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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11

Despite the fact that the city coun-
ell closed the deal with the agents
for the gas company whereby the
latter gets a strip of land on Main
avenue west of the Monroe street
bridge, In consideration that re-
tanning wall be built and that a
building be put up in which the city
is to have without cost rooms suit
able for the public library, a promi-
nent member of the city council said
today that he believed Andrew Car
negie's offer of $4,000 library
would be accepted.
In this connection 1t is interesting
to note that Fred Baldwin, chairman
of the finance committee of the city
council, received letter today from
a representative of Mr.. Carnegie ex-
planning more fully the conditions
that would go with the gift The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11

hydrant when he was arrested and
kept in arrest for an hour. Then he
got a crew of men and started in to
dig to feed pipe leading to one of
the MIGRANTS for the purpose, he al
leges, of inspecting" the feed pipe.
The officials and citizens in general
did not take kindly to the idea Of in
spection and the workmen were made
to quit.
This morning Mr.. Winfree HE'D to
the court with summons and COM
plant, an affidavit of his adventures
and proposed order restraining and
enjoining Cheney officials from inter-
fering with his inspection and from
his dlsconnecting the pipes and dis
continuing the service of water. The
order is comprehensive enough to in
clude private citizens, firms and cor
porations. The court granted the or
der, making it returnable May IA.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
Harvester Strike
Nearly at an End.

CHICAGO. May 11.--Twenty-four
iaundries have signed the union scale
up to date. Fourteen of the big ones
are still standing out. Two more
plants are being discussed by the
strikers. who seem to have abundant
funds.
The manager of the Deering Har-
vester plant has submitted terms to
the strikers, which will be discussed
this afternoon. The harvester Off
GERS are So confident the terms offered
will be accepted that they have laid
the fires and expect to renew work
tomorrow.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
PROBABLE LOCATION
OF ENCAMPMENT SITE

man. Before the party returns Il
will go over the old fort grounds and
spend part of a day in Occur d'Aleue
City.
Major Evans was met upon his ar
rival in Spokane by Messrs Crowder
and Beecher a reception committee
from the chamber of commerce, and
Colonel Ray from Fort Wright.
Major Evans was much pleased
with descriptions of the site and ask
ed about SOIL water railway facil-
tiles, all of which met with his APP
proval. as they did with General Ran
dalls last fall.
Major Evans will be given dinner
this evening at the Spokane club. to
which many prominent citizens have
been invited.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
FIRE PANIC.

NEW YORK. May 1l.--A wild
panic today was caused by an eN-
plosion of an oil tank in the yards
of the Standard OIL company. at the
foot of Tenth avenue and East river.
The blazing oil flowed into the creek.
where a number OF barges and small
lighters were moored.
Some caught fire. The lighters were
towed into the East river, leaving a
train burning In their wake and
threatening scores of vessels moored
along the banks.
Crews We're kept busy lighting the
fire. The oil tank was allowed to
burn out. One of the oil company
men is missing. He is supposed to
have been killed by the explosion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
st. Paul announced the following

st. Paul announced the following
bulletin:
I'm several conferences the west
ern district men show signs of weak
ening and are anxious to vote again
and ask their committee to reconsider
their demands. The first vote was
the real sentiment of the men and it
called for strike"
The efforts of the western super
intendents to avert the strike have
apparently reached the point where 1t
can not be safely predicted what will
be the outcome, as the men. after a
conference with the superintendent,
agreed to ask for another vote.
IF we can get them to take an
other vote, we will have broken the
strike" said the superintendent Of
the Cascade division.
If the general officers of the two
organizations wish to accept the first
vote as final, and in view of the fact
that these men pledged themselves
at Kansas City last June to insist on
the railroads abolishing double
headers, it will be a rather difficult
proposition for the grand officers to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11

c. w. Smith of the Merrill Cycle
company took Major Evans and two
other army officers east along the
Northern Pacific today in the Ram
bier tourist automobile.
The party went towards Occur
e. Alene City and their object Is to
select a suitable location for the en-
campment this fall of the national
guard of Washington and the G. A.
II. The place will very probably be
located just this side of the dividing
line between this state and Idaho.
as there are excellent grounds here,
and the site is about midway between
Spokane and Lake Occur dAlene.
1t will also afford the officers an
opportunity to view old Fort Sher
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
Owners Of Reliance
Are Becoming Uneasy

BRISTOL. r, L.. May 1.-THE re-
markable showing of the Shamrock
III. is causing uneasiness among the
Syndicate owners of the Reliance. Or
dcrs have been given to expedite the
work of renting the defender in or
der that It may be thoroughly tried
out and put In racing shape as soon
as possible.
The admission Is openly made here
that the Shamrock III. must be a
wonderfully fast boat to defeat the
Shamrock |. SO easily. for IL liz CON
coded by yachting authorities around
the Hercshoffs that the old boat is
faster than the Shamrock H., which
pressed the Columbia 30 closely tive
years ago
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
Railway Literature
Is Rather Expensive.

Railway officials are kept busy
these days answering letters from
eastern people, who send in hundreds
of requests for Information regarding
certain portions of the country.
These letters are invariably an
swered by the sending of literature
bearing on the particular section ON
which information is requested.
Every day these letters are received
and the money paid out In stamps
makes up no small portion of the
expenditures of the company.
Nothing Is sent out that will go
for less than cents and from that
the postage runs up To or 10 cents,
which foots up total Of no small
size
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
Al DROWNED

BERLIN, May 11.-Dispatches re-
ceiVed this afternoon say the German
steamer Glelinda was wrecked OFF the
coast Of Denmark. The captain and
crew of IA were drowned. 1t was
also reported that the German coaster
Engeline foundered and that 10 of the
crew are lost.
Stll another dispatch says the
scandinavian whaler Cyclops founder
ed off the Farce islands in the north
Atlantic and that 16 are drowned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
Fire Loss Is $500, 600.

OTTAWA. Can, May 1.-THE
latest estimate of loss in Yesterdays
fire is $500 600, of which British COM
panies are the heaviest losers.
Fifteen hundred homeless persons
today are searching for the remains
OF their property,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
Alice In Wonderland.

The younger pupils of the Georgia
Stone academy will give alice In
Wonderland" at the Auditorium on
May %. A clever performance will
be given judging from the rehearsals.
The characters of the story are
strictly adhered TO.
The second part of the entertain
ment will be given by the older girls,
one of the features being the auto
graph girls from Peggy in Paris.
The finale win be from The Chinese
Honeymoon and will be taken part
in by all the pupils.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11

OMAHA Neb, May 1.-THE strike
situation here is more complicated
than ever owing to the closing of the
laundries this morning MS the result
of the employees refusing to handle
the business OF unfair customers.
The strike promises to continue in
definitely. The BARRIERS union meets
tonight to consider a sympathetic
strike.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
WOULD TIE UP MEAT
SUPPLY OF AMERICA

CHICAGO, May 1l.-One thousand
workmen OF the American Bridge
company were locked out this morn
ing for attempting to organize a
union. The strike situation at the
stockyards is SO acute that $4,000
union employees are liable to be called
out at any time.
Conferences of the executive COM
mittees of unions have been called
for this afternoon. They will dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
MoIders Receive
No Word from East

Nothing new has developed today
in the iron holders strike, The
foundrymen state that no word has
been received as yet from the ma
tional headquarters of the molders'
union in the east.
No new men have been put to work
in place of the strikers. but Prcsi-
dent Boyd of the National Iron works
declares they will be as soon as any
can be found.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11

If You become stck 81 meet with
any accident you Will be glad TO have
something To- tide YOU over such an
emergency Now Is the time TO open
an account with the Spokane & East
ern Trust company. Interest per
cent in savings department.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
Sees No Harm In
Russian Occupation,

LONDON, May lin the house
of common today Lord Cranbourne
in replying to question said that IN
asmuch as Russia has declared no in
tention of occupying New Chwaug
permanently. there Is no occasion for
the British to make overtures to
America concerning concerted action.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11

cuss means of assisting the striking
engineers.
The packers combine today shipped
in non-union refrigerators from Kan
sas City and Omaha to break the
strike.
If the unions declare a general
sympathetic strike il will tie up 90
per cent OF the meat supply of
America. The situation is grave. as
1t would mean the most serious strike
Chicago has ever known.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
AMONG THE BIG TREES.

SANTA Cruz, Cal, May 1.-THE
presidents train made brief stops at
Jacksonville and Capitol
Santa Cruz was reached at 10
o'clock. The president was driven
through the town and, after making
short address. Went to visit the
big trees on a special train. Lunch
Was served In the grove.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
Northern Extension
of Santa Fe Railway

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE
San Francisco & Northwestern filed
incorporation papers today with a
capital stock of SIS, 900 000 for new
road to connect with the Santa Fe at
"A point near Richmond, and to run
through Marin. Sonora. Contra Costa
and Mendocino counties. This marks
the advent of northern extension
for the Santa Fe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
JAIL BREAK.

SEATTLE, May 11.-Thirteen pris-
oners, confined in the city prison UNI
der sentence, broke Jail this morning
and have not yet been recaptured,
Two heavy steel doors were opened
by the aid of chisel that had been
struggled to the prisoners after the
opening of the doors.
The prisoners We're compelled to
pass along a corridor within few
feet and in plain sight of the cap
tain's office, where two men are sup
posed to be constantly on duty.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
Reaches Supreme Court

WASHINGTON. May IL. The
Northern Securities merger case
reached the United States supreme
court this morning The transcript
OF the appeal from the circuit court
was filed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
SELLS sao ACRES OF LAND.

The Biz Bend Land company mas
sold 160 acres of land, two and one
half miles north of Wilson Creek. to
w. Nj. Black of Gowrie. Ia, and 100
acres of land eight miles southeast
of Hartline, Douglass county, to
Frank j. Riker OF Momence, Ill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
HAVE you NOTICED THEMa

Look at your clothe. and see If you
can use our service at $3.50 per
month, one suit each week The
Unique Tailoring company, 112 Wash
ington street. Phone Main 735.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
MANAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses have been issued
to J. & Suuires and Elvira Il. Man
ners. and II. ]. kleemann and Pauline
L. Nlllno Ck
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-11
sorLERMAxERs NOT OUT.

OGDEN. Utah. May 1.-THE Ssuth-
ern Pacific boilermakers did not go
out on strike this morning
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13

ence Of the Interests affected by the Hy
melia creVasse was held here today, and
after a full canvass Of the situation it
was decided 10 resume work on Monday
the planters pledging subscription Of
$4,000 to carry forward the undertake
ing
Members of the Lafourehe levee board
engineers and representatives of the
planters and railroads We're concerned in
the conference y proposition to close
the break with sheet piling for $4,000
was considered and rejected on the
ground that it was not feasible.
1t was learned from the crevasse today
that both wings of the cribbing are still
holding firmly and that the broken ends
are no longer washing. This has en-
couraged the hope that something can
still be done to reduce the duration and
extent OF overflow.
a telegram was sent to Governor
Heard who is at Carancro, La, asking
his approval Of the plan to resume work
If the creVasse can be controlled the
benefit of the planters and those de-
pendent upon them will be inestimable
Sacking went along as before at the
creVasse TO-DAY.
The river at New Orleans remained
stationary all DAY ut % feet
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
DR.. Williams Pink pills
for Pale People

too o
your plate
d0nh bed time SUI up
a
m vigorous
brighten pnp
with DOod
andkn to BIT
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13

al was going into an unnatural decline,
says Mrs Charles Lavigne, Of NO 1917
Third avenue Detroit, Mich. 81 was weak
and thin. nervous and without appetite
took cold easily and was afraid of con
sumption | could not sleep, l was always
tired and worn out. my color all went
away and l felt miserable. Good doctors
treated me, but failed to do me any good
and | was discouraged of ever getting
better till a friend told me of Dr. VIII
Iiams Pink Pills for Pale People. l be-
gan to take them and kept on till had
used three boxes. BY that time | was an
entirely different person. The nervousness
had all gone, ! could eat and sleep, |
gained in weight and felt strong AID well.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
P1mples ana Erupt1ons.

There are three great facts concerning
pimples and other eruptions.
The first IS that they all proceed from
an impure condition of the blood.
The second is that they are all cured
by correcting that condition and in no
other way, as thousands who have both
cred with powders. lotions snd other ex-
ternal preparations have found out
And the third is tnat Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and Pills correct that condition as
no other medicines do, make the blood
pure and rich and in so doing radically
and permanently cure pimples and all
other eruptons.
Hoods Sarsaparila and Pills are the
medicines that viii do you the most good
Accept no substitutes.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
Union League Drops Negroes.

Union League Drops Negroes.
New York April 9 The 'nion League
committee on political reform made lis
repOrt tonight ON a resolution submit
ted two months ago. empowering the
committee to Investigate recent legisla-
ton in southern states DISTINGUISHING
negroes and also on a resolution intro
duced by Warner Miller. demanding that
congress enforce the fourteenth ard fiji
teenth amendments to the United States
constitution by the reduction of the num-
Der of representatives in each state
where the franchise has been reduced in
proportion to the extent Of disfranchise-
ment MI Miller's resolution also in
dCrses the attitude Of President Roose-
Welt on the negro question.
The committee report includes the res
olution with slight notifications. There
was discussion that continued until
midnight but which is said to have been
harmonious The report was tabled by
Il vote of IS to go.
George Whitock, a lawyer of Balti-
more spoke against the committees res
buttons.
Robert c. Ogden coutended that he had
considerable personal knowledge of the
condition of affairs in the southern states
and believed that for any body Of the
standing of the Union League club to
take action one way or the Other would
merely make IAN unpleasant subject more
unplea SAINT.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
Impure Blood.

Last spring" says walter Haines, of
No 1866 Broad street, Providence, r. l.,
Il was made miserable by the appearance
me a great deal and nothing took did
me any good until / tried Or Williams
Pink pills for Pale People. suffered
with these cruptions for months and the
doctors did not seem able to help me.
They said my trouble was caused by i'm
purities in the blood. Then DR. Williams
Pink Pills were recommended to me and
| tried them with the result that in a
short time the boils were all driven away
and | was cured. | am glad to recon
mend this remedy to all whose blood is
NOT as il should be-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13

He Says That Three Fourths of the
Cleveland Council Will Be Sup
porters of His Ideas-"Gol-
den Rule" Jones Wins
in Toledo.

Cleveland, O., April 6.-Tom L. Johnson
as reelected to the office of mayor today
|. y majority of about 1000 over Harvey
>. Goulder, republican. OF thirty-one
Ouncilmen, returns indicate that twenty
Six or twenty-seven will be in sympathy
with the mayors policy, the number in
Guiding one or two republicans, who ran
as Independents.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
Golden Rule Jones Reelected.

Toledo, o.. April 6.-Mayor Samuel NJ.
Jones was reelected today for the fourth
term by a plurality of about 500 over
John w. Dowd, republican, and Charles
Edison. democrat. Police Judge Wachen-
heimer. democrat was reelected by a
majority of 200. The remainder Of the
republican ticket was elected by majori-
ties ranging from 400 to 1900.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
NEWS OF THE FLOOD,
People Moving to High Ground.

New Orleans, April THE river here
continues to be stationary at D.3. with
local weather bureau still predicting L
slow rise if the Hymelia crevasse IS
closed. At Nicksburg there has been a
snght tall and generally at points below
the water is at a stand. Back water from
the Holly Brook break is causing a rapid
rise In Brush bayou, which divides Tai
lulah, La, and residents in the west por-
ton of that town are erecting protection
leVees to protect their property. Planters
and farmers in Tensas and Madison par
lShes are moving their stock to high
ground. Red river is falling and no APP
prehension Is felt by people living along
that stream.
Traffic over the Grand Isle road is in
terfered with by the Magnolia trouble
below the city. Passengers have to be
transferred at that point until a new line
OF track can be laid, as mud box to
protect the weak levee at Magnolia is
being constructed over the tracks of the
railroad.
The work at Hymelia went along with
out interruption today. The utmost eau
ton is sull required to protect the crib
bing from washing. Sacking, however. is
constantly increasing its strength. The
force of convcts a the break has been
largely increased
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
Rheumatism Cured.

After suffering nearly half her life
time Win rheumatism. Mrs Jenctt F.,
Hart, of Sea Bright, Calf, now past
seventy years of age, was cured ny Or.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
She says
Il began to suffer with rheumatism
thirty-five years ago and nothing that
tried seemed to help me. Ii grew worse
and worse until ! was badly crippled with
it. Sometimes it was so severe that 7
had to take to my bed. About year
ago an article in the paper induced me- to
try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People and l could notice a change for
the better by the time I had taken the
first box Five boxes cured me and l
have had no return Of the trouble since
can work and sew and get around as
well as many a woman much younger
than myself. I am now over seventy
years and l firmly believe that DR.. vii
liams Pink Pills for Pale People are the
calSe of nv being SO we'll
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13

hundred and fifty men remained at Ky
melia creVasse today saclling the wings
Of the cribbnS ana attempting to make
secure the broken ends, but no further
attempt was made TO close the break
and it is probable that the water VIII
run until there is a sufficient fall in the
river to warrant further eNertlons. l4lt-
tie confidence is felt Ill pracucability OF
using sheet piling to rejoin the crIpbing
because The river is cutting out deep
channel and work of this character Is
1ifficult If the wings last, however, there
is no fear that the creyasse in the levy
VIII enlarge.
1t is variously estimated that between
100000 and $200,00C has been sunk in the
work at Hymca. The Texas and Pacil'-
will be forced to use the Southern Pa
citic rails for its through traffic until the
water recedes. Arrangements are again
being made for back levees to Keep tn"
water out of the towns on the west bank
of the river. Algiers and Gletna.
The river here today dropped to 1873.
a fan of tWo-tenths, or four-tenths lower
than the maximum this year.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
Republicans Garry Columbus.

Columbus, O., April 6.-Complete re-
turns show that Robert II. Jeffrey, repub-
lican for mayor, is elected by 5000 major
ity over Mayor John y. Hinkle. demo-
crat. who was a candidate for reelection.
The council will have ten republicans
and five democrats. George ID. Jones,
democrat. is elected president.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
Like Wormwood to Mark Hanna.

Cleveland, Ohio April 7.-Senator NJ A..
Hanna today gave the Associated Press
the following brief statement concerning
the result of yesterdays election:
while the result in Cleveland is dis
appointing 20 the republicans, the effect
will be to stimulate them to greater Ell
fort III the future campaigns. The re
suit by no means shakes my faith in the
belief that we can carry this (Cuyahoga)
county next fall. The general situation
in the state continues favorable TO the
republican party NJ ~ HANNA
Mayor johnson had no comment to
make on the result today, further than
to reiterate his previous statement that
the result showed that the people were
with him in his fight for three-cent
street car fare and tax reforms.
Complete returns from yesterdays mu-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
Fleischman Wins in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati April G.-ComPlcte returns
from the 22S precincts i'm Cincinnati give
FIeischmann. republican i29o7; Ingalls, fu-
sfonist aG.2>7: Swing. socialist. SIT; Mar
tin. prohbitonist. So; total '3-Sl3
Fleischmann's plurality is $500 majority
I2.01. The council and school board
each stand twenty republicans to four
democrats The entire republican city
ticket. including all the boards, was
elected by about the same vote as that
of FIeishmann The villages of Bond
hill, Evanston Hyde Park and Winton
Place were annexed to Cincinnati by de-
..isiun Ante