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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-20
HOT FIGHT over
PUBLIC Land LAWS

WASHINGTON, Nov, 2o.-A SHARP
contest was commenced In earnest be-
tween the vast western interests fsv-
orins and those opposing a repeal of
the public land laws. The irriga-
tionists who want the laws repealed
seem so far to have tn best of the
argument, although the lumber and
grazing interests are making a heavy
fisht. President Roosevelt fayors the
irrigationists. Senator Hendsbroush
of North Dakota H. leading the forces
opposed to repeal OF the land acts.
and will be. secYadsd by the senators
and congressman OF Montana. Nsbrss-
Ma and other grazing states. '''''''''
The irrigationists viii contend that
at the present rate OF reckless and
wsstefui numbering II will be only u
years before every foot Of timber IN
the United States Wall be dsssrsyst
and =, the rate the public domain II
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of the comrades paid any heed to his
condition.
Our family is much wrought up
over this lack Of brotherly love of
which the army boasts so strongly"
The Press also received the follow
ing letter regarding the death of Mr..
Elliott:
1T is high time that we, the old
soldiers Of the rebellion, should have
not fade or die out. 1t seems strange
that G. A. r. men die and are laid
away without even having the funer-
al salute fired over their graves, an
honor so dear to the old soldiers
heart.
Il went to see him but not one
Of his post had been to see him.
Wake up, comrades-it may be your
turn next Let us bear in mind what
these letters mean, +. c. L."
DIR. Freeman was visited at his
office by Press reporter and said:
"A lady called me up on the phone
Saturday night and asked me to go
to see Mr.. Elliott. 1 did not know
who Mr.. Elliott was, and had other
business on my hands, but had 1
known 1t was an old comrade, would
gladly have sent some other ply
sician in my stead.
II am not able to attend our meet
ings regularly, and did not even
know. that Mr. Elliott had been ad-
mitted to our post of 1870 members
1t is also true that I did not know
him before he is alleged to have been
admitted"
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OLD SOLDIERS DEATH
WAS INDEED VERY SAD

The remains of Martin V. Elliott,
formerly ap engineer at the court
house, were taken out to Paramount
cemetery this morning at 10 o'clock
and laid away with little ceremony.
He lived at 70s Hogan street.
Elliott was a member Of Reno post,
g. A. r. He formerly resided in
Moscow, Idaho, where he was also a
member of the local post. He was
81 years of age and has been in de-
clinfxg, health for several weeks.
Wlliiam Elliott, son of the deceas-
ed. " telling the story Of his fathers
death. says that the. physician of Re-
no post, DR.. B. r. Freeman cruelty
neglected his father In his last mo-
ments. ION Saturday" he says, my
father was stricken with acute APP
pendicitis and complicated diseases at
his home in Kenwood addition, which
adjoiRs Lidgerwood park on the north.
My two sisters, who have kept house
for him, became alarmed and tele-
phoned to DR.. Freeman Saturday
night. He refused to come, although
the post surgeon.
Later after much delay, DR.. Penn
was summoned from Union park and
found my father in extremis. Later
DIR. Cunningham and DR.. Hall were
called in 1t was decided to remove
my father to the hospital, bue he died
EN- route. and the remains were taken
back to the residence.
1T was his dying wish that the
post surgeon should attend him, but
his wish was denied. We are also
ut a loss to understand why none
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Mr.. Poindexter felt that the HUSBAND
was not aware of the action Of the
wife in bringing divorce suit anA
pointed out that the papers set u1
non-support only for the perio4
elapsed since she left him. Judge
KEENAN, held that the man should b
notified of the action. IL possible, b
mailing a summon to his last knows
address, and continued the case. leave
ing the other points for decision wbed
the case shall he resumed.
The second case on the docket war
comparatively easy. Ada V. WilliamA
who had married Marion William(
only last February. was plaintiff an4
she speedily established abandonmente
cruelty consisting of threats against
band in police court to keep him FROM
injuring her. The williamses wer(
the couple who had an elaborate dino
ner at Davenport's some time ago
during the progress of which the huss
band had the family furniture rex
moved. The property was later dk
vided amicably. But the facts esq
tablished entitled the woman to a DIV
yorce.
Married, February %. 1903; livef
intermittently and amid wrangles an{
threats for a few months; divorced
November 20, l903," might be the iN
scription on the family record.
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A PRETTY PENNY
FOR THAT DINNER

Hothouse lettuce. 80 cents per h..
| teal ducks, IS cents each; chestnuts,
30 cents per pound; eggs, 40 and 80
cents per dozen; oysters, so cents per
quart; oranges, 60 cents per DOZEN
isn't that enough TO make your eyes
stick out:
Say, that Thanksgiving dinner for
| the average family of five is going to
cost pretty penny. Every member
of Spokane boarding house is now
anxiously inquiring: Are we to have
turkey On the answer depends, oh,
ever SO much Mouths will water at
The Press recital. So get out your
pencil and figure the cost of your din
ner
If You begin with oysters on the half
shell, remember the price is IS cents a
dozen; and six oysters is but bite;
/ five in the family, well, say. three doz.
en- oysters, item, sl.05. That's the
| idea. Now follow it yourself.
Fat, juicy turkeys are going at %
| cents pound, and an eight FOUNDER
is very small for boarding house of
IL. and that's no joke. Many a mouth
will water as the knife sinks into a
genuine Lake Superior whitefsh, on
Thanksgiving The Injuries come high.
in this instance 20 cents per pound.
As for the humber, but equally good
perch, it is quoted at l2i2 cents. Pick
| erel is holding big sale at Is cents.
Coming down to the chicken. the
housewife finds the prices ruling stiff,
at IL cents, which is also the rate for
ducks and geese. II will be big sur
prise to learn that teal duck. those
toothsome morscls, making about two
bites for a hungry man, are quoted at
l21s bite. As it win take about four,
on the side, for each guest, the pru-
dent housewife will think we'll before
annexing teal as a Thanksgiving tid-
| bit.
No dinner is complete without oys-
tiers for the dressing. The price Is
away up near the frost line 1t will
cost 60 cents per quart for fat, juicy
bivalves; and the crisp celery to 20
along. is ruling firm at 25 cents per
| bunch. About IS cents should be set
aside to ill the celery bowl, especially
il you have family of five healthy
|
yoang Americans at table and if its
a boarding house.
Then, there are housewives who use
all sorts of roasts and cuts, The taole
is to groan with good things. you un-
derstand. Prime roast, juicy enough
to make Your mouth water, is sold at
IL cents; veal is high, the hest cuts
calling for 20 cents per pound; pork,
Is cents; and, as for porterhouse. il
goes at IL 10 p cents. Sirloin is Is
cents, Sausage seNs at l0d l2iacents
ribs at l2h cents.
A Thanksgiving dinner without cram
berries, sweet potatoes aud caulitow FL
is like the play Of hamlet with the
omelet. left cut
Cianbercs scn at IS cents per quart
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attorney became suspicious and trief
to get hold of the paper, but Sprucl
tore it up.
Today Mr.. Winston rushed to thu
courthouse to file an affidavit to th
effect that he received bill of saN
and was owner of an undivided hal
interest in the saloon.
Spruck got out OF the Office laa
night before the police came. HI
financial affairs are said to be in [
deplorable condition.
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Prices Are Nearing the Frost
Line for Thanksgiving
Goodies

sweet potatoes, 0 lbs, for 20 cents;
common vegetables at similar rates.
Spokane's fruits for Thanksgiving are
certainly CHOICE and tempting. The
finest eating apples are selling at $3.50
for SO pounds, lesser amounts at cor
responding rates, oranges being 60 cents
dozen; bananas. 80 cents; nuts of as
sorted kinds, - cents per pound; but
ehestnuts are made an exception, com
manding the high price OF 80 cents
per pound. Grapes sell at 90 cents for
a 5-lb. basket. Hothouse lettuce. a
dainty to be sure, You can have On
your table for 80 cents pound
So, the details of the Thanksgiving
dinner can now be figured out. As
for coffee, wines, liquors and cigars,
cooking service and other special items
necessarily adding materially to the
cost, each housewife must figure these
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Wants His Interest.

James NJ. Justice accuses r. NJ. and
Ellie G. Sherman with playing foxy
with him in the matter of the sale 81
an undivided half interest in mining
claims in Idaho to Charles Sweeny. and
is suing the Shermans to recover S395S
80 and interest from October, 1899.
Justus claims that the defendants
represented to him that the option on
the claims would bring no more than
SS7 500, whereas the fact was that
Sweeny had offered Sl09,375. Sweeny
is said to have paid $ls,75o on account
and only $3.50 was distributed, thede
PENDANTS secretly keeping and conceal
ing the remaining $4,000 received from
said Charles Sweeney as afore said,
the plaintiff not knowing the real facts
in the case until the 3rd day of the
present month. The present suit is
to recover Justus' share of the Sl0,-
600.
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Where the ExeCutionerS of
M0rtenS0n We're Told
TO Take Aim

SALT LAKE, Nov. 2O.--The exc
cution Of Peter Mortensen was In tho
hands of Sheriff Emery OF Salt Lake
county. For some time past this Of
ficial has been inundated with appli-
cations from men who wanted to act
Us executioners. Out OF a large num-
her he selected six good shots. These
men reported for duty last night.
Their identity was kept secret and
The greatest precautions were taken
tn this direction.
The spot selected for the execution
was near the north end OF the recrea-
ton yards within the walls OF the
state prison. just q few feet north
Of where Convict Ponglass is sup
posed to have thrown the guns that
later figured in the recent desperate
break for liberty by the convicts led
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! GENEVA, ILL.,, Nov. 80.-Michael
Fillppisse, who. by his own confess
ion, is one of the men who assassi-
mated Chief Hennessy of New Orleans
during the Malta troubles in 1892.
was hanged here today for the murder
OF Nicholas Tomasso of Aurora =
few months ago because the latter
disobeyed the Mafa's orders In the
hennessy assassination. lie con-
fessed the crime ON the scaffold and
almost collapsed ON account OF cow
Qrdicc,
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charges for herself. She can have
beer at Is cents bottle, or champagn(
at IS quart,
Market men are said to be fghts
ing shy of any combine" such as that
of last year. which resulted in price(
going up TO the exhorbitant fee Of n
cents per pound for turkeys, and Il
cents per pound for geese. 1t will b
remembered that the combine mel
with complete disaster when, on New
Years morning, more than 20, 600 birdf
hung in the cold storage plants of Spd
kane. For weeks dressed turkeys ant
geese were a glut in the market; spring
time came before the last of the sup>
ply was sold, or given away. People
ate chicken and roast pig. It has beck
feared that housewives might cut OUT
the extras this year. unless prices ard
within reason. But opening prices arr
fair, and consequently trade is brisk.
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| more black and ominous. Red Thun.
DER, the young man, uneasily watched
his chief, awaiting the slightest word
but the lord of the Wallowa VALLEY
gave ne sign.
Once more seated in the editorial
room, a strange interview was soon ir
snail-like progress. Chief JOSEPH
takes sinful leisure in answering ever
the, simplest question. Asked abou,
his medals, he replied after about two
minutes:
II have two; one, Great Father Nc
kinley: other, Great Father Roose-
Welt. On each the word, 'tilicum.' OF
friendship"
"Any papoose, chief"'
Two minutes silence.
'Nine papoose."
"Mamaloose?" Care they dead?)
A minutes silence.
"Nowitka." (Yes, dead.)
"You dress in feathers any more
Joseph"
The Salvation Army has commenced
its collection of contributions for it,
Christmas entertainment of the poor
Gifts of clothing are solicited.
Walter f. Tuesley of the North Yak
ina Herald is in the city on business.
Beginning with the first of next
month the hardware stores of the city
will open at 7:30 o'clock instead Of
a half hour earlier.
August Huebner. a septuagenarian
died yesterday at his home on Fourth
avenue of dropsy. He had lived in
Spokane for IA years.
Employees of the Hillyard shops tc
the number of 70 were laid off indefi
nitely yesterday.
Justice Stocker yesterday sentenced
Frank Cheney to ten days in the coun-
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ty Jail for larceny, more as safe means
of holding the lad until the arrival OF
his parents from Seattle than of pun
ishment.
Professor lie Conte of San Francisco
will appear at the Ladies Matinee mu-
sicale at the Unitarian church tomor-
row afternoon.
Sunday, feathers, paint, moccasins,
red and blue blanket"
Church,"
mo church"
"Get up mornings, early. wintcr?"
Sun by mittlow." (There, so high,
pointing. 8 o'clock)
Go bed night?'
"Moosum." (Sleep, 9 o'clock)
what you think of, by fre?"
A very long pause.
Nothing, think"
Red Thunder big hunter?"
xiii mowick." Deer)
RED Thunder's name?'
I'm mat lip lip
"Joseph's name?"
EN- mo tiac via"
What you ask White Father
ROOSEVELT"
MY land back, Wallowa valley;
my people back. But no give, no
give"
What wife's name?'
After much mysterious talk be-
tween Red Thunder and Joseph, the
young Indian shook his head. In
dian no give squaw's name" he said,
with slight smile. Even Joseph s
imperturbable expression broke, and
a vague curiosity crept into his leaden
eyes.
The chief could not understand why
a lord and master should deign men
ton his wife.
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WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF
DEER HAS LEFT BUT FEW
Big Growing Very Scarce
Okanogan Counties

Spokane has great many Nimrods
who go after big game almost exclu-
sivelyl They have been making Ste
vens county their stamping grounds for
years and it is not long since that
hunter would consider himself rs
having very poor luck if he did not
knock down a dozen or Is in a week.
With an ARM of hunters in the field,
all crack shots and equipped with the
finest long range rifles, it is not difficult
to see why the deer are few and far
between.
In the Okanogan a few years ago
the deer ran almost as plentiful as the
rice birds in southern fields. They could
be seen along the Methow and Okano-
gan valleys in droves and so plentiful
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-20
Edwin CIark's Case.

BOSTON, Nov. 20,-Nice President
Duncan this morning announced that
Roosevelt had responded to the appea
the Federation of Labor had repeatedly
made for the pardon Of Edwin Clark
who was sentenced to be hanged fol
murder on the high seas. Grant com
muted the sentence TO life mprison
ment, since which Clark has been IL
the Maine penitentiary. A letter o.
thanks was voted to Roosevelt.
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Ha!lt Fares Granted.

PRECEDENT jay y. Graves OF the Spo-
kane Traction company granted an
aadieGce this afternoon TO President
DsgEstt OF the school board and Sup
eTintsndent of Schools Tormey for
the purpose OF discussing 4 half fare
rate on the traction aompany's ears
for school children.
Mr., Graves immediately granted tae
REQUEST OF his petitioners for hall
fare for the children on, school days
The matter OF asking for the hall
fave rate for every nay in me weel
was not taken up at this time.
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Visitors to the Great Northern de-
pot each morning may see from one
to half a dozen men taking the train
and carrying rifles. That means that
many are going up the main line OF
the s. +. & n. after deer. To those
whoare up to date in their Informal
ton there is little attraction on the ).
+. 4 n. A Stevens county man gave
the solution of the matter this morn
ing. Said he:
Thine was when the Colville valley
was a great place for deer, but within
a few years a number of hounds have
been placed in the valley and the deer
no longer run down from the hills. !
know of old hunters who have been out
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viii Be Dropped.

Attorneys Munter 4 Jessoph for
The defendant IN the case OF the state
against DR.. John X, Creighton, chnrg-
cd with performing an operation that
resulted In the death of Maud Breeder
last summer. filed an aff,davit In the
\ court this afternoon asking that the
case be dismissed ON the ground that
more than 60 days have elapsed since
the complaint WAS filed without the
case being brought to trial. on the
around that the witnesses for the
& ptate are not In the county, and for
tbe further reasen that the operation
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For School Director.

Attorney Alex NJ. Winston is bein(
doomed by young friends in the SpoI
kane Athletic club for school directed
to succeed DR.. Semple, whose term Il
Office expires shortly and who will nd
again enter the race for membership
on the board.
Mr. Winston lives in Brownies addi(
ton and is a pioneer of Spokane. III
has always taken an active part il
affairs pertaining to the welfare Of th(
city, and, although single man, hi
friends urge that he would be a goo<
selection for the board membership.
A meeting will probably be held toS
morrow night to boom his candidacl
for the place.
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holders Strike.

A new phase appears upon the strik(
of the molders' union this morning
at the hitherto fair foundry, the WASH
ington. When Charles Askwith, pres
ident of the union, prepared for WORK
this morning he was refused it and h<
Immediately called off the other uniot
molders employed there. In an intes
view with the Press this morninf
George A. Link, chairman of the excl
cutive board accuses the foundrymen1
association with intimidating the pr@
prietors of the ashington, by threat
ening to blacklist them if they di
not repudiate the demands of the unio1
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for nealy week and have come back
empty handed. The Colvillian who is
after deer takes himself either to the
Springdale or Loon lake section or goes
over the hills to the Pend d'Oreille.
The putting of dogs and the filling up
of the country have certainly driven
the old runs of deer from the vicinity
of Colville.''
Fact of it is that Stevens county is
no longer the paradise for hunters that
it was in times past. Like the Okan-
ogan country the large game has been
hunted until it has been pretty well
killed out and it takes a long search
and a wearisome climb up the noun
tain sides to scare up an occasional
buck or doe
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Hanna Is tho Man.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Should
Senator Hanna loom up as n possible
candidate against Roosevelt in the con-
vention, or should he decide not to
assume the craftsmanship OF the repub-
liean national committee, w. Murray
Crane. ex-governor of Massachusetts,
will become manager of the campaign
The national committee will meet in
December and Roosevelt will urge Han
no to accept the Craftsmanship. In
the event of a refusal the president
will suggest Crane, who has at the
executives request. consented to accept
the honor and hard work after repeat
eddy refusing to do SO at the solieita'
ton of the presidents friends.
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were they that the hunter did not
regard it as very fine sport to kill
them.
Deer are very scarce in the Okan-
ogan at present." said Earl johnson,
a well known merchant of Twisp, to the
Spectator, butt have known hunters
fro mthe Big Bend to go out in pairs
and kill as many as 80 and 40 in a
week. | have seen them stacked up in
front of my place like cordwood-roz-
en-. of concentrating shipment by
wagon over to the Columbia river
The Indians, as rule, are great
hunters and they kill many deer. The
big game is being crowded toward the
Canadian border and in a little while
venison will indeed. be rare meat"
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Recognize Panama.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Thc state
department is in receipt of messages
this morning from Brazil and Germany
in which those governments indicate
that Panama will be officially recogniz.
ed as soon as a regular government has
been formed there.
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Panama Commits sion.

WASHINGTON, NV. 2o.-Narilla
introduced the Panama commissioners
to Secretary Hay this morning. The
commissioners stated that a call for
a constitutional convention would ne
made as soon as possible. He had
cabled his government last night 10
that effect.
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Plumbers Union.

The plumbers union Of the city,
which IL demanding an increase OF from
- to $3.50 per day for it's members
seems TO have dsifted away from tbs
trades council entirely and now, in
atead Of making . weekly report &c
that body, a. other striking unions do
they have allied themselves with the
hailding trades and make a weekly re-
port 70 them. II ia the opinion Of con
sentative unionists thst THE will event
ually lead to very bad disruption o
the central labor body.
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by Abe Majors. Here was q small
blacksmith shop with screen
stretched across the door In which
there were number OF loopholes.
Inside were stationed the execution
ers, who wore long linen busters and
masks. They were the first to enter
the yard this morning ana did not
leave until Mortensen's body had been
removed and everyone save the guards
had departed. The men were fur
nished rifles from the prison armory.
or the six rifles five were loaded
with ball and one with Q blank car
fridge. The men took the weapons
from the rack. none knowing which
was the harmless gun.
After Mortensen was turned over
to the sheriff by Acting Warden
Wright the condemned man was es-
corted to the ward and placed in posi-
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went onto the automatic scaffofd with
as much grace as could be expected
from any man decently hanged. The
water jug and othE mechanical con-
trivances of the scaffold also did their
duty with precision.
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Lost His Balloon.

PARIS. Nov. 20-Lebaudis' diriaibI
balloon was completely destroyed thi
morning. Colliding with tree at Cha
lais, it exploded The aeronaut shppa
to the ground uninjured.
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National Banks.

WASHINGTON. Nee. 20, - The
comptroller has called Tor reports II
the condition of the national banks
al the close Of business, November II.
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being absorbed by cattle and lumber
companies It will require but Ave
yeark to take up air the land the
government possesses.
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was performed by parties other than
Or, Creighton, and for the additional
reason that Elite IIaser. ono of the
witnesses. was not of good moral re-
pute when she lived at Republic.
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Dawson. =. 1.-THE Yukon Sun Of
nee has been wrecked and burned by
an explosion OF gasoline.
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nUMMAoE SALE.

New and second hand goods of all
kinds. Saturday, Elsl2 spuragee.