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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-06-04
JUBILEE WEEK
IN WISCONSIN

MADISON, Wis, June 4.-Visitors
are already arriving in considerable
numbers for the celebration during
the week beginning tomorrow of the
fiftieth anniversary of the University
of Wisconsin. Besides the semi-cen-
tennial celebration and the usual COM
mencement exercises, the weeks pro-
gram will include the Inauguration Of
the new president of the university,
Professor Cha-les Richard Van Hise.
The exercises tomorrow will con-
sist OF services in the morning in the
several churches at which addresses
will be delivered by well known
clergymen who are alumni. In the
afternoon the baccalaureate address
will be delivered in Armory hall by
Professor John Bascom, who was
president Of the university for Is
years.
Monday Is to be devoted to the
alumni and on Tuesday the Inaugural
tion of President Van Hise will take
place. NtuHtsuty is W bc CSicDTdttu
as semi-centennial day. and on that
occasion will be emphasized the ori-
gin and development of the state uni
versity idea as exemplified in the his
tory and growth of the University of
Wisconsin and sister Institutions. The
exercises OF commencement will be
held on Thursday. when the bache-
lor's degree will be conferred on 375
members of the graduating class.
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IDAHO GOVERNOR SILENT
ON THE LYNCHlNC OF
THOMAS MYERS
sOsssssO ~ .seO

Governor Morrison OF Idaho has
refused to say whether or not he will
order that any steps be taken to ap-
prehend and punish the lynchers who
on June. 2 forcibly took from the
hands of Sheriff John Seay at White
bird Thomas Myers and hung him to
a tree. where the following morning
the sheriff and deputies cut down
the body.
The governor of Idaho refuses to
see newspaper men regarding the af-
fair. and shows a deplorable lack of
interest in this respect In the mainte-
nance Of law and order.
The crime for which Myers met his
death was committed on May 18.
whom he killed George Brownlee and
seriously wounded Wallace Jarrett.
He was captured and there were
threats of lynching. On the night Of
June 2 Myers and the deputy sheriff
were surrounded by masked mob.
who all carried revolvers and VIM
chesters. AS soon as the murderer
had been taken from the hands OF
the sheriff he was speeded away into
the darkness and that was the last
seen of him by the sheriff until he re-
cefved word that the lifeless body Of
the murderer was hanging to the end
OF hemp rope down in the ravine
At the time Of the lynching Myers
and the sheriff were travelling from
Whitebird to Grangeville in closed
carriage. they being accompanied by
several deputies on horseback. No
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resistance was made when the mob
demanded the prisoner. The sheriff
and his deputies were far outnumber-
cd and saw the uselessness Of re-
sistance.
Myers was a man Of about so years
of age and unmarried. The crime for
which he was lynched was committed
on Salmon river, near Crooks corral.
Brownlee and Jarrett were driving
without a minutes warning. he hove
into sight and commenced firing at
them at close range. The first shot
brought Brownlee to the ground, kill
ed almost instantly. Jarrett was
wounded in the arm and under hot
fire from Myers he escaped into the
woods.
There is a dearth of accurate infor-
nation surrounding the lynching. Ru-
mors are in circulation to the effect
that after stringing up their victim
his body was riddled with bullets
There is no question but that the
members Of the mob have given out
some information. The first plan was
to lynch Myers before he was taken
to Grangeville for his preliminary
hearing. The ringleaders were per-
suaded at this time not to interfere
Then they sent out watchmen to see
that Myers was not spirited away A
system Of signals was agreed upon.
thus enabling the mob to assemble
at any point on a moments notice.
There is little doubt but that the
mob consisted mostly Of Salmon river
cowboys.
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COMPANY OBJECTS
TO PAYING LIFE
INSURANCE MONEY

The Mutual Life Insurance company
has fled IN answer to the suit fled by
Amelia Starr to collect $4,000 for the
death Of her husband M. L. Starr.
Starr, the company admits, fled an
application for policy on November
80, of last year. The amount of the
policy was to be $1,000 and the first
half-yearly premium was TO have been
esl.22. Starr paid the agent Of the
company IS down and gave him note
for the balance.
No policy had been issued by the
home Office at the time of Starr's death
on December 8.
The company claims that its agents
had no authority to accept an appli-
can't and that no policy could be issued
until the home office had passed upon
the application. The company alleges
that it has returned the IS and the
note and inasmuch as they never issued
the policy are not liable for the $1,000.
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FAKE TICKETS

Manager Perkins of the Spokane
Boxing club reports that somebody is
working a very smooth game on his
show. Perkins recently had issued
lot Of 81 tickets. These are very
easy to duplicate. Somebody, who
is just little more foxy than he
should be will likely find himself in the
hands of the police az result of his
crooked work in duplicating these
tickets. This individual has been going
about and selling these Al tickets to
people for anything he can get for
them. He has probably gone to some
printing firm and had the tickets dup
Heated. This il gross oifense and il
he is captured it will go hard with him,
as Perkins intends to prosecute him to
the fullest extent of the law. He says
these tickets will not be honored NJ
the door the night of the fight and
anyone buying them does SO at his
own risk.
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pAILR0AD
WRECK
ooeOuN
(Scripps News Association.)

Notiipps NcWS ASSoCldtlOnJ
KANSAS CITY. MO-, June 4.--Au-
gust Blooma OF Clear Lake, s. d.,
wes killed and 10 people injured in a
headon collision between two Mis-
scuri Pacific passenger trains near
Mastin. Kan. last night.
The colliding trains were the west
bound Colorado Flyer and the east
bound accommodation. Both were be-
hind time and running fast. The en-
zines and three cars We're demolished,
both trains being derailed. The pass
sngers were hurled about by the i'm
pact, but strangely none were fatally
hurt. Blooma was riding on the blind
baggage when he was killed The
injured were brought here this morn
ing.
The Flyer was to meet the accom-
mediation at Mastin. but apparently
overlooked it's orders.
Among the injured are: Irene and
Louis Palmer of Los Angeles, heads
bruised: Mrs. Mary Burnside of Port
land. Ore. knee bruised; William
Nichols Of Fort Douglas. Utah. slight
~ bruised.
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NO SUBSTITUTE
THIS time

The real live Richard Mansfield
without any substitute - Richard
Mansfield. than whom there is no
greater-comes to the Spokane the
ater for a single engagement Monday
night in that wonderful play Of the
old time Russian czar known In his
tory as Ivan the Terrible"
Richard Mansfield secured archi-
tectural drawings of the original
rooms and palaces in which the events
represented In this terrible" play
took place and these were reproduced
with fidelity In preparing the produc-
tion which is to be seen in Spokane.
There are five acts and eight scenes
in Ivan the Terrible" They repre-
sent the cxar's closet, the council
chamber of Bogyars, Prince Stuisky's
house. the throne room In the i'm
perial palace, the market place on
the banks of the river Moskova un-
der snow. the imperial apartments
OF the czaritxa. and the imperial
presence chamber.
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II awoke with a sense Of something
wrong. l was very startled. 1t was
just getting daylight and l could dis
tinctly see the outlines of man in
the room, going through the bureau.
] started to scream for help when he
turned on me like a madman and
swearing, he threatened to take my
life if / uttered a sound He held
murderous looking revolver to my face
and l almost swooned | was so badly
frightened" Such, in substance, is the
story of Miss Robins.
She said the man was very cool about
his work and went about the searching
of the premises in a manner which
showed he was no novice at the job
of burglarizing residences. Ihvesti-
CATION by Detectives Briley and Weir
disclosed the fact that the house
breaker had ransacked every room in
the house and stolen everything OF
value which was laying around loose.
Miss Robins was so badly frightened
she could only give an inaccurate des-
cription to the police. 1t looks as
though the man will avoid capture, as
the description of the woman is very
poor one.
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property as soon as il is convenient
An inventory of the estate was filed
this morning and it appears that John
R. was long way from going 'busted"
The real estate owned by Price is
appraised at sS63s. It includes both
city and country property and water
rights in section 9, township 26, range
AZ, valued at $4,000. The personal
property, including household effects,
is appraised at 1852. There is due the
estate on notes and loans sl34s.s5.
Besides the above assets Price owned
several hundred thousand shares of
mining stock in such companies as the
Spokane Mining l. Milling company,
the Wyoming Mining 4 Milling COM
pany, the Bonanza Gold Mining COM
pany and others. His largest holdings
were in the Spokane company. In this
company he owned 203 .222 shares. The
value Of this stock is not stated in the
inventory but it will doubtless increase
the value Of the estate.
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THE MAN OUT OF A JOB ALWAYS
VOTES AGAIMsT THE ADMIN
IMITATION AND THAT'S THE
REASON.

WASHINGTON, June Admin
istration officials are anxiously watch
ing the railroad corporations antago-
nistic to the president. The threat
sent to the White House few
months ago by the magnates Of the
rail to the effect that if he did not
stop his onslaught on the Northern
Securities merger they would defeat
his election, seems now to be in pro-
cess of fulhllment.
Since April Is, $4,000 men employed
on the great railroads of the country
have received notices of discharge.
The excuse given all along the line
is bad business"
When election time comes this
great army of men will vote against
the republican ticket A man out of
a job always votes against the ad-
ministration.
Here is the record Of discharges,
which includes the number actually
let out and those who have received
notices to quit by June 10:
Railroads out of Chicago. 10000;
Northwestern lines, 10000; Pennsyl-
vania system. $4,000; Vanderbilt sys-
tenn. $4,000; Gould system, 1900; Har-
riman line, 5000; Southern railway,
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HEBREW zl0NISTS
AT CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND. o., June THE
seventh annual conference of the Fed
GRAFTON of American zionists opened
today, to be continued until Tuesday.
The federation had for its original
object the colonizing Of Palestin0
with Hebrews and assisting and en-
the Hebrew colony alread8
in Palestine. The present confersnces
however. will consider and act upon
Ensland's offer of land In East
Africa. The tract offered to the Zion
lists free is about 500 square miles in
extent. At the last international con-
vention the Jews outside of Russia
generally were In favor of accepting
the site in place of Palestine but
the Russian Jews insisted on return
ing to Palestine. 1t Is believed the
present American conference will act
in favor of accepting the site.
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A6[hT5 stir
Up TROUBLE

PORTLAND, Ore. June 4.-Em-
ployment agents will probably here
after be taxed 500 per year. as a re-
suit Of some of them having been in
the habit of sending people away to
get jobs that never existed. An ordi-
nance to that effect is being pre-
pared. and will undoubtedly be passed
by the council. probably this after
noon.
The matter came up before the
license committee at its meeting yes
terday afternoon. and complaint was
made that several Of the employment
agents had been practicing fraud. The
license OF one concern was revoked,
and another place was required TO
pay $25 for having cheated a boy and
personally abused him afterward.
J. G. Mayer. millwright, appeared
before the committee to complain OF
treatment he had received from an
agency conducted at 1876 Fourth
street. under the name OF Mrs. w. C.
Jones. He stated that he had paid
So for a job at his profession. which
he was told was awaiting him at
walla walls; but when he arrived
there II was n planing-mill operator
who was wanted. and he returned to
Portland. In addition to his fee TO
Mrs. Jones. he was out $31 for the
expense of his trip. License Inspect
or McEachern called on Mrs. Jones
for an explanation of the way the
millwright had been treated, but she
only gave him abuse In return. The
committee revoked her license. and
will have her pay the man the money
he has lost. should the place be OPEN
ed again.
It was brought to light also that
the Acme Employment agency had
charged boy s1,b0 for an out-of-
town job that did not exist. When he
esked for an explanation. according
to the boys story to the city attor-
ney. his receipt was taken from him
and he was sent out into the street.
The agency will be required to de-
posit $25 for the benefit OF the boy.
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BRICKS ON
HAVERMALE
ISLAND

"Greater Spokane" will soon be In
evidence on Havermale island, where
L. L. Rand. the architect. 10 prepar-
ing plans for three good sized brick
buildings, one for Mrs. Laura v.
Burch and two for her mother. Mrs.
Il Havermale.
The building which Mrs. Burch will
erect will be on the corner of Haver-
male and Washington streets near
the Great Northern depot and will
cost In the vicinity OF $4,000. II
will vary in width. owing to the Pc
culiar size Of the lots. but will aver
age 100 by lio feet. 1t will be one
story and will be used for storage.
Mrs. IIavermale will build for the
occupancy OF the Washington Steam
laundry brick building soxl60 feet.
ono story with basement and q
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WATER LINE BETWEEN
TEXAS AND MEXICO

GALVESTON. Tex. June A-The
establishment OF fast freight serv-
ice between Galveston and Tampico,
inaugurated today with the sailing
OF the steamship Iris, is expected to
have considerable effect on the freight
situation. for the reason that the
line comes In direct competition with
the railroads. Heretofore the Mexi-
can-Ameriean company has been able
to handle very little business between
Mexico and Texas on account of the
backhaul from New Orleans. which
made 1t impossible for the line to
successfully compete with the ALI
rail routes. Now, however. It Is able
to offer such rates as doubtless will
induce many Of the southwestern
roads to route their Mexican business
via Tampico. and the same will be
true of much business for Texas and
northern points originating In the re-
public.
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in fine residence in Claremont, u
suburb of Oakland. A few months
before the end of the racing season
in this state the ring at Oakland was
surprised one day at the sudden dis
appearance of Young. A few days ago
Young was reported to be in Los
Angeles and to have gone from this
city with chorus girl.
Mrs. Young was at the pier waiting
for her husband, whom she was to
accompany abroad, when news came
that he was dead.
Young men who know Young well
refuse to believe that he killed him.
self on account of losses at the races.
They thing heavy drinking and DOM
estic troubles due to his escapades with
various women is the cause of his sui
eide. II is known that the woman he
took with him to Los Angeles followed
him to New York and word from the
east some time ago says he was badly
worried by her presence there.
Another story to the effect that he
was madly in love with woman and
dreaded separation from his wife.
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.PICkPOCkETS

The wiles of the pickpocket are
well illustrated in the case Of j. NJ.
Christ, who about II o'clock this morn
ing reported to the police that while
standing on the steps of the Traders
National bank this morning somebody
rubbed up against him. He thought
nothing of the matter for a minute
until he had occasion to search for
an envelope in his inside coat pocket,
which contained $50 in bills. 1t was
gone. Only then did he realize that
he had been the victim of bold pick
pocket, who had gone through his
pockets in broad daylight, He could
not give the police description of the
man
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OLD GRIP MAKES
A LONG TRIP

EVERETT, Wash, June 4.-The
ancient grip-sack that has been roam
ing about the country making fun
for station agents and expressmen all
along the different railroad lines from
the Pacific to the Atlantic again pass
ed through Everett recently. The old
grip now bears over 700 tags, and all
sorts Of legends, ranging in sentiment
from lines Of Thanatopsis to nonsense
rhymes. coon songs and original dog
geral.
The ancient bag has been on the
road for nearly a year and is kept
travelling by the expressmen and
agents. Whenever 1t revisits a town
1t occasions much sport. The labels
are so thickly pasted now that some
Of them are three deep.
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WoFFoRD COLLEGE
C0MMENCE

SPARTANBURG. s. c.. June A.
This years commencement at Wof-
ford college marks the close of 80
years of the institutions existence.
The committees in charge have se-
cured an unusually strong array Of
speakers and the affair promises to
be very brilliant. Bishop Galloway
will deliver the commencement SER
mon tomorrow and the graduating
exercises will be held Wednesday.
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RAILWAY MAIL
CLERKS CHANGE

Several changes in the postal rail-
way mail service are announced by
Chief Clerk H. A. Elwell to take
effect June 6. Samuel E. Peckham
is transferred from the Spokane and
Umatilla run to the Spokane and Sc
attic line. Charles w. Buckley
changes from the Northport and Spo-
kane run to the Spokane and Seattle
run and A. s. Heitfield goes from the
Spokane and Lewiston line to the
Spokane and Seattle line.
This leaves several vacancies,
which will be filled from the civil
service substitute list about July /.
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May INSTRUCT
FOR JUDGE GRAY

DOVER, Del. June 4.-Democratic
primaries are being held In Delaware
today to select delegates TO the state
convention which meets next Tues
day to choose delegates to the st,
Louis gathering. Friends OF Judge
George Gray are working hard to
have the delegation pledged for his
support. but the Kansas city element
of the party are fightlng with equal
vigor and the final result will not be
known until after today's primaries
and possibly not until the convention
meets
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PINE DAY AT
the WORLDS fan

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 4.-Tho
largest crowd that has attended tho
exposition since the opening passed
through the gates today. according to
the estimate of the management. The
chief magnet of attraction was the
celebration of Pike day, and the BIZ
zarre parade which was the feature
of the program. The procession COM
prises people from the four corners
of the earth. some riding In Irish
jaunting cars, others mounted ON
Arabian steeds. while still others
were to be seen in 5inrikshads. Per-
sian kavajaks. Alaskan dog sledgea
and the golden cars of the Indian
rajahs.
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CRAZY Man IS
WELL FIXED

While John r. Price was enjoying
thc freedom Of the city and spending
his money like . prince there were
many who stood by and waited to
see him Ego broke" Price is now at
the asylum at Medical Lake and his
father has been appointed guardian OF
his estate.
A petition was filed with the clerk
this morning to sell the property be-
longing to the estate in order to meet
The creditors. Judge KEENAN, this
morning signed an order allowing A.
~. Price, the father. to sell the
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After They Secure Governors Pardon for
Him on Condition He Will Return Home
He Steals and Sells Their Horse and
Squanders the Money.

The deep love of a father and mother
and the perfdy of worthless son are
the features in the story of Ernest
Golfer and his two aged parents who
live near Wayside, a few miles north
Of the city.
The sons wrongdoing commenced
several years ago, when he stole a
horse from Chas. Myers of Wayside.
Golfer was arrested and sentenced to
spend year and half at the peni-
tentiary at Walla Walla. The old
parents missed their son who had
been their only means of support. They
begged and pleaded with Governor Me-
Bride for a pardon. At last their
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THEY SETTLE

After having gone through the courts
the case of Gustave PLACER against Leo
Walton has been dismissed through an
agreement by the parties.
PLACER brought suit to recover $2400
on account of real estate purchase,
The defendants were alleged to have
sold piece Of property to which they
did not have a clear title. As result
PLACER lost the property he had pur-
chased, At the trial the jury returned
q verdict for $3.50 in favor Of PLACER.
The defendants moved for a new trial.
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TEXAS PRIMARIES

AUSTIN. Tex. June a.---roday's
primaries In Texas arc for the selec-
tion of delegates 20 the state con-
vention which meets at san Antonio
June 81 to choose delegates-at-larse
To the democratic national convention
at st. Louis. An interesting and hot
by contested hght Is on for the con-
troll OF the state eonveatIon betw cen
the Parker and Hearst elements.
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EXPLOSION

FAIRMONT. w. Va, June A.
Natural gas leaking from rubber tube
in the rooms occupied by +. NJ. Whraf-
fey in tenement house came in con-
tact last night with a kerosene lamp.
An explosion resulted which blew out
all four walls OF the house, allowing
the roof to settle upon the thirteen oc-
cupants. Mrs. Whraffey, VIM. Dent
and Lille Dent were fatally injured
and several others seriously.
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BURGLAR

Frightened SO badly she could not
leave .ler bed for an hour, was the
story telephoned to the police station
by Miss w. w. Robins, residing at
2ls Third avenue, about 2:2O o'clock
this morning.
When she finally did recover her
presence of mind, the burglar who had
caused all the trouble, had fed, carry
ing with him IS in cash, jewelry and
clothing.
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efforts received their reward. The
young man was pardoned on the con-
dition that he would return to his
parents and help them in their old
age. For month or so he remained
at home.
Hring Of the little town he came
to Spokane. He fell in with John c.
Evans and began career of drinking
and dissipation. Within two months
after his release from the penitentiary
he was arrested along with Evans for
stealing saxaphone from the Brook
saloon. He was confined in the county
jail about 100 days before he was
brought to trial. Upon his conviction
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The burglars, it seems, made a night
of it, for not only was the residence
of Miss Robins on Third avenue bur-
glarized, but j. w. Pantell, of the
Cullen block on Third avenue, reports
that sometime between the hours of
l and 2 o'clock somebody entered all
the rooms in the building and it has
not yet been ascertained what the
loss was. This man was seen, and car
ried dark-lantern.