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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-05-21

Have YOU seen that new line
of samples of summer clothing
at the Kent Company's store :?
Benton guarantees a perfect tit
or your money refunded.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-05-21

THE STANDARD
GtOes all the neqUS Of Chur-
chill County. Subscribe for it.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-05-21
DISCOVERY OF OIL IS CONFIRMED
BY THE EXPERTS

San Francisco. May II, 1904.
Paris Maxwell,
Fallon, Nevada.
Oil and sand lock good. Send
man if desired. Locate all land
possible.
John M. Wright.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-05-21

The stone foundation for the
Douglass residence has been
completed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
PRESIDENTIAL TICKETS
ARE WITHOUT VETERANS

Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison
and Mckinley were soldiers.
Cleveland was not a soldier, and
neither were his running mates, yet
he was opposed in each of his cam
paigns by one or more soldier nomi-
nees. Logan was one the ticket with
Blaine. Harrison, civil war general,
twice opposed Cleveland.
Neither party can say that in the
year 1904 there was not available
material for soldier nominee
Among the foremost republicans
in active political life are Soldiers
Foraker, J. b. Henderson, Senator
Scott. Governor Durbin, Secretary
Hay, Warren G. Keiffer and scores of
men of lesser prominence.
The democrats number many old
soldiers prominent in party service
There is John c, Black of Illinois
James f. Campbell, former governor
of Ohio, shouldered a musket Major
Menzies of Indiana, who was fire.
quently mentioned for the demo-
cratic vice presidential nomination,
was a soldier.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
On the Anniversary Of the cIty's Great Fire, the
c. & c. Mills Are Destroyed In Fire as
Magnificent as Il Was Disastrous.

The c. & c. Touring mill was de-
stroyed by fire last night. The plant
is considered a total loss. The Of
ficials of the Washington Water Pow
er company, which concern owned the
mill, subject to lease to the Port
land Milling company, estimates the
property worth $4,000 and the stock
$4,000, insured for about $35,000.
The fire broke out a few minutes
after o'clock in the dustroom. 1t
was discovered by Oscar Brown, the
watchman, who saw flames leaping
out of one of the upstairs windows.
At first 1t was thought that the blaze
could be quickly extinguished, but
the flames had gained a great head
way in the dry woodwork
The fire was a brilliant one and at
tracted people from all parts of the
city. The dense volumes of smoke,
clouds of sparks and wildly leaping
flames presented spectacular scene.
A few minutes after the alarm was
first turned in the buildings in the
rear were a roaring furnace. A gen
eral alarm was turned in as the fire
was spreading rapidly and every piece
Of apparatus in the city was called
out. In short time 10 streams of
water were playing on the buildings.
A deluge, formed by joining two
streams from a steamer and a plug
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05

stream was thrown hither and thither
but the great volume of water SEEM
ed to have little effect on the roar
ing flames. The water supply was
poor most of the time. The big
steamer from the central station.
however, was able to get plenty of
water by dropping it's suction into
the Sawmill Phoenix dam.
At s o'clock a large portion of the
building collapsed and fell into the
river. From that time on the fire
was under control. From the nature
of the buildings it was a particularly
hard fire to fight. They were covered
with iron sheeting and the fremen
had no way to get at the flames ex-
cept through the doors and windows.
The Washington Water Power COM
pany purchased the mill in 1889.
There were over 10000 bushels of
grain and 500 barrels of flour in the
mill and these were wholly consumed.
1t required all the energy of the
employees of the Water Power COM
pany to save the new street car
bridge a bucket brigade kept 1t wet
throughout the confla grafton or il
would probably have gone with the
mill. All of the books of the mill
company were saved and removed to
the Echo mill.
1t is announced today that the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
K|DDERS DISAGREE AS
T0WHO SUFFERED MOST

According to testimony adduced at
her divorce trial today in Judge
Richardson's court. Mrs. Angelina
Kidder thinks she is much abused
woman Her husband. George, also
thinks he has suffered many marital
wrongs. Mrs. Kidder alleges non
ed that upon several occasions her
husband, George Kidder, had choked
and beaten her. Also that she had
made the living for herself, little
daughter and defendant for the last
10 years by dressmaking. She fur
ther says that after having purchased
the furniture her husband mortgaged
ii without her consent and spent the
money for drink and gambling Mrs.
kidder did not deny having gone to
places of amusement with one Mr..
Davis, whom. she says. was close
friend of hers and Mr.. Kidder, but
that she went with her husbands
consent.
She said that her husband had
taken their little daughter to sa-
looms and made her drink beer.
Mrs. Kidder on cross examinat tion
showed much spirit. Her husband
charges her with improper relations
with other men, naming several and
producing letters purporting to be
from them. lie also accuses her Of
going out to dances, suppers and
coming home late at night in hacks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05

Charles Bolton, one Of the special
agents of the Northern Pacific, made
the arrest and Detectives Burns and
Stauffer claim they told Detective
Hindman of the railroad company
where to look for him.
When the news Of Christie's cap
ture was made known to Hammond
in the Helena Jail he refused to give
the story credence. He claims his
partner went to Canada and says the
officers might have caught him in
Spokane u they had been wise. He
refuses to sign a statement of de-
scription of his coworker or to dis
close anything relating to him. Ham
mond says he and Christie have pa
pers hidden worth $4,000 to the
Northern Pacific railroad, which he
states will not be given up unless
he is given light sentence, and if
the reverse happens, the company
will never get them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
TIL dR0([RS' (Qhb|h[ hAk[5
WAR ON J[ANhQT bRQTH[R}

at this scale and nothing was said.
During the last three weeks / have
been pushing trade and it has in-
creased 800 per cent. In pushing my
business l did not interfere with the
price on staples.
Yesterday Secretary Corey called
on me- He accused me of violating
the card price. l have never read
the card, never seen the card nor
will l ever charge card prices. How
ever, l do not want to plead ignor-
ance. l knew there was card price.
/ made no agreement and therefore
violated non. The card price on flour
is $130 and sugar is about 1874
pounds for 81.
Now flour costs $425 a barrel. I
get IS for it. / figure that this is
really more than l should charge. 1t
is more than good business methods
warrant. ! make from Is to 20 per
cent on sugar. Sugar costs $500 a
hundredweight. / get 81 for it, That
is long price. l refuse to advance
it further.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
BRIDE AND GROOM ARE
MURDERED IN COLD
BLOOD
(Scripps News Association.) }

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5.-Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Scharon, a well-to-do
bride and groom, were murdered in
cold blood this morning by Harry
Fisher, brother of Mrs. Scharon.
Fisher entered the house for the pur-
pose of robbery and upon being de-
tected in the bedroom of his sister
and brother-in-law, killed them both.
He then shot himself but the wound
is not fatal and 1t was his last car
fridge. He left the house, but re-
turned when the investigation was
under way and calmly confessed to
the deed and was sent to the hospi-
tai
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
FoD THE FIRST TIME IN FORTY
YEARS NO MAN OF THE CIVIL
War Is A NATIONAL CANDI-
DATE.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 5. - The
presidential campaign of 1904, 40
years after the close of the war Of
the rebellion, marks the passing of
the "old soldier as a prominent fac
tor in national politics.
For the first time in 40 years
neither of the leading political par
ties presents a civil war veteran for
either president or vice president.
Roosevelt was too young to serve
in the civil war.
Fairbanks was 10 years old when
the war broke out
Parker and Fairbanks are of the
same age.
Davis was 3S when Sumter was
fired on. He remained in business.
Until late years at least one of the
great parties has felt called upon to
place at least one soldier on the
ticket.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
ELEVEN PORTLANDERS
HAVE DISAPPEARED
STRANGELY
(Scripps News Association. }

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 5.-The
police department has had to face a
peculiar set of disappearances during
the last two months. In that time
II persons have vanished from sight
in this city and, despite every effort,
but one of these has been found alive
Two of the missing were found to
have committed suicide. The missing
include men, women and children.
One of the missing. j. w. Dunn, is
supposed to have been shanghaied.
Maurice Cheal, prominent club man.
disappeared after having gone canoe
ing. His hat and coat were found,
but nothing else. 1t is not thought
that he was drowned. He was heavily
in debt and may have left the coun-
try. There have been numerous other
disappearances equally hard to ex-
plain.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
0NE OF SP0kANE'S GREATEST
INDUSTRIES REDUCED TO ASHES

Portland company will set the Echo
mill property in operation at once.
This plant has been long idle. 1t is
owned by the Great Northern Rail-
road company.
1t was stated last night, although
not officially, that the c. q c. prop
erty will not be rebuilt, owing to it's
location so far from a railroad. Its
products are now carried in freight
cars over the street car tracks to the
railroad depots. Owing to the dan
ger from falling wires, the power was
cut off the street car wires on Post
street soon after the fire started and
all cars were run around across
the Monroe street bridge. 1t was a
matter of comment among the spec
tators that the mill was burning on
the fifteenth anniversary of the great
Spokane fire, when almost the entire
city was reduced to ashes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05

when Corey learned Of my deter
mination he went to the mills and
jobbers. He told them that I was
underselling the card. He asked them
to cooperate with the association.
That means that I am boycotted. I
will have to seek other markets for
my supply.
my reason for refusing to charge
card prices is that 1 am going to run
my own business. / am not going to
be told by others what l am to
charge. There Is no other mercan-
tile business in Spokane where they
have card prices. If / can get fair
profit it is all that I ask. If Spokane
people favor this kind of thing, I'll
get out. The idea that city OF
$4,000 people will allow a small
crowd of selfish men to set price
on staples and maintain that price
whatever the condition of the mar
ket Is ridiculous. I am not going out
of business Instead I am going to
sell -four and sugar next week at just
what feel like selling it for"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
TREATED HER
LIKE A DOG

Frank Eorsland, according TO his
wife's testimony in the trial of her
divorce application before Judge Ken
nan today, has made her life that
"of dog" He was often guilty of
beating her. using vile language to-
wards her and their two children.
She said she tried hard to help him
mend his ways so that they might
live happily together for the sake of
the babies and to all her pleadings
he turned deaf ear. She appeared
broken hearted and miserable as she
gave her testimony today and asked
for legal separation and the custody
OF her son. aged IS years, and daugh-
ter, aged S years. They We're mar
ried at Sprague in 1856.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
now WHO Will. .R[([|V[
CHRISTIE REWARD n0h[1?

The good book says that money
is the root of all evil. 1t may not
be the root Of all the evils in Spo-
kanes police force, but since the
Bearmouth train robbers got them
selves captured, 1t has become the
cause Of much discussion among the
city detectives, sherins Office force
and all other sleuths Of the law, the
country over, who have aided in run
ming to earth the talkative and much
talked about bandits. When Ham
mond confessed everybody wanted in
on the reward. Now Christie is
caught and the vaudeville perform
ance has started again. Spokanes s
minions of justice want a part Of the
$500 which had been placed on
Christie's head. They say they tipped
off Christie's Whereabouts to the
railroad people who arrested him and
they ought to have a share Of the pot
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
NOBODY }[[h[D TO WANT
H00D00 SEWING MACHINE

'I've got the machine on my wagon
and / can't get it on said Herman
Smith, drayman. to Captain Cow
erly this morning.
Smith is in peculiar box, He
wants to get out of 1t without trou-
BILE. I'll fight as quick as anyone
II anyone starts anything with me.
hut don't want to land In JAIL" said
Smith.
Smiths story briefly is this: lie
was called upon by representative
of the Singer Sewing Machine COM
pany to cart a machine to the Wilson
companys store. He was paid in ad-
vance and told to leave the machine
without telling where it came from.
Pdcketing his two bits he drove to
the Wilson company's store. There
they wanted to know who sent the
machine. Smith protested ignorance
luntil finally he saw that If he was
going to deliver the machine he would
have to tell where 1t came from.
lie told. The manager of the Wilson
company fiared up and ordered him
60 take 1t back to the Singer people
lie told Smith that he had mort
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05

gagged machine on his hands and that
IL any harm came to 1t he would be
responsible. He further stated to
Smith that the Singer company had
done this same thing several times
before.
Back to the Singer company Smith
trundled with the machine. They
didn't want it and forbade him to
remove 1t from his wagon. II the
Wilson people won't take It, keep it
yourself until called for,' were his
last instructions. After another un-
successful attempt to unload the
machine at the Wilson house, Smith
hotfooted to the police station. He
protested that he did not want to
get into trouble. He had machine.
He did not want the machine. If
any trouble occurred, he felt that he
would be mixed up i'm 1t. If any
of the parties started to lick him he
felt duty bound to scrap himself. He
finally left with his mind made up to
offer the machine to both parties and
they if they would not take II he
would keep 1t at his home. 0107 How
ard street, until somebody called
for 1t.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05

The Grocers' association declared
boycott today on the store Of jean
not Bros, grocers, at O722 Monroe
street, on account of the failure of
the firm to maintain card prices on
sugar and -four. An ultimatum was
delivered to Jeannot Bros. yesterday
by Association Secretary E. N. Corey
and all members of the association
were notified today of the FIRMS re-
fusal to maintain the association
rates.
Jeannot states his case as follows:
Seven weeks ago l took charge of
this store. 1t was a small store with
q small trade. 1 have worked up
until now I have about as large a
trade as any grocer on the North
Side When l came here l found that
-four was being sold at s125 a So
pound sack. Sugar was being retail
ed at cents a pound. 1 did not
change the prices.
For six weeks ! continued to sell
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
H|NKLE SUSTAINED
BY JUDGE RICHARDSON

warrants or not. He refused, he
stated in evidence, because he believ-
ed Dempsie did not have requisite
proof and because he was trying to
use his court to advance his private
real estate schemes. The court this
afternoon took the ground that the
issuance of the warrant is a discre-
tionary act and that Hinkle was act
ing within his discretionary powers
when he refused.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
kFNDRICk BURNING UP

on the Northern Pacific
krrived In Spokane at noon today and
announced that he had received a
elesram just after leaving Kendrick,
.atah county, that that town was
IN fire and burning up. Soon after
e tried to get Kendrick by wire,
put could not raise the town and
Is supposed the depot has been
urned. Assistance had been called
or from lewiston. Idaho, Vollmer
nd other nearby towns. Kendrick
town of a thousand people. The
IRE 10 supposed to have caught from
urning fences which were noticed
ong the track.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
OREGON GRANITE
FOR The ROADS

ALBANY, Ore, Aug. 5.-Major ].
w. Abbott of Washington. the good
roads expert, reached Albany last
evening and will investigate the gran
lite from the quarry in the Cascade
mountains near here. with a view to
ascertaining the adaptability Of the
output of the quarry for road ma
terial. He finds the granite remark
ably hard and pronounces it the very
best of building material.
y large sample will be sent to the
agricultural department at Washing
be made.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05

throughout was good. AS Margaret
Knowlton, Miss Shirley's transitions
in character deserve great praise.
George McQuarrie as Reuben Warner
was well received. He was, perhaps,
a little too forceful at times. but his
work was warmly applauded. There
is enough comedy in the play to re-
lieve the strain and 1t was admirably
handled by c. +. Ralston and Make
Mitchell. The dancing wasn't half
bad. Commencing Sunday night the
company will present "Thelma"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
ELECTRIC Lines
IN OREGON TOWN

LA GRANDE, Ore, Aug. 5.-A
party of eastern capitalists has been
in the counties of Wallowa and Union
In the past few weeks looking over
the situation with a view of estab-
fishing an electric railroad between
Elgin, Union county, and Joseph,
Wallowa county. This county Is now
travelled over by stage between
those places. and as Wallowa county
has no railway, 1t will be a great
help to that section of the country.
Those In the party are: T. w.
Davidson. New York; A. b. Brown,
Boston; f. A. Philbrick, Lowell.
Mass, and Lon Cleaver of Prairie
City, Ore.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
REF0RMERs MEET

WlNONA LAKE. Ind. Aug. g.
Clergymen and laymen of various de-
nominatio and from all parts OF
the country are gathered here to
discuss the principles OF civil gov
ernment and the dangers and duty
of the nation. The occasion is the
summer convention of the National
Reform Association of North Ameri-
ca. The sessions were formally be-
gun today and will continue through
tomorrow and Sunday.
Prominent among the speakers are
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
OFFICIAL ooUNT.
(Scripps News Association.

LONDON, Aug. 5.-BarOn Hayashi,
the japanese minister, today issued
an official account of the dead and
wounded in the last three battles In
the enveloping movement around Hal
Cheng and Lao Yang. In the bat
ties of Yushulintzu and Yantsung the
Japanese lost 946 killed and wound
ed, while the Russian casualties are
estimated at 1000. At Simu Cheng
the japanese lost 1914 killed and 666
wounded. Seven hundred dead left on
the field by Russians after this fight
were buried.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
MORE ROADS BUILT
Than USUAL

In answer to criticisms on the con-
tion of county roads and the
hount of work done on them this
lar. Road Supervisor Jones of Dis
let No. 2 today said:
F'More roads have been built 2this
hr and with less money than for
keral years. The work is more per-
knent than formerly. Just now the
|ads are rough owing to the dry
Sather, which makes the rocks come
the surface. The fall repairing
II be on a more extensive scale and
will begin as soon as the rainy
lson sets In. The funds spent on
Ids from July. 1908. to June, 1904,
end of the fiscal year, is $49,-
IA. as against 4S.S31.Ss last year"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
he LONG STRIKE.

(he Jessie Shirley company pre-
bed The Long Strike" to a crowd
house last evening. The play was
on for the remainder OF the week
special request. 1t Is one Of the
Rnsest plays presented by the COM
b this season and the members
ear to admirable advantage. The
had none OF the earmarks OF a
night performance. The acting
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05

Judge Richardson this afternoon de-
cided the mandamus proceedings be-
gun some time ago by E. Dempsie
against Squire Hinkle to compel him
to issue warrants against the owners
and occupants of houses on Front
street. The evidence in the case was
heard and the arguments made sew
eral days ago. Judge Hinkle main
tained that it was within his discre-
tion as to whether he should issue the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
JAPANESE GOLD IS
COMING
(Scripps News Association.) J

IScrlppS News AssOciatiOn.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. s. - The
treasury department has been notified
that the steamer Daris, from Yoko-
hama. is bring another large consign-
to be about three millions, to Ameri-
ca in payment of goods purchased in
this country. The Doris is due in
San Francisco the 7th.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
KILLED BY NEGRO
(Scripps News Association. J

HARTFORD. Conn, Aug. g.
Henry Osborne, secretary of the Dun
ham Hosiery company and former
police commissioner, was murdered at
his home this morning by a negro
formerly In his employ. Enmity and
robbery, the police say, formed the
motive. The negro was recently dis
charged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
BISHOP OF DIJON
Is DOING pENANCf
(Scripps News Association.) }

PARIS. Aug. 5.-Advices from
vatican circles state that the bishop
of Dijon has resigned and retired to
Trappist monastary to do penance
for his Righteousness. The bishop
had refused to obey the pope's sum-
mons to Rome, but fortnight ago he
changed his mind
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
. FAIR VISITOR
LOSES BAGGAGE

Mrs. NJ. X. Todd of the auditors
office, while on her way home from
the st. Louis fair, lost her baggage,
valued at $500. 1t was checked from
Chattanooga. Tenn, to Minneapolis,
where all trace of 1t was lost. Since
that time all efforts to locate the
property have met with failure.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
Scene IN COMMONS
(Scripps News Association.

tScripps News AssocIatlon)
LONDON, Aug. "a scene was
created in the house of commons to-
day when Premier Balfour moved a
closure amendment to the education
bill. The opposition shouted Gag"
and refused to participate in the de
cision and the premier consequently
agreed 10 postpone consideration of
the bill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-The return of
President Donnelly, of the butchers
union, today brought forth definite
plans to stop the delivery of meat
from a number of cold storage ware
houses. Discussing his trip to western
packing centers, Donnelly claimed that
the enthusiasm of the strikers is every
where unbounded. The western towns
are as completely tied up as Chicago.
Practically no work is being done. The
meat trust is surely being undermined
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-05
(Scripps News Association }

ESOPUS. N. Y, Aug. 5.-For the
first time since his selection as
democratic presidential nominee
Parker left his home today. His
plans have been attended with utmost
secrecy and his destination is known
only to himself and secretary. The
judge left on the 1920 train for
Kingston.