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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16

When the hour for the parade ar
rived the people began to station
themselves along the line of march,
and on both sides of the street the
masses of human beings filled the
dooryards. crowded the sidewalks and
pushed far out into the street. For
distance Of three miles the crowd
was packed along the street and stood
for two hours watching the pageant.
Supreme Chancellor Bangs and the
Officers of the supreme and grand
lodges, the city and state and county
officers. viewed the parade from the
reviewing stand. The column, con-
sisting of fully $4,000 members of
the uniform rank. started at 2
O'Clock, the officers, numbering about
500, all being on richly caprisoned
steeds. The Kentucky brigade of
several regiments and bands led the
march. Indiana and Illinois came
next with the largest number in line.
Ohio, Iowa. Michigan. California,
New York. Pennsylvania. West Vir-
ginia and other states were well rep
resented. More than a score of states
In all were represented in the uniform
rank, and as many were in the SUBJ
ordinate lodges, the members of the
latter In the parade being about U.s.
600.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16

at the appointed hour, ready for the
command to march. A platoon of
police led the column. Following the
barids. drum corps and Commander
in-Chief Black and his escort came
the. feveral departments of the Grand
Army, with the Department of Illi-
nois in the van. Naturally Massa-
chusetts turned out the largest repre-
,sentation. Second in point of num-
sber was New York. followed by Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and
Missouri. Throughout the parade
was strictly military, no women
children or grotesque costumes being
permitted. The few carriages in line
were reserved for the use of disabled
veterans, who came in for round after
round of hearty cheers all along the
route.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
"As HE SWUNG ME OFF. aRABB ED HIS ARM"

ed there doomed up behind us man
whom l took to be the giant with
some circus till l noticed the uni
form. We climbed up and held onto
the railing. while the conductor look
ed us over and politely remarked,
Tickets, please We worked our lit
tie story about having no money.
hard luck, Job at the other end, and
so on. Then with superb politeness.
he explained. Very sorry. gentlemen.
but the rules. you know. say l must
put you off,
II pulled out a couple of chunks
of coal from my pockets, and glanc-
ing toward the engine cab. said.
Here goes a gauge then. I'm good for
four out Of Ave on gauges This is
the fifth time says he. and. besides,
the fireman doesn't like the muss in
the cab with that he grabs me by
the arm and the other fellow, the
little 'un. by the collar. Can you
swim?' growls he. Moo squeals
the kid. Then here's place to
learn and I saw the kid drop kerr
PUNK into the water over which we
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16

Csc cwt; new potatoes $l.25@l .35; cab
bage $2@2.25 cwt.
Green observation-disclosures l0@l5c
dozen punches: radishes l5@25c dozen
lunches; rhubarb 2@2hc ID: beans
4@6c ID; lettuce 5@l0c Id; green peas
&c lb; carrots and heets Zoe doz.
en- punches: tomatoes $ll5d 40 box
turnips 2Oc dozen punches: GU
cumbers 3hc Id; summer squash 90
box; green corn l0@l5c doz.
Fruit-Peaches 50@6ah" box: cherries
3@5c; cantaloupes, small, 4@6c each
Ackensac, 1925 crate; apricots 60a80c
box; pears 60c crate; watermelons l5(d
25c each; apples 60c@$l box; plums
65c@75c box; grapes, sl@l.25 crate.
Berries-Currants Csc gal; blackber-
ries l25@l.75 crate; raspberries, sl.5t
ellis crate; Logan berries $2.5O@a
case.
Hay-Timothy sl4@l5, alfalfa $3.50
grain hay $l2@l4.
Grain-Wheat Tacoma prices) club
Zoe; bluestem 75c; oats 81 .lOa12O cwt
barley $l@l.W cwt; feed wheat $l.O5@
Ito cwt.
Live stock-Steers $2.50@3 cwt; COW.
$2.50@3; mutton 2@2c II; hogs, dress
ed SC; veal, hog dressed &c.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16

body of the kid YOU drowned.
Drowned. he exclaimed. There amt
enough water there to drown kit
ten. It's about three feet of mud,
that's all l showed the gun at him
and we started back just the same
II was getting pretty dry about
this time, for we'd hustled over one
of those wood trails for a good bit
before We got to the railroad, and
we'd got kind o. warmed up and our
'wrastle' wasn't very cooling either.
Pretty soon We came to beautiful
little spring in the edge of cut.
quite forgot l was guarding "a man
who had tried to murder the kid
and me and I dropped on my knees
to drink. ] just got a taste when my
head went splash down into the
water and l felt the gun being pulled
out of my hand. ] came up standing,
looking into the little end OF very
businesslike blue steel affair with
that same big giant at the other end
OF 1t. quit being thirsty right then.
I wasn't tired either l wasn't any
thing that could be scared out of me.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16

conductors get lost, is 1t? Look for
the saloon. Not any? Well. I'll be
-! Just then the conductor step
ped up to them and addressed the
superintendent, Mr.. Clay. a couple Of
hoboes jumped the blind baggage. l
dumped one and tried to dump the
other, in the usual dumping grounds,
but he threw me. They're in the
store there, ready to begin their 80
days on the stone pile
Very good. conductor, very good,
came the rough voice 1--WE heard the
engineer of the special say president
of the road); we must keep up the
reputation of the line as the Hoboes'
He'll. Now let's see the husky hobo
that could throw YOU AS the party
pressed into the store door we sunk
into our chairs and pulled our caps
down over our eyes. Then the agent
blurted out, And the kid says his
name is Willibert Blair. jr.' I saw
the old president start. then he turn
ed, ran us over with his eye. jerlsed
the cap off the kids head. and then
drawled. 'Billy-you-damne
-rascal-' with that he gathered
that precious young tramp into his
over the kids shoulder. Gentlemen,
he burst out, this pirate with the
peach bloom whiskers is my son, and
this other convict is my private sec
rotary. They're supposed to be camp
Ing over on the Eau Claire river.
Constable, do you think you couldn't
let EN- off, just-this-once? And
now (gruffly), Mr.. Conductor,
don't know your name, but 1 think
you've been punching tickets long
enough on this line Ct saw the SUI
perintendent go black at the word and
the conductor go white. didn't know
about the sick wife and the little
children till later. 'S'pose you lay
off till the first-full pay, of course
then report to me at Chicago. Now,
turning to us to escape the thanks
and the crowds cheers, what in the
devil do you mean by trying to hold
up the road cor passes this way?'
Well said the kid. we knew your
darned old roads reputation as the
Hoboes' He'll, so we thought we'd try
it. We found out Say the presi-
dent turned to the superintendent,
maybe we have been a little too
strict. and you better ease up little.
You know, another amateur hobo
might come along some day
"A half-hour later, as we were
bowling along through the county
seat. the superintendent leaned over
to me and said. as he pointed out
the window, That's it, there. That's
the stone pile
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Conversion of the II. H.


were rushing. yelled and struck
! at the giant with my free arm, but
he swung me down onto the lower
step and / began to shake. After
minute or so the big conductor yell
ed, Here you are but as he swung
, me off I grabbed his arm and got
brace against the side Of the car with
my foot When I opened my eyes
there lay the big conductor sprawled
out beside the track, while the train
was plugging along around curve
quartermile away. AS the fellow
began to move I shook myself to-
gether, and finding l was all ttere
reached over and annexed the Smith
& Wesson l saw sticking out of his
hip pocket. l had just got it when
he rolled over. pulled his coat down
from over his head. dug a few BUSH
els of mud and weeds out of his hair
and eyes and glared at me- l re-
| marked casually, Now, if you're all
there, We'll go back and find the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
WOMEN CARRIERS

Uncle Sam wants women letter car.
riers. A recommendation has beer
made to the department at Washing.
ton against the rule that now limits
the civil service examination for let.
ter carriers to males. They have
been found equal and at times SUI
perior in the money order, stamp anG
other departments.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
RICHARDSON
At coLwLLE

Judge Richardson is at Colville,
where he will preside at term of the
superior court. The calendar of civil
cases will be disposed of preparatory
to the commencement of the jury ses-
sion. Monday morning is set for the
murder trial of Taylor. who shot
Bert Mcintyre in a saloon at Boss
burg three weeks ago. Mcintyre lived
two days after the shooting.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
Copyright. 1908, by the Frank Leslie
Publishing House)

Publishing House.)
Eyes, I remember the change in
the H. H. line. l have reason to re-
member It, and think I can tell you
pretty near all about the incidents
that led up to the change"
The group around the fireplace
settled into easier positions and gave
a number of orders to the attend
ants.
There were just two of us-the
kid and myself. We sneaked into the
little lumber town just before train
time and hid until the train pulled
In. Just as the bell rang and the con-
ductor yelled All aboard" down the
platform. we swung onto the blind
baggage 1t wasn't the real blind
baggage we had hoped for. but a reg
ular baggage car with a door. The
train was just beginning to hit up
her pace little when we heard the
door open behind us. When we turn
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16

Baseball matters in Butte have
been settled as predicted in these
columns. After spending all the
money he could get hold Of. Walter
Wilmot has been retired and the team
taken back by Manager ]. w. Whar-
ton of the street railway company,
representing the w. A. Clark inter-
ests.
This means that President Charlie
Lane, who represents Wharton. will
be In control of the team as in former
days. Wilmot had been given the
team along with $500 of the street
railway money and told to make a
winner. 1t took him three months to
demonstrate that his name was not
spelled M-c-C-l-o-s-k-e-y.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16

Quickens the blood, rounds the
form, lifts the brain and body from
weakness to power. That's what Hol
listers Rocky Mountain Tea does
by "
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
aARDMER-JErFonDs rraxr.

Butte's fistiana had an inning last
night when George Gardner easily
defeated Jim Jeffords in the third
round with right swing to the jaw.
Jeffords was no match for the Lowell
man, being jabbed repeatedly with
out getting a return.
X'CARTHY BEATS la FoNTIsE.
After three attempts Jerry Nc
Carthy succeeded in at last getting
a decision over Nose La Fontise in
10 rounds. In 10 rounds La Fontise
secured decision on the first go,
In their seconod go he knocked out
the Walkerville pet, but last night
found referee who evidently liked
McCarthy's extra weight and reach.
HERRERA VI. NELSON.
Herrera and Battling Nelson are
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16

Will cure Bright's Disease.
Will cure Diabetes.
VIII cure Stone in Bladder.
Will cure Kidney and Bladder Dis
eases.
Sold by Chas. McNab, 400 River
side.
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Mrs. c, f. Perry, Bloomington
After years of suffering with head
ache and stomach bitters. l was COM
pletely cured with HOLSTERS Rocky
NJ oun ia n Tea. q.
Gained 20 pounds WzL1]T71EukryTI
in eight weeks. w.
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World Of Sport

matched to fight in Butte, Septem-
Der S.
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HERRERA VI. NELSON.
Herrera and Battling" Nelson are
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-16
A BIGGER STICK.

President Roosevelt would be given
the biggest kind of big stick if an
engineer who writes in Casters Mag
azine on naval matters could have his
way The engineer strongly approves
of monster 20.000-ton battleships.
When it is understood that the biggest
battleships we have now are of only
10000 tons displacement, and when
we remember that they are looked
upon as almost impregnable floating
fortresses, an idea Of the immensely
of 2O,OO0-ton fighting machines may
be gained.
The writer in Casters proposes to
arm the leviathans with ten twelve
inch or twelve ten-inch guns for close
range. He is certain that nothing i'll
any of the navies of the world could
stay above water for more than a few
minutes against such batteries. He is
probably correct, but how long would
it be before other powers constructed
battleships of similar type? Certainly
no longer than the time required
for their completion.
The 2O,000-ton battleship must have
speed in proportion to its great weight
1t would be too much to expect other
vessels to try conclusions against one
of them without first making a desper-
rate effort to get away. The speed,
therefore should be great enough to
enable the giant to overtake the lesser
craft. Whether a battleship of such
proportions could be constructed and
given speed enough to make it servic-
able is still an open question among
naval engineers. England is going far
ther than other nations in that regard.
She has now under construction bat
tleships that are to have a displace-
ment of $4,000 tons. 1t might be a
good idea for the United States to
learn something by England's exper
fence. If the 1S,000-ton ships turn out
to be speedy and reliable it will be
time enough for us to go forward.
Surely we are thickening our already
big stick rapidly enough.
We now have under construction at
government navy yards and elsewhere
twenty big battleships and cruisers. 1t
is hardly probable that they will be
out of date before they are finished,
for in the service of this governn ent
are some of the best naval engineers
in the world Let us at least get some
use out of the fighting machines we
have and are TO have in the near
future before proceeding to Other
types.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-16
Attention..

Nine. De Blounde, the greatest clair
voyant in the world; wonderful pow
ers. This woman was born with a
double veil. She will tell you what
you came for, giving names of your
friends; tells you whether you will
be successful in business or love No
matter what may be your fear call on
this gifted woman and find relief She
will send you away happier and wiser.
For a short time at the Park hotel.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-16
Thanksgiving Sale.

The ladias Cf ST. Peters Guild will
give their annual Thanksgiving sale
at Guild Hal, Wednesday, Nov. %,
1904, beginning at 2 p. m.
Mince pies and cakes will be fur
nished, made by the very best of our
lady cooks.
The fancy work table will present
an especially attractive display in
the way of beautiful and useful arti-
cles.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate of JOHN RosSER Deceased,

~ WIN fhoSSGn CGCedS.I.
Notice is hereby given that the an
dersiGned, Marie Rosser has been duly
appointed and qualified by the District
Court of the First Judicial District
OF the State of Nevada, in and for the
County Of Ormsby, as administrator OF
the Estate of John Rosser. late CT
said Ormsby county, deceased. Al
creditors having claims against said
estate are required to file the same
With proper vouchers attached with
the clerk Of the Court, within three
months Of the first publication of this
notice
Dated June %. 1904.
MARIE ROSSER.
Alfred Chartz, Attorney for Admin
istratix.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-16

For Sale-The Nevada House, on
corner Main and Seventh streets. APP
ply at premises. 1w
The Washington times., 1904-06-02
The Straw Hat Monopoly.

i New York man AYERS that the
new fashion in mems straw hats is
due to the desire of the straw hat
monopoly TO make a profit by cutting
down the size of the hat, and ex-
presses great disgust at the shape of
the hat, which he says is ridiculous.
This is a revelation of a new danger
to which we are exposed by the ex-
istence of the bloated bondholding
octopus in a free republic. The octo-
pus has it in his power to make US
wear whatever he likes-make it the
fashion and sell nothing else-and as
the facilities for manufacturing straw
hats and other articles of apparel at
home are for the most part things of
the past, we shall all have to submit
Possibly monopoly has shown it's
horrid head in other directions. The
skinny skirts which seem designed to
use the least possible quantity of
cloth at the highest possible price
may be a trace of its presence; also
the fashion which compelled SILVER
ing women to wear white cotton shirt
waists all last winter, whenever full
dress was not demanded There Ger
tainly seems to be reason for sus-
picion.
But the time will come-we warn
the straw hat trust and all the other
trusts that the time will cOme-when
this movement must stop. In this
climate it will be impossible for any
clothing manufacturer, however pow
erful, to impose upon the public cos
tunes Of primitive brevity and scant-
ness and make customers pay for the
style instead of the amount of ma
terial. If the Observation-Disclosures sub
ordinate comfort TO style much
further, we shall all be subjects for
the coffin trust
The Washington times., 1904-06-02
Grim Amusement.

II is evident, from the comment Of
Judge Dunn, of Chicago, on issuing
the permit for the remodeling of the
Iroquois Theater, that the memory Of
that grim tragedy has not grown dim
in that city. He said:
III a man desires to open vaude-
Vile show in a private graveyard and
the city is issuing permits of this
kind, and If the building complies
with all ordinances, the city must is
sue the permit"
This somewhat tart comment leads
one TO speculate on the kind Of au-
dience which Will fill that theater
when il is reopened. There is a GER
tain morbid sentiment which leads
some people to flock to the scene of a
peculiarly horrible tragedy, and
doubtless there would be an audience
for a play in which a man was ac-
tually hanged in full view Of the
audience every night, If the authori-
ties would allow that form of murder.
However, as Judge Dunn points out.
there is nothing he can do to prevent
the reopening of the Iroquois as a
playhouse; ali he can do is to see
that the ordinances are kept.
There is not much doubt that the
lessees of the new IrOquois will be
Obliged TO walk the chalk line very
carefully for SO long a time that they
may possibly get into the habit of
Keeping the law. Chicago has had
a lesson which Il will not soon forget.
There will be no actual danger to the
audience. But what about the cal
Iousness and lack Of decent feeling
which leads men 70 ignore a tragedy
so awful. and consider only their
chances Of making money by running
a show on the scene Of it?
We Americans have often been &C
cused Of being devoid Of sentiment.
In reality we are a highly sentimental
people, only the emotions which stir
our souls arc too often shallow. Any
bright subscription agent can make
money twice as fast by selling books
Of sentiment as by selling works con-
tanning useful information. We have
plenty Of that mushy form of senti-
The Washington times., 1904-06-02
Saul Among the PhiIistines.

A curious phenomenon appears in
the New York Evening Post" for
Tuesday. This journal has for 10
these many years been conspicuous
for warning against Philistines of all
kinds. particularly wicked and willy
political Phiiistines, and has had no
good word to say for any of that ilk.
Why, then, did IL Gull out of the
newspapers of the country all the
commendatory editorials it could find
regarding the late Senator Quay, and
reprint them for its readers?
It is true that editorials Of this
kind on this subject were not very
plenty, even in Pennsylvania. The
most that anybody could say for
Quay was that he was agreeable in
his private relations. good 20 his fam
lily. and a force in political life; and
most of the papers said a great many
The Washington times., 1904-06-02

other things of a disagreeable nature
concerning the kind of force he was
IN political life. The obituary editor
of the Evening Post must have
been at some trouble to weed out com
plimentary paragraphs from denun-
ciatory editorials. and hunt through
his exchanges for papers which had
even a mOdicum of praise to give the
Pennsylvania leader. The question
which arises in the mind of the casual
reader is, what made him do it?
1t is something entirely new for
this leader Of a chosen people to
praise a Philistine-even a dead
Philistine In fact, its editorial page
has sometimes contained attacks upon
men recently dead which were really
violent in their denunciatiOn. Why
this exception in the case of a man
who stood for all which the Evening
Post" has long detested and reviled
The Washington times., 1904-06-02
The Whip in School.

Whether discipline in the school is
dependent upon the whip as a final
court of appeal is a question which
will not down. Principle so opposes
practice that the wavering between
pro and con is likely to continue the
discussion until the millennium ush-
ers in children so ideally good that
they cannot be made better.
New York has been again looking
into the subject, and the Investigators
have encountered a practically unan-
imous desire on the part of the teach
ers for the restoration of the privi-
lege of corporal punishment
Such a result after a trial of the
spared rod would be regarded as con-
elusive were it not for the fact,
known TO all who have anything TO
do with teachers, that those who
maintain the best discipline do it
with a minimum Of whipping, while
some cannot maintain good discipline
even with constant whipping.
Children are always a condition,
and never a theory. This condition
is infinite in variety. the product of
an infinite variety of training by an
infinite variety of parents.
1t is unquestionably true that a
teacher, by means of the magic of
love for his work and for those for
whom he is working, can accomplish
wonders in Unifying this variety and
thereby bringing it to a condition of
discipline, which is the only dis
cipline that amounts to anything.
But such a teacher is born for his
work. He is not the problem, but the
answer to the problem The difficult
ty is how to make the lame and the
halt and the blind of the teaching
corps his equals in proficiency.
While the whip may be necessary
in the school, even as it is in the
home, for children whose parents
have not bent the twig so that the
tree shall be inclined the right way
IAiC " III ID AAOb a ltAOA lAuABig lhIalAe
in any proper sense. 1t restraints, but
il does not train, and the need to con-
troll by purely physical means is al
ways a confession of failure to con-
troll by higher and more effective
mental. moral. and spiritual means.
Let the teacher whip If he must
for the good of the greatest number
requires the discipline of the few by
methods that are quickly effective
But let the teacher who whips recog-
nize that every blow he strikes makes
hole in his own reputation, and is
| evidence of his own lack of self-re-
straint, wisdom, and sympathetic
understanding Of the needs Of those
who should find in him friend, guide
and instructor.