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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-03-29
BOTTLE KING
MYSTERIOUS SURROUNDINGS OF
TIE WELL KNOWN STREET
CHARACTER-LIv IN HOvEL
WHERE HE UNCONsCIOUSLY
FRI0HTEN1 BUSINESS COL
LE0E GIRLS.

what my name Is and how 1 live
is nobody's business" said the
Bottle King" when asked these two
questions.
IL have been in Spokane number
of years and have made a living.
don't see what business 1t is Of any
one how l live, buy and sell bottles.
This everyone knows. make the
rounds of the saloons almost every
day and take the bottles off their
hands. can not use all the bottles
that get, but Durkin takes most of
my supply"
For years the Bottle King has
been a character on the streets of
Spokane. He lives alone in q little
shack on Second avenue opposite the
Northwestern Business college.
Midnight Noises.
The little lean-to Is about 10 feet
square and Is u mere howell. Alone in
this howell the ~'Bottle King" holds
forth. Seldom may any but the elect
pass the threshold. The furniture is
crude and simple and the absence of
a housewife Is evident. What he
does within the walls of his home is
only matter of conjecture. Strange
sounds come nightly from the room.
In n high voice he addresses imag
nary audiences.
Religion is generally the topic of
these nocturnal lectures. No ortho-
dox creed corresponds with his. His
Is rather a combination OF different
beliefs with the revivalist and camp
meeting elements In the forefront. AS
creases. Higher and higher he pitches
his voice until at last exhausted he
falls into deep sleep such as Il drug
produces. 9
was Once wealthy.
often he varies his lectures. Ac-
cording to some OF his talks he was
once a wealthy mining man and has
lost his all. He rails against the
powers that robbed him of his wealth
and at times imagines that he is
again wealthy and respected.
Little wonder 1t Is that the young
women of the business college give his
cabin wide berth. Under no cir
cumstances do they pass his door on
their way from the night session.
When the drug has gained its fun
power the sounds that come from the
shack are enough to brighten stout
hearts. let alone young girls. Almost
every week the police are compelled
to call him down for his midnight
disturbapces. He meekly obeys but
soon forgets.
And yet In spite of the life he leads
he seems to DO a man OF quick per-
ception. He has a business ability
that Is keen and IN his little sphere
OF business there is no detail that
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7 SEATTLE, March 29.-(Special from
Dawson, March Is. Theory and con-
lecture have been set throbbing at
Nome by the capture there of wild
man of barbarous appearance, totally
unsble- or unwilling to give an account
of himself He is commonly believed to
be an escaped Russian exile from
Siberia; the suggestion is made that he
may be survivor of the Andre party,
and one engenious dreamer thinks the
btarnger may be the Wandering jew.
The man had been in custody but n
few days when the last advices received
here from Nome left that place. He
Nas a strange, wierd creature, with
kesrd and hair to his waist, and nails
long and twisted. He leaped like wild
animal and talked nothing ineligible.
The Nome Nugget Brings out the
suggestion that the man may be sur
yivor of the Andre party. The Nome
News deals with the probability of his
being an escaped Russian convict, long
forced to live in the wilderness. The
Nome News says:
In Terrible Condition.
Mclean and two Eskimos reached
here with the captive wild man. Here
was man apparently IS years of age,
somewhat below medium height, thin
as a famine figure, red-eyed, wild-eyed
and in rags With hair and beard that
reached to his waist and nails evidently
trained to grow around the ends of his
fingers he was a sight well calculated
to inspire fear and wonder. His parka
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MUSICAL.

A. Harper & Son., violin makers.
Repairing and restoring of old in
struments speciality. E12 Sprague
|avenue.
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BUsnGEss CHANCES.
SECOND HAND sroREs,

| Best prices paid for all kinds Of
second hand goods; bicycles, revolvers
and watches bought and sold at 229
Main avenue.
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BOY BURGLARS

Prizes in a shooting gallery are often
hard to procure. 1t was not the case
last night, however. A party desiring,
perhaps, the glttering trinkets in the
bombardment Office and curio shop next
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FOUGHT A DRAW

Billy Armstrong, well known locally.
fought l0-round draw with Jack
Colts at Berlin, n. H., March %.
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TOOL sHARPENERs.

Mason and stonecutters' tools made
and sharpened at 213 Browne street
James Heating.
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bT1AN0E BEING CAPTURED n
WHD6 OF ALASKA - NOME
NEWS ADVANCES THE THEo1Y
eXAT HE II An ESCAPED 70
&ITICAL EXILE FROM SIBERIA.
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FURNITURE, SHOW CASES.
BOARDING STABLE.

Combination Boarding and Training
Stable. Horses exchanged, colts
broken, horses trained for ladies' USE
Tel. Main 1913. EFT Main avenue,
Spokane, Wash.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

Call and see the nicely furnished
room at S127 Pine street; reasonable
terms; refined family; good home.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
Senator Quay Laid to Rest.

Beaver Pa: All that is mortal of
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay was
carried to the little burial plot in
Beaver Cemetery Tuesday afternoon,
and buried beside the bodies of his
children. The services we're as sim
pie as 1t was possible to make them,
as the dead statesman had requested.
But the presence of the executive head
OF the Commonwealth which he had
helped to make great, of Representa-.
tives of the lawmaking body in which
he had played so prominent a part,
and Of the National Government, lent
to the services an air Of pomp that
could not be prevented.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
THREE DOODLE CASES
.....,-,.-.., ARE REVERSED
Defendants Will Have to Be Retired
According to Bonner Ruling.

jefferson City, Mo. THE cases of the
State OF Missouri against Jerre Han.
nigan, John Sheridan and T. E. AL
bright were reversed and remanded
Tuesday in the Supreme Court, be
cause the infOrmations upon which the
defendants were prosecuted in the low
er court were not verified by affidavits
of the Circuit Attorney. or by anyone
competent to testify as a witness.
The action of the Supreme Court
was expected, as the opinion of the
court was we'll known concerning the
necessity of verifying an information,
the Bonner case having stated the opin.
ion of the Court some time ago.
The defendants came in and asked
for full discharge on the ground that
no petition Of property holders had
been presented to the House Of Dele
gates authorizing that body to act on
the Suburban bill, and therefore, it
was claimed, the House of Delegates
had no jurisdiction, and the members
Of it were not guilty Of bribery in
agreeing to pass the bill for the S75,
900 placed in the lock box of the Lin.
coin Trust Company with two keys
one held by Philip Stock, representing
the Suburban Railroad, and the other
by John X. Murrell, representing the
House of Delegates.
The members of the combine in the
House were to get the money when the
bill became a law. Thes defendants
also contended that they should be
discharged. as there were sixteen de-
PENDANTS joined in one information.
The Supreme Court did not rule on
these points.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
WIDE TERRITORY Is
STORM SWEPT
Cyclone in Indian Territory, Accom-
panied by Fatal Hailstorm.

Muscogee, l, T.: News was received
late Thursday of a terrific cyclone
and hailstorm at Paden, a new town
in the Greek Nation on the Fort Smith
and Western Railroad.
Barney Fixico was killed outright
by a hailstone and another man. name
unknown, had his arm broken. He
ran to a storm cellar and reached out
to close the door, when a hailstone
struck his arm.
Hailstones fell that were afterwards
picked up and weighed one on one
half pounds each, Nearly every win
dow in the town of Paden was broken
and the hail made sleeves OF the shin
gle roofs.
Great damage was done to crops
and live stock.
The cyclone missed the town but
tore a strip through the forest south
of town several miles long and 100
yards wide. So far as can be learned.
no lives were lost there.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
STORM AND FLOOD
DAMAGE GENERAL
Heavy Rains Force People From
Homes in Kansas Valley.

Terrific windstorms, frequently of
the velocity Of hurricanes, heavy
rains, cloudbursts and floods continue
general in the Upper Southwest. Fri.
day Illinois was visited by violent
storms.
In Kansas many hundreds have
been driven from their homes, a shift
ing of the storm section giving some
hope for falling streams. The rise in
many rivers reaches that of the high
record of a year ago. Damages, how.
ever, has not been as great.
Fast train service In Kansas, Texas
and the Territories has been suspend
ed for food repairs.
Dallas, Tex, reports storm damage
to business property; Kingston, Tex,
cyclone damage.
Missouri also suffers from rains, the
fall being continuous and heavy. ac-
companied by lightning Farmhouses.
cattle and crops are destroyed. Fire
damage from lightning is reported
from many points
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
BANDITS THREATEN
TO KILL PERDICARlS
Raisouli and His Associates Make
Another Demand for Ransom.

Washington: According to advice re-
ceived at State Department Monday
from Mr.. Gummere, United States
Consul General at Tangier, the situa-
ton as it affects the American and
British citizens captured by bandits
has grown more serious.
A message has been received at
Tangier from Raisouli threatening the
lives of Perdicaris and Marley. unless
the Government of Morocco pays the
ransom under conditions named by
the bandits. The State Department
has made no new move in the matter
but is trusting to American naval OFF,
GERS to relieve the situation.
Admiral Chadwick arrived at Tan.
gier Monday morning on the flagship
Brooklyn. Mr.. Gummere notified the
State Department of his arrival and
the Navy Department received a ca
blegram direct from Admiral Chad
wick. The other vessels in his squad
ron, the Marietta, Castine and Atlanta,
should have arrived at Tangier Mon
day night, as they left the Canaries
only a few hours after the Brooklyn.
In his dispatch to the State Depart
ment Mr.. Gummere said nothing fur
ther had been done toward effecting
the release of the prisoners, and it
Is not belived there will be any
change in the situation till the com
plete squadrons of Rear Admirals
Chadwick and Jewell reach Morocco
and are ready to assist in any move
ment which may be made against the
bandit chief. The European squadron,
under Rear Admiral Jewell, sailed
from Horta Saturday, and should have
reached Tangier Tuesday.
The plan of the Government de-
ponds entirely upon further reports
from Consul General Gummere and
Admiral Chadwick.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
-Chicago Inter Ocean
BLAIR INSURANCE
HEARING ENDED
Another Suit Is Filed by Heirs for
the Payment of $25, 900.

st. Louis: The case of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New York
against the heirs of James l.. Blair
to have Blair's 100000 policies an
nulled because of ALLEGED fraud was
ended Friday and taken under advise
ment by Judge John C. Pollock in
the United States Federal Court.
Before the case was closed Mrs.
Blair, through her attorneys, filed
suit in the United States Circuit Court
against the Provident Savings Life AS
surance Society of New York for the
payment of a $4,000 policy, which, it
is charged, the company refuses to
pay.
After lengthy arguments on both
sides in the Mutual Life case Judge
Pollock took the case under advise
ment and will announce his decision.
Both sides will file briefs.
Judge Adams, before whom the case
was called. refused to try the case
because of his friendly relation with
Mr. Blair and his family. Judge Pol
lock is Judge of the United States
District Court of Kansas.
The case attracted considerable at
tention in legal circles.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
MURDER MYSTERY DEEPENS;
ALLEGED VICTIM ALIVE
Satchel Left by Murdered Man Gives
Tennessee Addresses.

Hayti, Mo-: The Hayti murder and
robbery of last Monday night deep
ems in mystery. Rafe Mcbride, the
man identified as the victim, put in
his appearance Thursday very much
alive.
The body found was so much like
him that his friends were deceived.
A grip was found Thurdsay night
In the Stephens Mercantile Company's
store containing clothing. a letter and
many other articles undoubtedly the
property of the dead man.
The letter was addressed to Albert
Caraway and signed Levi Lee. It
was mailed at Croninsville, Lake
County, Tenn, directed to Idlewild,
Tenn, and forwarded to Newburn,
Tenn, where delivered. It was dated
April and the writer wanted Cara
way to assist him to make a crop.
Had the grip been discovered sooner
much time and trouble would have
been saved.
1t was left in the store Monday,
and not being called for was exam
tned Thursday night. The clerk who
received it now remembers it's owner
as the murdered man.
While this discovery was being
made, a telegram received from East
Cape Girardeau, ILL.,, stated that one.
legged man had been arrested there.
An officer has gone from here for
the suspect.
A bloody memorandum book found
near the scene of the murder con-
tans the name of ]. w. Wilkine,
Carnegie, Pa.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
NOMINATE DENEEN FOR GOVERNOR;
SHERMAN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

The state ticket nominated by the
convention Friday night conformed tc
the SLATE" made up by the combina-
ton, except in the case of attorney
general for which office w. H. Stead
of Ottawa was nominated The place
was slated for B. NJ. Chiperfleld OF
Canton. The personality of Stead and
geographical considerations enabled
him to break the slate"
Gov. Yates was the largest factor
in the making of the combination
and the breaking Of the deadlock.
He took the initial step. He proposed
the nomiation of Deneen He sug.
gested the nomination of Sherman for
lieutenant governor. He was accord
ed the privilege of naming a majority
of the nominees on the ticket. 1t
is known that the governor, as one OF
the conditions of the new alliance,
has made ample provision for his
friends. The understanding is that
with the exception of a few officers.
Yates and the new Country organi.
cation" will control the patronage out
side of Cook county, while in Cook
Deneen will be the absolute dictator.
Seventy-nine ballots were necessary
to nominate the candidate for gov-
ernOr, this being one of the longest
political contests on record.
With regard to the United States
senatorship, int is said THAI. although
this is a point which the "big four
will not discuss, 1t is a part of the
compact that Gov Yates will succeed
Cullom in the United Staes Senate
two years hence. Attorney General
Hamlin entered the combination with
out conditions, but it is conceded that
he will be an important part of the
new organization.
General satisfaction is expressed
with the ticket Harmony is assured
and the delegates go home in this
best of feeling.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
FLooES RENDER
MANY HOMELESS
High Water at Ottawa Breaks All
Former Records by Four Feet.

Kansas City, Mo-: The residents
of Armourdale, Argentine and the low
lands of Kansas City, Kas., watched
the Kaw river with feelings of fear
as It crept nearer and nearer to their
homes Monday night. The river was
leaving its banks at Armourdale and
Argentine, and creeping toward the
business section. At Shawnee and
Packard streets the water was three
feet deep and was tapping at the
brick business houses Monday night.
Many families have fed from their
homes.
All of the pile bridges that spanned
the Kaw have fallen into the riveS
pressed from their moorings by the
great masses of drift that has come
down on the breast of the stream.
There have been no losses OF life,
but many narrow escapes have occur
red. In Argentine tho water has driv.
en- several hundred families from their
homes and left the city without light
or street car service. The water plant
has been rendered useless.
Flood Unprecedented at Ottawa.
ottawa, Kas.: In spite of reports Of
a fall in the Marais de Cygnes food
at points up the river Monday after
noon, a continued rise was noted
here up to o'clock Monday evening.
The food passed all former marks by
at least feet, and registered "a feet
above low water mark No less than
300 families were homeless Monday
night, being cared for by the charity
of the city and the churches. No
boat has crossed the river into North
Ottawa since IL o'clock Monday morn
ing. Frantic calls for boats have been
coming in. So far no loss OF lives is
reliably reported, but live stock and
buildings of immense value have been
swept away. The town is without
water or light.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
RUMoR OF BATTLE
NEAR PORT ARTHUR
Continuous Fight Near Fung-wang-
Cheng Since May 81.

Liao-Yang: Continuous fighting has
taken place northeast of Fung-Wang
Cheng and on the railway above Kin
Chow since May 81. A sharp action
has taken place eastward of Simatsi,
thiTty-fve miles north of Fung-Wang-
Cheng, which lasted from the morning
of May 81 until daylight May 80. Both
sides suffered severely. Detailed fig
ures are lacking.
The engagement resulted in the Rus
slams retiring on Simatsi, followed eau
tiously by Japanese detachments.
Three companies of Japanese are re-
ported to have ambushed a patrol Of
the Nerinsky regiment near Hunsian,
wounding three Cossacks. A fourth
Cossack was captured, but subse-
quently escaped.
Severe fighting is reported along the
railway between stations Wufangoy
and Wufadien. The Japanese suf-
fered heavily and would have been an.
initiated had not infantry reserves
came up and forced the Russians to
retire.
Chefoo: An unconfirmed rumor is
current among the Chinese that bat.
tie occurred six miles from Port Ar.
thur Tuesday.
Famine Prices Add to Terrors.
London: The Daily Mails CORE
spondent at Niuchwang says:
Some Chinese fugitives from Port
Arthur arrived here described the
situation of the inhabitants there as
desperate.
Famine prices exist. The cost of
provisions increases weekly. Many
persons are reduced to eating Chinese
food, and even that is dear. Millet
-four costs Sc a bag.
whole streets and several public
buildings have been wrecked by jap
anese shell fire. The hospitals are
packed with sick and wounded.
THE work of repairing the damaged
warships has been stopped. All civil.
ians have been assigned to military
duties. The general health of the In.
habitants is good except that the
Chinese are dying of starvation. Theft
has been made punishable by death.
The railway is completely destroyed
as far as Kin-Chow. and there are
frequent gaps in it between Kin-Chow
and Wafangtien. At Wafangtien there
are $4,000 Japanese troops further
NORTH.
In the fighting at Kin-Chow 200
Chinese were killed by the Japanese
fire."
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
WAR COUNCIL DECIDES
UPON PORTS RELIEF
Gear Summons Council of War to
Settle Dispute.

Paris: The correspondent of the
Echo de Paris at st. Petersburg tele.
graphs:
Viceroy Alexieff and General KuTo-
patkin, having asked the Emperor to
settle their dispute, his Majesty sum.
moned a council of war, including
Minister of War Sakharoff, Marine
Minister Avellan and Minister of the
Interior Plehve. The Council debat-
ed for several hours Thursday at
'Tsarskoye Selo.
l have reason to believe that the
necessity Of preserving the naval
base at Port Arthur and the loss Of
prestige that the fall of Port Arthur
would entail were the arguments
which prevailed IN the council. Gen
eral Kuropatkin has, therefore, been
advised to attempt to relieve the fort
ress, but to act with the greatest pru-
dence. A General who was inter.
viewed on the subject of the council
said:
,"If Kuropatkin is weak enough TO
advance he will commit serious
blunder. The number OF his troops
is insufficient. and the conditions I'M
der which he would act are unfavor-
able. He might meet an almost ir-
reparable reverse and Port Arthur be
further from relief than ever. II we
try to relieve Port Arthur we will
be doing exactly what the Japanese
hope"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
KANSAS CITY LINES
UNABLE TO AGREE
General Managers Do Not Solve the
Site Problem for New Station.

Chicago: Managers of Kansas City
lines met here Thursday and dis
.cussed the union depot problem at
Kansas City. They were unable to
agree upon a site for the new termin-
ais and adjourned to meet again with
in a month. 1t was found that the
board of engineers has been too busy
to gather sufficient data regarding
the four sites under consideration.
It was therefore decided that the COM
mite should be empowered to employ
one outside engineer, who will de-
vote his time to the task of gather.
ing adequate data regarding all of
the sites.
1t is understood that the question
has practically narrowed down to
competition between the present site
and what is known as the north side
site, owned by Swift & Co. The Bur
llngton is said to have declared that
it would be satisfied with either the
present site, the north side site or
one of the Grand Avenue sites. The
Grand Avenue sites are said to be out
of the question owing to opposition
on the part of some Of the roads.
1t appeared that none of the sites
had been considered in respect TO the
cost, and this will undoubtedly have
an important bearing upon the final
decision. The present site is said to
be the cheaper.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
outer Forta Reportad TaEen.

Rome: A Toxic dispatch to TIT
Glornale d'Ilalia says that the Japan
ese have occupied the first line of the
outer Notifications of Port Arthur
There was but feeble resistance. A
dispatch from Toxic to the Agenzia
Liberia says four Japanese divisions
have occupied the Kwan Tung heights,
where they have placed heavy artillery
dominating Port Arthur. The same
correspondent adds that tAe Russian
squadron attempted a sortie. but was
forced 10 return. being threatened BY
the Japanese feet
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
To Establish Consumption Colony.

Chicago: AS a move toward stamp
ing out pulmonary consumption, a tent
colony is to be established at Ottowa,
ILL.,. under the patronage of the Illinois
state medical society. A site Of
twenty-five or thirty acres. on blum
overlooking Illinois river. has been
donated. and arrangements are now In
progress for the purchase of tents and
other equipment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
Another pefeat for Kuropatkin.

London: A special dispatch from
Rene says that a telegram was re-
ceived there Wednesday from Toxic
reporting that General KGFoki had
completely defeated Kuropatkin's
forces near Sumentse (probably Sal
matsza or Simatsi) All the Russian
positions east of Hai-Cheng have been
abandoned, according to the telegram;
several guns have been taken
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-09
Missouri Streams Flooded.

Marshall, Mo-: The heavy rain Sun.
day caused all the streams in Saline
county 10 leave their banks. West
of Shackelford about 20 feet of the
Chicago and Alton track was washed
out Sunday night. delaying all trains