Loon Lake midnight
Saturdays and p. m. Sundays.
Round trip fare. $1.2b.
II. A. JACKSON,
General Passenger Agent,
: Spokane, Wash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
SOFT D1uXS.

Nick Noce. 416 Main, soft drinks,
fruits, confectionery, cigars. tobacco.
Patronize him once and you will
again. 220-s2.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07

giving a hurry-up order for enough
screens to cover the windows and
doors of the laboratory.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07

Tacoma, 8; Los Angeles, 8
Helena, 3; Seattle, 2.
Butte, 10; Salt Lake, 2.
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.

San Francisco, z; Seattle, s.
Oakland. 2; Los Angeles 4.
Portland. 2; Sacramento, 0.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07

STATS per GENITAL; December barley
closed $1.05.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL. Aug. 7.-September
wheat opened 6s Az d; closed. Is 4Md.
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z TACOMA, Aug. 7.--Wheat-No. 4
club. ne; bluestem. SOC.
sAN YEANCIsOO.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 7.-De-
cember wheat closed this morning
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07

PACIFIC TBAMSTED 90.
Freight. furniture. baggage and
parcel delivery. Tel. 800. $500.
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x1gPxoY7GHNT AGENCIES.

Bee Hive employment Office and
real estate. 338 Main avenue. Any
thing you want in line of help con-
fer with US. Prompt and reliable.
2cl-0.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-07
Florida Cooking Oil.
one gallon jug. $l.OO


One pint -four. pinch Of salt and
baking powder. four teaspoons OF
Florida oil, rub oil in flour and mix
with ice water.
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0AsT-oFF CLoTKINa.

II you want the highest price for
your old clothing and shoes. try j. c.
Metzger, 21s Main street. Phone
Black 1892. 1900. |
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DHTz0T1v1 AGENCIES.

The Theil Detective Service Co.
We do a general detective business in
all parts Of United States and Canada.
Spokane ONCE, AIS Empire State
building. w. 8. Swain manager. Day
phone. Red 1871. Night phone,
Front 81. 1853.
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0x1AMrD AND P1EssxD

Clothes cleaned and pressed for
$3.50 per month: four suits called for
and delivered. Commercial Dye
Works. Phone Main 243. 208-s.
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EXPHESa.

nue.; small capital required; money
maker. 232-?
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Rainier-Grand, Mrs J. c. Stewart.
roprictress. The finest furnished
rooms in the city; bath.. S11h Riv-
erside. Phone Black 265. 1870.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-12

Draper made it possible to establish the
astro physical department, Mrs. Elem
ing was transferred to it. All the staff
of this division were women Mrs. Elem
ing being at first an assistant Miss
N. A. Farrar was the head of the staff.
Miss Farrar was. however, removed
from her sphere of labors by the hand
of matrimony q year later Mrs. Flem-
ing was thereupon put in her place.
In 1897 because of Mrs. Jennings dis
tinguished ability and faithful service
the Harvard corporation appointed her
curator of astronomical photographs
for the university. The post carries
with it much of both honor and re-
sponsibility. The department has been
greatly enlarged since 1885. A hreproof
building stores not less than 10000
stellar photographs upon plates. Mrs
Fleming has the executive management
of the whole department.
Mrs. Fleming personally prepares ar
ticles for the astronomical press on her
discoveries. These monographs, signed
simply M. Fleming" have attracted
attention from astronomers the world
over All the correspondence of the
department passes through her hands
Where she herself does not write the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-12

work of Mrs. Fleming and her as.
sistants. If she should find in photo.
graphs of a given constellation stellar
spectrum different from any one pre-.
viously known Mrs. Fleming would al
once conclude she had discovered q
new star. That, as a matter of fact
has happened. In the past $50 year,
only eighteen new stars have been dis
covered, and of these six were found
by Mrs. Fleming. One of them, Nova
Norma, was discovered by the lady
while she was examining a photograph
sent from the Arequipa observatory il
Peru. When a new star is suddenly OBJ
served in a given quarter of the heav-
ems it means that the star is SO far
away its light has only just reached
this earth. though the rays may have
been millions of years on the way to US
Sitting in her study examining pho
tographic plates of stellar spectra day
after day, year after year, this pro-
found woman student has contributed
perhaps more to the science of astrc
physics than any other astronomer OF
our time, though she is only forty-si1
years of age. Besides the new stars
she has found or investigated some 20t
variable stars. These are stars whose
light grows bright and then dim from
time to time Mrs Fleming observed
that in the spectra of these variables
there were always certain bright lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-12
WHAT IS YOUR NOSE LIKE?

The above question is not imperti-
nent, for it is asked solely in your in
terest, and you may answer it to your
self. Still the question is one to be
considered, for on the shape of your
nose should depend the style of your
dress.
Costumers always know that the nose
has to be reckoned with in gowning
woman properly. If it be strongly
characteristic the dress may be the
same, especially if face and bearing
indicate strength and independence.
The girl or woman with slightly
tip tilted nose and laughing, mis-
chievous eyes looks well with all sorts
of huffiness in the way of trimmings,
variety of tints and sharply contrast
ing colors; her costume should not in
the least smack of severity. but should
nave an air of the most picturesque
carelessness about it.
Thus, you see We have the two ex-
tremes-austerity and coQuetry-and
ne medium would be quiet and simple
elegance either costly or inexpensive
according to the individual means and
tastes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-12
ognized 1t.

Rural Baker -
Don't tell me how
cake should be
made, mister. l
made cake before
you was born.
Casual Custom
er (gulping down
a morsel with diff
fculty)-Yes; this
must be a piece OF
that cake.
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NO CHOCOLATES FOR SINGERS.

The diet of a singer has to be as care
July considered and limited as that OF
IN athlete in training Nine. Melba 10
devoted to sweets, but che never all
lows herself one; Mime. Nordica con-
fesses to sometimes having a perfectly
childish craving for an abundant feast
of sweets and pastries. yet she denies
herself both.
Mime. Calve once expressed a longing
Cor a big. rich. hearty workman's din
ler Nine. Patti has sacrificed prac-
ically everything to her voice, and she
avs that she owes its preservation to
he fact that she never for one mGA
ment forgets that she is a singer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-12

She was the first to deduce from tina
fact a theory which may be called
law. Again, this woman. who almos1
seems to know astronomy by intuition
has through her Photographic stal
studies discovered planetary nebulse.
Greatest of all the works of hersel'
and her women associates. however
when the amount of labor is consid
cred, is the catalogue of stellar spectr1
they have made. This is nothing less
than a set of books containing an inde.
and description of the spectrum of ev-
cry star visible to the naked eye IL
both the northern and southern hemi
spheres. The northern hemisphere wa,
mostly cataiogued by Miss Maury
granddaughter of Commodore Maury
Miss Cannon. under the supervision o.
Mrs. Fleming, compiled the star spectre
of the southern hemisphere TIE cata-
logue when finished at once became az
authority. The Observatory, maya
zine published at the Royal observa-
tory. Greenwich. England. made ths
following comment: 1T would be diff
cult to say too much in praise of the
zeal and skill with which the grea
work has been accomplis he'd.
KATHERINE BLADES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-12
Women Astronomers:
Mrs. Nina Fleming

ii to date astronomical work is
largely in the hands of women,
in the field of astro physics
The Harvard observatory owes
It's high standing in the scientific
world to the excellence of its astro
physical department. and this is alto
gether woman.s enterprise. The la
mented Professor Henry Draper of
New York was one of the pioneers of
astro photography, and his star pic
lures first showed clearly defined the
lines of stellar spectra- But he died all
too early, leaving the vast field of star
spectrum analysis still unexplored-
His wife, who was the sister of Cort-
land Palmer, had been his sympathizer
in scientific work. She desired that the
photographing of star spectra which he
had commenced should go on.
Mrs. Draper turned over to Harvard
her husbands Photographic telescope
and other instruments, donating like
wise a fund for the permanent contin-
uing of his work. This meant that she
paid the salaries of the star photogra-
pliers. A branch of the Harvard astrc
physical department was also estab-
lished at Arequipa, Peru. The South
American station. Ell Misti. is nearly
four miles above sea level. The photo
3
forwarded to Harvard for examination.
In this analysis of stellar photogra phs
a woman, Mrs Nina Fleming, is be-
yond question one of the leading ex-
perts of the world She is now the Off
ciaI curator of the Harvard star pho
tograph observatory. After Mrs. Ora
per had given to Harvard her hus-
bands stellar Photographic telescope
another lady, Miss Catherine Bruce,
gave to the Arequipa observatory its
twin, so that similar work is done by
both instruments.
In recognition of the fact that the
astro physical observatory at Harvard
was the gift OF a woman, women OBJ
servers and computers were employed
in it from the beginning. They were
already at work in the Harvard observ-
atory and had shown their skill and re-
liability. Among these ladies was a
young Scotch woman, Mrs. Nina Elem
ing. She was born in Dundee in 1857.
Her maiden name was Stevens. The
early death of her father sent her on
the world to earn her living, which was
fortunate for science. The girl was a
mathematician naturally and by train
ing and an uncommonly neat penman
as well.
When very young she taught school
in her native land and at the age of
twenty was married. Two years later
she came to America with her husband
and settled in Boston. She had an in
FAINT and a dependent mother. On the
strength of her neat penmanship and
her mathematical attainments she got
employment as computer in the Har-
ward observatory. In 1885, when Mrs.