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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-20
Idaho Forest Fires.

WALLACE, Idaho. Aug. 2o.--Mur-
ray IL In great danger from forest
fires, which are fercely raging. All
residents are fighting the flames. Con-
siderable property has been des-
troyed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-20
Wallace Judge honored

WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 20.-The
district court adjourned today. Judge
Morgan was given gold watch and
chain and an Elk charm by the jury.
II. Allen was sentenced to two
years for forgery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-08-20
Big Uprising 10
Reported In China

BERLIN. Aug. 20.-A telegram
from Port Arthur this morning states
that reports received there from diff
ferent provinces in China indicate a
simultaneous uprising which threat
ems to involve the whole country.
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London---Earl Roberts. command
er-in-chie Of the British army. sails
for Boston on Monday for an extend
cd tour OF America.
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louisville, xy.-Hiram Scoggan.
the noted turfman. who owned Proc
tor Knott and other crack runners,
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7 HIGHLANDS. N. r.. Aug. 90
After an unsatisfactory beating
about for approximately four hours
~ q half with little or no wind and
all sorts of weather. the first of the
International yacht cup contests be-
tween the Reliance and Shamrock III.
was called of at s:4e this afternoon.
. few minutes after the American
boat had turned the outer mark, q
mile and half or more IN advance
Of the challenger.
When the signal calling the rac1
Of was hoisted the wind had gone to
. dead calm and there was no possi-
bility Of finishing within the time
limit.
As far as the contest went, how
ever. 1t showed that there Is small
chance OF Sir Thomas Upton lifting
the cup. Sir Tommy has consistently
prayed for light winds and he got
them. but, probably much to his sur
prise. the Reliance showed to better
advantage in the foreigners wished
for conditions than did the Shamrock.
Despite a heavy rain and a dense
fog yachting enthusiasts turned out
in goodly numbers, confident in their
belief that the Reliance would make
GOOD" belief that was not at all
shattered by the showing the gallant
defender made.
Calculations here show that the
Reliance was leading by 10 minutes
when the race was declared off. The
Shamrock had not reached the outer
mark. The race will be resailed Sat
urday.
HIGHLANDS. NJ Y. Aug. 2o.-At
. o'clock the Reliance. under tow of
a tug. started for the Sandy Hook
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LONDON. Aug. 20. - Immense
crowds are watching the bulletins.
serenely confident that the Shamrock
will win, whereas in former races
they merely hoped that the challenger
would
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RACE CALLED OFF
RELIANCE IN LEAD

Gates that the yachts have been
brought about on the port tack.
12:13.-The boats are seen in misty
outline. heading toward Seabright,
close together.
12:a0.-The yachts are displaying
equal drifting ability. There Is hard
ly q cupful Of wind OF shore.
l2:l5.-It Is seen that the Reliance
IL leading by nearly q minute. 1t
10 intensely hazy. The Shamrock is
about on starboard tack, followed at
1856 by the Reliance.
At 1908 both boats were brought
about on port tack. The Reliance IL
slowly but surely pulling away from
the Shamrock. footing a little higher.
As the boats stood away the first real
idea Of their ability to point into the
wind was obtained. 1t was Lipton's
weather conditions and the Reliance
was certainly pointing higher into
the wind. While at this time there
is little likelihood of the race being
finished within the time limit, the Re-
lance partisans are gleeful over the
showing Of the defender.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-The betting
on the races is very light. Sixteen
thousand dollars was placed by Fred
Brooks on the Reliance at to /,
which Is the largest bet recorded.
Shamrock money Is not plentiful.
Last night and today arrivals are
having difficulty in getting hotel ac-
commodations. The Waldorf-Asto-.a
has the biggest registry in It's his
tory. 1t has 600 out-of-town guests
from all over the world. including a
party from Japan. All other promi-
nent hotels are taxed to their utmost
capacity. The crowds began to gather
before the bulletin boards early.
LONDON, Aug. 20. - Immense
crowds are watching the bulletins,
~, olr
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HIGHLANDS. N. Y. Aug. 2o.-At
. o'clock the Reliance. under tow OF
a tug. started for the Sandy Hook
lightship. Six minutes later the
Shamrock took tow. At $40 o'clock
the committee on the boat Navigator
The daily sentinel., 1903-08-18
Didn't Get the Job.

C. B. Greene, a member of the Con
solidated stock exchange of New
York. was annoyed by boy who
wanted a position in his office and
used to call every day to see about it.
Mr.. Greene's office boy was entirely
satisfactory and he did not care to
make a change.
Did you see that boy who was just
In here?" asked Mr.. Greene of his
office boy one day after the persist
ent applicant had made another plea
for a job.
Il saw him." said the boy. What
does he want?"
We'll" said Mr.. Greene, "he wants
your job, and If l ever see him again
he will get it."
Mr.. Greene says he has not seen
the persistent boy since.
The daily sentinel., 1903-08-18

Household furniture for sale. COR
ner of First and White. Enquire of
]. W. Weyer,
Squire G.. Lane. one of the proni-
nent citizens of Fruita, was a visitor
to the city today.
The new dynamo for the electric
light plant has arrived and will be
placed in position at once.
@. NJ Druse sold today to J. B..
Allender. of jefferson county, Iowa,
the J. B. Matthews place adjoining
the Fruitvale school property for
$6500.
Superintendent Theo. G.. Lennon,
returned last night from the south.
where he has been to secure some more
pupils tor the school at this place
He reports successful trip.
The daily sentinel., 1903-08-18
l. N. Bunting, Editor
Lee s Bunting, Props.
THE HIGHER LAW"

Judge DeFrancs district to
preside in union and citizens
league of Idaho Springs.
Judge Overs is there also is an accompaniment
opened spectacular manner as
was o
Judge procvite lead him to
unusual aud not exactly
county, legal prosecutors
of usurpation and tyranny
the aggrieved of complaint These
the district where the trouble
imported for the
rights and of the
eviction of half
a fold than the
dynamng Moon question There
the ndivd
a undesirable important
human life Who
The evicted
the known they
They the leaders of
which paceabe portion of the community wished
Self human trait and doubt the citi
Springs justified
demolition of their
families
believe the
dispensed many
higher Us the
The daily sentinel., 1903-08-18
Local Overflow.

Train No. was two hours and
thirty five minutes late last night.
Clarence Martin, editor of the Pal
isades Tribune, is in the city today.
HAYDEN Green and Ted Primrose
went to Salt Lake City last night
with the excursion.
S. J. Scoville and wife We're among
those who left on the excursion last
night for Salt Lake City.
1. Berger and family of Waco, Tex.
AS. are arrivals in the city Mr.. Bor-
ger will work for Loeffler the tailor.
There will be meeting of the
Peach Day executive committee to-
night, at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
The Cabinet Changes.

Genuine regret is felt by all loyal Americans because of the approaching retirement of Secretary Root. The same feelings are manifested on the reiteration of the report that Secretary Moody finds himself unable to remain at the head of the navy department longer than the present term of Pres- dent Roosevelt. The public services given by these two gentlemen have been so valuable that the people of the United States without thought of par tisanship would wish to see them both stand by until Roosevelt's work is done
 The absurd talk about Secretary Hays retirement in the present diplo- matic crisis with Russia which is squelched by the word of the secretary himself, affords intense qualification. There never was q time when it was possible to credit the stories of a rup- ture between MT. Roosevelt and Mir. Hay upon two such morally sound pol icies, and in every way sound policies, as the president and the secretary have pursued in the matter of the Kischi- neff petition and the open door. But the positive, statement that Mcssrs. Roosevelt and Hay are in perfect Gc- cord on all matters affecting this country's welfare will be received ev- erywhere-except in the Russian for eign office-with deep satsfaction.- New York Press.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
Topeka Eclipses Newport.

A band of society young men from Topeka. under the leadership of the son of Pension Commissioner Ware. has taken to the harvest fields of Kansas. It's members are to get their board and s4 per day as long as they stay at work. The length Of this period is a matter upon which wagers are being placed by various Topeka friends of the swell harvesters who could not feel the impulse to become men of the req per or the rake.
 This news from the state of Poet Ware, Mary Elizabeth Lease and Mrs. Nation has its sting in the effete east. It exhibits the smart set of hustlinS Topeka scoring over the elite of New port in the struggle for summer days novelty. The anguish of Master Harry Lehr and his coterie of social pets over this eclipsement will be something to express in terms understood only by the confidential ear of q pampered performing parrot or mimicking simian.
 The Topekan smart set has proved itself good as the wheat" What is the Newport clique good for. anyway New York World.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
SOUSA'S FIRST CONCERT
In Which Figured Shirt Much Too
 Big for the SoloiSt.

Persons with long memories inform us that Mir. Demo5thenes began his career as q stump speaker by throw ing yards of verbo3ity at the sad sea waves. John Philip Sousa's beginning as a public performer was much more ludicTous than the beginning made bJ Mir. Demosthenes.
 Sousa made his debut as violin soloist, and his first public apearance was in a lunatic asylum. Sousa tells Q; series of mishaps which prevented him from making a bowling success Of his first appearance.
 On preparing for the affair. the mu- sician. then eleven years of age. found he was minus d white shirt. He sought his instructor. and was SCOT equipped with a garment several sizes too large for him. InCased in the ample folds of the instructors shirt. and with a start lingly large eXpanse of white polished linen under his chin, Sousa tripped out on the platform.
 He lifted his bow. Several pounds of shirt accompanied his arm and when he began to play the garment wab- bled around his neck in a most an- moving manner. After a minutes play ing the future bandmaster found him self too small for the garment. and unable to manipulate both the violin and the shirt at the same time with any degree of comfort or grace He fled incontinently.
 A luncheon was held after the per formance," and Sousa was, of course. invited. His instructor said:
 This luncheon is given in your honor. The very bad performance given by you deprives you of the right to par take of food. Kindly starve,"
 Sousa feigned to eat. He says he was very hungry. but the eye of his instructor was upon him. and he left the table with ravenous appetite.
 Then he went home and wept.-New York Daily Telegraph.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
An Adept in Diplomacy.

To the outside world we are all Americans-all Yankees to their un- derstanding. Foreigners do not think of us as New Englanders, Southern CTS, or Western cowboys. We are one solid nation to their view and when We come to look at them we do it with national eye single.
 Just now We are recognized world power Our continentalism. so to call it, has been eXpounded in policies as well as possessions. The wider the reach Of the eagles wings the larger the shadow of his presence becomes over the face of the earth.
 Since. then. we are in for an inter national status and career it has been a distinct advantage to us to have had a secretary of state adequate to our occasions up to date. Secretary Hay has been a fit successor of such post bellum secretaries as Fish. Blaine Ba- yard and Olney. He has shown in marked degree the strong sense of ap- preciation of situations that every sue cussful diplomat must possess and has carried American interests in every discussion with foreign power with a skill that has done honor to the nation and augmented respect for its diplo- matic methods by the chancellories Of other countries. There is nothing py- rotechnic about Mir. Hay. He exhaust ed his supply of personal fireworks in his Little Brooches and Jim Bud soc" days. Now. he is a grave. pa- tient and well-cultuTed master of in- ternat tional law and procedures. an acute solver of diplomatic puzzles and a reliable guardian of the interests Of HiS American fellow citizens
 Partisan interests will eventually re- tire him from his high office. but the record he has made Tn 1t will remain as an epoch in our diplomacy of which every American can well afford to be proud and to make a boast Of in the face of our friends and enemies alike. -AtI2nta Constitution.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
Cold in the Gunnison Country.

Gunnison county first came into no- tice because of reports of rich discov- cries of mineral within it's limits In 1880 there was a stampede of prospec- tors to that part of the state. Although those men were as d rule disappointed the public has ever been ready to lis ten to reports of mineral discoveries in that locality.
 The latest Of these is connected with the region immediately south of the town of Pitkin. It is said that large deposits of rich gold ore have been found and that in that locality much interest has been awakened.
 Possibly. like many other such re- ports. this one will prove to be mis- leading, and yet the discovery Of de- posits like those described have in other cases led to the establishment of prosperous mining camps. Cripple Creek and Leadville were in the be- ginning TO more than the locality in which this find is eaid to have been made.
 The state is ready for another mining boom. Men are hoping for the discov- cry of what will prove to be another great mineral district, and there is no locality more promising in many re- spects than the Gunnison, which at tracted thousands of prospectors in 1880 and since then has from time to time awakened interest in it's mineral resources.-DenVer Republican.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
MORE ABOUT RADIun
The Interesting Scientific Possibilities
 That It Sus8ests.

Radium does rot get its energy from the air. as some scientists seem to sup pose. but very probably from changes within the atoms of which it is com posed It is believed that these atoms are the heaviest in the universe. It Is possible that, after hundreds of thou sands of years, radium may develop into simpler elements, and so pass right through the series of hydrogen. Scientists do not now believe that the elements" are really elemental There is really only one element. But radium is its most remarkable form. Great curiosity is being manifested in the specimens now being publicly exhibited at the London Natural History mu- seum-three tiny grains in a watch glass, shining as they have done since before man appeared on earth. The camera exhibit seems to give the most satisfaction. In it some sulphide of zinc has been painted with radium, and in the dark it glows with a soft green light. This part of the exhibit will not require renewal for 30 0O0 years. Other interesting metals in the exhibit are thorium and helium. Thor ium Is the main ingredient Of the mean descent mantle. Heiium is 30 light that the earth's revolution has whisk- ed nearly all of it off into space. What remains is probably new-formed by the breaking down of the atoms of radium if the word atom can be applied to what has at least 150.O00 parts.-Har- per's Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
HAVE PLANTS INTELLIGENCE?

That plants have intelligence is maintained in a thesis by Professor Shaler. of Harvard university. After discussing the automata, he says. We may accept the statement that our higher intelligence is but the illu- minated summit of mans nature as true. and extend it by the observation that intelligence is normally uncon- scious. and appears as conscious only after infancy. in our waking hours. and not always then" In summing up the professor uses the following sen tences: Looking toward the organic world in the manner above suggested. seeing that an unprejudiced view of fife affords no warrant for the notion that automata anywhere exist, trac- ing We may down to the lowest grade of the animal series what is fair evidence of actions which we have to believe to be guided by some form Of intelligence, seeing that there is reason to conclude that plants are derived from the same primitive stock as ami mals, we are in no condition to say that intelligence cannot exist among them. In fact, all that we can discern supports the view that throughout the organic realm the intelligence that finds its fullest expression in man is every where at work"
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20

Classon, 50 Bryant avenue, Chicago.
 Bcz2ie IT. was the only trick dog that was ever entertained in the white house. certainly the only canine that ever was allowed to guess, if guess ing 1t may be called, the presidents age. MT. and Mrs. Classon went to visit the president last year. taking the wonderful dog with them, and BoZzia on her first presentation to the chief executive told him his age. and then
 told Mrs. Roosevelt how old she was
 The president and his family were de- lighted and diplomats were invited to meet BoZZie. When the Classons re-
 turned home MT. Classon received a
 letter from President Roosevelt thank
 ing him for the treat Of seeing Bozzia
 perform. saying that the collie was the
 most wonderful and noteworthy dog
 he had ever seen.'
 Mrs. Roosevelt sent Bozzie a collar on which was engraved "Bozzie II.
 from Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt" The
 dog had appeared before notahles in
 various parts of the country and was
 regarded as possessing intelligence
 that surpassed in many particulars that of an ordinary human being. With a pedigree going back 300 years and descended from a mother who was remarkable for ne" intelligence, Bozzie II. surpassed all the dogs of her family She was believed to have the gift of mind reading and in demonstrations thereof nad often parked as many
 times as there were years in the age of person she had never seen before. Scientists who have made her a spe- oial study, statesmen and diplomats before whom she has perform, ed, unit ed in singing her praises. though the scientists were forced to admit that they could not make her acute facil-
 ities conform 10 any of their theories regarding the mental acumene of ami mals. A professor of Columbia univer- sity spent a whole week with Bozzie IT and was forced to admit that she had reasoning faculties and deductive DOW CT and her apparent procliyities for
 mind reading he was completely at loss to explain.
 A sister of BozZie II is owned by John A. Drake. A son of Bozzie IT
 is owned by Kermit Roosevelt.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
HUSH. DON'T CRY.

Flesh. lfl niggar. doan' you cry, Des cause the suns hot in July. Doan' you think an doan' you know The suns gwine to make the cohn crop
 grow? Doan' yo smell the new-mown hay Over in the meadow wander way? Hesh. Iil niggah. doan' you cry. Des cause the suns hot in July. Hesh, li'l brack Missouri chile. Mammy's pickaninny shall be dressed
 in style When all the boun'ful crops come in Though yo' is little an as brack as
 sin An Missouri's gwine to be mighty rich
 next fall So there ain't no use fer to cry at all.
 Frank Trew.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
John A. Lee, Author.

The Society of American authors should at once come to the rescue of an eminent writer. John A. Lee, former lieutenant governor of Missouri. This gentleman, the editor of the Interstate Grocer. is so famous as a master of style that when the sugar trust wanted some circulars. he was paid S100O for composing them. The brilliance and purity of his diction also attracted the baking powder and the tobacco people. who were equally generous in rewarding literary merit. It is, how ever. the misfortune of the great to be dogged by envy, and Mir. Lees de- tractors declare that he received the money for packing legislative commit tees and juggling with bills. So un- bridled has been the tongue of islander that Joseph w. Folk, the terror. has been on his trail. and MT Lee, in order to devote himself wholly to the muses, has resigned office.
 And now Daniel J. Kelly. the lobby ist, knowing that the smallest frag ment of the personal correspondence of a Shakespeare, a Shelly, Or Lee will always be treasured as a classic, has given out a batch of MT. Lees letters. In these epistles MT. Lee offers sage advice about votes and also demands money for himself because he is ruin ed" The whole trouble is due to the matter of fact MT. Folks failure to grasp the poets point Of view.
 Authors have always appropriated to themselves the joys and the woes of their heroes. Thackeray should not be upbraided for the follies of Arthur Pendennis; and the Society of Amer ican authors should testify that MT. Lees letters are a mere exercise of the literary imagination. like "The Love- Letters of an English Woman. New York Evening Post.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
WHERE PUNCTUATION COUNTED.

The dowager CZarina is a great fav- orit5 in Russia. Among other stories illustrating her character is this: She saw On her husbands table q docu-
 ment regarding a political prisoner. On the margin Alexander III. had written: Pardon impossibie; to be sent to Siberia" The czarina took up the pen, and. striking out the semi colon after the impossible. put it before the word. Then the iniCrse- ment read: Pardon; impossible to be sent to Siberia" The czar let it stand.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
NEW MINISTER TO ARGENTINA

John Barrett, who has been appoint ed minister to Argentina, made a fine record some years ago as minister Co Siam. MT. Barrett is q Vermont man. graduate of Dartmouth. His stay in siam drew him into study of the cost, and he is now regarded as one of the few American authorities in that line. He is at present commits sioner general of the St. Louis world 8 fair for Asia and Australia.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
THE PENALTY OF FAME.

R. R. Clerk-Say. you'd better not let old Brown catch you.
 Reporter-What's the matter?
 R. 'R. Clerk-In the write-up you gave him you said "he entered the of flee of the r. D. c. railroad when a boy and has grown gray in the ser vice" Well, there have been at least a dozen men in here since tryng to sell him some hairdye.-Philadelp Press.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
THE TROUBLE WITH HIM.

Well. suh." said Brother Dickey. "I fraid Br'er Jinkins will never git along in de forl'.'
 'Why-what de matter wid him?''
 "Only dis; He skeered CT thunder en he can't. dodge lightnin'. '.'-Atlanta Constitution
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
TOO TRUE

If this thing keeps up. all the darkies who have been taken North to taste justice will have to come South to keep out of the way of the Yankee mobs.- Dallas News.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20
A MCCLELLAN MAY RUN.

It is said that George B. Mcclellan is slated for mayor on the Tammany Hall ticket to make the race against fusion and Seth Low. Mcclellan is the son of the Union general of the same name. and has been active in Tam many affairs for a number Cf years. having served several years in con- gress. He is regarded as a popular young man, with no particular strength of his own.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20

Nell-She's such an old fashioned girl.
 Belle-In what way?
 Nell-Oh she's so effeminate-Phil- adelphia Record.
Arizona republican., 1903-07-20

A new play is called "A Bad Egg. '" It isn't likely to prove popular with the professiOn.-Chicago News.