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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25

Especial to The Press.)

WALLACE, idaho. Nov. 25.-A
disastrous fire occurred at p. m.
last night at the Bald Mountain Min
ing & Milling conpanys mine seven
miles west of Saltese. 1t started in
the clubhouse and gained such head
way that 1t was impossible for the
men to save their personal effects.
The fire spread to the cookhouse and
adjacent buildings. and, as no water
was at hand, the men were unable to
stop its progress. Messrs. Wilkin-
son and HaleI of wardner had recent
~ taken q contract to drive tunnel
and had laid in a supply Of pro-
visions sufficient to last all winter.
The men came to Saltese on snow
shoes and work will be suspended
until buildings can be erected and
supplies packed in. The total loss
falls on the contractors. The men
employed In the mine lost all their
property and came 70 Saltese in their
digging clothes. The manager Of the
company, T.. w. Conrad, II at Gar
field, Wash. but will return and ar
range for the quick resumption Of
Operations.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
The Holiday Bird Will Be
Eaten Without the Usual
Festivities

All the members Of the cabinet will
eat their Thanksgiving dinners at
their Washington homes. Secretary
and Mrs Hay will have family
party cat their board. Secretary and
Mrs. Shaw will dine at their home
in Massachusetts avenue. and will
share the holiday feast with their
children. The attorney general is
fond of his own fireside and prefers
a simple home dinner to any of the
feasts in which lie might participate.
The secretary of agriculture has little
to buy for his Thanksgiving dinner
as turkeys and other gifts come to
him from all over the country. The
secretary of the interior. Mr. Hitch
cock. and his family will dine in their
home in X street. The secretary ot
the navy. though the recipient
many invitations will probably fol-
low his usual custom and dine with
his bachelor cronies in the Worden
house
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
IS SUING
Ton DAMAGES
Mrs. Bennett Says She
Was Handled Roughly
at Auditorium

With her little girl sitting on her
knes,, Mrs. Jennie Bennett told Judge
Belt about her experience in trying
to get to matinee performance al
the Auditorium last summer. She IS
suing the Hypotheek bank, owner Of
the building. and Harry Hayward,
manager of the theater, for $1,000 dam
ages for being ''rudely'' handled and
put out of the theater The little girl
WAS merely an exhibit, supposed to
demonstrate her size as big enough TO
get all that might be claimed by the
veriest matinee girl in the wide land.
Mrs. Bennett told of buying two tick
cts for herself and her friend, Mrs.
Snt der. for the show, just which one
she. could not tell because she did not
see il and because she forgot the show
bills She says that she was told that
the girl could not be admitted without
ticket. She got one and then was
not allowed to get in, but was rudely
handled. She denied striking the tick
ct taker. but said that the ticket TAX
er struck her.
The defense is that no children were
admitted and sign posted in the lobby
told everybody to that effect Mrs
BeAnett says that she saw children
smaller than her own little darling in
side and she thought her own should
not he denied admittance. Attorney
Lewis brought one little girl into court
this morning for exhibition purposes
| to Judge Belt to enable him to decide
Mrs. Benefits contention.
Later-.Iudge Belt decided the case
this afternoon in favor of Harry Hay
ward and the Auditorium owners, hold
ing that they have a right to exclude
children by posting proper notice, anc
that in this case there had been nt
undue violence used.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
k|NQ Of
THE LARD"
Some Things Doing in the
New Mining Camp on
Poplar Greek

W. +. Pool. the King of the Lar
do" arrived in the city last night
from Ferguson, b. c., and will remain
here few days in the interest of
his extensive mining operations. MIR.
Pool is the gentleman who secured
control of the Poplar creek properties
which have startled the whole north
west by their richness. He has or
ganized the Great Western Mines
company. limited. one of the largest
companies in the north. In speaking
of the new camp this morning, he
said:
Poplar Creek is now mining
camp of considerable size. We have
all the up-to-date business houses of
city. Hotels, merchandise stores
and next week will start our news
paper. 1t will be called the Poplar
Creek Nugget, and will be devoted
exclusively to the mining interests of
that section. Percy i. Godenrath and
Mr.. Lowery of the Claim will be the
editors"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Who'll Pay the Bill?

Grand avenue grading and street i'm
provement has been completed and the
city fathers are now wondering if ,he
taxes to pay for the work can be col
lected.
Facing the improvement are 100 lots
and the cost assigned against each ,ot
for the betterment of the avenue is
about $3.50. Most Of the abutting lots
are owned by the Graves Traction
company and the Cowley estate. The
Cowley estate is said to have bitterly
opposed the grading. In some instances
the assessment amounts to more than
the lot is actually worth.
1t is not improbable that the i'm
provement will be adjudicated in the
courts
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Click! Click! Click-k-k!

Click! Click! Click-k-k!
How the poolroom telegraph key
sobbed! What excitement among the
mon with the race tickets!
Now, this Is the simple story Of
how Hildenbrand manager Of the
Warwick, showed his iron nerve,
stood to lose many thousands, the
biggest bunch Of the year. Stood to
lose against a storm of wires, hot
tips and lunches. Everybody was
"on." Fossil. a lean runner belong
ing to Parker, Spokane man, had
been tipped to win, at Oakland. in the
fourth selling event, u miles, And
the local talent saw nothing but Fos-
sill. From early morning Fossil news
came creeping in, secretly, you under
stand, private wires from friends at
Oakland track, reading like this:
| Fossil, sure" go broke on FOSSIL"
Fossil can't lose" One of the
strongest tips, at which The Press
had q peep was suflcient to make
an old racing man 20 out pawn his
oVercoat and put every dollar on Fos-
sill. The wire read:
"Play our horse till they quit tax
Ing the money"
Men wandered about trying to
look unconcerned. The wise felt
that 1t was a dead open and shut"
for Fossil. This is what they read
on the big blackboard under the
blinking lamps:
ODDS, Entry, Jockey Weight.
15-20-Chub. Donovan, 105.
S-3-Greenock, Powell, los.
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WIFE MURDERER
GETS 10 YEARS

memory, thank God, and l have plead
ed guilty for two reasons. One is that
now knew ! transgressed the law
Secondly, l should be punished for that
act. When ! pay that debt l will
come out and try to live down the
past"
Here Ros tore the foolscap into
shreds and dropped them on the foor
Rose Judge Davis suid. you as
sumo the attitude of the injured hus-
band. Is that correct;''
That's it," replied Rose.
well, don't agree with YOU said
the judge. Il have information al
hand that shows eonclusively that
whatever your wife was, You made hei
So"
After sentence had been passed Rose
was taken to the Tombs by Deputy
Sheriff Kelly. A commission appointed
to examine Rose after the tragedy
found that Rose was insane and he
was taken to the Mattenawan asylum
Superintendent Allen later declared
Rose sane, and he was brought back foi
trial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Personal.

J. g. Emory of Kalispell. Mont, Is
at THE Ridpath,
w s. Lindsay of Powder River,
Idaho, is in the city.
j.. S Stacey of Hope. Idaho, is at
the Ridpath.
J.tJ. Busch of Oakesdale Is visit
ing here today.
HI A. Jones of Resurrection. Alas
la, IL at the Pacific.
~, H. Bakee. u mining man on Che
welAh, IL here today.
j. N. Fish. a mining man of Kettle
Falls, is at the Pacific.
Michael Duffy of Williston, n. D., !
az she Cadillac He 10 looking for
business opening.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Marries a Count.

NEW YORK. Nov, 25.--Dispatches
received here from Florence. Italy.
tell OF the wedding there today Of
Miss Cornelia Roosevelt Scovel.
daughter OF Chevaller ana Mrs. Ed
ward Scovel. to Count Riccard1 Fab
bricotti. The marriage was perform
ed at St James church and was fol-
lowed by brilliant reception at the
villa TerraZza. Viale Macchiavelli.
the beautiful home OF tie Scovels,
who have lived In Florence for many
years.
The bride is cousin of President
Roosevelt, once removes, ner mother
being first cousin. Last winter she
and her mother wera In this country
and passed some time in Washing
ton and New York.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25

CHICAGO, Nov. 25-The striking
street car men this morning went
into a meeting which at noon ratified
the strike settlement, thereby ending
The great strike. and notified the
Company to take out trains. Opera
tons were commenced this after
noon.
Fires were lighted under the boil
ers. the pickets were withdrawn and
there was universal activity around
the barns and machine houses as the
men again took hold of the work OF
fesuming operations. Men are assist
ing all along the limo In the repair OF
switches and trolley wires. 1t is eX-
pected that regular traffic Will be re-
sumed by nightfall.
The strike lasted ID days and cost
the company and strikers alone in
excess Of 100000, while the loss to
trade will aggregate millions. One
department store reports The falling
off In trade of nearly $4,000 daily.
The agreement as finally ratified
provides for the appointment OF Q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
FAT. JUICY TURKEYS
SELLING AT Is CENTS

2s cent. a pound. the customer was
s7.S4 out OF pocket.
There will he no overphs of tur-
keys this year. said manager. "The
demand for turks is large beyond our
expectations-hu we will not carry
any over this season A year ago the
prices went up and tons of fowl landed
into cold storage This year you can
buy about anything in town at uni
form price OF p cents per pound, and
for extra large birds, over Is pounds,
the price is but three cents higher
The Press heard rumor that
turks had gone to 80 cents pound,
but couldn't ind down town grocer
who was making any such charges.
The grocers and meat men are certainly
happy with overwhelming trade.
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Both Arrested.

Barney Goldberg, Front avenue tai
Tor, was arrested last night by Officer
Shannon on the charge of living with
q crib woman, was arraignsd in police
court this afternoon and the case was
continued until Friday to give the po-
lice opportunity to collect more evil
dence. Goldberg Is out 90 $50 bond
Lillian Peel, the woman WITH whom
Goldberg is said to be liking, wSS also
arrested last night, charged with the
larceny Of $40 from Charles Alkerson
onsFof the owners Of the Commsfcia,
saloon, on sprague avenue, west Of
Lincoln street. She was snaigned this
afternoon and was bound over to tho
superior court for trial In $500 bonds
by Justice Hinkle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25

was the chief executive. AS long as
the senator lived he bought turkeys
for the presidents, and when he died.
Mr.. Nose kept up the custom, and
each year sent the best bird he could
find in his home county. The colos-
sal fowl which will satisfy the appe-
titcs of the Roosevelt household to-
morrow and fill the White House
kitchen with it's fragrant aroma
weighs In the neighborhood of 80
pounds. He was Matched last spring
and as tenderly reared as young
colt destined for the race track.
The menu for the Thanksgiving
dinner is always simple one. Mr..
Vose's turkey is the piece de resist
ance. and the other dishes served are
typically American. The dinner in
variably begins with Chesapeake oy-
sters. F'laky rock fish from the Po-
tomac. terrapin from the eastern
shore and cranberries from Cape Cod
are included in the menu.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Railroad Crossing.

The board of city commissioners
and Corporation Counsel Judson held
IA discussion this morning to consider
the Northern Pacific tracks at Perry
and Napa streets in the eastern part
of the city.
To make the crossing at Perry
street, which would be the first north
and south crossing east of Division
street, would require a. bridge more
than 200 feet in length. 1t is argued
that this crossing would be import
ant however, because it would divert
much of the traffic that now has to
use the grade-level crossing at Di-
vision street and Sprague avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25

II have few words to say to your
honor he began. when | married
my wife / loved her for herself
Nov, Mr.. Rose interrupted Judge
Davis, don't make Speech
Il am not making speech" said
Rose. Il am reading something have
written down. l was happy man, be-
lieving in her love for me. Afterwards
1t dawned on me my love was not recip-
roeated. Then came the awful tragedy
THE details of the tragedy are Il
blank to me. Now, have regained my
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
This Man All Right.

Charles Carson, owner Of the Cable
Exchange saloon on North Monroe
street, called at the police station
last night and said Jacob Auwater,
German from Harrington. who is
said to have been missing for the
past two weeks. is working for a
rancher near the city. Auwatsr's fam
lily, in Germany, has been making in
quiries about him, and II is believed
he has deserted the wife and chill
dram
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
New ''|Sm'' Breaks Out and
Makes Many Converts in
California

fellow, with a face as fine as a Greek,
set off with fine brown curly hair. He
has great grey eyes in which is the
wild look of fanatic For weeks, un-
molested by TIE police, he wandered
about town, almost in state Of nude
ness. The semi-tropical climate made
it possible for him 10 live outdoors.
He claims to live on handful Of wheat
which he eats raw. He also devours
roots. herbs and barks. His idea 10
that nature made the fruits, flowers
and foliage for man but the devil intro
duced frying pan and flesh pots and
fire DARLING il convinced that the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
His Scales Are Shy.

Inspector of Weights and Measures
Green called on Justice Hinkle and
asked for o warrant for the arrest Of
r. Il. Westlakc, proprietor Of big
market on Riverside avenue, west Of
Bernard street, whom he charged with
cheating in the weight of Thanksgiving
turkeys.
According to Mr.. Green, Westlok'
was using u pair of scales that were
shy about three ounces per pound IL
weight, With turkey at 2s cents pei
pound, it was plain to Justice Hinkl'
and those who heard Green's story, thai
il the facts were accurate Westlak'
must be doing very well in the turlIc,
business,
II is likely the case viii come up Fri
day and at that time Westlake vii
have chance to tell what he knew
about the turkey business.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Names for a Bishop.

An important meeting of Catholics
win be held in this city tomorrow 10
select three names TO be sent to Pope
Plus Y. for choice of the successor Vt
the late Bishop John b. Brondeil, who
died in Helena. Mont.
The meeting with be presided over
by Archbishop Alexander Christie Of
Portland. G-e, Rev. Father Victor
Day of Helena, Rev. Father Des,ere
and Rev, Father Callahan of Buttec,
the consulters of the diocese, arrived
in the city this morning They We're
entertained by Catholics OF the city
and visited the institutions here, and
also took drive around the city see
ing the falls, the residences and the
business place.,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Standard OIL Fights.

f. A. Williamson. manager of the
Standard Oil company's branch in this
city, was araigned before Justice Hin.
kle this afternoon on the charge Of
refusing to comply with the law as re-
CARDS the inspection of weights and
measures. He was represented by At
torney r. ]. Danson, who pleaded mot
guilty" for him, and on Mr. Danson'.
motion the case was continued until
December |.
1t is understood that Mr.. Williamson
will contest the law.
He has refused Inspector Green per
mission TO inspect the Standard OF
measures.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25

The Press started today to find the
biggest, latest turkey in town. The
search revealed that there are plenty
of So turkeys on the market, going
off rapidly to the boarding houses, ho-
tells, restaurants and other places OF
good cheer.
\ 20-pounds turkey at % cents Il
pound. will cost you a 50 gold piece.
There is a demand for this heavy
turk" The big, fat, corn-fed looked
exceedingly tempting. Women were
busy marketing Prices seemed to be
no object. A SO turkey is an average
one.
The biggest turk that The Press
could find was at the Sloane Paine Co,
He certainly is fat enough to grace the
table OF lord. At the price charged,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25

All the offices in the county court
house will be closed tomorrow in honor
of Thanksgiving, In view of market
prices, Sheriff Doust has decided that
there will be no turkey handed out to
the prisoners in the Jail, but he has
arranged to give his official guests a
good feed of chicken, and some of the
prisoners have reason to be thankful
that they did not get penitentary sen
tSncee
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
ga and rs EIoped.

KENOShA, Wis, Nov. %. A
charming widow. who blushingly con-
fesses to ct and an Adonis, who has
just turned IS, figured in an elopement
because the children and grandchildren
of each objected. The couple, VINO
were John McCaughen and Mrs Lot
tie Beach, came here from Racine.
county and obtained special dispen-
sation from County Judge Slosson, ms
in Wisconsin il is necessary to wait
five days after procuring license. The
court heard the story of the clippers
and tied the knot, and now they are
happV
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Will Abandon Light.

Bad boys in the neighborhood Of
Division street and Ninth avenue
have COST the First ward the loss of
the arc light at that corner.
Last night the seventh arc light
globe on the corner was shot out, and
this morning a communication was
received at the city hall from the
Washington Water Power company
stating that they will no longer keep
the light in repair.
The board of public works there
upon agreed to abandon the light for
the time being at least
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
CHAMPION QUEER name
FOR A SEATTLE BABY

SEATTLE, Nov. 25.-Ieon Edward
Yukon Seattle No. Woodpile Bart
lett is the very large and unusual
Christian name of the very small son
of Mike Bartlett, the former Klondik-
er who shot and killed his wife, the
little boys mother, and ia now await
ing trial.
The small bearer of the big cognomen
wac three years old last August, and,
Notwithstanding the great tragedy,
which will ever darken his life, is one
otthe healthiest, happiest little fellows
that ever lived, and has only recently
succeeded in memoriziqg his own name,
which was chosen for him by the crew
and 65 passengers Of steamboat on
the Yukon river.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
A New Scheme.

GALVESTON, Tex, Nov. IS. One
way to get rid of suspected yellow
fever victims as applied 10y the Mexi.
can authorities, is to poison them.
Word from Protera, Mex. where fever
has been discovered, is to the effec,
that the authorities decided to poison
every person afflicted as soon as the
case was discovered. The Manatros
mountains are tiled with refugees. who
have fled from the towns to escape the
disease and the authorities.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25

DARLINGTON, Wis, Nov 25.--
Matthew Murphy died few days ago,
and his will has just been probated.
To the surprise of his friends and the
disappointment of his relatives, this
provision was in the document:
That 20 per cent of all | leave is TO
go to Lafayette county for new court
house"
This means that sl29.5O0 will be put
into swell new courthouse, unless
the big crowd of relatives succeed in
breaking the will, and they have start
ed to do it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Five Collisions.

No one welcomes the change in the
weather any more than does the Wash
ington Water Power company, for they
met with a series of rather serious
accidents during the wet, snowy siege,
Last Monday the company had five
collisions reported from different parts
of the city. These were caused by
the slippery condition of the tracks
and most OF them occurred on hillN
| nlneea
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25

Leon was the name chosen for him
by his mother. Edward was for an
uncle. Seattle No. was the name 81
the boat on which he was born, and
the crew insisted on it being part OF
the name. Yukon was inserted out Of
difference to the icy river, and Wood
pile because of the fact that on the
day he was born the boat was taking
on a pile Of wood from a big woodpile,
70 miles above Rampant.
The baby was christened informally
in the cabin of the boat, after dinner
which his father had given in honor
of the occasion to all souls on board
1t was in the midst Of this festivity
that the name was selected.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
PECULIAR WILL OF
ECCENTRIC MILLIONAIRE

Mr.. Murphy's fortune foots mp Slso,1
600. and AZ he never married and he's
no brothers or sisters living, there arc
no very uear elatives. A section tn the
will declares that any lcsstee contest.
ing the will will forfeit the share left
TO him or her.
A few very distant ones, who were
left 800 or 800, declare Mr.. Murphy
was not in his right mind when ne
wr6te his will. Intimate friends, how
ever, say he was in possession Of ell
his faculties until the day of his death.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
TO Raise Revenue.

At meeting between Mayor Boyd,
Comptroller Daggett ana the license
committee of the city council last
night 1T was practically agreed that
in the Row license ordinance TO be
introdueed at tho next meeting OF the
city council restaurants. retail gro
Gerry stores deoling in spirituous
liquors and wholesale liquor houses
will be taxed $3.50 per year, In the
past Wholesale liquor houses have
been taxed only $50 per quarter.
1t is also likely that the license for
cireuses viii be on the, lines of
charges made in Seattle, which were
published IN The Press last week
Saloon focuses and projoet to
tax lodging houses by the room were
not considered last night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Was a Baptist Preacher

GREENSBORO. KY Nov e5.--Rev.
Charles Wathen, a Baptist minister,
convicted In the federal court of rails
ing a 81 bill to $40 and passing II on
woman, was today sentenced ~ two
years In the psnitsntiary.>
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 25.-
Complaint has been made to the police
against T. NJ. Darling, who calls him
self "Natureman." He wears only a
fshnet shirt, short trousers, and
breaches on Hill top, He gained many
converts. Members of his band roam
fashionable streets early in the morning
with little or no clothes. Darling is Il
Stanford graduate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25

washineton.--A conference was
held at the White House yesterday
at which differences between Cover
nor odell and Senator Plat were set
tied and New Works. solid supper
of Roosevelt assured.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-25
Must Leave Town.

One-eyed Mike Casey and Ben Drake
had bloody fight in the Dempsie
saloon last night, aud in police court
this afternoon Casey was fined $25 and
costs, and Drake was fined u and