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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

1t developed later that she had
called at two institutions, but the
babe was refused sdmittance because
OF its age. Then it was the woman
determined to sacrifice herself and
the infant in a craxed effort to save
her daughter.
Considerable trouble is being ex-
perienced in securing jury. The
entire morning was taken up by the
attorneys and at the noon adjourn
ment only three men had been passed.
Most of the jurors summoned had
formed e0inions as to the guilt or in
nocence of Mrs. Harris.
Prosecutor Kimball is acting for
the state and Sullivan, Nuzum & Nu-
yum are defending Mrs. Harris.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

Phil McArdle, we'll known in Spokane the manager
of the local branch of Armour Co., being sought for
by Chief Waler's detectives, warrant charging him
with uttering worthless creeks.
The warrant issued today on complaint signed
and to by Herman Wolff proprietor OF the German
Bakery, a lunch room Sprague avenue.
Wolff alleges that he cashed check for McArde call
ing for $40. The check returned as worthless.
When the warrant issued members of the societies
to which McArde belonged tried to suppress the story
until settlement effected
Later it developed that McArde had claims against him
on similar deals for over 81 O0O
McArdle is said to have lost his position as manager
the Armour branch and is believed to have left the city
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
MILLINER IN TOWN
TO BE ARRESTED
EVERY WOMAN WITH BIRD ON HER HAT WILL
BE ARRESTED

On complaints of Deputy Game Wardens Uhig and F.
S. Merrill, president of the National Bird Protective
society," every mner in the city today was arrested un-
der the laws prohibiting the wearing Of birds on hats
At every millinery store there hundreds OF hats
onamented with the wings heads and feathers OF song
and other birds.
The hats have been quoted as the fad OF fashion this
fall. Despite notices served by the game warden, the
mners placed the hats sale. Every woman found on
the streets wearing bird decoration is also liable to
arrest.
The court of Judge Stocker was filled with the
fair SEX Handsome bonnets and gowns uttered In and
out of the in excited expectancy The judge had
spell of palptaon of the heart after the last miliner
attended to- The trials set for Sept 80 at 93O
a. m.
The game warden gleefaly exhibited feathers and
wings that go toward making hat beautiful, which he
had purchased to use as evidence in the trials.
Those answering to the complaints are: r. Well OF the
Palace Clothing store; Antionete Hellman Margaret
Cannon, M. Mckenzie, Mrs. j. r. Buckley. E. G. Dariet,
NJ. F. Hennessy and Miss Uhe Of the Wonder.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
n an Effort to Save Her Daughters
Honor and to Protect Her Good
Name, Mrs. Harris One Of North
Yakima's Most Respected Citizens
Kills Her Legitimate Granddaughter
The Law Now Must be Satisfied.

Supported on one side by her husband, who has
failed her in time of need--on the other side
clung to by her daughter whose downfall brought
the mother to feon's chair, Mrs. Jeanette Harris
sat in Judge Belt s court this morning while the at
torneys waded through the selection of jury which
shall hold her life and liberty.
From time to time the woman accused of MUIR
dering her illegitimate grandchid shed tears. AT
other times she gave evidence Of great nervousness
trembling and shaking to degree which gave rise
to the fear that she would not have sufficient
strength to go through the ordeal which she faces
Charged with murder in the first degree, with
confession from her to support the charge, Mrs.
Harris faces the direst peril woman has ever been
called upon to meet in Spokane county-the scaffold
To twelve men will be submitted the question of
whether Jeanette Harris is sane enough to merit
the punishment of the gaows.
1t will be memorable trial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

PORTLAND. Ore. Sept 2o.-Aarol
Barker and VIII Irwin of Pocahontas
were found stealing grain at Wing
vile and chased to Baker City last
night. where they were caught by
two policemen. Twelve shots were
exchanged. The men escaped and were
chosed by Sheriffs Browns posse.
This morning the men were found
by the posse in the moutains north>
west of Paines. A battle Is expected
Both men are cool and desperate. are
crack shots and are we'll armed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
(Scripps News Association. }

VoVTIpPS NtWS ASSOCIhtIOM.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. Ca
report from General Stoessel states
that on September i6 at 8 o'clock in
the afternoon Japanese battalion
attacked an aoueduct and redoubt
but were repulsed. They were re-
inforced and made a second attack
but were again repulsed by rifles and
machine guns with heavy losses.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

far east. Pretty Miss Plummer. q
retoucher in a photograph gallery,
was crossing the Mill street bridge
in company with a gentleman friend
when she met Harl. Harl winked at
the young lady and her friend landed
him slap in the face which put
him out OF the business for a minute.
but was not able to prove IL. The
name of the girls friend could not be
learned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
REPUBLICAN MEETING
AT ROCKFORD

J 4 republican rally has been decided
on for Rockford next Wednesday. at
which Congressman Wesley L. Jones
of North Yakima and Senator Her.
man d, Crow of this city will speak.
The Rockford committee which has
charge of the arrangements has Sc
cured odd Fellows hall for the occa-
sion. On the same date a banquet
viii be given, to which all are in
vited. no charge to be made for the
banquet 1t Is expected that large
numbers OF the voters OF the south
eastern part of the county will turn
out.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

At noon on the 11th day of June
last, a tall woman, heavily veiled,
with masses of black hair dropping
over her brows and ears to the point
of further concealment, and bearing
in her arms a tiny babe, alighted
from the Northern Pacific passenger
train from the coast.
The colored porter of the Pullman
in which the woman and babe rode
from Yakima to Spokane, notified
Special Officer Tom Smith that he
believed the woman to be crazy and
in no condition to care for the in
fant she carried.
In this manner police attention was
called to the woman. Dazed and ap-
parently helpless, the stranger at
tracted the sympathy of the railroad
employees and offers of assistance
were made which were refused in a
manner which increa sed the belief
that the woman was either In dire
distress or irresponsible mentally.
The suspicion that all was not
right was increased when the woman
ward evening without the babe. Then
It was that official investigation was
begun.
Patrolman Fitzharris questioned
the woman, who answered stupidity
and appeared unable to give intelli-
gent responses. In reply to the query
as to the whereabouts of the babe
>hA AA.r 80
friends.
The policeman's suspicious were
aroused and later he called for the
patrol wagon. While absent the wom-
an disappeared and 1t was only after
a search that she was found hiding
in the women's toilet rooms.
At the police station the woman re-
fused to talk at first. She posed as
one deaf and Ill and demanded to
be sent to her home. After persist
ent questioning on tho part of Act
ing Captain McPhee the woman final
ly gave her name as Mrs. Jeanette
Harris and her home as Yakima.
Questioned regarding the babe she
insisted she had left 1t with friends.
To this story she held until after
midnight Saturday night.
The Confession.
Shortly after midnight Detectives
Briley and Logan went to the cell
in the city jail where Mrs. Harris
was confined and renewed the ques-
tioning. Harrassed. Ill. almost dying
from the terror of her surroundings
and unable to stand further the
etrain to which the police subjected
her. Mrs. Harris made her first mis-
take.
Soon after 1 o'clock in the morning
fhe woman admitted the death of
The babe. To the detectives she said
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
JAPs MARCHING NORTH.

- T''!T7 " y -NNsUVTuIION.l
ST PETERSBURG, Sept. 20.-Ku-
ropatkin reports the reconnaissance of
Saturday showed a fortified japanese
position held by an infantry brigade
with IL guns west of Bjanewpudza.
He further reports a Cossack patrol
attacked a japanese pack horse train
and seized 80 horses with the loads.
The greater part of the enemy's force
at Lao Yang, he adds. have crossed
the river Taitse.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
PHIL MARBLE HUNTED FOR
PASSING BOGUS CHECKS

a hotelkeeper Of a board bill. He
was taken before Justice 10y, who
sentenced him to 10 days or fine.
Being short of funds. he was brought
here 1t is understood Beckett Is not
his name. His family do not know
where he is, but presume he Is at
Waverly. Their surprise would be
immense If it should become known
to them that he is so near. Beckett
was q soldier in the Cuban war and
Is about 35 years Of age.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
CFLLULY--

Detective Lou Hartman of Port
land and Mrs. Mamie II. Gilluly of
this city will be married tomorrow
evening at the First Baptist church,
Rev. o. w. Van Osdel officiating.
Detective Hartman is at present
working on the Bruer murder case.
but will take time enough to come
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

she left the infant fall accidentally
and that it's little head struck on
rock crushing its skull.
She claimed to have been fright
ened at the accident and declared she
left the tiny corpse where 1t had
fallen. This statement convinced
Captain McPhee that murder had
been committed.
Once more Officer Brlley worked on
the woman, who said the babe was
her daughters and that she had
brought 1t to Spokane for adoption.
Breaking down under the ordeal, the
woman consented to take the de-
tectives to the spot where the tiny
corpse lay.
Finding the Deaed Babe.
1t was a grewsome procession
which left the city Jail just as the
cold gray dawn was breaking that
Sunday morning. with Mrs. Harris
were Detectives Briley and Logan
and a reporter.
The woman led the three men over
to Stevens street, to Sprague and out
Sprague to Division street, where she
turned south. Only once did the
woman falter in the solemn march
to the scene of death.
That was when she reached Third
avenue and was unable to locate the
path through the truck gardens and
which led across to Fifth avenue and
then on up through the Cowley prem
ises back into the jungle of brush
and shrubbery which fringes the
hills.
From the creek leading from the
Cowley springs the path led through
dense underground and almost to
the edge of the bluff over the ra-
vine. then along near the summit
until about 100 feet from the top OF
the hill and beneath dense branches
of rank weeds the woman coldly
pointed to q shimmering of white,
just visible through the waving
stems of green.
Before going to the body Detective
Briley turned to the woman and said:
Now we wan you to tell us. Mrs.
Harris, just how you killed It,"
The woman, exhausted, trembling
as with q fever stroke, sank help
lessly to the ledge of bank. AL
most instantly she regained the curl
GUS stolidity which had marked her
bearing from the first and kept ST.
lent.
Kow the Deed was Committed.
The question was repeated several
times. At last the woman carefully
adjusted her skirts to preserve them
from the dew-ladened weeds and,
turning a stony face toward the Of
ficer, said:
II choked It,"
How did you choke It? You must
tell me how you did it?"
II tied string around his neck
and threw him into the bushes and
left the string tied"
For n full minute there was a ST.
lence. The gray-streaked dawn had
changed to the cold pale Of the morn
Ing and objects were plainly discerni-
BILE. To the three men who stood
gazing at the strange, mysterious
creature who sat listlessly protecting
her skirts from the dew and appar-
emily Indifferent to the nearness of
the murdered babe II was scene
never to be forgotten.
Detective Logan was the first to
break the spell as he stumbled slow
ly down the ledge and removed the
white cloth In which the little corpse
was wrapped.
1t was then the full horror of the
situation burst upon the officers.
Lying in the cloth, naked but for a
band about its stomach, its tiny.
chubby hands clenched. its little legs
drawn up and lips distended In the
awful death agony. the babe gave
silent evidence Of the horrible crime,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
DID NOT PAY
BOARD BILL

A man giving his name as William
Beckett was received at the county
Jail. Sunday. He is a Spokane man,
his family living at Lidgerwood
Park. He has been employed at Wav-
erly for several weeks and while
there Is accused of trying to defraud
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
WENT TO HEAVEN
IN AN AUTO

OYSTER BAY, N Y, Sept. 20.-A
man giving his name as j. T. Reeves
of Baltimore was arrested near the
executive office this afternoon. He
was on his way to the presidents
home" to tell him about an automo-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
SHIPS SIGHTED

(Scripps News Association)
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 20. - The
sailing ship Magnet, which today
passed Nyborg coming in, reports
she sighted in the Gulf of Finland
40 Russian warships standing west.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
TEDDY'S VACATION
IS ABOUT OVER
(scripps News Assoctation.)

OYSTER BAY. n. Y, Sept. 20
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt en-
joyed an outing IN rowboat today.
They took lunch and rowed up the
sound. Tomorrow will be the last
day of the presidents vacation. Two
or three important political visitors
are expected, which. with the wor&
Of winding up the affairs at tho
summer capital" will keep the exc
ecutive busy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
DEMOCRATS
Of new YORK
(Scripps News Association.)

(ScrippS news ASSOCIatioH.1
SARATOGA, n. Y, Sept. 20.-The
state democratic convention was CALI
ed to order at 1920 this afternoon
by Chairman Meyer of the state COM
mittee. William n. Hornblower made
a speech as temporary chairman. At
1880 the convention took recess un-
til IL o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

bile trip to heaven" he thought he
had taken and also wanted the presi-
dent to help him secure a copyright
to- his book which he said was en-
titled "A Sequel to the Bible" He
was taken to Nicola for examination
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
FACTORY EXplODES

(scripps News Association.)
PARIS, Sept. 20.-The Ruggiri fire
works factory at st. Denis, which
supplies the whole of France with
pyrotechnics, was destroyed by an
explosion today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

(scripps News Association

(bcT1ppS NeWs AsSoclatIOn.1
LONDON. Sept. 20.-The Chefoo
correspondent of Reuters reports a
general attack on Port Arthur was
begun before daybreak yesterday and
continued until nightfall. II is be-
lieved the object of the japanese was
to capture the main forts to the
northeast.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
JOHN II. M'LANE
FOR GOVERNOR

(Scripps News Association.)
CONCORD, N. H., Sept. 20.-The
republican state convention today
nominated John II. McLane of Mil
ford for governor. The platform en-
dorses Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
here to get married.

here to get married,
Mrs. Gilluly was formely a mis-
sionary In the east, She is a sister
of II. M. Turner, real estate man
of this city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 2o.-Tho
sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows
this afternoon elected Robert r.
Wright Of Allentown. Pa. sovereign
grand sire, F. S. Conway of Chicago
was elected deputy grand sire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
USED ron PNEUMONIA.

DIR. c. ], Bishop OF Agnew. Mich,
says: Il have used Foley's Honey and
Tar In three very severe cases of
pneumonia with good results In every
case" Refuse substitutes. Sold by
Chas. McNab. i02 Riverside avenue,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
PREPARED
TO Make A STAND

fleet is cooperating was remussd this
morning. The japanese captured two
important forts on either side of
Sueiszeying, north of Port Arthur.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

Foley's Honey and Tar Is peculiarly
adapted for chronic throat troubles
Snd will positively cure bronchitis,
hoarseness and all bronchial diseases.
Refuse substitutes. Sold by Chas. Nc
Nab, 402 Riverside avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

VANCOUVER. b. c.. Sept. 20.-Be-
cause she refused to marry him. J.
Nucci, an Italian barber. aged 30.
shot and killed Daisy Cappela, aged
Is, and then suicided. Both died all
most instantly. The girl had q baby
in her arms when she was shot, the
bullet going through the infant's
dress
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

Wanted, at once, 10 apprentice girls
to learn ladies' tailoring and dress-
making. Nine. Smith. si7h spragua
avenue Seattle house). Phone
1915. 1fs-S
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
ron sALE-M1scELLAxzous.

Cheap, small Buck coal heater. bed
couch. Meyers pump and pipe. two
bedsteaas E1209 Twelfth avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

(Scrfpps News Association.)
ROME. Sept, 20.-A dispatch to the
Agenzia Liberia says a great battle
has commenced at Mukden. Kuroki,
after a wide opening movement,
crossed the Hun river and attacked
the Russian right flank with 100, 600
troops. The japanese force was
three times greater than the Russian.
Conditions in the vicinity were al
most Identical with those at Lao
Yang except the Russian positions
are inferior. No confirmation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

PROP. LEOPOLD gCEADX, M
structor In Violin and Piano Music,
has established himself in Spokane.
Prof. schade is a graduate of the
Conservatory of Music at Souder-
hausen. Germany. Second foor Gram
lite block
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
he WlNKED AT
THE OTHER GIRL

Because she made dem goo-goo
eyes" Harl Slocum's face looks like
map of the war situation in the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
JAPs CAPTURE TWO PORTS.

SHANGHAI. Sept. 20.-The general
attack on Port Arthur which began
Monday and in which the Japanese
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20

1t was on the way to the police sta
tion that Mrs. Harris told Detective
Briley of how the babe was born out
of wedlock and how her daughter
had succeeded in keeping her condi-
tion a secret up to the very day of
the birth. In fact, the young mother
attended dance the night before the
confinement.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-20
Tries to Protect Daughter.

To save her daughter from shame
and disgrace, Mrs. Harris had taken
the babe from the young mothers
arms the day of the birth and left
Yakima for Spokane. At that time
she evidently thought she could dis
pose of the infant in one of the chill
drens homes in this city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
GURNEY CASE HAD
OTHER PRECEDENTS
BRITISH EMBASSY ATTACHE ONCE
FINED AT SARATOGA SPRINGS.
Hadn't Paid His Livery Bill - British
Government Bests Country Justice 80
Odd Case Recalled by Former Mayor
w. H. Eustis.

AT least one sometime prominent
Minneapolis official is able to look back
upon Just such a narrow escape from
becoming involved, in an international
complication as that recently. expert
enced by the rash New England Justice
of the peace who fined Hugh Quincy,
third secretary of the British embassy,
for overspeeding his automobile thru
Lee, Mass. H..
The difference between the two cases
lies in the fact that in the latter-day
affair the British official ensnared was
faster than the law allowed and in the
case of the earlier bringing the attache
was fined for failure to pay a livery
bill. .,..
A further difference exists in that
while there was much ado about small
something in the Quincy. case that one
in which the Minneapolis man figured
did not fulfill it's promise to make
American history. and never found it's
way into the newspapers of the day.
ut was back in 1873 or 1879, when
I had but recently descended upon Sara
toga Springs, n. Y, fresh from St;
Lawrence county and single in hand, -
morning, in referring to the Quincy in
cident ''I was a very young attorney,
learned in the law, and not a little eager
to show my learning.
cit so happened that there existed
in Saratoga Springs a young attache of
the British embassy-some sort of an
under secretary, whose name has slipped
me during the thirty Intervening years
who was fond Of driving, but less
fond of laying the piper. This latter
weakness became SO pronounced as to
exasperate one local liveryman, who
caused the representative Of the British
government to be hauled into court
there to show cause, why he should not
''Happily, the British government, II
the person of the derelict driver, was
represented by me, and produced al
the international law extant, to show
that the justice court had no jurisdic
ton. =.z.
I" international law is not recognized
in this court, said Justice of the Peace
Berry, the young man should pay hi
to do And fine him he did. p
i "Well, young Mr.. British Govern
ment made a great fuss about it. HI
told the head Of the British embassy a
Washington and he made a great fus
about it. The United States govern
ment took it up. There was an exchang
apology by the United States govern
ment, severe censure for Justice Bar
ry, and a final note, saying that tn
young blood of Saratoga Springs nee
not pay his fine. .-..,.-. -. >1s-5.
"Fhat closed the incident, so far as
ever knew, for the papers somehoy
, failed to interest themselves in it; m
client disappeared from, view; .Justic
Barry swallowed his pride, and interns
don It believe the liveryman ever di
oct his money. ~ - =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
A BARB-FRAT FIGHT
Fraternity Line Drawn in the Junior
Ball Row.

x z:%[Ff ~ ''' ~ -..-t- -.
After framing a protest to the fac
ulty against the recently organized
junior ball association using the name
Of the class in connection with their
organization, and after appointing a
committee to consider giving q regu-
ing of the junior class at the univer-
sity yesterday, adjourned until next
week. =
Not member of the junior ball asso-
citation was present, and of the 100
persons who answered the call Of Pres
ident Christensen, at least half were
girls.
The fight has now narrowed down to
straight fraternity struggle. All
the fraternities in college are repre-
sented on the junior ball association
and about four nonfraternity men are
members. 1t has been suggested that
if the petition should be. granted by
the faculty and the association barret
from using the name "junior ball.
the association be turned into a pan
Hellenic organization and that a pan
Hellenic ball be given on the date SCI
| for the junior ball. .....